WRC 2010

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Intanto Ogier si fa da parte, grandissimo B)

[Hunaudieres 571]

SS15

Ogier perde 3 minuti e risparmia a Loeb la "fatica" di sacvalcarlo in classifica

 

Hirvonen risponde alla scoppola di 10 secondi presa nella prova pecedente con il miglior tempo, 1 decimo meno di Loeb, e riprende una posizione a Sordo

 

ottimo Raikkonen che in questa giornata ? costantemente pi? veloce di Villagra e Wilson

[The King of Spa 637]

Intanto Ogier si fa da parte, grandissimo B)

 

dovrebbe far sfilare anche il caposquadra

 

Modificato 17 Aprile, 2010 da Finnish

[The King of Spa 637]

[The King of Spa 637]

After SS15: Wheel change costs Ogier the lead

 

Citroen Junior Team driver Sebastien Ogier lost the lead of the Rally of Turkey on SS15 when he stopped during the stage to change a puncture.

 

Ogier began the stage with a lead of 8.1 seconds, but was forced to stop 11.7km into the 12.98km stage after a front tyre exploded in a high-speed section. Ogier left the road briefly then stopped to change the wheel. The incident cost the Frenchman three minutes and dropped him to fifth place.

 

Ogier's misfortune promoted Sebastien Loeb into the rally lead, with Petter Solberg second, 6 sec adrift, and Mikko Hirvonen third, 9.5 sec behind Solberg.

 

http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=7538&desc=After+SS15%3A+Wheel+change+costs+Ogier+the+lead

[luke36 6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15FB6yWz20&feature=digest

[The King of Spa 637]

non male....ancora mi ci devo fare l'abitudine a vederlo correre di traverso

 

Modificato 17 Aprile, 2010 da Finnish

[luke36 6]

non male....ancora mi ci devo fare l'abitudine a vederlo correre di traverso

 

 

 

Mi chiedo se un simile stile di guida possa tornare buono in F1. Insomma un bel training !!

[The King of Spa 637]

non penso.

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Nemmeno io, probabilmente non perder? totalmente il feeling con una 4 ruote come ? successo a Sochmacher. Per? le forze in questione non sono paragonabili ad una F1, anche se si va non velocissimi, di pi?.

[The King of Spa 637]

Drivers enraged by stage changes

By David Evans Saturday, April 17th 2010, 13:39 GMT

 

 

 

The leading drivers in the World Rally Championship have slammed the organisers of the Rally of Turkey for allegedly making alterations to the route for two of this morning's stages.

 

The drivers claim the route was altered in the Bozhane and Riva tests between the recce and the running of the stages today. Such a move would contravene regulations and the organisers have denied making any changes beyond picking up - by hand - some of the biggest rocks which were lying on the road.

 

World champion Sebastien Loeb said: "For sure there were changes. I started [sS12] and went through the first right, then 80 metres after that I had a left in fourth gear, but there was no left corner - it was straight, flat out.

 

"And then after that, in some places they have used something like a snow plough [to clear rocks from the road] which has made some banks at the side of the road. But they were not there [on the recce] so, sometimes the road is turning more and sometimes it is turning less.

 

"I had a 'cut' in my notes to cut the corner, which I did in fifth or sixth gear and on the exit of the corner was one of these banks. Bang! The car went up in the air and we damaged the sumpguard."

 

Mikko Hirvonen was also complaining bitterly about the alterations which had been made.

 

"If the organisers are saying there are no changes to the roads then they are lying and this is stupid," said Hirvonen. "They have been scraping the road. And when they have done that they are making banks at the side of the road.

 

"My notes were way too fast for the road as it was today. So many places we should have cut the corner and we had to drive around - there were a hell of a lot of changes. After that, I didn't trust my notes at all.

 

"The teams said if you are going there, then go and pick up the rocks. The organisers said they would just go and pick them up, but they have definitely done a hell of a lot more than that. They changed the stage and told nobody."

 

Hirvonen had another moment towards the end of the morning's final stage.

