IRC Rallye Monte-Carlo 2011

[sleenster]

This is probably in the wrong place but anyway it can be moved later

So, results after SS1:

1 Stéphane Sarrazin (Peugeot 207 S2000) 23m35.6s
2 Juho Hänninen (Škoda Fabia S2000) +0.3s
3 Guy Wilks (Peugeot 207 S2000) +20.3s
4 Bryan Bouffier (Peugeot 207 S2000) +20.8s
5 Freddy Loix (Škoda Fabia S2000) +24.1s
6 Petter Solberg (Peugeot 207 S2000) +29.8s
7 François Delecour (Peugeot 207 S2000) +35.7s
8 Jan Kopecký (Škoda Fabia S2000) +36.0s
9 Bruno Magalhães (Peugeot 207 S2000) +38.2s
10 Giandomenico Basso (Peugeot 207 S2000) +41.1s


Other notes:

Andreas Mikkelsen, Henning Solberg and Nicolas Vouilloz - punctures

Petter Solberg said he was lucky not to suffer a deflation when he nudged a wall after running over a patch of loose-surface gravel.

Thierry Neuville (Peugeot) clipped a bank and has not finished the stage.

Chris Atkinson is reported to have crashed his PROTON Satria Neo.

[momo]

Thank you.
You can follow the rally live here:
http://videos.eurosport.com/irc/rally-m ... ayer.shtml

[sleenster]

Thanks momo

Times here as well:
http://www.acm.mc/ramc/ramc_main.php?lng=en

[luieluv]

Thanks Sleen. I was just about waiting for someone to start it.

Great you took the initiative.

[sleenster]

Thanks Sleen. I was just about waiting for someone to start it.

Great you took the initiative.

You should have started it first then, instead of waiting for me

[luieluv]

Thanks Sleen. I was just about waiting for someone to start it.

Great you took the initiative.

You should have started it first then, instead of waiting for me

kinda busy in office or else would have surely done it.

[sleenster]

IRC Rally Radio:
http://tbcpods.radica.com/IRC_Radio/Ral ... _page2.htm

[sleenster]

Overall classification after SS2:
1 J. Hanninen (Skoda) – 46m 15,5s
2 S. Sarrazin (Peugeot) + 35,6s
3 F. Loix (Skoda) + 41,7s
4 P. Solberg (Peugeot) + 44,6s
5 G. Wilks (Peugeot) + 51,5s
6 B. Bouffier (Peugeot) + 52,3s
7 J. Kopecky (Skoda) + 01m 04,6s
8 F. Delecour (Peugeot) + 01m 09,9s
9 G. Basso (Peugeot) + 01m 22,2s
10 B. Magalhaes (Peugeot) + 01m 36,3s

[Kinga]

Oh, Petter Doesn't look too good.

[Kriss]

thanks for the info everyone

[F1Fan88]

Already 9 drivers out - of them 2 Norwegians, Henning and Andreas.

live stream for SS3 : http://mypremium.tv/em/11/s1.shtml?reload=1295307902860

[sleenster]

Monte Carlo Rally: Retirements after SS2

Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) – crash damage
Henning Solberg (Ford) – crash damage
P-G. Andersson (Proton) – reason for retirement unknown
Andreas Aigner (Mitsubishi) – car fire in SS2
Thierry Neuville (Peugeot) – crash in SS1
Chris Atkinson (Proton) – electrical problems

[Julia]

Monte Carlo Rally: Retirements after SS2

Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda) – crash damage
Henning Solberg (Ford) – crash damage
P-G. Andersson (Proton) – reason for retirement unknown
Andreas Aigner (Mitsubishi) – car fire in SS2
Thierry Neuville (Peugeot) – crash in SS1
Chris Atkinson (Proton) – electrical problems

ouch, a retirement prone rally start?!

Hänninen seems to bee flying, Petter going also nice if you think its not his usual car... but the rest "big names" ... so many out after the first two stages, wow.

[Mar]

Wau! That’s a nice number of “big” guys crashing out in just two stages. Good that they’re all doing well.

Don’t get me wrong, I like how the boy drives but Neuville tends to crash a lot.

[sleenster]

No Rallye Monte-Carlo joy for PROTON aces

PROTON Motorsports’ bid to begin its 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season with a strong finish on Rallye Monte-Carlo has faltered after team drivers P-G Andersson and Chris Atkinson both retired from the centenary edition of the event this morning.

Atkinson, from Australia, stopped after 700 metres of the opening stage with a suspected electrical problem while Andersson went out after seven kilometres of stage two when he took a wheel off his Satria Neo Super 2000 in a crash.

Swede Andersson, who is being co-driven by countryman Emil Axelsson for the first time, was just outside of the top 10 when he went out.

PROTON Motorsports, which is run by the British MEM operation, had prepared for Rallye Monte-Carlo with a series of tests (pictured).

http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=2398

Solberg says he's still settling in

By David Evans and Matt Beer
Wednesday, January 19th 2011, 13:36 GMT

Petter Solberg has underlined that he is still far from fully settled in the Peugeot 207 despite currently holding fourth in the Monte Carlo Rally, his debut in both the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and S2000 machinery.

The 2003 World Rally champion was sixth after SS1 this morning, but then second-quickest on SS2, moving him up to third overall.

Solberg admitted that the dry weather of the opening stages had not been ideal for him.

"I had never tested the car in these conditions," he said. "So I didn't play with the set-up."

He said a scare on SS1 had cost him a significant amount of time.

"It was in a medium-speed, right-hand corner," Solberg explained. "I hit some gravel and we hit the wall quite hard.

"For a couple of kilometres I didn't push because I thought I might have broken the wheel, but when it was okay we pressed on.

"The second stage was much better but I'm still learning the car."

Solberg has so far proved competitive with everyone bar dominant leader Juho Hanninen, but reckoned the Skoda's pace was partly to its tyre choice, with SS2 having proved much more dry than most had expected.

"I'm not surprised at the Skoda's time," said Solberg. "They were two steps harder than us with the tyres."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88988