RACC Rally Catalunya 2018

[mknight]

lol. Who are you to say who is qualified or not? What mistake in Sardinia?

It's not very hard to see you are a big Tanak fan is it *points at the icon + country*, even without reading a single post of yours.

Ruining the radiator when you are the only one out of top 5 that didn't lift or break on a jump is mistake.

[jparker]

its not a double standard, its the difference

has Tänak made any stupid driving errors this year like Neuville did last year ?

NO...that is the biggest difference.

Shut up please, and tell your guy to learn how to jump.

[Mintexmemory]

Its normal when you have to choose between a champion and a tv presenters lap dog...

Neuville needs 2nd or a win in Oz and he wins the championship no matter what... if he finishes lower then Ogier controls the fate.

I take it maths isn’t your forté - Neuville wins Australia but no PS = 25 Ogier second with max PS = 23 so would be WDC by 1 point. Not only does Neuville have to finish ahead of Ogier he must have enough tyre left to outscore Ogier in the PS - lotsa luck with that

[brianjai]

Tanak this year is in many ways similar to Neuville last year. Fastest but also trying just a bit too much resulting in small things that in the end cost a lot of points.

This year Neuville "relaxed" in a good way and is not making unnecessary mistakes, the only ones are GB and Finland. Sometimes the pace just isn't there from the car (Corsica, GER, FIN). He is on completely different level mentality-wise than last year. Ogier has POR, GER, TUR mistakes.
Which is why I think they have about same chance going to AUS (due to start position).

What I don't like is the double-standards in relation to Tanak. Last year everyone agreed it was Neuville's own fault he didn't win the title.
This year Tanak is always "unlucky". Sure sometimes he is, but looking at the bigger picture over multiple rallies it's not without reason.

If you try to look at it without fan- or anti-fan glasses there is little difference between Neuville in 2017 and Tanak in 2018. Just that one is more popular among fans than the other. I don't really have a preference as a fan, but as usual I feel the need to balance the one-way comments.

I agree. Both Neuville and Tanak are suffered by weakness of the car (fragile tarmac suspension in Hyundai and fragile under protection of Toyota)
However, as a Tanak fan, Tanak is way faster this year (setting top 3 times on every rallies this year) than Neuville last year (failed to capitalize Ogier's retirement in Finland) and Neuville has a obvious driving error by crashing in Sweden's SSS and timing error by checking late on the stage in GB which costs him the title, while Tanak's error is mostly not his fault (Catalunya, Sardinia and GB are the more debatable one). I think Tanak deserves more than Neuville, but they are both unlucky

[Mirek]

And now what about it : https://bit.ly/2O9sGnr

Let that stupid thread sleep please

[N.O.T]

I take it maths isn’t your forté - Neuville wins Australia but no PS = 25 Ogier second with max PS = 23 so would be WDC by 1 point. Not only does Neuville have to finish ahead of Ogier he must have enough tyre left to outscore Ogier in the PS - lotsa luck with that

its hard to imagine that the rally winner will not score any points in ps if he goes flat out... but anyway you are correct the PS will also play its part.

what are your plans for today ? have the anti depressants kicked in yet after seeing THE GREATEST DRIVER OF ALL TIMES TAKING A HUGE SHIT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY THAT ONE OF THE USELESS DOGS WILL LIFT IN AUSTRALIA ?

[Mirek]

Citroen and Loeb has always done things only to hurt Ogier. If we see one more time the same scenario here in Spain, I'm starting an open petition for Seb Ogier not to go to Citroen Racing next year.

Sorry, I can't resits...

[Ds3]

The FIA should change this rule by various guest pilots to start in such good positions (10). Let guests start 1.

[tommeke_B]

Fantastic jokes @Ds3, keep going. Although the chances are small, I really hope to see Loeb again in more events next year. Would be funny if he returns full-time at Citroën to ridicule Ogier for a year.

[focus206]

The FIA should change this rule by various guest pilots to start in such good positions (10). Let guests start 1.

How much does it hurt?