Amazing rally so far, but this Great Orme deal has been a mess since they annouce it. The FIA should never allow the PS change and organizers should have run it as a SSS on Friday or Saturday. This is a sport, not a circus.
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Amazing rally so far, but this Great Orme deal has been a mess since they annouce it. The FIA should never allow the PS change and organizers should have run it as a SSS on Friday or Saturday. This is a sport, not a circus.
Any live stream links for the power stage?
It was actually on the second time they tackled the jump, adding 3x more on SDs so quite memorised. I gerenally don`t have a favourite and feel bad or good for everyone, but this national stuff just is stupid. One totals 2 chassis` and has major offs....its just on the car, other drives through a pothole smaller than some on public roads, breaks a RALLYCAR and its his fault.:D Not to mention some stated "facts".
It was mostly a mistake to do bike displays in the area of the stage. The accident was by the jump. The display should be well away from the road.
SUN 13:55 - ROAD ORDER FOR SS23
1. Tidemand 2. Rovanperä 3. Evans 4. Tänak 5. Østberg 6. Paddon 7. Mikkelsen 8. Neuville 9. Breen 10. Lappi 11. Latvala 12. Ogier 13. Greensmith 14. Huttunen
@ dnb
I think that is not for free. Any other links? :D
SS23 has started.
Sure, it's cool, sure, it adds a mixed surface quality to GB, but this stage is plain silly.
How's it working with WRC2 if only top 14 are doing the stage?
Great Orme scenery looking spectacular... and its not even sunny !
So nice to see Kalle actually win a WRC2 rally! Finally!
So if Tidemand don't get the seat at the top there will be three WRC2 title contenders next year. Haha all by Skoda...
OK here we go
Ogier smashes it when it really matters.
I was hoping for a mindless attack from Latvala, but a nice finish nonetheless.
Two rounds still to go, but the Master is on fire!!! Congrats to seb, but even more happy for JML.
no drama stage. And JML wasted nearly last chance to win a rally. pitty
Ogier took 1 sec/km from Latvala.
Congrats champ!
What a relief!! Finally one event with luck on a Seb's side. I already wrote off his chances, now I see "sun above the horizon".
Great event, one of the most important victories for him. Congrats! And he showed, that Yaris can be beaten. Still very good result for JML and Lappi. Breen showed there is potential in C3 (imagine Ogier behind the steering wheel....future looks bright for 5x WRC champion).
Rovanpera: this victory clearly shows the immense potential of a boy, who is in his puberty. Deep respect!
Congrats to Ogier/Ingrassia and MSport. Gutted for Tanak but after today show we must recognize Ogier deserved this win. Still a 3 way battle for the title and hopefully it'll continue so until the end of Australia rally!
Huge congrats to Rovanpera; the kid seems already a champ.
What is this social media Julian Porter mentioned about Tanak's incident and his sumpguard getting embedded in the road ? Any pictures / links ?
Ogier now main title favorite.
Toyota clear manu favorite.
In this rally Hyundai lost quite a lot on both titles due to the Friday morning pace. Nandan admitted that himself on the stream that the setup was nowhere near where it should and also said their test was dry. (from vids it also looked like it was on a bit wider roads than those on Friday). Note that without the off which cost Neuville pretty much exactly 40s his time is only good for 3rd or 4th.
(Pending no crashes/retirements) Neuville still has a decent chance if he manages go end within top 4 in Spain and can also hope Loeb takes some points off Ogier there. Obviously Tanak also has a chance but has to rely on things happening (which is the norm lately anyway).
Imo both titles will depend a lot on how (if any) has Hyundai improved on tarmac. If they are where they were on smooth tarmac in Germany/Corsica/Spain last year, Neuville and Sordo will fight for 3-5 at best.
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For the unsigned drivers and their future GB certainly improves Breen's chances on the driver market. Evans did show real speed for the first time this year but it was so brief that I don't think it helps much. Paddon again slowest Hyundai.
I dont argue with that. But probably Tänak has improved his driving as well since last year was the first one he was really competitive. And already last year on pure speed they were equal drivers. Ogier did just fewer mistakes.
My real point was that you said that Ogier showd the Yaris can be beaten. But how did he show that?
He beat Lappi and Latvala who he has beaten on almost every rally. But he was beaten on pure speed by Tänak by a calendar until the car broke down.
So in this sense he did not show the yaris can be beaten. Kind of hard to put Tänaks radiator breaking to Ogier.
Now I see that Kalle had his 18th birthday a week a go. Great present he gave to himself :)