RDRC S4 Round 9 - Hokkaido Rally (29th September - 2nd October)

Roy Magnes · Oct 2, 2012

Congratulations to Andrew with the title in the S-RDRC class and to RMI Motorsport in the Team championship

Thank you very mutch

Craig Masters · Oct 2, 2012

Ran last night in EU3, however I was the only one in my class. Which is unusual, typically quite a busy session. Seemed like many people hit trouble in the session, I just tried to keep my own pace.

It was an incredible rally. I really feared some of these stages, but I managed to get in a proper recce of all the stages before joining the session. The grip and the setup seemed to work better than I expected. Especially on the Noiker stages. Rally Polland was quite tricky, I really should of done a few more runs of it. SS8 I dropped a handful of seconds pushing a bit much 2nd run of Portugal SS18, clipped the inside barrier drifting round one of the last hairpins. Gearbox was damaged, but reversed and got round the last corner. The rest of the rally went very well until the very last corner of the last stage. I slid off the road bumped the wooden house, and got stuck in the thick bush beside it. I was too stubborn and wouldn't CFH, eventualy struggled free....but 35 seconds slower than my first run of Poland.

I am really chuffed with 3rd overall. I was lucky to pick up a podium spot earlier in the season by a technicality. But to finally get one on a surface I had been struggling with is nice. Congrats to everyone else, sorry to see so many hit trouble.

Thanks to the organisers for another great rally. Really enjoyable combination of weather and stages. Can't wait for the final event in Wales, looks like the title fight between Magnar and Fernando is going to be very close! I'll be there to hopefully pick up some more points.

Alasdair Beck · Oct 2, 2012

That sets up a very interesting final round. I think I'm now leading the points going into the final round but it's still pretty close if me maths are correct.

Michael Nelson · Oct 3, 2012

Wow, really pleased with a 5th in class! Quite pleased to see the DNF due to MSN taking focus didn't cost me a place, still, would have been nice to get a rally without DNF. I'm really looking forward to the next rally now.

Congratulations to all those who partook in the rally and finished, and particularly congratulations to Magnar, Fernando and Craig for the podium.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Oct 3, 2012

Roy Magnes said:
Congratulations to Andrew with the title in the S-RDRC class and to RMI Motorsport in the Team championship
Thank you very mutch

Great, RMI on 1st in the S-RDRC, RMI 1st in the Team Championship. Now I gotta secure the 2WD title as well, and you, well, you gotta get that 2nd in S-RDRC!

This is RMI's season!

Tom Peters · Oct 3, 2012

Really quick with the results Senad, thanks!

Geez, another win! I guess going faster than the default time does pay off!

Norbert Serban · Oct 3, 2012

Wow, that's not as bad result, what I expected, and I won 3 stages with my stupid mistakes( i have a roll on both polish stages), so there is no problem with my speed

I lost the leader position, but now this point I have nothing to lose anymore. So I will try to make maximum attack in the last round.
So, the pressure is really on for Mr.Beck

Emil Pribanić · Oct 3, 2012

To bad for me....could not drive because i just move out from my apartment to a new one where i don`t have internet.....yet. I hope i will drive next rally. Till then...bye

Andrew Koojo · Oct 3, 2012

What can i say. Im soo pleased with the win. In both the race and SRDRC class championship. RMI on top as well pretty cool.

Congrats to all winners

And thanks to organizers. U guys are special use most of ur time for us. Big up.

John Cunningham · Oct 3, 2012

as i said before the you where the 'one to watch' this year... well done.

Andrew Koojo · Oct 3, 2012

Emil Pribanić said:
To bad for me....could not drive because i just move out from my apartment to a new one where i don`t have internet.....yet. I hope i will drive next rally. Till then...bye

Ooh sorry to hear that i was looking forward to see u.

Sion Williams · Oct 3, 2012

Well that was pretty predictable result from a poor event! Well done to Tom on another win! Looks like Ole had the same problem as me, not liking the stages...

Thanks to all, look forward to Wales, home event!

Sion

Emil Pribanić · Oct 3, 2012

Andrew Koojo said:
Ooh sorry to hear that i was looking forward to see u.

And i was looking forward to race you on my favorite stages at Japan. Next time i hope.

Tony Gentile · Oct 4, 2012

Thanks to the people that made this rally possible

Ole Marius Myrvold · Oct 4, 2012

Sion Williams said:
Well that was pretty predictable result from a poor event! Well done to Tom on another win! Looks like Ole had the same problem as me, not liking the stages...

Thanks to all, look forward to Wales, home event!

Sion

Yup. Tom is awesome it looks like!

Awesomely hard to beat!

Ahh, your home event, and my favorite stages! A heated battle for the champ is on?

Silvio Cro · Oct 4, 2012

Sion Williams said:
Well that was pretty predictable result from a poor event! Well done to Tom on another win! Looks like Ole had the same problem as me, not liking the stages...

Thanks to all, look forward to Wales, home event!

Sion

That DS3 R3 from Tom´s is a bullet... hehehe
Congratulations to all 2WD drivers and for the rest ones...

Now the pressure is on Ole for this rally and i think that will be on Flatout...lolol

Tom Peters · Oct 5, 2012

Silvio Cro said:
That DS3 R3 from Tom´s is a bullet... hehehe
Congratulations to all 2WD drivers and for the rest ones...
Now the pressure is on Ole for this rally and i think that will be on Flatout...lolol

Yes, go as fast as you can! When the DS3 first came to RSRBR, I tried it to see how it compared to the other R3 and S1600 cars. I choose it because the turbocharged engine delivers the power much smoother, despite being the most powerful, which means I don't encounter the violent wheel spin that most FWDs give you on the loose as often. The new update made my old setups unusable. The default brake pressure for the rear brakes was only 2000!

Ole Marius Myrvold · Oct 5, 2012

It's also, most likely that Rd.10 will be the last with 2WD cars in RDRC for now as far as I've understood things. So let's end the champ. with top notch driving guys?