****The Offical Rally Austrailia Thread****

[Pwig]

It certainly appears Meeke is on a bin it or win it approach.

At the moment he's leaning more towards win it

[GravelBen]

Hopefully they sort out whatever is wrong with Paddon's car for tomorrow so we can see some proper pace from him too.

[Allyc85]

Meeke doing a top job so far!

Vw showing their true pace, they really shouldn't be up there opening up on such loose roads!

[GravelBen]

SS9 more what I was expecting!

[Allyc85]

Happy to wake for work and see Meeke leading again! So close in the top 5 with 10 seconds covering the lot of them!

[Pwig]

It's brilliant isn't it.

I doubt meeke will hold on when the order is reversed for Sunday but crossing my fingers

[Allyc85]

Evans having another bad event, nothing is going for the lad at the moment. Lucky to still be in the event after a big moment on ss12.

[Pwig]

Pos Car No Driver Co-driver Team Eligibility Group Class Time Diff Prev Diff 1st

1. 1 FRAS. OGIER FRAJ. INGRASSIA Volkswagen Motorsport M RC1 2:20:51.8
2. 3 GBRK. MEEKE IRLP. NAGLE Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT M RC1 2:20:52.1 +0.3 +0.3
3. 2 FINJ. LATVALA FINM. ANTTILA Volkswagen Motorsport M RC1 2:20:54.4 +2.3 +2.6
4. 9 NORA. MIKKELSEN NORO. FLOENE Volkswagen Motorsport II T RC1 2:21:00.9 +6.5 +9.1
5. 8 NZLH. PADDON NZLJ. KENNARD Hyundai Motorsport M RC1 2:21:11.2 +10.3 +19.4
6. 6 ESTO. TANAK ESTR. MOLDER M-Sport World Rally team M RC1 2:21:30.9 +19.7 +39.1
7. 7 BELT. NEUVILLE BELN. GILSOUL Hyundai Motorsport M RC1 2:21:55.7 +24.8 +1:03.9
8. 20 ESPD. SORDO ESPM. MARTI Hyundai Motorsport N T RC1 2:22:02.0 +6.3 +1:10.2
9. 5 GBRE. EVANS GBRD. BARRITT M-Sport World Rally Team M RC1 2:24:06.9 +2:04.9 +3:15.1
10. 4 FRAS. LEFEBVRE BELS. PREVOT Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT M RC1 2:35:01.0 +10:54.1 +14:09.


Close at the front!

[GravelBen]

Dust giving quite an advantage to the first cars on the road this afternoon/evening by the sounds of it.

[Allyc85]

Meeke hampered by the dust, not helped by Evans having an off in front. Kris was so angry he refused to comment at stage end and regroup!

Edited by Allyc85 on Saturday 12th September 11:42

[Allyc85]

Soo who will be up at 4am for the Power Stage?!

[GravelBen]

Not me, I'm finding it a novelty having a WRC event on during the day!

[GravelBen]

Ah well, another championship wrapped up for Mr Ogier. Hopefully the other cars can give the VWs some closer competition next year.

[Pwig]

At least Kris held on!

[tyrrell]

Yes good to see no mistakes this time out