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[Snaky115]

*Opens stage 1 in league*

... Did someone say Fooooord? :D

EDIT: Yeah, just for giggles i am gonna do this one in Colin's Focus. Wee! Apart from slight overslides and a 360 spin on the fastest straight in Monte, this went okay.

[Dytut]

It was a hard decision, but I went for the Focus 07 because I've hardly ever driven it and it was time to learn. Surprisingly enough it actually went quite OK. A bit of pinball here and there, a few messed up hairpins and one small spin in the second half, but I'm quite pleased by the result. Managed to beat @Snaky115 which I've pretty much never done in Monte, and managed to keep up with @SimMoniti's pug up until stage 3. 

[Snaky115]

You beat me on Pra d'Alart even once out of the two chances. =O

I couldve competed far better, but like you, its a bit of (re)learning the Focus 01 for me, as my Subaru 2001 does have a 2 seconds better time on Pra d'Alart than i did in the league with the Focus 01, which just slightly surprises me. What a weird car.

 edit: Doesn't help it was really weird to drive this thing on my weak side of Monte - stage 2 and 3.

[SkyRex]

Thanks to @Hatward  I got my team running again, so I finished Monte today. 

My first plan was to chose my trusted '01 Subaru, but since there are already so many 2000's cars competing I thought I add a little diversity with chosing the Delta S4. A car that I have not driven much yet at all, so it's also a nice opportunity to find out how I can handle it.

Result, I even won two stages, but lost to much time on the two snow stages, Currently I'm 2nd, 0.6s behind Arete, very close last stage.

[Dytut]

Yikes @SkyRex, that was a close one! What happened on Stage 4 for you? 

[SkyRex]

Dytut said:

Yikes @SkyRex, that was a close one! What happened on Stage 4 for you? 

I banked the car on a snowbank twice, which cost me lots of time -.-

[baunau]

Had a hard time deciding which car to drive for this season and my first thought was to stay out of my comfort-zone, but ultimately decided on the 2001 Impreza (which I'm kinda familiar with).
Knowing that the car is quite predictable I pushed quite hard from the start and (except for a few missed braking-points) managed to get through SS1 and 2 without any incidents. On SS3, however, I had a few "pinball-moments" but to my surprise it didn't cost me that much.
Didn't have time for more that three stages tonight, unfortunately, I just hope I can keep up the flow tomorrow night.
Some really good performances from the rest of you guys, I haven't got a chance against those times (...but I'll keep trying).

[YoMrWhite]

To add some variety, I chose the Citroen for the season.

Monte Carlo was very disappointing. SS1 went okay, in SS2 I survived a roll with only minimal time loss, but in SS3 I picked up a puncture and had to repair it. From then on, I mostly cruised through the stages in order to finish and maybe pick up some points.

[Dytut]

Remembered to do a result summary this time! Will try to do them after each if I'm able.

Monte:

Pos.			Name	Vehicle	Time	Diff 1st
1			Simmoniti	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	42:35.560	--
2			Arete	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	42:47.060	+00:11.500
3			SkyRex	Lancia Delta S4	42:47.710	+00:12.150
4			Snaky115	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	42:56.077	+00:20.517
5			Ferranis	Lancia Delta S4	42:59.009	+00:23.449
6			that_guy	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	43:18.592	+00:43.032
7			EinsZwei	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	43:26.743	+00:51.183
8			baunau	Subaru Impreza 2001	44:00.642	+01:25.082
9			Daryl Willcox	Citroën C4 Rally 2010	46:02.273	+03:26.713

Simmoniti brings home the Monte win after a close fight with me (Arete) and SkyRex. I lost about 10 seconds on SS6 where I had a small spin, and SkyRex beached his S4 on SS4 which cost him about 20 seconds and 2nd place. Snaky115 snatched 4th place 3 seconds in front of Ferranis in 5th. That_guy and EinsZwei duked it out for 6th and 7th in the same car, with baunau trailing behind a bit in 8th. Daryl Willcox finishes at 9th after a costly puncture ending his hunt for the top positions.

Interesting choice of cars for this season. We can clearly see the Pug 205 and S4 being really fast, and it will be interesting to see how well the less powerful but more predictable WRC cars will stack up overall. 

