WRC Portugal 2011

h3000

The Portugeuse round of the WRC 2011 kicked off last night with a Super Special through the streets of Lisbon. Hirvonen went fastest with Loeb and Solberg behind him. It's also the first round of the FIA WRC Academy in which Irish man Craig Breen is competing.

WRC TOP TEN AFTER STAGE 4
Pos No Driver Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 2 S. OGIER 43:22.2 0.0 0.0
2. 1 S. LOEB 43:25.0 +2.8 +2.8
3. 3 M. HIRVONEN 43:25.5 +0.5 +3.3
4. 4 J. LATVALA 43:28.2 +2.7 +6.0
5. 11 P. SOLBERG 44:18.0 +49.8 +55.8
6. 15 M. WILSON 44:36.4 +18.4 +1:14.2
7. 5 H. SOLBERG 44:41.4 +5.0 +1:19.2
8. 8 K. RAIKKONEN 45:16.4 +35.0 +1:54.2
9. 17 A. ARAUJO 45:17.1 +0.7 +1:54.9
10. 16 B. SOUSA 45:34.8 +17.7 +2:12.6


WRC ACADEMY TOP 10 AFTER STAGE 3

Pos No Driver Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 109 C. BREEN 33:52.7 0.0 0.0
2. 110 Y. LEMES 34:13.0 +20.3 +20.3
3. 101 A. FISHER 34:32.4 +19.4 +39.7
4. 102 J. SUAREZ 34:40.6 +8.2 +47.9
5. 108 E. KAUR 34:48.7 +8.9 +55.9
6. 111 V. HENRIKSSON 34:51.6 +2.9 +58.9
7. 100 C. WARD 34:54.0 +2.4 +1:01.3
8. 116 C. RIEDEMANN 35:01.5 +7.5 +1:08.8
9. 115 M. TAYLOR 35:19.2 +17.7 +1:26.5
10. 104 J. CERNY 35:34.3 +15.1 +1:41.6

afatbollix

Irish doing well too With Breen 1st in the A class and FIsher 3rd I think.. I think the Irish could clean up in that class this year

barney 20v

yep... Breen is the quicker of the two but he is also more likely to make a major mistake. Best of luck to both Irishmen !

h3000

WRC ACADEMY TOP THREE AFTER STAGE 4
Pos No Driver Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 109 C. BREEN 49:21.3 0.0 0.0
2. 110 Y. LEMES 49:51.1 +29.8 +29.8
3. 101 A. FISHER 50:19.6 +28.5 +58.3


The Irish boys still doing well. Great to see some young Irish talent doing well on the World stage in motor sport.

wobbles

Breens had some gearbox issues on stage 3 and 4. Should be changed during service before 5

liam7831

http://www.wrc.com/news/kaur-is-the-first-fia-wrc-academy-winner/?fid=14426

no luck for the irish today:mad:

h3000

WRC Academy

Well Craig Breen went out of the rally with a lead of a minute when he misheard a pace note and stuck it in the ditch. He tried to get going again but could not get the car out. Alistair Fisher inherited the lead but through it away on the following stage (SS12) when he rolled the car off the road and into a tree, both driver and co-driver were okay and got going again but lost over five minutes with the off and finished the rally in fifth position. In the end Estonia's Egon Kaur won the inaugural round of the FIA WRC Academy. Breen took away five points for his five stage wins and Fisher bagged twelve points for his fifth place and two stage wins.

recyclebin

Three different winners to the first 3 rallies.

Looks like it could be a competitve championship this year and not another easy win for Loeb.

liam7831

i dunno once the tarmac rallies start i can see loeb showing the rest of em how its done as per usual!!

freestyla

I have to believe that Ford will get their car in fast and reliable shape, otherwise WRC doesn't make much sense really with those time differences as they are now!