[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2024

**saco0o** · 2nd June 2024, 20:55

Originally Posted by meh

https://x.com/DirtFishRally/status/1797196963571519650 - duct tape is part of Hyundai standard equipment.

sad to listen ott saying that in the end, because ITS TRUE. this points systems is a joke.
ott is not even interested in "winning the rally", just want to score most points on sunday. thats just, aaahhh what a joke

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 3rd June 2024, 09:01

Originally Posted by saco0o

sad to listen ott saying that in the end, because ITS TRUE. this points systems is a joke.
ott is not even interested in "winning the rally", just want to score most points on sunday. thats just, aaahhh what a joke

So winning the rally doesn't matter ?

**EstWRC** · 3rd June 2024, 09:28

Passats de canto video

https://youtu.be/Boqpoy1VcLY?si=Qi7YLA1CN9CaflCb

**CeskyOndra** · 3rd June 2024, 09:48

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

So winning the rally doesn't matter ?

Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?

**rallyfiend** · 3rd June 2024, 10:33

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?

Yes, I bet he's also not caring about the big bonus cheque...

**denkimi** · 3rd June 2024, 10:37

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?

Because he won, he got the most points in the end.

**bluuford** · 3rd June 2024, 11:13

Just a small note, being first on the road in powerstage (both passes) is big-big advantage, especially after Rally2 cars for second run. They are leveling the ruts a little and then this beach stage is getting more and more rutted/destroyed/ more stones are coming out. Simply the wheels are not reaching the ground anymore. It was also big advantage on first stage in the morning due to the heavy dust issue (most of the dust was not shown in live TV, also the loose gravel layer was rather thick, so the cleaning was very slow). Thierry had luck on his side on this Sunday, had disadvantage only in one stage

And he used his advantage 100%.

**Backa** · 3rd June 2024, 12:04

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?

I guess it's still nice feeling, although I believe him that his focus is championship points and he drove fast in sunday to beat Neuville, not Ogier. I assume he would not celebrate as much if he would be 1st with 21 points and Neuville would end 3rd with 24 points.

**flat_right** · 3rd June 2024, 12:23

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

So winning the rally doesn't matter ?

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

Exactly.. If it really doesnt matter in any way, why is he celebrating so much?

Sadly guys, you have completely missed the point here.

1. On Saturday, he said that they discussed the situation with the team, and considering that he is so much behind in the DWC standings, the risk for getting extra 3 points vs collecting 15 was too much, especially as he didn't feel comfortable on the smoother and faster surface.

2. On Sunday morning he was 17.1 seconds behind Ogier (total distance 39.3 km). There was absolutely no need to catch Ogier and try to be about 0.5 s/km faster than him - you won't get any extra points for that. He only had to make sure that he is at least 2nd on Super Sunday and on Powerstage. And like bluuford said, there were better conditions for Neuville and he also went all in for those points (totally understandable). So questions from different journalists that are you trying to catch Ogier were completely nonsense. I believe everyone here would have said and done exactly this. Ott said it perfectly - Ogier is here for the rallies (wins), I'm here for the championship

3. So to sum up - was it important to win for Ott - not really (no extra points). Had someone asked that would he be happy if he won (stupid question of course) and Ott would have said of course. So yeah... he is happy as we can see but had Ogier been 0.3 seconds faster on the PS, Ott would have collected exactly the same points as he did.