Championship points after Monte:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Simmoniti	25
2	Arete	18
3	SkyRex	15
4	Snaky115	12
5	Ferranis	10
6	that_guy	8
7	EinsZwei	6
8	baunau	4
9	Daryl Willcox	2

[Snaky115]

3 Stages into Sweden. Man, so thats how it is like to drive Focus01 in Sweden. :D 3rd stage was clean, even! The rest might not be, whenever i continue.

EDIT: Par the course - my Hamra runs are 6m 15s 381 and 6m 15s 300. I made completely different mistakes on each, but got the same time on both =D

[baunau]

After a really disappointing effort in Monte Carlo, I'm happy to say that the complete opposite was true for Sweden. Stages 1-3 were clean, although the low visibility on 2 and 3 had me ride the brakes more than I should (better safe than sorry). My concentration started slipping a bit on SS4 and my reward was a half-spin which sent my car halfway up a snow-bank.
Got back into the groove on stages 5-7 and they were all clean and (almost) flat-out.
I don't care which position I end up with at the end of this rally since I'm really pleased with my performance and had a great time driving the Impreza today. :)

[Dytut]

Weeeeell... The Focus 07 is quite nice in Sweden. So nice that I managed a spin on every single stage I think. Most were OK, losing 5 seconds or so, but one on stage 4 started out as a silly spin due to leaning a bit to much on the snow bank, but a hidden rock in the bank must've caught in the car because all of a sudden I was turned upside down and had to reset.

I'm in the lead now by some weird twist of fate, but guess I'll end up about 3rd or 4th in the end.

[YoMrWhite]

If only we could leave Hamra out of the Swedish... I'm either too slow there (SS1) or I crash out (SS6). Add two stupid spins in SS3 and you get 7th place. Could have been 5th with a bit more consistency. Sigh...

[Dytut]

Results from sweden

Pos.			Name	Vehicle	Time	Diff 1st
1			Arete	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	40:35.617	--
2			baunau	Subaru Impreza 2001	41:14.531	+00:38.914
3			Simmoniti	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	41:51.945	+01:16.328
4			SkyRex	Lancia Delta S4	41:58.346	+01:22.729
5			Ferranis	Lancia Delta S4	42:20.628	+01:45.011
6			Snaky115	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	42:21.345	+01:45.728
7			Daryl Willcox	Citroën C4 Rally 2010	42:35.827	+02:00.210
8			that_guy	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	43:08.542	+02:32.925
9			nationalwheel	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	45:21.607	+04:45.990

I (Arete) took the win even with some big mistakes. Chalking it down to the focus 07 being well suited to sweden. Baunau kept pace for the 2nd half, but had lost too much time before that to threaten 1st place. Simmoniti and skyrex started off good, but both had some bad stages where theu lost a lot of time, and ended up in a close battle for 3rd position where Simmoniti managed to keep his lead of 6 seconds. Ferranis and Snaky115 kept battling for position over the whole event, where Ferranis won out by a mere 0.7 seconds in the end. Daryl Willcox looked like a contender for 3rd or 4th, but Hamra put a stop to his efforts. That_guy and nationalwheel events out the board.

Championship standings after Sweden:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Arete	43
2	Simmoniti	40
3	SkyRex	27
4	baunau	22
5	Ferranis	20
6	Snaky115	20
7	that_guy	12
8	Daryl Willcox	8
9	EinsZwei	6
10	nationalwheel	2

Arete passes Simmoniti for first place by three points, and baunau leaps from 8th to 4th. 

We're moving on to Greece, the car wrecker!

[Dytut]

I just saw that @Ferranis switched cars from the S4 to the Pug for Greece, so I added a note on the league so everyone remembers that car changing mid season will be penalized.

[Dytut]

Greece done. Never really found a setup I was comfortable with, and not quite the pace I wanted. Way too much sliding wide, which also threw me off the road three times :-/ Most irritating was at SS6, where I was just going through the last jump into left five and something (no idea what) nudged the car right just enough to throw me off track and straight into a reset 15 meters before the finish line :-P

[YoMrWhite]

Dytut said:

I just saw that @Ferranis switched cars from the S4 to the Pug for Greece, so I added a note on the league so everyone remembers that car changing mid season will be penalized.

Do we have any standing rule for this? Point or time penalty? I remember in the forum league the driver would get a penalty of 10 points. Should we use this? Losing the result completely would be a bit harsh in this case, as @Ferranis currently leads the event.

