World Rally Manufacturer Manager - Season One (2017)

[rubaru]

Can you also give us a chart of driver and constructor points totals?

Oh, and I guess PM everyone our budgets.

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

Can you also give us a chart of driver and constructor points totals?

That'll come before 4PM UK time

 

[Jimlaad43]

@Jimlaad43 Good result for Evans and Ostberg showed very good pace. Could we see Subaru fight for wins this season?

If Ostberg could get a win, this season would count as a success, as we don't thinkw e can fight for the championship. Both drivers have been challenged to score at least 1 podium over the season, and I think that is acheivable.

Glad we got some going points, and powerstage was fantastic

 

[Slyfrequency]

Wow a great first stage and presented very well, lots of drama too

@Slyfrequency Probably the surprise of the rally was a very solid result for you guys, how does it feel to start the season on a positive note?

- For us at Suzuki it's a fantastic feeling to get this result, we've got some great drivers and a great team overall and it shows every single person put in a fantastic effort. It'll give us some momentum going into sweden that's for sure and we'll see if we can combat the snow and pull off another consistent result!

 

[Milos]

@Milos Fine start for Renault on their return, do you think you can build on this result in Norway?

For sure, but neither speed or reliability are as good as I expected.

 

[Millsy24]

@Millsy24 Difficult start for Mini at Monaco, will that be a common theme this season or a one off?

probably a common theme, hopefully it was a one off. Time (/excel) will tell

 

[Deleted member 161052]

Interviews
@airutonpurosuto8912 How disappointing was it for you to see Ogier retire from the podium so close to the end? Was that made up by Stéphane's performance?

Well, it was very disappointing for us. A Top 3 position was Ogier's target for the stage but he told me he pushed way too hard to it broke.

 

[Omer Said]

@Omer Said A point for Al Attiyah after a very sensible run, happy with how he performed?

We are very happy to start the season with a point-finish. Nasser drove consistently and we are really glad with his performance. But we must admit that our car is off the pace. That should be looked into it.

 

[Márk Lintner]

No we can be better the reliability was the biggest problem

 

[Dovi design]

What a dramatic final day!


85ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Day 4

Hirvonen seals a comfortable win as podium runners hit trouble!
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In a chaotic end to the Monte Carlo rally, Mikko Hirvonen remained in control to take a comfortable win, his 16th in his career and his first since Italy 2012! Hirvonen won by just over two minutes from Mattias Ekstrom, who benefitted from two high profile retirements.

Dani Sordo dropped out from 2nd on the first stage of the day, with his Toyota suffering an engine failure. Then on Stage 2, Sebastian Ogier saw his Citroen suffer from a driveshaft failure, putting him out of the rally. Jari Matti Latvala also dropped out of the top with a mechanical problem on the same stage

Hayden Paddon jumped from 5th to 3rd today, taking a podium on Renault's return to the championship. He beat the remaining factory Citroen of Lefebvre in 4th, and Tanak did a good job on Opel's return to the championshipm rounding out the top five. Elfyn Evans finished 6th, having pulled out a 20 second gap over Quentin Gilbert over the course of the day. Martin Prokop was the only factory Mitsubishi not to run into problems in 8th, while David Botka surprised most in 9th place. Despite having troubles on day one, Yoann Bonato recovered to finish 10th.

Teemu Suninen put his miserable day 3 behind him, and finished 11th, beating another Suzuki of Jan Kopecky, who jumped ahead of Loubet on the final stage of the rally. Kris Meeke managed to recover from his day two breakdown to score some points in 14th, while Nasser Al Attiyah brought his Honda home in 15th and the final points position.

Perez was the top Mini in 19th place, Moffett finished 22nd overall, struggling against his Suzuki teammates, Lappi finished 26th, Sirmacis 31st, Neuville 34th, Tidemand 35th, Ostberg 38th, Mikklesen 42nd, Solberg 43rd, Brynildsen 46th, Valousek 47th and Ingram 51st. Nicolas Fuchs was another to retire today.

In the WRC Trophy, Michel Fabre at the ripe old age of 62 shocked everyone by taking a comfortable win, a nearly made it into the top 15. There was a extremely close battle between Grondal and Atkinson for 2nd, which Grondal won, despite Atkinson being faster on the last stage. Siim Plangi finished in a quiet 4th, beating the teammates of Verschueren and Saba. Jaroslaw Koltun finished in 7th, ahead of Bouffier, who had a difficult rally in his B-Spec Hyundai. 9th was Romain Martel, who just about beat a hard charging Marcos Ligato, who rounded out the points.

Power Stage Results
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Mikko Hirvonen also won today's power stage, meaning he leaves Monte Carlo with maximum points. Mads Ostberg and Subaru ran him close, just missing out on the max power stage points by 1.5s. Andreas Mikklesen was third in his Renault, ahead of Kris Meeke and Petter Solberg, who had a torrid rally but leaves with a point


Interviews
@The_Laskinator Brilliant result for you and Mikko Hirvonen today, scoring maximum points, can you keep that momentum up at Norway?
@rubaru A very mixed rally for Skoda, but are you guys happy with a double top 10 plus a podium finish, and can we see you guys fighting for the win at Norway?
@Milos Fine start for Renault on their return, do you think you can build on this result in Norway?
@airutonpurosuto8912 How disappointing was it for you to see Ogier retire from the podium so close to the end? Was that made up by Stephane's performance
@Benutzername Tanak had a good rally, but Neuville ran into quite a few problems, do you think it's a quick fix?
@Jimlaad43 Good result for Evans and Ostberg showed very good pace. Could we see Subaru fight for wins this season?
@Márk Lintner Lot's of reliability issues for you this rally, is there a lot of work for you to do to fix these issues? Was you happy with your pace?
@Slyfrequency Probably the surprise of the rally was a very solid result for you guys, how does it feel to start the season on a positive note?
@Dovi design What went wrong for Toyota over the past two days? Is Sordo's pace encouraging for the rest of the season
@TTupsi Quite a scrappy rally for you in the end, but still finished in the points. Good result for a little disappointing?
@Omer Said A point for Al Attiyah after a very sensible run, happy with how he performed?
@Millsy24 Difficult start for Mini at Monaco, will that be a common theme this season or a one off?

