Team Müller Motorsport did their runs already on Monday, so here's al ittle recap:
Paul did, as always, the first run in his Mitsubishi Octavia
He had a decent start with only 0,8s behind one of the fast guys in their Lanicas. Then the lights went out and Paul had problems to get used to the darkness, he went off the track, spun and had simply bad driving the next two stages where he lost nealry 20s on the leader.
The next stage went fine but then he had another horrible night stage and lost 27s...
The wet stages went better, but Paul lost time on every stage...
On SS9 he had a puncture after 4mins but decided to go to the end without repairing it. He went slow and the tyre stayes on the rim nearly until the end. He lost "just" 33s on this stage.
SS10-12 went good, just one crash against a wall on the last one. +2:25,1 behgind the leader on P2 actually!
His run can be seen here:
Then it was my turn to steer the Delta HF through the rocks...
I had a perfect start, lost 0,2s on SS1 and 8,2s on SS2. Was 8,5s faster on SS3...
...and lost 0,1s on SS4...
Had a spin on the last night stage but was extremely satisfied with my driving!
On the wet stages the Delta felt somehow strange on the softs and I lost some time, still ok for me. The guy up there in front is a real fast one...
On SS8 I hit the finish-barrels and blew my only spare-tire after losing much time as the Delta was a mes on the mediums in wet conditions...
The tyre was repaired automatically and my spare was gone - but I didn't knew the tyre was blown as the pictures don't show that exactly (at least in my opinion).
SS9 and 10 went fine for me, lost more time but still in a good mood and flow...
On SS11 I had a roll as a huge stone on the inside make my car Lancia roll and crash heavily into a wall...
Was lucky to get back on the wheels without a reset, so I only lost 16s on that stage.
Then the Power Stage came and my mood went...
I hit a wall after about 40s and blew a tire. After a short shock I got clear and wanted to change the tire....but there was no spare! I needed some seconds to realize and the thoughts got crazy why and where that tyre was used... (Solution: See above!)
So I had to go over 6mins without my left rear tyre - it was completely blown and just the rim was left:
Well, long story short: I f'*$%d the car up, had several spins and got really loud in my seat! Gladly we don't record my voice while streaming our rallies... I would have been banned from YT for ever
I neede 8:05 for the stage, lost P2 and fell back on P4.
Still very disappointed to be honest!!!
The whole rally can be seen here:
Better luck in Poland...well, no, this location is the one I dislike most in DR2