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9 Jun 2019, 09:41 (Ref:3908756) | #627 | |
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Coley said during the Abu Dhabi event that Scheiders car was a new build for this year.
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22 Jun 2019, 23:38 (Ref:3913595) | #628 | ||
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Shame to see that very low IQ thug has got back into top level RX - it let’s the sport down having a thick chav like him allowed back
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8 Jul 2019, 08:23 (Ref:3916463) | #629 | |
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I feel fortunate that I got to watch in Höljes this year, some incredible moments and great racing. WRX has definitely gotten more competitive with the loss of manufacturers and even some privateer team can match up to the former works cars.
ERX on the other hand though is not in a very good state. There are some very good drivers but the rest are basically just filling out the field. It is such a huge gap between the top 3 or top 5 and the rest it's astonishing. |
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10 Jul 2019, 16:26 (Ref:3916884) | #630 | ||
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Great weekend of racing and, once again, some different names on the podium which is exactly what was hoped for this season.
Can't but help but think OMSE got their timing wrong returning to World RX: they really struggled last year but, despite some issues (and arguably home soil advantage) they were right in the mix in Holjes. Looks like they have reverted back to a conventional layout for the cars (with the cooling in the rear again)? I wonder how different the 2019 cars are to those used last year. Without meaning to sound like a social media conspiracy theorist, I did question some of the stewards decisions (or rather lack of decisions) in Sweden. Timmy Hansen clearly pushed to pass in the semi-final, but nothing was said. Yet far lighter contact has been punished elsewhere? I am not keen on the lack of consistency. |
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10 Jul 2019, 19:27 (Ref:3916914) | #631 | |
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Agreed. That was a classic event, with plenty of action and drama and it being open till the end. Didn’t regret watching it for a minute
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It seems ridiculous that Timmy’s push to pass was allowed but they were handing out fairly harsh penalties for track limits.
Coley mentioned that OMSE had gone back to rear rads as they’d had problems with cooling at the front. Although he also noted that they were overheating at Holjes so still something to work on. Not a bad advert for the new car, clearly had pace. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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As for Hansen, I can't help but think that they are going easy on him as well. If you touched those sticks on the insides of some corners, you were automatically given a 5 second penalty this year. When Ekström won back in 2015, Hansen was first given 5 sec but protested and got 1 sec instead. |
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12 Jul 2019, 22:05 (Ref:3917242) | #634 | |
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Abbring and the ES Skoda is a good combo.
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4 Aug 2019, 22:27 (Ref:3921411) | #635 | |
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Eventful weekend, brilliant to see Andreas finally break his dry spell.
The more I watch Kevin Hansen the more I dislike him. He’s a rapid driver but seems to have a habit of crashing into people and ruining their race. Today’s hit on Marklund was just a case of getting carried away at the merge, ignoring the rules and then punting Anton into the wall quite aggressively. You have to wonder what Gronholm night have done if he’d been entered for the whole season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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5 Aug 2019, 12:43 (Ref:3921505) | #637 | ||
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Agreed that Hansen's move on Marklund was out of order but couldn't have happened to a more deserving driver. I detest the way that Marklund drives and his general attitude. I'll always cheer him being punted out the race.
Didn't like the way Kevin leant on people off the start too, think he may have been the cause of one of the first corner incidents. He did similar stuff at the Titans event too. Was unfortunate for Liam. Car failed on him in the heats too. He hasn't got the pace of Bakkerud though. Not even close at times. |
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6 Aug 2019, 10:27 (Ref:3921651) | #638 | |
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I try to follow the races on YouTube since none of the TV channels I have seem to be covering this season. The fact that FIA is only streaming the live qualifications followed by just the finals is quite annoying and breaks the whole race. Whoever thought this was a good idea?
It's like watching the previous round of the champions league followed by the last ten minutes of the next game. The grid placement seems random, cars are missing, other cars are full of tape and presumably damaged. How are we supposed to get into the sport? Is FIA deliberately trying to frustrate us into not caring about the sport anymore? |
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I am really confused Silhuette.
