RDRC S6 Round 4 - Donegal International Rally (17th - 20th May)

Tiago Rodrigues · May 20, 2014

SS1 - Hate those RSI stages. Bad time for start.
SS2- Spin in first sector. Setup for this kind of stages too bad
SS3- Spin again near the finish. More time lost.
SS4- Again RSI

SS5 - Quite ok stage, but the speed was not good. No confidence at all in the car setup.
SS6 - I like this stage but doesn't know well. On this one, I did a false start and had 2 off roads. In the downhill part, I lost my rhythm and did many mistakes.
SS7 - If the car setup wasn't good for the rest of stages, imagine for this one. Just keeping the car on the road.

SS8- I think that the time was good, but let's wait for the official timing list. At least I liked my driving in here.
SS9 - The sames as previous one. Like my driving in the wet.
SS10 - Much better in comparison with stage 6. In damp conditions, with wet tyres, itwas not easy.

SS11- Same as stage 7. Keep the car on road!
SS12- It was my first time on this stage. Many time lost here. Not the best way to finish the rally.

Overall, it was not the best rally from me, but I'm happy to finish. I need to make some tests and change the car setup for tarmac bumpy surfaces.

Good luck for the rest!

Balazs Kiss · May 20, 2014

hm, I guess it was an 'OK' rally for me. Only one stage has been screwed a little bit. 2 spins and saved that, so I'm waiting for a good result for me

Alasdair Beck · May 20, 2014

Jack Hintz said:
Thanks no good to hear Alasdair hope it works out soon!

Thanks man, I'm gutted at the minute

Alex Albernaz · May 20, 2014

Hello My Rallye was reasonable but below my normal course, it derived not have pedals, is damaged. I went to accelerate and catch the blades and with automatic gearbox. :/ But even in these conditions rallye loved, made some mistakes but also had moments of luck. I have not had any accident which was very good for the car came to an end. The time now is wait for the results.

Karl Raudsepp · May 21, 2014

I love it when car goes into massive flip from invisible bump...

John Cunningham · May 21, 2014

aaaaaa the bump of dismay (need yer shocks at the rear adjusted lol), and the stumps of death! We have all been there my friend.

John Cunningham · May 21, 2014

Just rejoice in the limeted damage!

Jonatan Åcerclinth · May 21, 2014

Had it been me I would have landed on my side with massive damage and a CFH to cap it all off

I can assure you once again that we've all been there. In my notes I have that as 'Bad Road, go slow'..... To be fair almost the whole stage is full of that warning.......

Tiago Rodrigues · May 23, 2014

Video from stage 8 - Chirdonhead in wet conditions. Safe run and pace, the conditions wasn't the best for attack mode

Norbert Serban · May 24, 2014

Can I ask, when the results will be uploaded?

Jack Hintz · May 24, 2014

We are all quite busy in out of RDRC lately, so we will get them sorted as soon as we can get them all collated.

David Jundt · May 24, 2014

Didn't take part as my Porsche was near to a write-off after the last rally*

*excuse for having other priorities in simracing

Jack Hintz · May 25, 2014

Results are up!

Manuel De Samaniego · May 25, 2014

kinda bummed with finishing 7th after leading but glad to still keep some points and the championship lead, a silly mistake made me break the gearbox and lose minutes, the Fiesta felt fast but not as stable as the DS3 did on tarmac, thanks to the organizers and well done to the finishers.

Congrats to Magnar the deserving winner and well done to Norbert and Jack who I think it's his first podium in RDRC though I'm not sure.

Cheers

Jack Hintz · May 25, 2014

I think it is my first ever in an RDRC car...still scratching my head about how I got there

The polo is very quick on Tarmac, cant wait to see how it does on gravel

Jonatan Åcerclinth · May 25, 2014

Without all the troubles I had I could have gotten a top3 in RDRC-2

I did rather well though considering it was a Tarmac rally

Really happy with that, expect a video to come around the end of next week if everything works out

Norman Bruce · May 25, 2014

My dnf on stage 10 was costly, I could have saved myself about 7 minutes if I had kept it on the road. That was my biggest disappointment in this round but because of the conditions on that stage I knew it would be tough.

Balazs Kiss · May 25, 2014

uhm if I not screw up this stage...

Grats to Tiago. wd

Dubravko Sparovec · May 25, 2014

Congrats to Magnar, Norbert and Jack!

I was expecting a calm rally on tarmac, but small mistakes and getting my wheels on the grass led to off road excursions and car damage.
Broken transmission ruined my times on SS6 Northumbria and SS7 Paddys, that I really love to drive.

I'm still looking for a clean run. Hope I can do it next time.

Jonatan Åcerclinth · May 30, 2014

I'll fill in some more of these videos from the different stages

Here is a video of me tackling SS2 of Shepherds Shield, a stage which I love on gravel and snow but don't feel at all at home driving on tarmac.
The Notes that can be heard in the onboard is from me reading them up as Johan did to me during the rally. I'm a bit later than he was on a couple of occasions but the first time I've done that kind of thing so I hope it's survivable.
I hope that you can enjoy the ride. I took it very cautiously for most of the stage so the time was really good considering this