Cyprus Rally 2018

[hari]

ERC Round 4 & MERC Round 2 - Cyprus Rally, 15 - 17 June 2018 - first information is available:

The FIA European Rally Championship-counting Cyprus Rally is moving home for 2018 with confirmation that the event will be based in the city of Larnaca from 15-17 June. Previously run from the Cypriot capital Nicosia, the all-gravel event will now be based in Larnaca with the start, finish and service park based beside the Mediterranean Sea.

More: https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-cyprus-rally-gets-spectacular-larnaca-base/

Quite a smart move with all the tourist hotspots in this region.

The full itinerary is expected to be announced shortly.

Looking forward to a another spectacular event on the island of sun and dust.

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2017 event gallery: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_erc_cyprus_rallye_2017.html

[hari]

High-Speed action through the 13 Special Stages:

Intense action and high-speed highlights await all the spectators who will gather for the 13 Special Stages of the Cyprus Rally 2018. Spectacular passes and huge top speeds will be the main ingredients of this year’s route which has a total length of 763.32km, 208,22 of which will comprise the stages. As with every year, the rally will host two separate surfaces with 72% of the rally running on gravel and 28% on tarmac.

More: http://www.cyprusrally.com.cy/en/news/high-speed-action-through-the-13-special-stages

Itinerary:

Friday, 15.06.2018:
Free Practice (6.33km - 100% gravel) - 07:00-09:00
Qualifying Stage (6.33km - 100% gravel) - 10:08
Start Ceremony Larnaca Foinikoudes - 19:00

Saturday, 16.06.2018:
SS1 Kelia 1 (21.48km - 77% gravel) - 08:58
SS2 Analiontas 1 (14.41km - 100% gravel) - 10:06
SS3 Stavrovouni 1 (11.28km - 40% gravel) 10:54
SS4 Kelia 2 (21.48km - 77% gravel) - 12:52
SS5 Analiontas 2 (14.41 km - 100% gravel) - 14:00
SS6 Stavrovouni 2 (11.28 km - 40% gravel) - 14:48

Sunday, 17.06.2018:
SS7 Yeri 1 (22.00 km - 76% gravel) - 08:43
SS8 Super Special Stage Nicosia (4.90 km - 24% gravel) - 09:36
SS9 Lageia 1 (12.67 km - 77% gravel) - 10:49
SS10 Lefkara 1 (19.82 - 64% gravel) - 11:47
SS11 Yeri 2 (22.00 km - 76% gravel) - 14:15
SS12 Lageia 1 (12.67 km - 77% gravel) - 15:28
SS13 Lefkara 1 (19.82 - 64% gravel) - 16:53
Finishing Ceremony Larnaca Foinikoudes - 18:30

Full intinerary: http://www.cyprusrally.com.cy/uploads/forms-competitors/87b23237d5.pdf


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[Antreas]

30/5/18 is the last date for entries,I expect more than 20 R5 Rally cars

[pantealex]

Juuso Nordgren confirmed with Fabia R5.

[Antreas]

Also Dávid Botka confirmed

[Jarek Z]

Bruno Magalhaes confirmed:
https://www.fiaerc.com/good-result-good-call-good-news-for-erc-winner-magalhaes/

[Antreas]

Štajf Vojtěch Confirmed with skoda R5

[Jarek Z]

Laurent Pellier and Catie Munnings confirmed:
https://www.fiaerc.com/erc-r2-x-2-sainteloc-junior-team-is-cyprus-rally-bound/

[Antreas]

Possible names with R5
Magalhaes
Ptaszek
Herczig
Botka
Nasser al attiyah
Paulo Nobre
Lukyanuk
Monteiro
Von Thurn
Brynildsen
Denis Denner
Juuso Nordgren
Chris Ingram
Štajf Vojtěch
Tsouloftas
Galatariotis
Timotheou
Avcioglu
Chilimindris
Yiangou
Denctas
Fahri Denis

[tolis]

And Tlustak

[hari]

65 entries from 19 countries total - 50 ERC / 15 national championship:
https://autokinito.com.cy/stis-15-ioynioy-xekina-i-drasi-toy-rali-kypros-2018/

No full list yet.

[hari]

Entry list ERC: http://cyprusrally.com.cy/uploads/cfd0820be4.pdf
50 in total, 17 x R5

R5:
Al Attiyah - Ford
Lukyanuk - Ford
Magalhaes - Skoda
Herczig - Skoda
Ptaszek - Skoda
Galatariotis - Skoda
Tsouloftas - Citroen
Nordgren - Skoda
von Thurn und Taxis - Skoda
Ingram - Skoda
Nobre - Skoda
Stajf - Skoda
Botka - Skoda
Yiangou - Hyundai
Tlustak - Skoda
Avcioglu - Skoda
Chilimintris - Citroen

[pantealex]

Ingram is not starting

[RS]

No Brynildsen?