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Q1 - randomly decided order of grid. New system in Canada but still basically random Q2-Q4 - Top 5 in previous session are in last race, next 5 fastest in penultimate race, next 5... until there are 6-10 drivers left. If 6 they split 3/3, 7 split 4/3, 8 split 5/3, 9 split 5/4 and 10 a nice even 5/5. Pole goes to the fastest of the drivers in that race, 2nd is for the second fastest etc. In Q2/Q3 the order can be that the fastest drivers go out first or the slowest drivers go out first. This is randomly decided. In Q4 slowest drivers go out first. Semi Final - Odds 1st-11th in quali go to SF1 and Evens 2nd-12th to SF2. Start in the order they qualified. Final - Finishing position in semi-final is the row you start on. Between each row pairing whoever was higher in quali gets the odd start (1st/3rd/5th) and the other gets the even start position (2nd/4th/6th) Quote:
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6 Aug 2019, 21:18 (Ref:3921734) | #640 | ||
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Grid placement is actually pretty simple, albeit long winded. Random grids for Q1 (although this weekend was slightly different, the drivers chose their slot and the order they could choose in was a random draw). Q2 and Q3 are based on who was quickest in Q1 but it's randomly decided if races will be fastest first or slowest first. Q4 is based on who was quickest in Q3 with the fastest guys last. There is never fewer than 3 cars on the grid and they try to have as many 5 car races as possible. So 16 cars will be two races of three and two of 5. 17 cars will be 3,4,5,5 and 18 would be 3,5,5,5 And the FIA aren't the ones who dictate the TV, that's IMG who run the series. |
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7 Aug 2019, 19:38 (Ref:3921849) | #641 | |
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Toomas Heikkinen told on Viasat TV channel that he will drive in the next FIAWorldRX race.
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3 Sep 2019, 11:28 (Ref:3925573) | #643 | |
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Championship hotting up and the last few events have been quite entertaining. Basciuska was absolutely on it through the joker lap. Bakkerud should have won again but got too greedy trying to hold Gronholm off at the first corner, shame as he had the line.
Does seem that the Peugeots haven't had the same pace advantage that they had earlier in the year, but Kevin still seems to luck out to a decent finish. Looking forward to Riga, first corner and joker merge are usually entertaining. Now with the added 'send' of Robin Larsson who has entered. |
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3 Sep 2019, 16:15 (Ref:3925634) | #644 | |
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Apparently them coming together locked up Bakkeruds steering so he couldn't turn in, thus going far too wide.
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16 Sep 2019, 08:50 (Ref:3928278) | #646 | ||
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Another win for Timmy and just one point between the leaders before the last round.
With four event wins I daresay Timmy has earned the title but, despite what I have been told by various people, I am still struggling to warm to him. His whinge after winning Q3 sounded like a petulant child. Bit belated, but I took a ton of pictures in France and various activities have prevented me from sorting through them sooner... ...as ever, full album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/229616...57710864027743 If anyone is interested in seeing more! |
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16 Sep 2019, 12:00 (Ref:3928308) | #647 | |
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If a Hansen wins then I'd rather it was Timmy, he's easier to like than Bakkerud. I do find it quite wearing seeing Susann crying after ever event and stressing how they're a family team etc. Much as Doran is a knobend, I'd much rather see the Cartel do better.
Bonkers that we wait so long until the finale though. My mate is an occasional viewer (I convinced a group to do Riga last year and he enjoyed it enough to sometimes tune in), and he really couldn't understand the logic behind it. Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk |
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16 Sep 2019, 15:30 (Ref:3928345) | #648 | |
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I watched a hash of the Q runs on youtube.
Another track where there is so little dirt down, looked very much like France with sort of brushed concrete almost, Wet weather made a bit of a difference, but no shock that this place is going, racing was pretty average, too narrow, too much stop start. |
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17 Sep 2019, 10:30 (Ref:3928493) | #649 | |
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I quite like Riga as new tracks go. The first corner is usually entertaining, people can pull off good moves in T3 and the joker merge is neat. The two hairpins let it down but I still like to see it on the calendar, especially as it's well supported and a great event to go to.
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