[Dytut]

YoMrWhite said:

Dytut said:

I just saw that @Ferranis switched cars from the S4 to the Pug for Greece, so I added a note on the league so everyone remembers that car changing mid season will be penalized.

Do we have any standing rule for this? Point or time penalty? I remember in the forum league the driver would get a penalty of 10 points. Should we use this? Losing the result completely would be a bit harsh in this case, as @Ferranis currently leads the event.

I honestly can't quite remember. @SkyRex? I think we've let people go with a stern warning if it's been long between the occasions, but I think I remember @baunau getting a penalty a while back. I'm all fine for letting it go this time, since I think some just join the league without checking the rules on the forums. That's why I added it on the league page :-)

[Snaky115]

Well, the classic Focus01 + Greece misfortune strikes - This car is already on average 5 seconds slower than my Subaru01, but come on, don't do the Escort RS-ish suspension failures on me now! :/ Retired due to a very exaggerated bump that literally sent me flying into retirement. 

[SkyRex]

Dytut said:

YoMrWhite said:

Dytut said:

I just saw that @Ferranis switched cars from the S4 to the Pug for Greece, so I added a note on the league so everyone remembers that car changing mid season will be penalized.

Do we have any standing rule for this? Point or time penalty? I remember in the forum league the driver would get a penalty of 10 points. Should we use this? Losing the result completely would be a bit harsh in this case, as @Ferranis currently leads the event.

I honestly can't quite remember. @SkyRex? I think we've let people go with a stern warning if it's been long between the occasions, but I think I remember @baunau getting a penalty a while back. I'm all fine for letting it go this time, since I think some just join the league without checking the rules on the forums. That's why I added it on the league page :-)

I think I gave a 10 point penalty the last time it happened. Think we should make that a standard. 

Greece went horrible for me.... Well at least I won stage7 :) 

[pigloaf]

hi folks! just requested to join - haven't had much league action in the past - but keen to get into it!

[Dytut]

No need to request edgenz, just join up and jump right in :-) Just remember that you have to use the same car all season.

[Ferranis]

Sorry guys, I am stupid - was doing my leagues in a row and completely forgot that this one is one car only. A penealty for this is of course ok! Should i switch back to the s4 or can i keep the pug?

[pigloaf]

Just finished Greece in dead last. Rolled several times - 3 of them on the exact same corner on the same stage... arg! But tbh I can't match the pace of you all at the moment. Will look to improve next event!

[YoMrWhite]

Three - well, two and a half - quite decent stages, followed by a break (you have to eat sometimes, don't you?) and then three bad stages. Suddenly the car felt different and my rhythm was gone. Obviously, it's 'Don't eat and drive afterwards' for me... Another bleah performance.

[Dytut]

Ferranis said:

Sorry guys, I am stupid - was doing my leagues in a row and completely forgot that this one is one car only. A penealty for this is of course ok! Should i switch back to the s4 or can i keep the pug?

Go back to the S4, that's what those that have been drunk driving in a borrowed car has done before ;-) 

YoMrWhite said:

Three - well, two and a half - quite decent stages, followed by a break (you have to eat sometimes, don't you?) and then three bad stages. Suddenly the car felt different and my rhythm was gone. Obviously, it's 'Don't eat and drive afterwards' for me... Another bleah performance.

Taking a break in the middle of a drive can be hazardous, when I'm in the zone for a league drive even going to the bathroom may make me lose my touch for the next stage. On the other hand, if it's going bad a break might be just the thing to get back to focus.

[baunau]

Dytut said:

Ferranis said:

Sorry guys, I am stupid - was doing my leagues in a row and completely forgot that this one is one car only. A penealty for this is of course ok! Should i switch back to the s4 or can i keep the pug?

Go back to the S4, that's what those that have been drunk driving in a borrowed car has done before ;-) 

It was just one beer, I swear... :tongue:

Anyway, made it through Greece yesterday, although not as pain-free as I had hoped. Think I managed to bump into something and lose precious seconds on every stage, with SS7 being the worst (went off a cliff and got reset, instantly followed by another near-reset). A bit disappointed (and quite frustrated) by the time the rally was done, but at least I made it to the end. On to the next one...

[YoMrWhite]

Unfortunately, I tend to press on when it's going badly. Sometimes I could use a codriver to snap me out of it or calm me down. He could even get me tea and cookies!

