2012 World Rally Championship

[Daniel Monteiro]

Man, what a Rally!!! Incredible, unbelievable!! Everybody that is not listening to World Rally Radio just tune in now!

 

[Roy Magnes]

At this rate there will be no WRC cars left on sunday

 

[Rui F. Martins]

i've been told that Armindo Araujo and other driver went off, does anybody knows anything about it?

EDIT:
i just saw it on motors tv, Loeb, Latvalla and Tanak (i think) went out. It's a shame, in Portugal we have been on a drougth since December or January and this weekend strong rain came and caused some troubles. I heard that stage 7 had to be cancelled due to a flood or something like that

 

[Kol Bailey]

Who's leading then?

 

[Harry Platt]

Hirvonen

 

[Karlip]

BREAKING NEWS! Mikko Hirvonen excluded due to clutch!

Win for Mads Ostberg, 2nd Evgenij Novikov, 3rd Petter Solberg

 

[Harry Platt]

No way... This is the craziest rally in fricking ages.

http://insiderally.com/2012/04/01/breaking-news-hirvonen-excluded-from-rally-portugal/

 

[Christen Struys]

WTF
only
hirvonen excluded
en not
Neuville & AL-ATTIYAH
en its same car

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[Sérgio Marques]

After a Friday with a terrible weather, with heavy rain and much fog, at some points we couldn't see the people on the other side of the road, this is my Saturday video at Vascão, with much nicer weather:

Very bad news for Hirvonen, I think he didn't deserve that, he did a great driving and manage to be fast and stay out of toubles, no doubt that he was the best in the Rally.

 

[Manuel De Samaniego]

WTF
only
hirvonen excluded
en not
Neuville & AL-ATTIYAH
en its same car

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They aren't, they're more like privateer cars. They don't give those guys the same equipment as the Total WRT.

 

[Sérgio Marques]

Sunday video;

 

[Kol Bailey]

Didn't Ostberg win?

 

[Christen Struys]

They aren't, they're more like privateer cars. They don't give those guys the same equipment as the Total WRT.
i now dat Neuville de same car is
you kan say wat you wil but loeb & citroen are de best ad de eind of champioenchip

 

[Harry Platt]

http://www.wrc.com/news/toyota-linked-to-wrc-entry/?fid=16473

 

[Manuel De Samaniego]

This is ridiculous, WRC and Rally absolutely deserve their own section, sux to have them in "other racing series" bring the Rally section back!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the info Harry

 

[Harry Platt]

This is ridiculous, WRC and Rally absolutely deserve their own section, sux to have them in "other racing series" bring the Rally section back!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the info Harry

I agree. Went post this info, and thought to myself... WTF! Where has "WRC, IRC & Rallying" gone. Put in the "Other Motorsport Series" forum. Isn't WRC supposed to second to F1 in the world of motorsport (should be first, but Bernie can't have some other motorsport being more popular than his beloved F1)

 

[Karlip]

Day 1 of Rally Argentina is behind us and a lot has happened.

Starting off with Stage 2, where Ott Tänak(Ford Fiesta WRC) completes the stage with a flat rear tyre. The tyre managed to puncture at the start of the stage, destroying the rear wheel cage. Same happened for Martin Prokop( Ford Fiesta WRC ) with both drivers losing 2 minutes to the leader.
Nasser Al-Attiyah(Citroen DS3 WRC) had reported neck pain and that he was distracted from the pain.
Results After Stage 2: http://www.wrc.com/results/2012/philips-rally-argentina/stage-times/?category=wrc&stageno=2


On Stage 3, the estonian, Ott Tänak, struck trouble again when his steering rod broke and he had to stop for repairs, losing 17 minutes to the leader. There was also trouble for Sebastian Loeb(Citroen DS3 WRC). Loeb didn't get the feeling with the car and had 4 spins in the stage meaning he lost 20 seconds.
Evgeny Novikov(Ford Fiesta WRC) lost a wheel during SS3 which ended the day for him and he had to continue with SuperRally.
Results After Stage 3: http://www.wrc.com/results/2012/philips-rally-argentina/stage-times/?category=wrc&stageno=3

Stage 4. This stage ended Petter Solbergs(Ford Fiesta WRC) rally for day 1 when his steering rod also broke and it took too much time to fix it. They were forced to SuperRally and this cost him the lead. The stage also ended Ott Tänak's rally for day 1, as he went off-road. He retired and is superrallying.
Results After Stage 4: http://www.wrc.com/results/2012/philips-rally-argentina/stage-times/?category=wrc&stageno=4

Stage 5 was only desperation for the young Belgian Thierry Neuville(Citroen DS3 WRC) who had rolled his car and done too much damage to continue.
Results After Stage 5: http://www.wrc.com/results/2012/philips-rally-argentina/stage-times/?category=wrc&stageno=5

-- PICTURES DOWN HERE --

Tänak's puncture on Stage 2:

Prokop's puncture on Stage 2:

Evgeny Novikov's lost rear wheel on Stage 3:

Crash of Neuville and Solberg breaking the steering rod:

 

[Karlip]

Sebastien Loeb has won for 7th time in a row in Argentina, going to Greece with a 19 point lead over Petter Solberg(Ford WRT).
Drama started unfolding on the last day of Rally Argentina, when on the last stage of the rally, Dani Sordo(Ford WRT), was forced to retire from 3rd position due to a suspected alternator failure, costing Ford WRT vital manufacturer points and Sordo championship points.
On Stage 17, two of the last competing Mini's were also forced to retire. The Mini of Paulo Nobre and Armindo Araujo.
Ott Tänak managed to fight himself to 10th position from 27th after a horrible 1st day.

Final results of Rally Argentina:
pos - driver - time +1
1. S. Loeb -
2. M. Hirvonen +15.2
3. M. Ostberg +2:55.2
4. M. Prokop +6:34.9
5. T. Neuville +1:32.3
6. P. Solberg +44.6
7. S. Ogier +23.1
8. E. Novikov +8:44.9
9. N. Al-Attiyah +7:12.4
10. O. Tänak +8:56.9

Classification in Championship standings can be found here: http://planetemarcus.free.fr/classements12.htm


Also some statistics: it was Loeb's 70th World Rally Championship win!

 

[Karlip]

That's right, you can participate in a rally with the help of Rally Team GB.

What Rally and what Car?

The rally is WRC Rally GB and the car will be a Fiesta ST.
The team itself is, obviously, located in the UK.

What to do?

All you have to do, is put a 'Like' on their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/RallyTeamGB
and send your name to team@rallygb.com.

 

[Kol Bailey]

I liked it.