[IRC/RUS]Rally Russia 10.07-12.07

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS7 is stopped because of the crash on the road. Nobody wounded, but the car blocked the road. Evgeny Vertunov (www.vertunov.com) broke the engine with big stone (out of the rally), also on this stage Alexander Gavrilov (http://gavrilov.rallyrus.spb.ru/index.php), also one of Russian quick pilots, destroyed front suspension on his Subaru. We are waiting for futher information.

[Tom206wrc]

Simon Jean-Joseph what FANTASTIC result for his C2-R2 Max after second leg !!!!!

[HaCo]

What a disappointment Nicolas Vouilloz !!! Even Fast Freddy and more again Brice Tirabassi were faster with a big margin on SS7 !!!

What do you mean with 'even', Loix is in another class than Tirabassi and I think in the same class as Vouilloz. Let's see when Loix is out of bad luck!

Loix was 5x in front of Vouilloz, Vouilloz 3x in front of Loix.

[Tom206wrc]

I meant both drivers having less experience than Vouilloz on fast gravel events are though in front of him

Of course I know Loix is on another level than Tirabassi :

[HaCo]

Loix has a lot more experience on fast gravel than Vouilloz (he did some WRC seasons), although he not a specialist.

Kopecky, Basso and Alen are showing better pace than the Kronos pugs (except Hanninen of course)!

[White Sauron]

Please don't forget about the official web-site http://www.rallyrussia.com, as it has more official and correct information.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Excuse me, friends. May I put some news?

Triumph and disasters of Russian favorites …

Evgeny Novikov has continued his ascent at the famous “Topolki” special stage - he credited to his account his first victory (and first “Russian” victory) at the special stages of ”Rally Russia-2008” and at the same time ascended to the second line of the general Protocol. Andrey Zhigunov and Boris Zimin ceased the struggle while Alexander Zheludov fell far back because of a punctured wheel …

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index...art_from=&ucat=&

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Breaking news: SS-7 stopped but …

According to the news from the track because of an accident with one of cars in the middle of the channel (the crew didn’t suffer but the car blocked the road) the SS-7 “Taiga” has been stopped and opened only in a road mode.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index...art_from=&ucat=&

[noel157]

Thanks for the update Alex. Wilks and Meeke to do Superally for remaining stages.

[RS]

Yes it works

What a disappointment Nicolas Vouilloz !!! Even Fast Freddy and more again Brice Tirabassi were faster with a big margin on SS7 !!!

Where's Vouilloz of last year rally Russia ???

I think it just shows how much IRC has moved on in the last year. But Nico has had some problems with punctures too.

It's interesting that former JWRC Champion Tirabassi has been quite slow on all his IRC events so far.

[wwbroe]

So, the first stage of this last day is about to start in 5 minutes. Let's see what happens on this final day of Rally Russia, i still find it a strange rally with a very strange timing, almost as strange as San Remo Rally . But anyhow, let's see if punctures will be there again or will Hanninen just be cruising to victory on his first event in S2000 car?