[Dytut]

Results from Greece:

Pos.			Name	Vehicle	Time	Diff 1st
1			Simmoniti	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	37:23.624	--
2			Ferranis	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	37:51.471	+00:27.847
3			Arete	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	38:37.805	+01:14.181
4			baunau	Subaru Impreza 2001	39:11.586	+01:47.962
5			Joao Teves	Volkswagen Polo Rally	39:18.121	+01:54.497
6			Panic	Lancia Delta S4	39:24.037	+02:00.413
7			EinsZwei	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	39:38.900	+02:15.276
8			Daryl Willcox	Citroën C4 Rally 2010	39:52.050	+02:28.426
9			Marek1	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	39:57.385	+02:33.761
10			that_guy	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	40:31.184	+03:07.560

Simmoniti strikes again with the second win of the season, with Ferranis trailing just behind (who's team got drunk and stole a 205 instead of his S4, for which they were awarded a 10 point championship points deduction). I (Arete) tried to keep up but too many mistakes made it an impossible task. 3rd to 9th place were all quite close, just 45 seconds spread. 

Championship standings after Greece:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Simmoniti	65
2	Arete	58
3	Ferranis	38
4	baunau	34
5	SkyRex	27
6	Snaky115	20
7	that_guy	13
8	Daryl Willcox	12
9	EinsZwei	12
10	Joao Teves	10

Simmoniti takes back the lead, with baunau going up to third (Ferranis "real" point is 28 after the point deduction which is fourth place). SkyRex bumped from third to fifth after a rough ride in Greece. Joao Teves climbs into the top 10 with that solid 5th place.

Will the mighty group B monsters be able to keep in front of the predictable WRC workhorses? We'll just have to see in Finland!

[Dytut]

Finland was a mixed bag. Stage 1,3 and 5 were clean and decent, stage 2,4,6 were awful with spins. I should've gone with a more durable setup aswell. Thought it felt fine at shakedown, but by the halfway mark of SS1 the radiator was already going, and had to take real care not to wreck the engine on the latter half of the event (hissing started on SS3). Engine almost gave up on SS7, slowed down and just nursed it home.

Made it through at least :-)

[baunau]

Driving the Impreza in Finland was... annoying. Couldn't be bothered to spend time on fine-tuning the setup so I ended up with one that didn't stray too far from the default, i.e. felt like piloting a bouncy castle on wheels (...or at least how I'd imagine that would be like). The rebound after each jump and crest tossed me all over the place and I consider myself lucky to have finished at all.
On every stage I would either hit a tree (sideways or head-on) or do a barrel-roll, sometimes both. Lost my left-rear wheel about halfway through SS5, but managed to keep pushing and make it to the end of the stage without incident.
All in all, not my best performance, but certainly not my worst either.

[pigloaf]

Just finished Finland - and compared to my outing in Greece I have to be happy. Tried to drive smooth and consistent, and only had a couple of incidents. Didn't break any speed records but my goal was to get some points - here's hoping!

[Dytut]

Results are in from Finland:

Pos.			Name	Vehicle	Time	Diff 1st
1			Simmoniti	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	43:18.060	--
2			Arete	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	43:48.308	+00:30.248
3			baunau	Subaru Impreza 2001	44:20.573	+01:02.513
4			that_guy	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	44:58.472	+01:40.412
5			EinsZwei	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	45:01.038	+01:42.978
6			Daryl Willcox	Citroën C4 Rally 2010	45:49.187	+02:31.127
7			pigloaf	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	45:55.570	+02:37.510
8			kildog	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	47:08.700	+03:50.640

Simmoniti brings home another one! I (Arete) snatched second place again, not being able to keep up and making many mistakes on the way. Baunau followed me in the same pattern of bounces and slides. that_guy and EinsZwei had a real close fight for 4th, where that_guy come out on top by just 2.5 seconds. Daryl Willcox secured 6th by just a few seconds to pigloaf. kildog finishes off the board at 8th, the rest were claimed by the Finnish forests.

This brings the championship standings to:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Simmoniti	90
2	Arete	76
3	baunau	49
4	Ferranis	28
5	SkyRex	27
6	that_guy	25
7	EinsZwei	22
8	Daryl Willcox	20
9	Snaky115	20
10	Joao Teves	10

Simmoniti takes a commanding lead of 14 points, which will be real hard to close but still possible. Baunau looks to sit comfortably in third, but still has a chance of claiming the 2nd place. 4th place down to 9th is wide open.

