SO MUCH RAGE RIGHT NOW

[cjl9 12]

DocStrangelove said:

I think there was a famous rally car driver who was in the lead but his car died a few hundred metres from the last stage's finish, sadly can't remember who that was. That's rally...

Carlos Sainz. Last stage of the RAC Rally.

[JonTucker 0]

Rallycameraman said:

JonTucker said:

@tbtstt Dont feel too bad dude...

http://youtu.be/45CeinwNdu4

Had to drag it out of the woods on a trailer.

You're lucky I don't post the video of your 'off' on the Neath Valley stages in 2011 ;)

Lol! I don't think I've ever seen it but I imagine in looks pretty silly. It did from inside the car anyway.

[JonTucker 0]

And for those asking, here's the damage...

https://instagram.com/p/IAeYzBnF7P/

[cjl9 12]

tbtstt said:

Porkhammer said:

DocStrangelove said:

I think there was a famous rally car driver who was in the lead but his car died a few hundred metres from the last stage's finish, sadly can't remember who that was. That's rally...

Carlos Sainz, 1998. It would have been his third drivers' crown.

Yep. Sainz lobbed his helmet through the back window of the Corolla! I'm sure Makkinen was away from the rally when he was told he had won the title.  

tbtstt said:

Porkhammer said:

DocStrangelove said:

I think there was a famous rally car driver who was in the lead but his car died a few hundred metres from the last stage's finish, sadly can't remember who that was. That's rally...

Carlos Sainz, 1998. It would have been his third drivers' crown.

Yep. Sainz lobbed his helmet through the back window of the Corolla! I'm sure Makkinen was away from the rally when he was told he had won the title.  

tbtstt said:

Porkhammer said:

DocStrangelove said:

I think there was a famous rally car driver who was in the lead but his car died a few hundred metres from the last stage's finish, sadly can't remember who that was. That's rally...

Carlos Sainz, 1998. It would have been his third drivers' crown.

Yep. Sainz lobbed his helmet through the back window of the Corolla! I'm sure Makkinen was away from the rally when he was told he had won the title.  

Yes, they reached Tommi Makinen at the airport to give him the good news.

[F2CMaDMaXX 505]

@JonTucker I do not think that bit should be like that bit seems to be.... :(

[TheFlyingTuga 92]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-V6jkrPI3U

It was Moya who broke the glass!

[Porkhammer 78]

TheFlyingTuga said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-V6jkrPI3U

It was Moya who broke the glass!

Porkhammer said:

Pretty sure it was Moya that threw the helmet, at least that's what my mental image memory tells me! I also remember people filming Mäkinen while he answered a phonecall informing him about his new title.

:P

[Underkex 0]

As a spaniard that moment is history of our motorsport. What Moya said before he threw the helmet: "trata de arrancarlo, trata de arrancarlo Carlos, trata de arrancarlo por Dios" (Try to start the engine, try to start the engine Carlos, for god's sake), is a very famous quote here in Spain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1BYdYztj08

[Spokster 0]

Poor Carlos and Moya, they deserved it so badly, rotten luck.

@JonTucker Ouch, that looks like a broken suspension arm, hopefully back on your feet again, love to see some more rally footage :)

[FloatingGrass 0]

I swear I'm going to sulk over Latvala's roll until next year or whenever he wins a championship, one or the other. It's as heart tearing as Carlos' incident.

[Porkhammer 78]

FloatingGrass said:

I swear I'm going to sulk over Latvala's roll until next year or whenever he wins a championship, one or the other. It's as heart tearing as Carlos' incident.

I feel sorry for them as well - especially Carlos, I think we all do - he really should have gotten that title - but I also felt sorry for Colin when he missed out on his title in 2001. I was happy for Burns that got it instead, of course! But the silence in Colin's car after that roll is forever imprinted into my mind. It must have been so devastating.

[tbtstt 2,387]

DocStrangelove said:

Porkhammer said:

DocStrangelove said:

I think there was a famous rally car driver who was in the lead but his car died a few hundred metres from the last stage's finish, sadly can't remember who that was. That's rally...

