[WRC] Rally Mexico 2023

[EstWRC]

Tänak up to 9th now

[dimviii]

have we post this?
https://twitter.com/MSportLtd/status/1637242910562299904

[Kras]

Tanak p9

[meh]

Getting close call for Tänak to get Kaito at the end.

37.3sec to go with 22.2km = 1.7s/km needed.

Precise stuff - Tänak is ahead of Kaito now with 0.5sec.

[RS]

Solberg on 3 sylinders... i think?

He hit a stone on the stage, you could hear the bang. i don’t know if the car was already on 3 cylinders before or if he picked up some damage from that.

[meh]

Interesting sound is streamed... :) Some text cover reading and breathing

[Paul Hudson]

Interesting sound is streamed... :) Some text cover reading and breathing

Often hear a bit of that, once was Bec's having a strop about her coffee, !!

[Rallyper]

Still three cylinders for Oliver. Möööhhh.

[Rallyper]

Only +5,5 secs to Kajto! With 3 cylinders!! Amazing.

[Rallyper]

Very good run from Lindholm!

[meh]

... and good job by Greensmith as well. We don't know the actual speed as he didn't need to fight with Solberg, but managed drive for win.

[RS]

Very good job by Greensmith.. tbh when he said he wanted to fight for trophies again in WRC2 i was sceptical he could actually do that but it seems to be working for him so far.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great win by Gus, a very solid drive in the new car/team.

And a good for the WRC2 Championship to have another driver in the mix.

[TWRC]

Well done to Greensmith, he was doubted by many, but this drive was really good. Let's see what he can bring on the other rounds, but if he keeps up this speed, he can have a go at the title.

[NOT]

its disgraceful the official wrc channel gives air time to that overweight old clown...

what an age we live in eh ?

[Kras]

Tanaks run looks absobutelly insane so far

[Kras]

Almost gave me a heart attacke lol

[EstWRC]

Tänaks car control is amazing to watch

[Tauri_J]

Jesus how many lives Kalle has?

[Kras]

Rovanpera has the luck of a champion

[meh]

Neuville all-in... win (over Evans) or bin.

[Kras]

Cant remember a power stage where everyone went full retard like this. Amazing stuff

[EstWRC]

Kalle isn’t the force he was last year, at least not so far in the season

[Tauri_J]

Wow Ott's time is mega

[Kras]

Kalle isn’t the force he was last year, at least not so far in the season

Other manufacturers caught up to Toyota is my guess

[TypeR]

Neuville +0.2 to Tanak haha

[Kras]

Go Evans!!

[Tauri_J]

Evans has no mojo anymore

[meh]

Evans - master of losing with less than second.

[meh]

And Ogiers goes and shows who is the King here.

[Kras]

Ogier playing for the team. This is a first

[EstWRC]

Why Ogier? Why?

[PLuto]

Kalle isn’t the force he was last year, at least not so far in the season

Kalle was first of the drivers who found how to drive properly this new cars. And he was also very lucky.

[TypeR]

Ogier: ,,What are you doing young boys..?''

Eat dirt!

[cosmin_sb]

6 points for Tanak. Not so bad after what happened in the first day. Great run for Ogier in power stage

[Kras]

Ogier adding insult to Evans injury. Took a point from him

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Why Ogier? Why?

Manufacturers points.

[meh]

And the situation:
1. Ogier 56
2. Neuville 53
3. Rovenperä 52
4. Tänak 47
5. Evans 44

[TypeR]

Legend!

[Kras]

Its been an honor posting with you

[EstWRC]

6 points for Tanak. Not so bad after what happened in the first day. Great run for Ogier in power stage

Not bad at all in the end. 5th would have been maximum from here so he lost 10 points in the end we can say.

But no question for me that he is the quickest driver in the championship when pushing. Proved it again today

[Eli]

Now do you guys see why I'd prefer having Ogier do the full championship, only 12(!) points separating the top 5 drivers, when was the last time we had this? (& mind you it's only 3 manufacturers).
Really glad Tänak could take those extra bonus points from Rovanperä.

[Sergiow]

Once again a tremendous comeback from Thierry Neuville from 6th after SS 4 to 2nd at the finish
https://image.pbs.org/contentchannels/fERis6k-show-poster2x3-dYKl39T.jpg

[meh]

Really glad Tänak could take those extra bonus points from Rovanperä.

I think here Rovanperä gave them away.

[meh]

Anyway, if was interesting and intense PowerStage. Nice to see most of them were pushing for points.

[Eli]

Kalle isn’t the force he was last year, at least not so far in the season

As I said time and again, when Rovanperä saw the competition isn't even near him, he was playing with them; However from the second half of the season, if you'd compare the points tally between Tänak & Rovanperä you'll see the difference being reduced with Tänak also taking 3 wins with a car he hasn't properly gelled yet. This year he's (Rovanperä ) already feeling the pressure and he won't have it that easy. I won't be surprised if he'll start making mistakes soon (which he hardly done last year).

[focus206]

No problems for Ogier, I'm sure he's enjoying starting rallies from far back :D
Great rally by Neuville and Evans, they pushed very hard in a 2 day long fight and they didn't make big mistakes, only 0.4 s at the end.
I think some are underestimating Kalle. In my opinion those 4th places a driver scraps in his "bad" rallies are the most essential thing for the championship. He might not have been blindly faster than the others like last year, but it was a mature drive, he clearly couldn't do more than 4th.
Good job by Greensmith and Solberg too.