[Jarek Z]

What a domination of Skoda on the entry list!

[Antreas]

What happened with Brynildsen?

[mousti]

He maybe saw he is no match for Luky

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[Antreas]

the last date for entries it was 30/5/18,so it was before acropolis rally the desicion

[tc10a]

the last date for entries it was 30/5/18,so it was before acropolis rally the desicion

Could also have been witdrawn after Acropolis.

[Jarek Z]

He maybe saw he is no match for Luky

So he made the decision after losing 44 seconds on one stage? ;)

[PLuto]

What happened with Brynildsen?

Work commitment. He will return back to ERC in Rome.

[aykutbilir]

Ingram is not starting

He will be back at Rome.
He is getting better and better eachday


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[PLuto]

Alexandros Tsouloftas will not start on Cyprus Rally, same like Antonin Tlustak. So if you have them in your pickems, there is a time to change it.

[PLuto]

Start list to qualify - https://rally-base.com/2018/cyprus-rally-2018/start-list/?startTimeTypeId=915

[PLuto]

Alexandros Tsouloftas finally decided to do the rally. So sorry for wrong informations, you can return him back to your pickems...

[nafpaktos]

No wrong infos from you,you just anounced what the driver said.

[dimviii]

https://rally-base.com/2018/cyprus-rally-2018/?ssGroupId=3

[PLuto]

Nasser, Juuso and Lucas did second loop almost in same time, so road conditions were same for them.

[hari]

Some pictures from Friday:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_erc_cyprus_rallye_2018.html

http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2018/cyprus/1.jpg
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[RS]

QS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0c-LErehw#fauxfullscreen

Nasser looks quick.

First three reasonably close after three stages.

[dimviii]

Luky off road......................

[Mirek]

And Nordgren in some trouble too.

[dimviii]

FIA ERC
‏
It's all happening here, @JuusoNordgren picked up a puncture as he had to avoid Lukyanuk's car, and puncture for @AlAttiyahN too!

https://twitter.com/FIAERC/status/1007951074697842688

[TWRC]

The rock that caused Luky's crash:
https://scontent.fbud5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35476036_1016640935161821_5641725549463207936_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=cabc0b2fd43c75c26bcef2da27841b93&oe=5BC16434

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Lukyanuk seems determined to keep the title fight open with mistakes and bad luck.

Magalhães needs to capitalise here.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Can Nasser get back to the SP ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Df0Qak7W0AASicq.jpg

flash info (3 - Al-Attiyah Nasser / Baumel Matthieu): We try to continue. We will try to pump some air in the puncture to see how bad it is. We don’t have any spare tyres anymore.

[hari]

Some pictures Friday / Saturday:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_erc_cyprus_rallye_2018.html


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[RS]

Luky onboard SS1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7Fd6C0YFI

[PLuto]

Roll of Ptaszek on SS 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfb5VxtK5w

[RS]

Do the two Golden Stages count towards the overall rally result or are they separate?

[PLuto]

Do the two Golden Stages count towards the overall rally result or are they separate?

They are part of rally.

[dimviii]

Nordgen rolled,now Galatariotis leading.

nice incar and heli shots from very fast stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRbBQU7sihc

[dimviii]

Nordgren photos after roll
https://twitter.com/FIAERC/status/1008273610673401856

[dimviii]

Νοrdgren crashed again at ss 10

[Co-FIN]

Νοrdgren crashed again at ss 10

”Crash” is actually accident with spectators cars inside of the stage. He has hit with two cars during SS. No injurys it seems. This was posted in his facebook-account.

[makinen_fan]

http://www.newsautosport.com/apokleistikes-fotogafies-apo-ti-sygkroysi-toy-nordgren/

[AnttiL]

Seems like a civil car going the opposite way. Horrible. Luckily no injuries

[Mirek]

Why was SS11 also canceled?

[PLuto]

SS 11 cancelled due to time issues, SS 12 and 13 should be done.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Any local TV of the Golden Stages ?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Magalhaes looks like he will take the lead of the ERC ahead of Lukyanuk if he finishes.

[PLuto]

Winning of Bruno in Acropolis was quite surprise. But winner of Cyprus Rally is a shock.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

@FIAERC
Simos Galatariotis wins Cyprus rally despite a puncture. He wins for 0.6' over Bruno Magalhaes! Incredible stuff!