I will post tonight the stage times (hopefully), and then preparation of Norway will begin

Yes, it's very encouraging, we just need some luck

 

[The_Laskinator]

@The_Laskinator Brilliant result for you and Mikko Hirvonen today, scoring maximum points, can you keep that momentum up at Norway?

I have good faith in mikko, he's a well experienced driver who knows what hes doing better than I do! The other two on the other hand, they could be interesting, Brynildsen (really shoulda chosen a driver with an easier name lmao) had one bad stage that put him way down, a bit annoying but unavoidable, although Bonato's performance to recover to 10th is really promising!

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

Stage Results (Sadly I don't have stage results for Maurin and Pellier for stage 3)

Spoiler: Stage 3

Spoiler: Stage 4

Spoiler: Stage 5

Spoiler: Stage 6

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

Spoiler: Stage 7

Spoiler: Stage 8

Spoiler: Stage 9

Spoiler: Stage 10

Spoiler: Stage 11

 

[Deleted member 161052]

How can a few drivers have "equal" times?

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

Spoiler: Stage 12

Spoiler: Stage 13

Spoiler: Stage 14

Spoiler: Stage 15

Spoiler: Stage 16

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

How can a few drivers have "equal" times?

I have a formula which generates the times for each driver based on multiple factors. Some times a better driver and car have a poorer stage and will have the same time as a slower car or driver who had a brilliant stage.

With my plans for the rest of the season on tyre rules, hopefully this will change a bit as the Formula gets a little more complex.

I'm also planning to make how someone performances on a stage a bit more complex as well in order to try and avoid the problem of people having equal times

 

[Millsy24]

definitely should have got better drivers

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

OK, an update on budgets will be sent tonight, and then the market period will open until Friday

 

[Andy 'Mars Bar' Graham]

Norway Privateer Entry List
Hiroki Arai (FWRT s.r.l) (Subaru)
Vytautas Svedas (FWRT s.r.l) (Subaru)
Valeriy Gorban (J-Motorsport) (Opel)
Aleksander Zawada (J-Motorsport) (Opel)
Ricardo Moura (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Armin Kremer (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Callum Devine (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Chris Atkinson (BRC Racing (Citroen)
Anders Grondal (Printsport) (Suzuki)
Nikolay Gryazin (Wevers Motorsport) (Seat)
Janis Vorobjovs (Wevers Motorsport) (Seat)
Ole Christian Veiby (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Quentin Giordano (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Jose Antonio Suarez (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Marius Aasen
Henning Solberg
Steve Rokland
Emil Bergkvist
Fredrik Ahlin
Jari Ketomaa
Juuso Nordgren
Joonas Tokee
Kristian Poulsen
Manfred Stohl
Kevin Abbring
Gustav Kruuda
Radik Shaymiev
Sander Parn
Karl Kruuda

*Drivers in bold are currently in need of a seat. You can make offers to them, but you can only have a maximum of 5


@Benutzername @rubaru @Jimlaad43 @Millsy24 @Omer Said @The_Laskinator
@airutonpurosuto8912 @Milos @Dan Timmins @Márk Lintner @TTupsi @Slyfrequency
@Dovi design

 

[Benutzername]

Norway Privateer Entry List
Hiroki Arai (FWRT s.r.l) (Subaru)
Vytautas Svedas (FWRT s.r.l) (Subaru)
Valeriy Gorban (J-Motorsport) (Opel)
Aleksander Zawada (J-Motorsport) (Opel)
Ricardo Moura (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Armin Kremer (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Callum Devine (Adapta Motorsport) (Mini)
Chris Atkinson (BRC Racing (Citroen)
Anders Grondal (Printsport) (Suzuki)
Nikolay Gryazin (Wevers Motorsport) (Seat)
Janis Vorobjovs (Wevers Motorsport) (Seat)
Ole Christian Veiby (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Quentin Giordano (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Jose Antonio Suarez (Lotos Rally Team) (Ford)
Marius Aasen
Henning Solberg
Steve Rokland
Emil Bergkvist
Fredrik Ahlin
Jari Ketomaa
Juuso Nordgren
Joonas Tokee
Kristian Poulsen
Manfred Stohl
Kevin Abbring
Gustav Kruuda
Radik Shaymiev
Sander Parn
Karl Kruuda

*Drivers in bold are currently in need of a seat. You can make offers to them, but you can only have a maximum of 5


@Benutzername @rubaru @Jimlaad43 @Millsy24 @Omer Said @The_Laskinator
@airutonpurosuto8912 @Milos @Dan Timmins @Márk Lintner @TTupsi @Slyfrequency
@Dovi design

What exactly do we need to do now?

We had already figured out the teams we supply, hadnt we?