The WRC 2012 Thread

Author
Discussion

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Thursday 29th March 2012
quotequote all
Erm...
IainW said:
Yet another damaged rollcage stops somebody from continuing. Sure I said the same about Latvala on the last rally. They don't make them like they used to.
Mini1275 said:
And here's a pic of the car:



That's quite a hefty hit yikes.

Go Solberg!.
May be more than a damaged roll cage.

IainW

1,631 posts

174 months

Thursday 29th March 2012
quotequote all
Ahh I see. Didn't know about that, was just going on the Autosport report which had no photo.

GravelBen

15,654 posts

229 months

Thursday 29th March 2012
quotequote all
Good to see Paddon leading SWRC (and 9th overall) after day 1. smile

DeltaForce

76 posts

152 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Loeb mentioned an issue with light pods,that with the new soft suspension for gravel, that light was bouncing all over the place and visability poor,this was SS2 and SS3 was history.
But i think his statement later said it was a mis read pace note.

ArnageWRC

2,050 posts

158 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
His pace-notes were correct – he went left instead of right........which is easy to do in the dark....

P I Staker

3,308 posts

155 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
ArnageWRC said:
His pace-notes were correct – he went left instead of right........which is easy to do in the dark....
I remember marshalling at a rally a few years ago, as we where driving out after the stage we came across a car in a ditch with the driver and nav arguing with the nav going "I fkin told you it was a left! I fkin told you!"

hehe

ETA: Anyone speak French?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klxwpZGj4pQ&fea...

Edited by P I Staker on Friday 30th March 10:09

melvster

6,841 posts

184 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Off topic a little but i watched the WRC DVD review from 2003, god Rallying was good then, 206 v Evo v Focus v Scoob.

IainW

1,631 posts

174 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Still in French but you get the idea. Elena says "droite", but Loeb goes gauche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwNQIY0bTM&fea...

P I Staker

3,308 posts

155 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
IainW said:
Still in French but you get the idea. Elena says "droite", but Loeb goes gauche.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwNQIY0bTM&fea...
I love the big long drifts they get on the gravel in these cars, I'm not sure if its my imagination but they seem much more sideways then the bigger last gen cars. thumbup

GravelBen

15,654 posts

229 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Carnage on SS5 going by the updates on WRC.com!

Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Why is this the only thread on here that uses the spoilers doofer, surely its obvious what this thread is about, especially during a rally?

Pissed off with a certain driver from Finland, even if it was in tough conditions!

Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
And his Norwegian team mate...

IainW

1,631 posts

174 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Talk about a rally of attrition......

P I Staker

3,308 posts

155 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Allyc85 said:
Why is this the only thread on here that uses the spoilers doofer, surely its obvious what this thread is about, especially during a rally?
Yeah, its a bit stupid.


Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
But not as stupid as JML. What can Ford do about him?

Mini1275

11,098 posts

181 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Wow, absolutely crazy stuff regarding Ford. I bet they're kicking themselves!.

Autosport said:
Mikko Hirvonen leads the Rally of Portugal by 36.3 seconds over Evgeny Novikov after a bizarre first loop of Friday stages.

Thick fog, heavy rain and very muddy stages led to carnage throughout the leaderboard - headlined by Ford team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg crashing out of the lead on consecutive stages.

The duo had started the day first and second, and looking good to turn the team's title bid around following Sebastien Loeb's Thursday night crash.

But first Latvala slid off the road and down a bank on SS5, then Solberg - who had inherited the lead - did likewise on SS6.

That left Hirvonen up front in the remaining works Citroen. Despite losing 12 seconds to the charging Novikov (M-Sport Ford) on SS7, Hirvonen said he just wanted to stick to his own pace.

"It was very, very foggy and very, very muddy as well, and you cannot even believe how slowly we are driving - but it's so slippy that if there's one corner you don't get right, it's over. I don't want to take any risks," he said.