[Eli]

No problems for Ogier, I'm sure he's enjoying starting rallies from far back :D
Great rally by Neuville and Evans, they pushed very hard in a 2 day long fight and they didn't make big mistakes, only 0.4 s at the end.
I think some are underestimating Kalle. In my opinion those 4th places a driver scraps in his "bad" rallies are the most essential thing for the championship. He might not have been blindly faster than the others like last year, but it was a mature drive, he clearly couldn't do more than 4th.
Good job by Greensmith and Solberg too.

Also it was only his second time here, and last time was cut short for Rovanperä. On the other hand this was, what?, Ogier's 13th time here, it's his second best rally after Monte-Carlo. Have to agree, great fight by Evans & Neuville, hopefully next time it'll be for the win.

[rp]

Ogier will be leading the series after Croatia more than 10 points, so probably will not be in Portugal, because there he would be 1st on the road. In Sardegna can again take the advantage starting after the main contenders and dominate. Seven events is not enough, but 8-10 rounds programme and Ogier is the main favorite for the WRC title.

[EstWRC]

Ogier will be leading the series after Croatia more than 10 points, so probably will not be in Portugal, because there he would be 1st on the road. In Sardegna can again take the advantage starting after the main contenders and dominate. Seven events is not enough, but 10 rounds programme and Ogier is the main favorite for the WRC title.

i dont know why but i have a feeling that if he wins also in Croatia, he will announce that he will do rest of the season

[rp]

i dont know why but i have a feeling that if he wins also in Croatia, he will announce that he will do rest of the season

Might be, but he can still enjoy some holidays, when other drivers are competing.

[macebig]

Don't think Ogier has any interest in going to Estonia and Finland as Top 3 seeded driver. Possible he goes on till then, skips these 2 and see where he is come Acropolis and Chile.

[rallyfiend]

Don't think Ogier has any interest in going to Estonia and Finland as Top 3 seeded driver. Possible he goes on till then, skips these 2 and see where he is come Acropolis and Chile.

I don't think he has any interest in those events at all.

Same with Loeb. Doesn't like the fast, flat-out dangerous ones. Too risky.

[EstWRC]

So Ogier now announcing that he will do also Croatia then it will be his 6th start out of last 7 rallies.

“Retirement” lol

[sinepikohv]

Rememeber how Ogier said that the contract with Citroen is his last? Well, it wasn't.

Remember how Ogier said that 2020 will be his final year? Well, it wasn't.

In short: he has a habit of saying things and then not following through.

But I wouldn't be critical of him, it's just a remark.

It's not Seb's fault he is so good and he enjoys rallying too much to completely walk away. And if the results give him a chance to fight for a title then why shouldn't he give it a go? After all, many drivers have said that they haven't seen someone who's will to win is as high as Seb's. He's wired to be a champion.

I was 100% sure before the season that he won't do Croatia as in '22 he seemed to pick rallies that were meaningful to him. Croatia isn't and it's dangerous as locals with their beemers want a drag race while you're driving towards a stage. So my new prediction: if succesful in Croatia he'll do Portugal as starting first isn't awful there. It is bad in Sardegna, however. Also, if Seb really wants to have a push for the title he can't miss many rallies as Estonia and Finland are out of the question. I guess that if he'd want to lose his passion for WRC he'll come to Estonia and Finland :D

Edit: nvm, Ogier is not doing Portugal. https://www.rtbf.be/article/wrc-sebastien-ogier-en-tete-du-championnat-je-serai-la-en-croatie-mais-pas-au-portugal-11170046

[AnttiL]

Q:
The next event is Croatia. It’s a challenging tarmac event. Why have you selected that one?
SO:
I hope this time it will be a bit smoother. I think this one came about after a common discussion with the team. They have seen my form on tarmac and we decided that could be an event where I am a good asset for the team. It was not necessarily my choice to go there but I was happy to give it a go. Like I say, I have good memories and I am allowed to drive in Croatia again. That’s good.

https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-rally-mexico-post-event-press-conference

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Frp-O_tWwAAHEib?format=jpg&name=large

[EstWRC]

Lol https://youtube.com/shorts/r1Fdr2FmL6U?feature=share

[dimviii]

so who won?

[Jajá]

I was there at the jump and for sure Taka won... :)

[GigiGalliNo1]

An awesome event to attend again and photograph. It was surprising that it was 3 years ago to last week that we all had to rebook our flights on Saturday to depart on Sunday.

Great to see the fans out on the stages, the atmosphere in the service park and action and fight on the stages.

Lets hope it goes Mexico, USA and Chile back to back in 2024. (Service park chat)

[dimviii]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr22gFyWIAMsp_W?format=jpg&name=large

[GigiGalliNo1]

This was an epic stage to capture!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FretRbcX0AAyRbP?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[EstWRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fr22gFyWIAMsp_W?format=jpg&name=large

It’s the previous generation car

[AnttiL]

Nice that we have again full onboards on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91f9XAPI9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KstrjDZQX4