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Suninen doing a great job so far.
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Shame the WRC ain’t being shown on Freeview this season
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Went to Vargåsen today. The WRC cars are so fast!
Been some good action overall during the day and the roads held up better than yesterday, besides from Hagfors. Tänak will probably run off with the win but the battle right behind for the podium is quite thrilling. But my god, the amount of drunken and partying people is tragic for the rest. On one stage some drunk 18-year olds cut down a tree that fell on to the stage and almost hit a competitor. And at Vargåsen some people could barely stand on their legs, with a few very close to getting on to the stage in the middle of running. |
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Anyway, Tanak had speed to throw away last weekend. He and Toyota are going to clean up this year if Ott keeps it on the road while setting alien stage times - and the car holds together. It seemed a little fragile last year. Impressive pace from Teemu on day 1 too. The Ford still has some pace in it even if it's early in the season. |
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Impressive from Tanak all weekend (again) - as you say if the Toyota is less fragile than last year then Tanak has to be the clear favourite for the title. It seemed this weekend that everyone else was making mistakes whilst Tanak was error free and fast. What it did seem to show though is that the different cars all seem close in pace again this year which has to be good.
Hyundai have also elected to replace Mikklesen with Sordo for Corsica - meaning that the lineup will be Neuville, Sordo and Loeb - getting the tarmac specialists in seems like a good idea. I assume they'll take the same approach at other tarmac events later in the season too. |
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22 Feb 2019, 11:55 (Ref:3885933) | #34 | |
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It will be interesting to see how Tanak will manage the first day of cleaning in Mexico compared to the two closest rival.
I'm also curious to see if he will reach the whining level of Seb |
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4 Mar 2019, 23:24 (Ref:3888302) | #35 | |
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Some interest in the Belgian Rally Championship?
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5 Mar 2019, 08:30 (Ref:3888351) | #36 | |
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5 Spike showed a preview to Mexico, so does that mean we will see coverage back on C5?
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I have seen some great clips from Belgium over the years (the RallyMedia You Tube channel has loads of great videos), but never found a reliable source for coverage!
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5 Mar 2019, 09:25 (Ref:3888362) | #38 | |
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Yes its great and I think its one of the strongest local championships in Europe. Every year I go to several BRC rally and its great. About coverage its quite difficult. Some Belgian local tv is doing some coverage after the event but you are still dependent on the livetiming.
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5 Mar 2019, 11:04 (Ref:3888376) | #39 | ||
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tb there are counrtless good sites for Belgian, devillers being one, but watch a few and the links come in n the right.
Joost doesnt do as much as he did, went off chasing WRC rounds and doesnt post as much as he did. Very keen to do Ypres this year actually, just a dayy trip, depends on the Brexit nonsense |
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Gentlemen, where are you all? Not a single comment about a dramatic Corsica last weekend? I better not say anything just yet in case folks are still waiting to watch it.
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I saw it. Gutted for Evans, just that hole in the road prevented him from winning. At least the title race is still close
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Have to be honest, most rallying footage has been North Wales and North West stages, both looked amazing!!!
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Caught up with it yesterday, the disappointment on Elfyn Evans face For whatever reason he didn't deserve that result.
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Latvala was nowhere, I know he wears his heart on his sleeve but I'm always surprised when he admits his head is gone. Ok, he doesn't use those exact words but he practically infers it by talking about the feeling not being there etc. He's honest, there's no BS with him but I can't help feeling he'll be forced into retirement next season. If Toyota were to go down to two cars, I suspect he might be one shown the door. Perhaps Lappi might come back because he looks so so unhappy in that Citroen. Jeez! He's miserable at stage end. Looks completely at sea and he doesn't know why. Contrast with Breen's emotions when he was in the hot seat. Evans and the Fiesta were a real surprise as you say. Teemu backed it up too and was probably being cautious to finish after the start to the season he has had. |
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Absolutely gutted for Evans, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the M-Sport Fiesta in the thick of it. I really didn't think we'd see that car so competitive this year, I hope Corsica isn't a one off for either the car or Evans.
Some incredible flashes of pace from Meeke. I think he may be still slightly overdriving but, as cg7aa aid, if he can dial it back just a fraction more he should be in the right place. I don't think he looks to anywhere as close to the ragged edge as he was at Citroen though. |
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Pretty brutal event again in Argentina - Evans rolled out and Lappi had a big off too (even getting the 'vote of confidence' from the team boss). Neuville survived the carnage to win, Tanak out of luck again. The Toyotas looked to be the fastest car again - all three drivers showed some serious pace at points over the weekend, they just can't seem to string it all together for a result.
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Well Argentina is a tough event. I will have to review everything when I get time, but I will in time.
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Neuville's crash in Chile was quite shocking, it reminded me of two of the biggest rally accidents I've ever seen in the sport: Makinen in Argentina 2004 and McRae in Wales 2001. The sheer violence of the crashes makes you wonder how anyone gets out of the wreck. Thankfully they all did.
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