RDRC S8 Round 4 - Rally Finland (27th March - 2nd April 2017)

Thomas Lambaerts · Mar 29, 2017

@Eckhart von Glan ,don't listen to Lutz @LuMue , he wasn't taking it easy on the first stages. He was bloody flying. I had no answer at all. To bad he had that moment on stage 3.
Lots of people crashing and not finishing. Hang in there buddy

I am having a good fight but starting to lose some seconds every stage as the Lancia is starting to suffer.

quicksilver384 · Mar 29, 2017

Probly the best one yet for me.

After SS8 I was running around 18th i think in the leaderboard (out of 20ish that had completed so far) but still top 20

Then I crashed out in spectacular fassion on SS9.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5fdjV9kpjlDHXRYp-jFYWBFgCMz7b73K

nOc75 · Mar 29, 2017

I like Finland, but Finland is not liking me at the mo. Had 2 punctures in the first 6 stages, so I think I'll leave the rest for another day.

Eckhart von Glan · Mar 29, 2017

did stages 4-6 tonight and only ever had two half spins, other than that doing my cautious thang and - as thomas said - hanging in. absolutely loved the night stage, frightening but in a good way, if you get the idea. Lancia still doing fine and participation seems to be about what it was in the other events. Here's hoping I will survive rally day 2 over the next two nights/evenings. Love the choreography of this first day: rain - cloudy - sunny - starlit, nicely done ole and gang!

Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan · Mar 29, 2017

Driver excuses :
- driving with right foot only, left one broken ankle while falling from the truck
- awake for a very long period of time
- no practice, today was the only day i had time to do it
- did it in one go
- plenty more if you have to ask

Was running quite well until last day, no crashes and car looked ok, at last service I had all most everything at 100%, but tired and waiting to just finished i destroyed any chance of a point in last day. On punctre at beginning of a stage so 1min30sec penalty and 2 spins, yey. next stage another puncture in the last sector of the stage and next stage 3 spins and killed a few spectators.

Pathetic

Eckhart von Glan · Mar 29, 2017

hi mr.c, hope the foot gets better soon! cheer up, you did well considering the circumstances.

Neilski · Mar 29, 2017

Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan said:
Driver excuses [...]

Dunno if you're really out of the points but hell, that's the championship-winningest set of excuses I've seen for years

pigloaf · Mar 30, 2017

Disaster has struck for ERTNZ. Critical issues have been identified with Car #53 (a fried motherboard.... ) and as things stand, the car is unable to start Round 4.

The team is working as hard as possible to get a replacement board in time for their "home" event in Germany.

It's a cruel blow for ERTNZ and Phipps, who was attempting to maintain a top 20 position on the 4WD- table.

Dag Inge Hansen · Mar 30, 2017

Day one was done on monday, so this video shows my mistakes and service-area status summary:
http://plays.tv/video/58dcd09d1edbf...1-summary-mistakes-stages-1-6-lancia-delta-s4

This bonus video shows the whole stage 5 that sums up my speed and level of caution of being fast, but not too fast. Safe but not too safe:
http://plays.tv/video/58dccfd801af4...j-rvi-s-whole-stage-replay-3-52-874-mid-sunny

My feeling is I can't push more here as the suspension isn't coping with the speed and the bumpiness. Tried to push on monday, but I failed so had to reset again. Things worked fine with reduced speed, to survive without many mistakes. You must have a car of newer class to do well in Finland. They do much better than Group B car, because of the improved suspension.

Hal Burns · Mar 30, 2017

Well that was quick. Halfway through Stage 1, I bounced off into the woods after a big jump, straight into a large aspen...... tried to continue, but suspension damage had it pulling to the right and rad was stuffed. Retired to the pub. I agree with D.I. Hansen above....should have gone a lot easier in the SEAT. See you in Germany.

LuMue · Mar 30, 2017

Hal Burns said:
Retired to the pub.

Dag Inge Hansen · Mar 30, 2017

Day 2 was done on tuesday. Feeling a bit more confident at times, so kept pushing a bit faster than day one. Not without something happening, but it was the normal mistakes.

RDRC-league, event 4 Finland - Fails summary day 2 (stages 7-13) Lancia Delta S4

Was feeling confident on stage 12 (Kailajärvi 2) and got a good stage-time. Heres two photos from my great nighttime jump:

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bogani · Mar 30, 2017

4 computer crashes so far. Gladly I didn't get that far before it happened but I need to find the problem before I can try again. I'm going away tomorrow so tonight is my only chance :/

Jan Larsen · Mar 30, 2017

Well, made it to the end. Only missing the left door, the bonnet, rear bumper, rear taillights, rear wing, exaust, one front light and misc bits. Not too bad...lol

Oh, and watch out for a radiator in SS1, I think I lost it there somewhere...

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 30, 2017

Jan Larsen said:
Well, made it to the end. Only missing the left door, the bonnet, rear bumper, rear taillights, rear wing, exaust, one front light and misc bits. Not too bad...lol

That's just called extreme weight reduction!

alex_pt · Mar 30, 2017

Round done... All in one go wile also recording the replays... A long afternoon...
Went very cautiously, trying to avoid mistakes... One mistake with a crash on SS16 but luckily didn't loose more than 5 seconds... Hoping for a top ten in the class 4WD-, for now in third but still missing a lot of fast drivers...

Dag Inge Hansen · Mar 30, 2017

Day 3 completing the rally was done today. Made only one small mistake, and that was at the first km of stage 14. Nothing to do a video for, so lets go straight to the "Powerstage". Here's the replay of my last stage: SS17

Deleted member 217114 · Mar 30, 2017

I am going to listen some eye of the tiger and having a zen-moment and then plunge into this league with my Fanatec CSW 2.5. Yesterdaynight I was overwhelmed. :O

svt4cam · Mar 30, 2017

Lovely! Was running another league last night and screen froze and had to Alt f4 it. Got to stage 6 here and same thing this morning. Back to the beginning uggggghhhhhh. @Ole Marius Myrvold, ok to start over after I change to new Nvidia driver that is available?