Carlos Sainz, 1998. It would have been his third drivers' crown.

Right! If you're complaining about having fucked up a Dirt Rally monthly, just imagine his rage...

You didn't see me. I nearly threw my cup of tea at the TV.

[RallyDriven 398]

F2CMaDMaXX said:

Huh, i thought it was Carlos that threw it too, wouldn't have guessed Moya, but it's not impossible.

And yes, they were filming Tommy at home when he got the call, odd way to win a title :)  

Watching him grind to a halt *right* before the finish line with the engine boiling over was the weirdest sight though!


@Rallycameraman Post that 2011 clip & @RallyDriven post the beached photo :)

I doubt I could find it, it was quite a long time ago now, about 3 or 4 years ago

[F2CMaDMaXX 505]

Awwww :(                                   

[ColinHughes 0]

I also had engine failure was horrible I was proper nursing the car over the last two stages gutted.

[JonTucker 0]

F2CMaDMaXX said:

Huh, i thought it was Carlos that threw it too, wouldn't have guessed Moya, but it's not impossible.

And yes, they were filming Tommy at home when he got the call, odd way to win a title :)  

Watching him grind to a halt *right* before the finish line with the engine boiling over was the weirdest sight though!


@Rallycameraman Post that 2011 clip & @RallyDriven post the beached photo :)

Here is the in-car.

https://youtu.be/al_wFSgz45k

Stupid thing is the Marshall on the start control told us there was a hole there and that loads of cars had already fallen into it. I just didn't think it was THAT close!

[F2CMaDMaXX 505]

That was a hell of a hole!                        

[tbtstt 2,387]

Guys. IT FUCKING HAPPENED AGAIN.

Stage 19 this time. Long Monte Carlo stage, about half way through the stage and there is a tight 1 right. I braked well in advance, but just ran a little wide and caught the low wall on the outside of the turn. Instead of bouncing off the wall, the car carried on over it and, despite my best (panicked) reaction, fell off the other side, tumbling into the ravine below and bringing up the grey screen.

I was sat for a good 20 seconds gawping at the screen taking in the "car unrecoverable" text and absorbing the situation before I began unleashing a torrent of four letter words at the TV.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

[Evilsmurf 90]

Now you've completed your DiRT initiation! it should be all smooth sailing from here on out :D

[RyuMakkuro 6]

tbtstt said:

Instead of bouncing off the wall, the car carried on over it and, despite my best (panicked) reaction, fell off the other side, tumbling into the ravine below and bringing up the grey screen.

That sounds... just about right xD

[BadD0g 0]

I DNF'd also. Slid a little bit too close to the edge, even though I could have easily driven away it still knocked me out. This strangely seems to only happen in monthlies for me. I sense trickery! Trickery, I say!

[tbtstt 2,387]

Four stages to go and the end is in sight (again). My RS200 is a bit battered, but everything is above 80%. I got a puncture at the start of one of the long stages in Wales, so repairing that has sent me plummeting down the standings: with the upper tier out of reach I'm thinking a slow cruise to the end and I can finally secure my first monthly finish! 

[RyuMakkuro 6]

tbtstt said:

with the upper tier out of reach I'm thinking a slow cruise to the end and I can finally secure my first monthly finish! 

Definitely a good idea, given that I pre-maturely ejected into stratosphere in that monthly xD

[Jepsertti 26]

RyuMakkuro said:

tbtstt said:

with the upper tier out of reach I'm thinking a slow cruise to the end and I can finally secure my first monthly finish! 

Definitely a good idea, given that I pre-maturely ejected into stratosphere in that monthly xD

Day 603;

Still trying to figure out what happened in that gif.

[tbtstt 2,387]

RyuMakkuro said:

tbtstt said:

with the upper tier out of reach I'm thinking a slow cruise to the end and I can finally secure my first monthly finish! 

Definitely a good idea, given that I pre-maturely ejected into stratosphere in that monthly xD

Like @Jepsertti I am trying to figure out what on earth is occuring in the above gif.