RE: Robert Kubica onboard (again): Time For Tea?

[161BMW]

marctwo said:

I wish he was still in F1. I really like Kubica.

Same here I really like Kubica
Alonso really really highly rates him
Wish he was at Ferrari :-)

[161BMW]

Wow that was mental
Even I would think twice before being a passenger in that car
No doubt WRC requires more skill and balls from drivers than in F1 IMO

[debateaments]

Kubica is an inspiration. As others have said, I wish him a successful WRC season.

[Soupie69uk]

Is Marcus Gronholm a manager/adviser in their team?

[GranCab]

He should have flicked the headlamps on to main beam for the duration - that would make it less scary ...

[scubadude]

WokkaWokka said:

I wonder what tools they used to fit his bks in the car.

Maybe he had an extra set installed while they where sticking the little bits of his arm back together?

Clearly to drive WRC at 10/10th you need to have had major surgery- a lobotomy I presume?

[matpilch]

The Crack Fox said:

Likewise. I'm guessing this is well and truly off the cards now?

yep. apparently, he can't control all the switches using his left hand only, there was also talk about there being not enough space in the cockpit but it wasnt explained how it affects his driving.
thats what we know here in poland

[CraigyMc]

Zajda said:

In HD resolution (not sure if it isn't country-restricted):
http://www.mediasport.cz/jezdci---rally/kubica-rob...

I get an "only available for CZ" message from the UK, sadly.

[lankyarcher]

CraigyMc said:

Zajda said:

In HD resolution (not sure if it isn't country-restricted):
http://www.mediasport.cz/jezdci---rally/kubica-rob...

I get an "only available for CZ" message from the UK, sadly.

Can someone either poach and upload to youtube or 4shared maybe?

Does anyone do a Czech VPN?

[CraigyMc]

lankyarcher said:

CraigyMc said:

Zajda said:

In HD resolution (not sure if it isn't country-restricted):
http://www.mediasport.cz/jezdci---rally/kubica-rob...

I get an "only available for CZ" message from the UK, sadly.

Can someone either poach and upload to youtube or 4shared maybe?

Does anyone do a Czech VPN?

My favourite VPN (for handing out to noobs) is tunnelbear, but it only has PoPs in USA, UK, Japan, France, German, Australia and Canada.

[lankyarcher]

CraigyMc said:

lankyarcher said:

CraigyMc said:

Zajda said:

In HD resolution (not sure if it isn't country-restricted):
http://www.mediasport.cz/jezdci---rally/kubica-rob...

I get an "only available for CZ" message from the UK, sadly.

Can someone either poach and upload to youtube or 4shared maybe?

Does anyone do a Czech VPN?

My favourite VPN (for handing out to noobs) is tunnelbear, but it only has PoPs in USA, UK, Japan, France, German, Australia and Canada.

Yeah I've got expressVPN, but it also doesnt have a Czech server.... Tits.

[timmeh2k]

When in doubt....

The spirit of McRae lives on rallying

[mmezax]

garycab said:

Ive been in and around rallying since 1978, cant honestly remember seeing an incar that mental !!
I fear for him this year though, at that pace I can see a lot of accidents ??, brings back memories of early McRae days !

He was really lucky he didn`t hit anything, would be a different story in Monte.
As for mental onboards, have a look at this, the guy won group N in Finnalnd WRC this year:
2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19QT-ZvitBY
2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBgy7zXomk

[debateaments]

matpilch said:

there was also talk about there being not enough space in the cockpit but it wasnt explained how it affects his driving.

He needs to use his upper arm to operate a steering wheel fully rather than just his wrist, and inside a small cockpit it is just not possible to move it around.

[CraigyMc]

mmezax said:

He was really lucky he didn`t hit anything, would be a different story in Monte.

If you watch the video really closely you'll see him hitting a pole by the side of the road (how ironic!) - it's what causes the foglight to flap about.

[hwajones]

Kubica and Meeke are making WRC 2014 sound like the most exciting seasons racing in a long time!

[CraigyMc]

hwajones said:

Kubica and Meeke are making WRC 2014 sound like the most exciting seasons racing in a long time!

Speaking of sound, the MINI from the other link sounded like it had about the most agressive (or broken!) antilag system I've ever heard.

[aeropilot]

Long time since I've seen any rallying in the dark - this is what the WRC needs, a return to pukka rallying, night time stages, long stages - proper rallying, not this poncy office hours sprint format bks.

[CraigyMc]

Has this popped up yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YtyRipNUlM

[CraigyMc]

lankyarcher said:

CraigyMc said:

Zajda said:

In HD resolution (not sure if it isn't country-restricted):
http://www.mediasport.cz/jezdci---rally/kubica-rob...

I get an "only available for CZ" message from the UK, sadly.

Can someone either poach and upload to youtube or 4shared maybe?

Does anyone do a Czech VPN?

720P version located: ->> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEC6OhNKwA <<-

When his rally-spec lights go off at about 2:43 and he goes off the road, it's utterly terrifying. They come back on at about 3:10.

Does he lift? Does he hell.


Offtopic: Google's auto-caption thinks the video above's soundtrack is in Portugese (it's actually in Polish).
Getting it to try to translate from that wrongly translated Polish-portugese to English is quite funny in the closed captions.

Edited by CraigyMc on Thursday 9th January 15:46