Rally of Turkey 2010

[dindi]

Nice to see you here, Bourbon! Welcome back!

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

When will the shakedown take place today?

[Kriss]

Morning all

Rule change to clamp down on tactics

14th April 2010
By Giles Wade
Teams won’t be able to influence the running order on Rally of Turkey by instructing their drivers to check in early at stage starts.

Subject to approval by the event stewards, a bulletin will be issued to competitors prior to the start of the world championship qualifier tomorrow, which will prevent drivers from starting a stage ahead of schedule.

The revision, which has been approved by the teams via a faxed vote, follows the farcical scenes on the Jordan Rally earlier this month when Sebastien Ogier and Mikko Hirvonen were ordered by their Citroen and Ford teams respectively to check in early on Saturday’s opening stages to run ahead of their team-mates to clear the road of loose surface gravel.

Under the changes, drivers arriving early will now be held at the stage entrance to await their allotted start time if they arrive early at a stage start.

Ford team boss Malcolm Wilson has described planned changes to road position order rules in the WRC as a “step in the right direction”.

“More needs to be done but this is a step in the right direction and I don’t see any reason why anyone would disagree with it,” said Wilson. “Now we’ve got to make a conscious effort to find something that’s going to tick all the boxes. What happened in Jordan was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/rule ... +News%2529

[luieluv]

Morning Kriss

[Leijona]

I'm reaaaaally busy during the next few days and the weekend, so the rally Turkey is at the wrong time for me.... I have to do school work and there is a party on Saturday that I promised to attend such a long time ago

but I will pop in once in a while and I'm definitely here in spirit!!

No partying It's rally-weekend

I know I'm a terrible fan aren't I

[luieluv]

Turkey Preview of ford's quartet

Ford’s quartet tuned up to strike the right note in Istanbul

Link:
http://www.wrcfordlive.com/?p=2657

[ReAlien]

Any news on the shakedown expected? Is there a site that will post those results?

UPDATE:

I've found it! ;)

http://www.rallyofturkey.org/images/hab ... down_3.pdf

[ReAlien]

No. Entrant Driver Nat Vehicle Run Time Km/h Sec/Km
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEALOEB FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 1 2:43.4
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEALOEB FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 2 2:37.3
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEALOEB FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 3 2:34.3
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEALOEB FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 4 2:30.8
2 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEASORDO ESP CITROEN C4 WRC 1 2:41.6
2 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEASORDO ESP CITROEN C4 WRC 2 2:36.7
2 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEASORDO ESP CITROEN C4 WRC 3 2:33.5
2 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEASORDO ESP CITROEN C4 WRC 4 2:31.1
3 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYHIRVONEN FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 1 2:39.7
3 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYHIRVONEN FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 2 2:36.0
3 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYHIRVONEN FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 3 2:32.6
3 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYHIRVONEN FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 4 2:31.7
4 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYLATVALA FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 1 2:41.0
4 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYLATVALA FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 2 2:37.2
4 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYLATVALA FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 3 2:34.6
4 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLYLATVALA FIN FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09 4 2:33.1
5 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEWILSON GBR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 1 2:48.6
5 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEWILSON GBR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 2 2:41.6
5 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEWILSON GBR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 3 2:37.7
5 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEWILSON GBR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 4 2:35.2
6 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 1 2:45.1
6 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 2 2:38.1
6 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 3 2:34.8
6 STOBART M-SPORT FORD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 4 2:32.2
7 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM OGIER FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 1 2:40.8
7 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM OGIER FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 2 2:36.3
7 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM OGIER FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 3 3:16.9
7 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM OGIER FRA CITROEN C4 WRC 4 2:32.5
8 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM RAIKKONEN FIN CITROEN C4 WRC 1 2:47.8
8 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM RAIKKONEN FIN CITROEN C4 WRC 2 2:39.0
8 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM RAIKKONEN FIN CITROEN C4 WRC 3 2:36.1
8 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM RAIKKONEN FIN CITROEN C4 WRC 4 2:34.3
8 CITROEN JUNIOR TEAM RAIKKONEN FIN CITROEN C4 WRC 5 2:33.1
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 1 3:27.2
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 2 2:45.3
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 3 2:40.8
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 4 2:38.9
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 5 2:36.1
9 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAVILLAGRA ARG FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 6 2:33.7
11 PETTER SOLBERG WORLD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR CITROEN C4 WRC 2009 1 2:42.3
11 PETTER SOLBERG WORLD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR CITROEN C4 WRC 2009 2 2:34.1
11 PETTER SOLBERG WORLD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR CITROEN C4 WRC 2009 3 2:33.5
11 PETTER SOLBERG WORLD RALLY TESOLBERG NOR CITROEN C4 WRC 2009 4 2:32.5
43 MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM BLOCK USA FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 1 2:46.3
43 MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM BLOCK USA FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 2 2:41.0
43 MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM BLOCK USA FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 3 2:39.7
43 MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM BLOCK USA FORD FOCUS RS WRC 08 4 2:38.5

[ReAlien]

Kimi's doing fine, on a level of Latvala and Villagra, better than Wilson and Block.

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

Oh thanks so much for that

Yay I guess that he will go for some speed this rally! Make it or wreck it

[Kriss]

Thanks for the info

[luieluv]

From Solberg's blog:

"Shakedown day in Turkey. All mechanics are up at remote service, Lorraine and Gerry is out shopping. Just Cardy and me here at the servicepark in Pendik. Oh, almost forgot the team manager, he is here too, supervising the radio and doing logistics for the upcoming rallies."

[luieluv]

And yeah Thanks for the info and link Realin

[Claudie_Schnaudie]

Oh man after this crappy week I am really looking forward for this rally

Raikkonen has received advice from his countryman Anton Alen, the son of former WRC legend Markku, ahead of Rally of Turkey. Alen came close to winning the FIAT Rally, which used a similar route to Turkey’s new WRC qualifier, back in 2007.

[luieluv]

After 4 runs on todays Shakedown in Turkey, Petter Solberg were happy with the setup for the rally car. He ended with the 5th fastest time. Sebastien Loeb set the fastest time. Shakedown is the final test before the rally starts.

- This is going to be a hard and challenging rally. Stages are fast, but rocks and sand makes them difficult. I guess we will see some punctures here, especially on Saturday’s stages. The car worked perfect at Shakedown today, and I’m looking forward to finally start tomorrow, says Petter Solberg.

The Shakedown test took place at a 4,75km closed road, 28kms from Pendik servicepark.

Shakedown times;
Loeb, Citroën 2.30,8
Sordo, Citroën 2.31,1
Hirvonen, Ford 2.31,7
Henning, Ford 2.32,2
Petter, Citroën 2.32,5
Ogier, Citroën 2.32,5
Räikkönen, Citroën 2.33,1
Latvala, Ford 2.33,1
Villagra, Ford 2.33,7
Wilson, Ford 2.35,2

Link:
http://www.pettersolberg.com/html/2010/ ... of-turkey/