Just shows you never know what will happen...

[RS]

Close finish!

Very sensible drive by Bruno on these two rallies, a lot of points collected.

[nafpaktos]

”Crash” is actually accident with spectators cars inside of the stage. He has hit with two cars during SS. No injurys it seems. This was posted in his facebook-account.

Where were the marshals??i suppose the car was to a vertical road that was closed and the driver violated the ribbon that was placed by the organizers.It is the first time i hear that kind of incident inside a ss.Has ever happened again??

[hari]

My full gallery: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_erc_cyprus_rallye_2018.html

http://www.ir7.at/pp1.jpg

What a great rally again - See you in 2019

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Halfway stage in the season and unexpectedly we still have a title battle.

Speed vs Consistency... which will win ? Will be fun to find out.

[Rallyper]

Very embarrasing for the organizer.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Surprised more isnt being reported about the Nordgren incident. Shocking to happen any time, but on such a major event should be a big story.

I'm especially glad Lukyanuk wasnt the victim after his horror crash in testing that was quite similar...

[Essaj]

Juuso just shared a link to official statement form the ogranisers on his social media accounts. I was expecting a bit more. https://www.fiaerc.com/statement-from-cyprus-rally-organisers/

[PLuto]

Juuso just shared a link to official statement form the ogranisers on his social media accounts. I was expecting a bit more. https://www.fiaerc.com/statement-from-cyprus-rally-organisers/

What else do you expect from organiser? For sure it is really bad thing that it happened. But it happened and you cannot take it back. It is up to organiser to investigate how and why this happened and make things not to repeat same mistake in the future. For this things, you dont need to solve it through media...

[Mirek]

Where were the marshals??i suppose the car was to a vertical road that was closed and the driver violated the ribbon that was placed by the organizers.It is the first time i hear that kind of incident inside a ss.Has ever happened again??

It has happend before and it will happen again (and it actually happen quite often but in most cases there is no accident). The problem is that if there is someone stupid enough and really willing to go in the stage he can do that. It's often impossible to stop him. It can be a true mistake of the organization like if they forget to tape some small access road but usually someone simply forces his way into the stage and in such case the marshal simply can't stop a car by his body (or it can be somewhere without marshals).

[PLuto]

I dont know this exact place, but I remember stages in Cyprus from previous years. There are some access roads, but plenty of open area, where cars are normally go on the field, out of the road. So they can enter the stage from anywhere...

[atsiotras79]

I always had that question why to put such stages in a rally when there are proper roads. In safety terms is suicide...

Ok, I can understand in Middle East, but Cyprus has enough proper SS.

[Zeakiwi]

Nordgren and Suominen crash with road car. recovery stage 10 - tow truck
https://youtu.be/roLDNXBdLPA

https://youtu.be/K-coaLqe2Jk stage 9 crash

[dupanton]

It even happened in the Tour of Flandres, the biggest bike race in Belgium...

[bomber21]

Sometimes you cannot win stupidity. In Acropolis, there were people standing just half a metre away from the point cars were landing after a big jump just to take a selfie... People shout at them but they will do their thing.

[RS]

nice incar and heli shots from very fast stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRbBQU7sihc

Another one from Herczig:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQjwOIUPrI

It’s an interesting rally, very mixed with some super fast sections (rare to see a Fabia topping out) combined with some very rough sections.

Herczig had done a good job on these two rough gravel rallies.

[dimviii]

rims for sale
https://twitter.com/matthieubaumel/status/1008589833072242689

[stefanvv]

I give 5 cents.

[Andre Oliveira]

https://scontent.fopo2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35546804_2169925323036883_8999715317177384960_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=ab0b3bd229a48f2b7ceb68e8494c279b&oe=5BBD2961

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Tut tut, naughty Alexei ! ;)

[dimviii]

https://scontent.fopo2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35546804_2169925323036883_8999715317177384960_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=ab0b3bd229a48f2b7ceb68e8494c279b&oe=5BBD2961

i d like some more explanations from br 21 about it.


Nassers amazing photo
https://twitter.com/rallymaniapt/status/1008732331639693312

[Mirek]

I understand it this way: There is no datalogger except homologated allowed in R5 and FIA simply considered an onboard camera equipped with an accelerometer as a way to by-pass the rules for collecting the data.

[Co-driven]

And what about those onboard videos on ERC's official Youtube channel, with some data?

Is that the homologated datalogger?

[Mirek]

Those are not data from an accelerometer, only GPS.