See you on the panzerplatte! 

[Snaky115]

Well, lost my attention span on the last 2 stages.. and that's bad with a car as wonky as this one. Was doing this at the same time as SkyRex it seemed, as he didnt appear on "Current best time" but appeared on Event Standings. =D

[Dytut]

I gave up trying to keep up with @SkyRex's S4 after two stages, and focused on keeping up with @Snaky115. That's usually a tall order for me, but knew I had a slightly faster car. Kept up I did, and when @Snaky115 lost his focus on the penultimate stage my focus snuck past :-) Was a good fight!

[SkyRex]

I found that I completely skipped finland for some reason and therefor put in my germany run early. Went quite well overall, slight stopping contact with a bush on stage 3 and 7 but apart from that it went all quite well. 

As Simmoniti seems to be on top this season, might I suggest a constellation for the next season which you can consider to maybe choose: What about a similar Open-Season but in a more National-Championship style, specifically with the following classes allowed: 60's 70's 80's, Group A, Kit-Cars and R4.
What would you think of that?

[YoMrWhite]

SkyRex said:

I found that I completely skipped finland for some reason and therefor put in my germany run early. Went quite well overall, slight stopping contact with a bush on stage 3 and 7 but apart from that it went all quite well. 

As Simmoniti seems to be on top this season, might I suggest a constellation for the next season which you can consider to maybe choose: What about a similar Open-Season but in a more National-Championship style, specifically with the following classes allowed: 60's 70's 80's, Group A, Kit-Cars and R4.
What would you think of that?

I like the combination of different classes, but I think anyone who chooses 60's, 70's or 80's will stand no chance here. I would suggest Group A, Kit cars and R4. That should make for a season with a lot of variety and nearly every car should be able to compete for the top spots. 60's, 70's and 80' would then be great for the season after the next one.

In other news. My Germany experience was short and ended very ugly.

[Dytut]

Yeah it's fun to mix classes. This season has been quite interesting for seeing how the modern cars stack up to the Pug and S4. The events where power makes a big difference it was pretty hard to keep up in the Focus 07 (Greece and Germany), but on the more flowing events where it's more about keeping momentum it was possible to compete with the better suspension. 

Gr. A, Kit cars and R4 ought to be interesting. I suspect Gr. A will dominate it though. We'll see if @SimMoniti will make a choice, otherwise I will go for that setup as (probable) championship runner up.

[Dytut]

Results are in from Germany:

Pos.			Name	Vehicle	Time	Diff 1st
1			Simmoniti	Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2	37:15.107	--
2			SkyRex	Lancia Delta S4	37:47.156	+00:32.049
3			Arete	Ford Focus RS WRC 2007	39:03.936	+01:48.829
4			Jan #NoControl	Lancia Delta S4	39:22.319	+02:07.212
5			that_guy	Ford Fiesta RS Rally	39:25.735	+02:10.628
6			Snaky115	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	39:26.286	+02:11.179
7			baunau	Subaru Impreza 2001	40:00.033	+02:44.926
8			Marek1	Volkswagen Polo Rally	42:23.661	+05:08.554
9			Raymann	Lancia Delta S4	43:28.030	+06:12.923
10			EinsZwei	Renault Alpine A110	47:26.370	+10:11.263

Simmoniti and SkyRex pretty much set a pace of their own from the start, with Simmoniti coming out on top in the Pug. I (Arete) came in third over a minute slower than SkyRex. 4th to 6th was a close on, where Jan came out victorious in the S4, just in front of that_guy and Snaky115. Baunau trailing a bit for 7th place, and Marek1, Raymann and EinsZwei (whose drunk team misplaced his car) finishing out the leaderboard.

Championship standings after Germany:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Simmoniti	115
2	Arete	91
3	baunau	55
4	SkyRex	45
5	that_guy	35
6	Ferranis	28
7	Snaky115	28
8	EinsZwei	23
9	Daryl Willcox	20
10	Jan #NoControl	12

Still a theoretical chance for Simmoniti to miss out on the win by ending out of the points in Wales, since the difference is 24 points. Baunau has a good 10 point lead in front of SkyRex in the fight for third, but that_guy could get involved by winning Wales. 

Onwards to Wales!

[Janneman60]

First time out in this league and really enjoyed it. Without hitting a spectator on SS2 I could have been 3th. Wales next but that is more difficult as I can't go flat-out there. Yes I can go flat-out but not all the stages without a big off...

