2010 IRC Rally Argentina

[RS]

More results in; Pozzo should be good for 4th. Kris down to 6th but sounds as if he may have problems to get to the finish...

[RS]

Meeke out

Shame, but at least Peugeot UK have budget for the whole season.

[Mirek]

If I heard Greg on the radio well, Kris Meeke retired.

[noel157]

First mechanical retirement ever for Meeke in the 207 I think, no?

[RS]

So the rally is pretty much finished...

+ Perfect drive by Juho
+ Great weekend for Skoda
+ Very solid performance by Wilks
+ Great job by Pozzo to beat an S2000 car
+ Great to have three different drivers and three different cars win the first 3 events of 2010!

- Villagra & Al Attiyah slower than expected
- Reliability problems for Peugeot on rough surface

[ZequeArgentina]

I do nto think there is a reallistic chance for a normal N4 agianst S2000.
High altitude (not that high in this year rally of Argentina), the usual visit to "traslasierra" with he typical El Condor, has not been chosen for he IRC round.

Faster, smoother roads this time.
I guess they were looking for les atrition with a weaker entry than in WRC.

May be this are better conditions for N4, but no way better than S2000.

It is possible a top 5, I said even a podium but with some delays o problems by top S2000.

Haninen already was on times of the locals with an Evo in his first visit, so I rate him high as the candidate.

I expect Pozzo to be the fastest local, and a 5th position, with some times in top 3 or 4.

This was my post on March 17th.
Normal group N did exactly what I expected, Pozzo is finally 4th, after problems from Meeke, so quite what expected!

Pitty for Meeke and the championship.
Haninne is very strong right there!

[Mirek]

It's still no big problem for Meeke. Best 7 of 12 are counted.

[ZequeArgentina]

But Meeke has already 2 DNF, and Haninen very good results.
Kopecky already commented they are seeing if it is possible to go to Canarias

[RS]

But Meeke has already 2 DNF, and Haninen very good results.
Kopecky already commented they are seeing if it is possible to go to Canarias

True, but as I wrote to RallyRadio, Hanninen needed this start to the year with lots of tarmac coming up. He is good on tarmac too, but there should be lots of fast guys on the tarmac rounds, especially when Abarth join in. It should be a very interesting championship, and Mikkelsen is coming too!

[GTA]

Water in the engine at a river crossing, they decided to stop to not damage the engine further as they were out of the points anyway.

Not Water IN Engine.... Water caused Electrical system to mal function... thats why he had to retire.