Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[Managarium]

So this weekend was Kumrovec rally in Croatia. Some stages and parts of some stages were used as sunday stages on Croatia Rally.

Without further redue, drunk civilian car driver stole the show.

Video is here https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/...a/2494171.aspx

Statement by the Organizing Committee is here https://www.facebook.com/rally.kumro...ref=embed_post

[satnav]

There was a similar incident in a rally in Finland this weekend, Teemu posted on Twitter

https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...208225588?s=20

[Fast Eddie WRC]

What’s it like inside a WRC service area ?


EVO is a fly on the wall inside the Toyota Gazoo Racing team at the 2023 Acropolis Rally Greece

https://www.evo.co.uk/rallying/20612...c-service-area

[Humber]

Paddon driving the 700 horsepower Hyundai i20 at NZ's Ashley Forest Rallysprint, this weekend 16/17 September.

Livestream could be European insomniac time schedule. https://www.facebook.com/thepitstv and pits tv youtube.

[MartijnS]

Funny: https://twitter.com/TakamotoKatsuta/...54989072036290

[Humber]

Paddon below one minute on the first run, at Ashley Forest Rallysprint. About an hour in for Paddon's run.

https://www.youtube.com/live/UGFHRwA...RjnikT5WU8Xh4A

[Sal yet again]

https://www.rallylegend.com/en/2023/...th-dani-sordo/

Sordo to drive an i20 Coupe WRC at RallyLegend

[Humber]

Paddon considering a run for the Australian Rally Championship in 2024.

[240RS]

We are in a lull of sorts, and its probably best to look at some weird facts for the year so far:

1. Generally, 2023 has been viewed as a terrible year for M-Sport Ford; yet they have won twice as many events as Hyundai!!!!
2. The driver with the most wins this year is a part-timer - Seb Ogier. For the record, championship leader Kalle Rovanpera has won as many.
3. Only eleven drivers have scored power stage points. Of those, one was a team principal on a one-off drive and, sadly, another is no longer with us.
4. Oliver Solberg is the highest ranked non-Rally1 driver overall. But he has contested more events than most top Rally2 protagonists. Incidentally, Oliver has more points to his name than Pierre-Louis Loubet.

[Sal yet again]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnaTUQ2UdMA

First night action from RallyLegend with Latvala in the Yaris Rally 1 amongst others