 

"There was a right over crest near the end," he said. "In the recce, everybody was cutting this corner from the left hand side and then cutting into the following junction.

 

"We asked the organisers whether they would put a fence or anything there to stop us cutting and they said: 'No. You can cut after the crest, but we will block the inside of the junction to stop you cutting there.' Then they did exactly the opposite, which is not nice to find when you come over the crest at rally speed."

 

Asked about any changes made to the stages, a spokesperson from the organisers said: "We made no changes to the stages. We altered the location of a refuel before the start of SS12, but that's the only difference. We did go through the long stage [sS13] and picked up some of the big rocks by hand, but otherwise there have been no changes."

 

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82989

[The King of Spa 637]

Stage cancellation request denied

By David Evans Saturday, April 17th 2010, 13:24 GMT

 

 

 

The organisers of the Rally of Turkey have rejected a plea from the teams to cancel the second running of the Riva test this afternoon.

 

There were calls for the event's longest stage to be canned immediately after the recce with the drivers pointing to the significant damage the rocks would cause. Having run the stage this morning and seen the damage to the cars, the teams then asked the organisers to consider pulling it. Despite emails indicating this would be the case, SS17 will run as expected.

 

Petter Solberg World Rally Team manager Ken Rees said: "My concern is that we are a small team with a limited budget. Running the stage competitively means we will have to risk a lot financially. And, in the position we are in on the rally, we have to drive the stage competitively.

 

"We've had one run through the stage and we now know it's a lot worse than it was. At the team managers' meeting, they [the organisers] said they couldn't afford to lose 54km of the route which they would if they had cancelled it both times, but they've run it once and we felt losing 27km was acceptable. We simply can't afford to drive as hard as we would like to."

 

Ford's team director Malcolm Wilson echoed those sentiments, pointing out that running the stage the second time would cost the teams tens of thousands of pounds.

 

"If you look at the damage to the cars, it's pretty extensive," he said. "It's like Cyprus a few years ago when we were there with the 2005 car. This second pass is going to be horrendous. There's no question about the cost, it's already been an expensive stage for us."

 

A source within the organisers said: "The 17th stage of the event will run as it is scheduled to on the itinerary."

 

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82986

 

un p? di caos....

[The King of Spa 637]

[luke36 6]

Cosa ha combinato Ogier ?

[luke36 6]

....... piccolo OT ma divertentissimo !!!

 

Hakkinen che insegna a Capt Slow a guidare sullo sterrato (gravel).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bmqdnx5R1U&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[The King of Spa 637]

Cosa ha combinato Ogier ?

 

ha forato.

[luke36 6]

ha forato.

 

 

... non avevo letto

 

After SS15: Wheel change costs Ogier the lead

 

Citroen Junior Team driver Sebastien Ogier lost the lead of the Rally of Turkey on SS15 when he stopped during the stage to change a puncture.

 

Ogier began the stage with a lead of 8.1 seconds, but was forced to stop 11.7km into the 12.98km stage after a front tyre exploded in a high-speed section. Ogier left the road briefly then stopped to change the wheel. The incident cost the Frenchman three minutes and dropped him to fifth place.

 

Ogier's misfortune promoted Sebastien Loeb into the rally lead, with Petter Solberg second, 6 sec adrift, and Mikko Hirvonen third, 9.5 sec behind Solberg.

[The King of Spa 637]

....... piccolo OT ma divertentissimo !!!

 

Hakkinen che insegna a Capt Slow a guidare sullo sterrato (gravel).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bmqdnx5R1U&NR=1&feature=fvwp

 

l'espressivit? di Mika ? comica, manco pare finlandese.....sembra pi? norvegese

[The-Flying-Finn 4631]

Norvegese?

 

 

Anche lei sta andando bene, 15a.

 

 

 

[The King of Spa 637]

Norvegese?

 

 

Anche lei sta andando bene, 15a.

 

 

 

 

non conosco i norvegesi...a parte Riis

 

anvedi la turca.

Modificato 17 Aprile, 2010 da Finnish