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the powerstage also makes quite some difference:

neuville 18
tanak 15
evans 8
katsuta 7
fourmaux 5

Taka was a friday hero, but so were ogier, rovanpera and sordo.

Indeed. Remember that rovanpera also had a great starting position but didn't win.

Munster crashed and nothing has changed.

I don't really understand why rovanpera even restarted when he just cruises. He can't win, he doesn't need the points and he doesn't drive fast to please the spectators. He could have just called it...

Looking at it strategically, he could slow down now and give ogier some more space. Then ogier doesn't need to push tomorrow, and perhaps will take less points away.



Why would kalle fight...

Well no. Tanak gained 5.8 seconds on ss14+15, and lost 4.1 on ss16. He still gained 1,7s on ogier.

it's the same thing. If you want to catch up you have to start trying immediately.

13 seconds is not something that is impossble to make up, there's still 130km to go and anyone can get problems of flat tyres.

but i agree that setteling for 2nd would be the smart thing to do for...

yes, but he's not the one in charge.

I wonder if they would tell him to take it easy and secure manufacturer points.

So suddenly its only ogier stopping hyundai from a 1-2-3.

Lets see if he can make his tyres last to the end. No changing for him.

Ogier already gambling.
I suppose it's not going like he had hoped before the start.

It seems like the notional times on SS2 will have fucked a lot of people's rally.

One of the best besides ogier, rovanpera and neuville.

poor performance by munster so far, beaten by rc2 cars.

I suspect meeke to lead the RC2 untill he crashes out.

tanak also

no. you would need a regroup after every stage to switch drivers.

They should bring 4 cars to every rally so all their drivers get maximum experience. They could have them retire if needed to get a better position for the next rally.

The starting order rule is way older than ogier. But it was indeed made into 2 days of cleaning in 2015 to stop ogier, and then back into one day in 2017.

It's the most logical way to do the start...

I assume it is to make either some local people living near or the local government happy.

Fourmaux has nobody to blame but himself. It was nothing but a stupid driver error.

It seems like that's an idea by someone who has absolutely no idea what rally is. Someone who doesn't know there's a codriver constantly talking and a driver constantly listening.

The only time...