real life 2020 FIA World Rally Championship

[TheFlyingTuga 89]

juu1ius said:

Subaru has revived Justy model, so they have a small enough model to develop a decent R5 car imo. 

Please don't!!!

[Scyy 0]

I think looking at that 'thing' just gave me cancer.

[versedi 39]

Scyy said:

I think looking at that 'thing' just gave me cancer.

Heal yourself with buffer/healer/supporter. 









edit:

fun stops, [*] tragedy in Russia while testing, 

Alexey Lukyanuk will probably skip Acropol due to broken leg. That's nothing with death of Alexey Lyadukhin

Translator:

Today during tests in pskov region there was an accident involving two rally vehicles. Alexey Lyadukhin died.
Alexei Lukʹyanyuk, Nikita Gergelʹ and viacheslav kucherov with injuries taken to the hospital.
The facts are.

Today during the tests in Pskov region of Russia two rally cars crashed. Alexey Ljaduhin died in the accident.
Alexey Lukyanuk, Nikita Gergel and Vjacheslav Kucherov were injured. 

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

versedi said:

Scyy said:

I think looking at that 'thing' just gave me cancer.

Heal yourself with buffer/healer/supporter. 










edit:

fun stops, [*] tragedy in Russia while testing, 

Alexey Lukyanuk will probably skip Acropol due to broken leg. That's nothing with death of Alexey Lyadukhin

Translator:

Today during tests in pskov region there was an accident involving two rally vehicles. Alexey Lyadukhin died.
Alexei Lukʹyanyuk, Nikita Gergelʹ and viacheslav kucherov with injuries taken to the hospital.
The facts are.

Today during the tests in Pskov region of Russia two rally cars crashed. Alexey Ljaduhin died in the accident.
Alexey Lukyanuk, Nikita Gergel and Vjacheslav Kucherov were injured. 

What? I'm confused now. This happened today? What I'm I looking at?

[versedi 39]

Two cars crashing into each other at a testing stage in Russia. 

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

versedi said:

Two cars crashing into each other at a testing stage in Russia. 

Why where they so close together?

[Jepsertti 21]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

versedi said:

Two cars crashing into each other at a testing stage in Russia. 

Why where they so close together?

Just a wild guess since I don't really know what has actually happened but I guess there has been a misinformation by the test stage organizers and the cars have started from both ends of the stage at the same time and crashed at some point... Very unfortunate news (a similar situation happened last year in Finland too) :(

[Scyy 0]

Jepsertti said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

versedi said:

Two cars crashing into each other at a testing stage in Russia. 

Why where they so close together?

Just a wild guess since I don't really know what has actually happened but I guess there has been a misinformation by the test stage organizers and the cars have started from both ends of the stage at the same time and crashed at some point... Very unfortunate news (a similar situation happened last year in Finland too) :(

That would be my guess as well considering the extreme front end damage on both of the cars.

[FloatingGrass 0]

What struck me the most is how they look like they both pretty much exploded.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

Jepsertti said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

versedi said:

Two cars crashing into each other at a testing stage in Russia. 

Why where they so close together?

Just a wild guess since I don't really know what has actually happened but I guess there has been a misinformation by the test stage organizers and the cars have started from both ends of the stage at the same time and crashed at some point... Very unfortunate news (a similar situation happened last year in Finland too) :(

Oh my gosh! Thats insane. I'm really sorry for all the loss. It could have been avoidable but if was just a freak accident. Wrong place at the wrong time.

[juu1ius 5]

they started from the same direction, one turned around in the middle of the test for some reason and collision happened. One of  the co-driver is dead, other three are in hospital but not in critical condition. Why the car turned around or which one was it, is still unclear. I would guess that, one of them made a hard spin and just got lost and drive in wrong direction :(

[RallyDriven 398]

Yeah, I heard that they hit head on. A strange incident that should have never happened 

[bogani 744]

Oh shit. I've watchef lots of Lukyanuk onboards lately :(

[Dytut 79]

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/m-sport-willing-to-aid-ogier-with-team-order-907342/

While I understand that they might use team orders if necessary, I was still hoping that they wouldn't since I always find it ridiculing the sport itself.

[KingOfCoins 286]

Dytut said:

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/m-sport-willing-to-aid-ogier-with-team-order-907342/

While I understand that they might use team orders if necessary, I was still hoping that they wouldn't since I always find it ridiculing the sport itself.

I this happens I hope Tanak or Evans does a McRae and ignores them

[RallyDriven 398]

I understand they want a title, but I'd hate to see Ott or Elfyn miss out on a first win

[sqdstr 100]

The only time in a season where I can understand the need for team orders is at the end of it. When one driver is in clear contention for the title, where every single point counts, and the other driver is out of it.
But so early in the season? We've only had 5 rallies out of 13, it's ridiculous.
By doing that he's effectively saying that only Ogier matters and Tanak doesn't. That's just sad.

[SRD_SimVansevenant 757]

Team orders is just a polite way of saying we found a loop hole and are able to cheat and falsify results. Team orders should be banned from the sport to be honest. If team orders result in a driver winning the title then that driver doesn't deserve that title. That's my opinion.

[Dytut 79]

Damnit, Paddon takes the lead on SS2 and then the engine stops on SS3... Still in the game, but it's kind of symptomatic of his season :-/

[Etirion 2]

Damn, 3 Drivers with the same time on SS4 Meeke, Tanak and Breen all with 19:14.0 exciting stuff. 

Edit: just heard on wrc radio, going into 3 decimals Tanak is actually fastest.

[Dytut 79]

Did we mention that it's tight this year? Top 8 after SS4:

1.	10	J. LATVALA	M. ANTTILA	TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRT	M	RC1	48:07.1
2.	7	K. MEEKE	P. NAGLE	CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT	M	RC1	48:07.6	+0.5	+0.5
3.	2	O. TANAK	M. JARVEOJA	M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM	M	RC1	48:08.3	+0.7	+1.2
4.	8	C. BREEN	S. MARTIN	CITROËN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT	M	RC1	48:08.5	+0.2	+1.4
5.	1	S. OGIER	J. INGRASSIA	M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM	M	RC1	48:11.9	+3.4	+4.8
6.	4	H. PADDON	S. MARSHALL	HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT	M	RC1	48:17.3	+5.4	+10.2
7.	5	T. NEUVILLE	N. GILSOUL	HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT	M	RC1	48:17.4	+0.1	+10.3
8.	6	D. SORDO	M. MARTI	HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT	M	RC1	48:17.8	+0.4	+10.7

So 10.7 seconds between them, that can happen on a single really good stage.

[RallyDriven 398]

Lefberevrenebe rolled but still going, held up lappi unfortunately

https://twitter.com/paddocknews/status/865528205037281283

[KingOfCoins 286]

I get  having a french driver is important for Citröen but this is starting to get ridiculous. 

[RallyDriven 398]

It's stupid when Mikkelsen is still sidelined! Nothing against Stephane, but he's hot fast enough and he hasn't improved enough in his time at Citroen 

[versedi 39]

RallyDriven said:

It's stupid when Mikkelsen is still sidelined! Nothing against Stephane, but he's hot fast enough and he hasn't improved enough in his time at Citroen 

Similar situation with Hanninen in Toyota.

He's the slowest today. Even Lappi is faster than him even though it's his first rally in Toyota.