Rallye Monte Carlo 2014

**vseo** · 22nd January 2014, 08:37

Originally Posted by denkimi

it is noticeable that there are no onboard video's of kubica in witch his hands can be seen.
although, there is some footage of him karting on ice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpkaGcF761Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeANbZsTrr4

After such an injury hand, reconstruction was so difficult. But Robert rides perfectly!
Now we are waiting for Rally d Italia Sardegna and Rallye Deutschland

**Mirek** · 22nd January 2014, 13:01

I watched now also the onboard of Mads from SS9. I have to say that those stages in Gap area are way more difficult than Valence ones. The more respect to everyone who finished this edition!

**WRC1** · 22nd January 2014, 14:12

http://www.rallyepics.at/wp/index.php/w ... ge_id=558/

my pictures from this years Monte!

From the weather conditions it was one of the toughest i´ve ever seen, a real typical MONTE!

but organisation gets worse and worse every year....a few examples:

on stage 2/5 we found a parking possibility near col de pommerol, we arrived there on wednsday evening took our place and slept in the car...at 6:00 in the morning some marshalls knocked on our window, we should remove our car, because it is in a dangerous place...(we where on a gravel road 100m away from the stage, the stage was a long lefthander and the gravel road where we parked was right uphill....so it was simply impossible for a racecar to leave the track to the right drive 100m on gravel uphill and finally hit our car

there where a lot of cars parked this way (save) but there where als a few cars parked in really dangerous places...after 1 hour discussion a few "gendamarie" cars came and told the marshalls they should concentrate on the really dangerous parked cars and should leave us where we are...

after stage 5 we want to leave the place, we asked police AFTER last racecar, policeman said after first car from organiser we can go...we waited some 5 minutes than orga car arrived, we followed him, we passed 3 junctions (spectator points), everywhere police and marshalls, all was ok....till we arrive on the penultimate spectator point of this stage...a young police man stopped us and told us that we have to wait till 17:00 to drive out of the stage (we drove already 5km on the stage!! and we had only 3km left until our access road...so we waited without any reason 45minutes and nobody could tell us why...

and than finally on turini, i was about 500m before the col to watch first pass...after all cars i went up to the col, we walked on the road because the last racecar has already passed and it was a 4 (!!!) hours break till next stage....up on the col there where at least 30 marshalls and policeman and the only job for them was to prefent people to cross the place on the col (without any reason...) if they send this 30 people down the col with snow shovels there would have been no problem for second run...when we see the heavy snowfall and that there was no intention to clean the road we decided to leave, because we where 100% sure that there will be no race over the col if snowfall continues..and we where right

but overall as said in the beginning it was a nice Rally Monte Carlo, we found nice spots and the performance of many drivers was really heartworming my +/- list:

+ ogier ...no more words needed, he is the man to beat
+ bouffier, a master of Monte
+ kubica, i like him, and think he can be one of the main rivals for ogier this year!
+ meeke, very surprising, he deserves this chance
+ östberg, he is better than he showed last year! much more to come from mads on gravel
+ latvala, he does not like the Monte, but for sure a better start into the season than last year, the win on power stage showed he will fight!
+ hyundai, the huuuuuge service house!! the cars looks so nice, i was very sad when both where out, but i am sure the car has potential, we will see them on podium this year!
+ chardonnet, wow, very impressive with 2wd car - malcolm wilson: this is the guy you are searching for!!!

- mikkelsen, no improvements...i dont know why...he was almost on par with ogier in fabia...but now he is nowhere

---- hirvonen....useless beaten by evans...please do something different mikko
- wrc2, no competition, no coverage,
- serideris, wow...i havent seen so many driving errors from one guy!! in every corner he was fighting...and i have seen a few videos...please think about your hobby, rallying is nothing for you

**Mirek** · 22nd January 2014, 14:57

Thanks for a nice summary Daniel. Do You remember the "football match" of Czech and Italian fans directly on Col de Turini between first and second pass in 2011? I think You were there too (or maybe I spoke with You there another year?). It was so relaxed back in those times - the battles with snow balls over the Col etc.

**dimviii** · 22nd January 2014, 15:20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ofZRWMDNo

**WRC1** · 22nd January 2014, 15:43

Originally Posted by Mirek

Thanks for a nice summary Daniel. Do You remember the "football match" of Czech and Italian fans directly on Col de Turini between first and second pass in 2011? I think You were there too (or maybe I spoke with You there another year?). It was so relaxed back in those times - the battles with snow balls over the Col etc.

exactly those where the pictures i had in my mind, it was a great party, everybody was happy and relaxed and right in time before the second pass all of them where behind the tapes on theire places! this was the TURINI as it should be!

...and yes Mirek, i was there speaking with you

[urlhttp://www.rallyepics.at/wp/wp-content/gallery/best-of-2011/2011-monte-peugeot-wilks-04.jpg][/url]
http://www.rallyepics.at/wp/wp-conte...ouffier-03.jpg

**chosse_1** · 22nd January 2014, 18:20

Here is my best of the rally, with crash of Mads Ostberg and mistakes with snow for J.M Latvala.

http://youtu.be/ltowzL3kkNU

I hope that you like it and share!

**stefanvv** · 22nd January 2014, 20:59

Originally Posted by chosse_1

Here is my best of the rally, with crash of Mads Ostberg and mistakes with snow for J.M Latvala.

http://youtu.be/ltowzL3kkNU

I hope that you like it and share!

Great video!