Despite some intercom problems, Novikov took second from Mads Ostberg on SS7, to the Norwegian's surprise, although Ostberg was also suffering with a puncture. The two Fords are now five seconds apart in second and third.

Patrik Sandell has stayed out of trouble and moved up from 11th to fourth in the Prodrive Mini, with Martin Prokop (Czech Ford) and Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar Citroen) doing likewise to appear in surprise top six positions. Prokop benefited from running second on the road to go second quickest on SS5 and SS6.

Jari Ketomaa was up to fifth in the DMACK-shod Autotek Ford, but then an engine problem cost him several minutes and saw him tumble to 10th.

All three stages in the loop were won by Dani Sordo. The Prodrive Mini is running first on the road - ideal in the conditions - having retired with electrical problems last night. Despite being a full minute quicker than almost everyone else on stages five and six, Sordo is still only 13th overall due to his Rally 2 penalties.

Ott Tanak (M-Sport Ford) and Thierry Neuville (Citroen Junior) started the day fourth and fifth but were also among the victims of the conditions, which were instrumental in causing multiple cars to either slide off the road or struggle with electrical problems due to deep and unexpected watersplashes.

Leading positions after SS7:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Mikko Hirvonen Citroen 1h20m01.7s
2. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Ford + 36.3s
3. Mads Ostberg Adapta Ford + 41.8s
4. Patrik Sandell Prodrive Mini + 3m07.2s
5. Martin Prokop Czech Ford + 3m25.8s
6. Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar Citroen + 3m46.9s
7. Peter van Merksteijn Jr van Merksteijn Citroen + 3m50.8s
8. Dennis Kuipers M-Sport Ford + 4m41.1s
9. Sebastien Ogier VW Skoda + 5m45.1s
10. Jari Ketomaa Autotek Ford + 5m52.3s

TankRS

2,850 posts

153 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Allyc85 said:
Why is this the only thread on here that uses the spoilers doofer, surely its obvious what this thread is about, especially during a rally?
cause someone a few rallies ago got all pissy about finding out the results before they had seen the tv coverage. rolleyes

I’ve already said i don’t care that the info is plain to see, if i didn’t want to know, i wouldn’t come in during an event.
its almost as retarded as walking through Manchester city centre immediate after the manc derby and telling all the cheering supporters to STFU cos you’ve got the highlights recorded to watch later tongue out

tyrrell

1,670 posts

207 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Great shame for Latvala he just keeps crashing despite saying he has learnt his lesson each time.

Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
TankRS said:
cause someone a few rallies ago got all pissy about finding out the results before they had seen the tv coverage. rolleyes

I’ve already said i don’t care that the info is plain to see, if i didn’t want to know, i wouldn’t come in during an event.
its almost as retarded as walking through Manchester city centre immediate after the manc derby and telling all the cheering supporters to STFU cos you’ve got the highlights recorded to watch later tongue out
Exactly! I did ask the mods to put "spoilers" in the title, but that hasnt worked. Il try again!

Friday afternoons stages were cancelled due to bad weather making some of the river crossings virtually impossible, thus making the cars unable to reach re-fuel or actually get through to the end!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98481

Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Friday 30th March 2012
quotequote all
Results after day 2.

http://www.wrc.com/results/2012/vodafone-rally-de-...

Running order for tomorrow.

Neuville (DS3 WRC)
Tänak (Fiesta WRC)
Latvala (Fiesta WRC)
Sordo (Mini WRC)
P.Solberg (Fiesta WRC)
Araujo (Mini WRC)
Ketomaa (Fiesta WRC)
Kuipers (Fiesta WRC)
Van Merksteijn (DS3 WRC)
Al-Attiyah (DS3 WRC)
Prokop (Mini WRC)
Sandell (Mini WRC)
Ostberg (Fiesta WRC)
Novikov (Fiesta WRC)
Hirvonen (DS3 WRC)