a great great rally but I threw it away (kind of) on the very last stage
s01 stuck a little in one of the hairpins but an ok run 5secs from PB, 15th of 21 on grid
s02 one off in one of the first turns, nerves again, lost 30 secs crawling back to tarmac but car ok, overall 30 secs off PB, 16th, overall 16th
s03 nice clean run, really like the Japanese stage in tarmac mod, bested PB by 1.2 secs, 13th, overall 16th
s04 another good run apart from one 180 degree turn because I put the rear wheel on the sand in the breakzone, 7 secs off PB, 14th of 19 still in contention, overall 15th
car totally intact at first service, proud of that
s05 the mother of all stages in this rally, one off in the treestump field gave me hissing water and steam for the rest of the stage, and this was only the first of three ..., 13 secs away from PB, 15th, overall 14th
s06 what to do if your motor sounds as if its dying on you any second: run for it, did a new PB on this one, lol! 5secs faster, 13th of 18 overall 12th
s07 another jog with steam and hissing sounds, missed PB by 6secs but brought the Punto back still hissing but very much alive, phew. 13th of 16 still running, 12th overall
overnight service had some work to do ...
s08 nice clean run, PB missed by 2secs, 10th, overall 12th
s09 another good Japanese run with another spin due to putting the wheel on the sand, missed PB by 5secs, 13th, overall 12th
s10 good run, one little off as I pushed for the first time tonight after setting a great second split, missed PB by 4secs, 13th, overall still 12th
service gets nothing to do
s11 second run of THAT stage, ever so carefully I survived, 12 secs down from PB, 12th of 14 still rising to the challenge, 11th overall
s12 what a run, the emotional climax of this rally, chopped an astounding 11secs off my PB from s06! 09th, 10th overall
s13 another good clean run just 3secs away from PB, 10th, 10th overall
s14 DISASTER: coming out of t2(!!!) in a nice slide I hit sth. rear left and was whirled around and thrown into the barriers, front wheels completely off after all of 50m
how could I ever have let this happen? cannot believe it. lost 25 secs overall, 12th of 13 still running, dropped a place to 11th overall and probably mucked up my chances of another points finish, oh sh......
what a superb event again, pity so many guys dropped out, this was one rally that cannot be survived without some training because the co-driver has no idea you're on tarmac. Thx admins for another perfectly organized and planned night