[baunau]

Wales done and quite happy with my performance. Had a couple of so-so shakedowns, then jumped in and pushed as hard as I dared. After a good start on SS1, I immediately followed up with a half-flip (landed on the roof) and forced reset on SS2. Ugh...
Fortunately, this was not indicative of the remainder of the stages as I managed to stay (mostly) on the road and kept it clean all the way to the finish.
Having regretted my choice of car this season (the Impreza feels so sluggish), I'm looking forward to a change in the next one, hoping it will be another interesting mix of classes.

Oh, and welcome to the league, @Janneman60, hope you'll enjoy your time here.

[Snaky115]

After doing a 6m 44s on the 2nd stage with a puncture in the 2nd split, i ended up retiring to mood swings in 3rd stage, I am probably worse at Wales than i am at Sweden, luck especially. Hmm.

[Dytut]

I had my mind set on going out with a bang, beating Simmoniti. But alas, my plans were thwarted. Bad start on SS1, where I had a small spin that managed to cost me a lot of time, so 15 seconds down on that stage. Much better on SS2 where I gained back 5 seconds on the almighty Pug. Set off SS3 with the aim of taking the fight, but got bumped off track and straight into a reset in the first fast downhill left. I have no idea at all of how it happened. Had a good line and full control, suddenly the car just lifted like it hit something and flew away. Was rather bummed about this, so set off at a furious pace to try and gain back some of the time lost, but just managed to bump into a sidewall a few minutes later and got a reset from beaching the car and a puncture. End result; 50 seconds lost. Meeeeeeh.
The rest of the stages went fine, hade one small spin that cost me 5-10 seconds, but overall kept pace with Simmoniti. So if that horrible SS3 hadn't happened I still would've lost, but just by a mere 15 seconds or so.

[YoMrWhite]

Wales was a wildly disappointing end to a wildly disappointing season. Somehow, the Citroen and me did never really click. Looking forward to a better performance next season. It certainly can't get much worse.

[Dytut]

YoMrWhite said:

Wales was a wildly disappointing end to a wildly disappointing season. Somehow, the Citroen and me did never really click. Looking forward to a better performance next season. It certainly can't get much worse.

The C4 is an acquired taste. I personally love it and think it's one of the best cars in the game, but before I came to grips with it I could hardly go through a stage without crashing. 

[YoMrWhite]

Dytut said:

YoMrWhite said:

Wales was a wildly disappointing end to a wildly disappointing season. Somehow, the Citroen and me did never really click. Looking forward to a better performance next season. It certainly can't get much worse.

The C4 is an acquired taste. I personally love it and think it's one of the best cars in the game, but before I came to grips with it I could hardly go through a stage without crashing. 

I thought I like the Citroen, but found out I don't. Whatever the reason, I wasn't comfortable with it and had some problems to find its limit. At the end of the season, I was clearly overdriving it, leading to the two DNF's in a row.

[Janneman60]

This was the worst rally in a long time. Several crashes, doing half stages with a flat tire and so on. A real struggle but at the end there was the finish.

After that I did the daily also with the Lancia S4. This time I crashed out on the straight... Just not my evening it seems.

[Dytut]

So, I've been away the last few days. How did Wales end up?

Judging by the championship points it was 
1. Dannyboy
2. Simmoniti
3. Arete
4. that_guy
5. Baunau

So season results are:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Simmoniti	133
2	Arete	106
3	baunau	65
4	that_guy	47
5	SkyRex	45
6	Ferranis	28
7	Snaky115	28
8	Dannyboy	25
9	Daryl Willcox	20
10	Jan #NoControl	18

Congratulations to Simmoniti for another win! If you want to choose a car class for next season please do so today, otherwise I'll do the honors as 2nd place. Well driven all, was fun to see how the WRC cars stacked up against the Group B beasts!

[Dytut]

Allright. I'm a bit rusty at setting up leagues, but I've set up another season of the DRC set to start in 6 hours. Hopefully I didn't muck it up :-)

This season will be themed "Nationals"; old group A, some FWD kit cars and modern R4s. Let's get this show on the road!

[Snaky115]

<3 Seat Ibiza

A calm event, other than pushes on Afternoon/Snow stages. somehow knowing i'd have a 30 second time loss on Stage 5 due to avoiding exaggerated understeer.