Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 19:41

But it's not just mistakes, as a matter of fact, Matt also makes them. It's also about punctures, fire in the engines, and all kind of weird things that happen to the others and not to him

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 19:43

SS17 so far
Petter fastest
Loeb +7.7
Dani +11.7
Hirvo +20.9

Petter is closing on Dani but Sordo still has 19 seconds advantage and there is only one short stage left

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by beefree88 » 21 Jan 2012, 19:46

Mar wrote:SS17 so far
Petter fastest
Loeb +7.7
Dani +11.7
Hirvo +20.9

Petter is closing on Dani but Sordo still has 19 seconds advantage and there is only one short stage left
I was gonna say, the rally is practically finished, but remembered how Kimi had punctures in such situations.
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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 19:51

Araújo and Prokop get exactly the same time in SS7, there are only 2.9 seconds between them in the overall classification. Great! :)

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 19:55

beefree88 wrote:
Mar wrote:SS17 so far
Petter fastest
Loeb +7.7
Dani +11.7
Hirvo +20.9

Petter is closing on Dani but Sordo still has 19 seconds advantage and there is only one short stage left
I was gonna say, the rally is practically finished, but remembered how Kimi had punctures in such situations.
Fingers crossed for Dani :blush: Taking into consideration his situation in the team and the situation of the team, a second position in the Monte Carlo is huge news.

Don't jinx him! :p
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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by beefree88 » 21 Jan 2012, 19:59

It's a shame we didn't get to know how much Kimi improved. I hope one day he'll find the opportunity to finetune his skills of working with notes
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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 20:06

Yeah, but I don't think he will be allowed to get anywhere near a rally car even if he wanted to
The more I see the figures, the real numbers of what he did, the gradual improvement, the more I think it's a pity. On gravel, he started 2 s/km off the pace and ended just about 0.6 s/km away.

But taking into consideration that he was not going to get the driving time he needed and that he would have to pay a lot for it... dunno, it makes sense that he left :confused:

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by beefree88 » 21 Jan 2012, 20:09

Mar wrote:
beefree88 wrote:
Mar wrote:SS17 so far
Petter fastest
Loeb +7.7
Dani +11.7
Hirvo +20.9

Petter is closing on Dani but Sordo still has 19 seconds advantage and there is only one short stage left
I was gonna say, the rally is practically finished, but remembered how Kimi had punctures in such situations.
Fingers crossed for Dani :blush: Taking into consideration his situation in the team and the situation of the team, a second position in the Monte Carlo is huge news.

Don't jinx him! :p
:hug:
I'm tying hard not to jinx him! He really deserves a good result, and the team needs it too. Same for Petter
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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 21 Jan 2012, 20:16

Summary, after day 4 and with only the Power Stage left the overall classification is:

1. Loeb
2. Sordo +2:41.6
3. P. Solbeg +3:00.7
4. Hirvonen +4:05.6
5. Novikov +6:01.4
6. Delecour +6:55.7
7. Campana +8.21.3
8. Tänak +10:27.2
9. Prokop +16:06.3
10. Araújo +16:09.2

The Power Stage is 5.16 Km long and will start at 10.11 CET (9:11 GMT)

Day 4 highlights in Eurosport will start at midnight CET, at 23:00 in the UK

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by sleenster » 21 Jan 2012, 22:38

MotorsTV showing highlights now
http://www.firstrow.tv/watch/76189/1/wa ... rs-tv.html#

The stream is stopping and starting all the time though :<>:

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by sleenster » 21 Jan 2012, 23:01

Gave up on MotorsTV, watching the Eurosport broadcast on http://mypremium.tv/ now

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by sleenster » 21 Jan 2012, 23:07

It somehow annoys me a bit every time I hear Carlton Kirby say "Latvaala" and "Irvonen"

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by sleenster » 22 Jan 2012, 00:10

Only a single stage scheduled for tomorrow, who is the idiot who planned this? :roll::

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 22 Jan 2012, 09:37

somebody not too smart.
and to make it better, early enough to have the young Europeans and all the Americans (Argentinians are huge rally fans) still sleeping :roll::

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Re: Rallye Monte-Carlo 2012

Post by Mar » 22 Jan 2012, 09:45

Delecour let his co-driver drive during the Power Stage

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