Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014

**andyone** · 4th April 2014, 20:12

Originally Posted by Rallyper

Yes I did. But just look at the damage Dimitri!! The roll cage must also be damaged besides the left front beam.

that looks like body work only. no damage to roll cage there. the car only has damadge on the front.part. plastic parts. i hope he returns

**dimviii** · 4th April 2014, 20:20

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally 5 λεπτά
FIA currently checking @JariMattiWRC's car in service. Front left is very bent. Some very concerned faces around

**dimviii** · 4th April 2014, 20:22

Originally Posted by andyone

that looks like body work only. no damage to roll cage there. the car only has damadge on the front.part. plastic parts. i hope he returns

car has for sure chassis damage,and roll cage damage at front tower(upper suspension mount point)
Lets see what fia will decide.

**dimviii** · 4th April 2014, 20:25

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally 2 λεπτά
The covers go on @JariMattiWRC's car while discussions are had and decisions are made

**dimviii** · 4th April 2014, 20:30

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally 3 λεπτά
FIA have cleared @JariMattiWRC's car for repair. Big discussions within team as to wether repairs are possible! Decision - lets give it a go

**Munkvy** · 4th April 2014, 20:34

What an impressive first day! Good to see some pace from Hyundai, including Neuville proving that it wasn't a fluke with a stage win too. Interesting Sordos comment about needing more power. Given he has driven almost all the current field of factory cars I imagine he would know exactly how much they are behind Citroen and Ford at least.

Great to see Tanak proving he has still got it, I hope this helps to groom him for potentially replacing Mikko later on if he can find some consistency. I imagine his sponsors will be pretty happy with his work so far!

VW won't be so happy, going from 1,2,3 to 3rd and 8th only.

Good to see Mikko picking up and taking his opportunities, but what is going to happen tomorrow? I really hope he can at least have a proper battle with Ogier, rather than his recent tendancy to back down from a fight. I think he needs this to get the confidence just like JML did (not that that has ended well!).

And the weirdest stat for the day that I can see? Hyundai are the only team to have all their cars still on the road at the end of the first day... How odd is that?

Ohh and good on Al-Attiyah for making things interesting in WRC2! I have always thought he was a good driver, but for some reason he never seems to have come to grips with the WRC cars the same way as he has driven WRC2 cars in the past?

**bluuford** · 4th April 2014, 20:34

Originally Posted by dimviii

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally 3 λεπτά
FIA have cleared @JariMattiWRC's car for repair. Big discussions within team as to wether repairs are possible! Decision - lets give it a go

Gracy guys..they have 3.5 hours? Ilike to see it :-)

**dimviii** · 4th April 2014, 20:34

Colin Clark ‏@voiceofrally 42 δευτερόλεπτα
So @vwrallytheworld have 3hrs from when the clock starts ticking to repair @JariMattiWRC car. A mini crane and forklift being put in place!

**Munkvy** · 4th April 2014, 20:36

Originally Posted by dimviii

car has for sure chassis damage,and roll cage damage at front tower(upper suspension mount point)
Lets see what fia will decide.

Surely VW make their own roll cage though, so just like M-Sport they are allowed to repair it in some situations? Also, if it's forward of the interior there is a chance it's not safety critical necessarily. So may well mean it's easier to repair, or not as important potentially.