Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

[Mar]

Still no time for Sordo, they keep having a problem with it.
Other times filtering through:

Loeb fastest (again)
Hirvonen +8.6
Petter +11.8
Novikov +14.9
Ogier +24.4
Delecour +30.2

[Mar]

Mess around Sordo's time finally solved and he is... fastest!
Dani was 0.4 seconds faster than Loeb and gets back the 2nd position in the overall classification

[luieluv]

thanks for the updates..

[luieluv]

SS6 Results :

01 LOEB Sébastien (FRA) 1 0:12:37:700 --:--:-- --:--:--
02 HIRVONEN Mikko (FIN) 2 0:12:46:300 +0:00:08:600 --:--:--
03 SORDO CASTILLO Daniel (ESP) 37 0:12:47:300 +0:00:09:600 --:--:--
04 SOLBERG Petter (NOR) 4 0:12:49:500 +0:00:11:800 --:--:--
05 NOVIKOV Evgeny (RUS) 6 0:12:52:600 +0:00:14:900 --:--:--
06 SOLBERG Henning (NOR) 10 0:13:01:400 +0:00:23:700 --:--:--
07 OGIER Sébastien (FRA) 15 0:13:02:100 +0:00:24:400 --:--:--
08 DELECOUR François (FRA) 8 0:13:07:900 +0:00:30:200 --:--:--
09 TANAK Ott (EST) 5 0:13:16:000 +0:00:38:300 --:--:--
10 CAMPANA Pierre (FRA) 52 0:13:16:100 +0:00:38:400 --:--:--
11 BOUFFIER Bryan (FRA) 16 0:13:19:800 +0:00:42:100 --:--:--
12 ANDERSSON Pergunnar (SWE) 33 0:13:25:400 +0:00:47:700 --:--:--
13 ARAUJO Armindo (PRT) 12 0:13:26:800 +0:00:49:100 --:--:--
14 ABBRING Kevin (DEU) 17 0:13:28:800 +0:00:51:100 --:--:--
15 PROKOP Martin (CZE) 21 0:13:38:700 +0:01:01:000 --:--:--
16 BREEN Craig (IRL) 32 0:13:43:800 +0:01:06:100 --:--:--
17 WILSON Matthew (GBR) 9 0:13:48:200 +0:01:10:500 --:--:--
18 ROBERT Cédric (FRA) 71 0:14:07:400 +0:01:29:700 --:--:--
19 BURRI Michael (CHE) 22 0:14:14:400 +0:01:36:700 --:--:--
20 LATOUR Bertrand (FRA) 80 0:14:28:300 +0:01:50:600 --:--:--

[Mar]

Morning Luie

So, they've changed Dani's time again

[luieluv]

Overall Classification after SS6

01 LOEB Sébastien (FRA) 1 1:54:30:300 --:--:-- --:--:--
02 SORDO CASTILLO Daniel (ESP) 37 1:55:49:900 +0:01:19:600 --:--:--
03 SOLBERG Petter (NOR) 4 1:55:50:200 +0:01:19:900 --:--:--
04 HIRVONEN Mikko (FIN) 2 1:57:20:400 +0:02:50:100 --:--:--
05 NOVIKOV Evgeny (RUS) 6 1:57:29:000 +0:02:58:700 --:--:--
06 OGIER Sébastien (FRA) 15 1:57:35:300 +0:03:05:000 --:--:--
07 DELECOUR François (FRA) 8 1:58:09:200 +0:03:38:900 --:--:--
08 CAMPANA Pierre (FRA) 52 1:59:40:600 +0:05:10:300 --:--:--
09 TANAK Ott (EST) 5 1:59:45:900 +0:05:15:600 --:--:--
10 ANDERSSON Pergunnar (SWE) 33 2:00:31:500 +0:06:01:200 --:--:--

[luieluv]

yeah. morning mar.

Whats with the sordo's times? Keeps changing. wasnt he the fastest in previous stage?

[Mar]

There was some kind of technical problem with Dani's time (at least, because it also took quite long until they got Petter's and Ogier's time). What's not clear is if the problem was with the sensor in the stage or the sensor in Dani's car.

[Mar]

At the moment, in SS7:

Loeb fastest
Petter +3.3
Dani +7.3
Ogier +8.4

Solberg back in 2nd position in the overall classification

[Mar]

Hirvo +15.9, He says he has chosen the wrong tyres

[sleenster]

Morning Mar and luie!

[Mar]

Morning Mar and luie!

Good early morning!

No dramas so far today, except for the mess with Dani's times

[luieluv]

Stage data: SS7, Lamastre-Gilhoc-Alboussiere (21.66 kilometres)

Sebastien Loeb has extended his lead of Rallye Monte-Carlo after winning Thursday’s third stage, which was held in increasingly mild ambient temperatures following overnight frost.

The eight-time world champion’s advantage out front now stands at 1m23.2s heading to the midday service halt in Valence.

“The tyre choice was a compromise for this stage because it was mainly dry,” the Citroen ace, who has been fastest on all three stages this morning, told World Rally Radio. “I lost a little bit the grip in the middle part with the [supersoft] tyres but I am satisfied with this loop. My times were good in the first two stages and this one was okay.”

In the thrilling battle for second place, Ford’s Petter Solberg is back in front of Dani Sordo after edging out his MINI-driving rival through the stage by a 4.0s margin.

“I’m very happy about that,” said Solberg who now heads Sordo by 3.7s. “It was very tricky, very slippery in some places. I had one very sideways moment but we are driving sensible, that’s the only thing I can say. It’s so important to keep the position now.”

Sordo, who had moved up to second on stage six, said: “I pushed really, really hard and did not make any mistakes. The time looks bad but I don’t know how.”

Sebastien Ogier was thrilled with his fourth-fastest time in his Super 2000-specification Skoda Fabia, which is being run by the factory Volkswagen Motorsport team. “On this one it was a fantastic time,” said the seven-time WRC event winner. “We pushed like hell but some places it was still tricky.”

Francois Delecour said swapping crash helmets with co-driver Dominique Savignoni has helped to solve the intercom problem he has been experiencing.

Matthew Wilson is planning to alter to the set-up of his Go Fast Fiesta at service after suggesting the handling wasn’t entirely to his liking. Meanwhile, team-mate Henning Solberg said his car’s engine had dropped onto three cylinders in the stage.

Crews are now heading to Valence for a 30-minute service halt. They will then tackle this morning’s trio of stages for a second time this afternoon.

[Mar]

SS8 is live.

So far, Sordo 0.2 faster than Loeb and 2.2 faster than Petter. That leaves Sordo still 3rd in the overall classification but just 1.5 seconds behind Petter.

[sleenster]

Loeb is way too far out of reach unless he makes a mistake, it's a battle for 2nd now