wrc france

overshoot

http://www.wrc.com/results/2011/rallye-de-france-alsace/day-results/
sordo, from solberg and ogier (3 seconds between them)! meeke is 4th. looks like the mini is shaping up to br a great car. loeb out

craig breen also leading the wrc academy by 24 seconds, with alister fisher 3rd. his championship rival kaur is in 13th 30minutes down:)

wonder what odds you would have gotton for sordo to win?!

h3000

Missed today's stages but it seems it's a great rally so far.

Top ten WRC after stage 8
Pos No Driver Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 37 D. SORDO 1:23:02.1 0.0 0.0
2. 11 P. SOLBERG 1:23:03.1 +1.0 +1.0
3. 2 S. OGIER 1:23:04.9 +1.8 +2.8
4. 52 K. MEEKE 1:23:56.6 +51.7 +54.5
5. 4 J. LATVALA 1:24:15.8 +19.2 +1:13.7
6. 3 M. HIRVONEN 1:24:22.7 +6.9 +1:20.6
7. 17 A. ARAÚJO 1:25:25.2 +1:02.5 +2:23.1
8. 6 M. ØSTBERG 1:25:38.9 +13.7 +2:36.8
9. 9 D. KUIPERS 1:25:48.9 +10.0 +2:46.8
10. 15 H. SOLBERG 1:26:20.1 +31.2 +3:18.0

Craig Breen is doing really well. He won six out of the 8 stages and suffered a puncture on ss6. Lets hope he can keep it up tomorrow.

Top ten WRC Academy after stage 8
Pos No Driver Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 109 C. BREEN 1:33:26.6 0.0 0.0
2. 110 Y. LEMES 1:33:51.2 +24.6 +24.6
3. 101 A. FISHER 1:34:21.8 +30.6 +55.2
4. 102 J. SUAREZ 1:34:37.3 +15.5 +1:10.7
5. 106 B. REEVES 1:35:34.5 +57.2 +2:07.9
6. 104 J. CERNY 1:36:43.1 +1:08.6 +3:16.5
7. 120 S. WIEGAND 1:38:27.4 +1:44.3 +5:00.8
8. 116 C. RIEDEMANN 1:40:44.5 +2:17.1 +7:17.9
9. 112 S. KARYAKIN 1:42:47.1 +2:02.6 +9:20.5
10. 115 M. TAYLOR 1:48:29.5 +5:42.4 +15:02.9

De Hipster

Ear Lobes out!!!

h3000

De Hipster wrote: »

Ear Lobes out!!!

Yep.

Some sort of engine failure. It needs to go back to Paris to sort apparently so no super rally for him either.

De Hipster

Bitterly I'm delighted - incredible driver needs to come a cropper more often!

h3000

De Hipster wrote: »

Bitterly I'm delighted - incredible driver needs to come a cropper more often!

Incredible driver alright but I just can't stand him.

De Hipster

h3000 wrote: »

Incredible driver alright but I just can't stand him.

Yup - Talent like the sport has hardly come across before, in a league of his own (car helps too).

Arrogance personified literally!

guyfo

Loeb arrogant? Oiger yes, loeb not a chance. hes very down to earth where the hell are yas getting that he is?

De Hipster

guyfo wrote: »

Loeb arrogant? Oiger yes, loeb not a chance. hes very down to earth where the hell are yas getting that he is?

Eh - his interviews, not to mention that I've met him. Both him & his management are insufferably arrogant!

guyfo

He comes across as quite modest in his interviews from what i see. he always gives other drivers credit where they deserve it he and actually has a personality lately he comes across arrogant in interviews about oiger but then there is alot of bad feeling there between that little ****, himself and quesnel. I've met him a few times too and i got a bit of an insight to why people think he is. waiting for the start ramp at the cork 20 loeb rolled up to the queue and got out, he was then swamped by autograph hunters and he happily started to sign some. i watched for a while and after 20 min of signing he got a little agitated. i seen a woman come up to him 10 min later and say can you sign this (no please or would you mind) he looked at her blankly and walked off and the woman looked at her husband and said what an asshole. There is quite a difference between being an asshole and being a quiet man who has been pestered every day for autographs for the last 8 years. Mcrae was very similar in that respect. He is very interested in other peoples opinions too especially when it comes to car setup. i remember being in the press conference in donegal when he was told about some of the setups irish drivers use for the stages and he had a big conversation asking who uses what etc. If anyone had a reason to be arrogant it would be him but he just isnt.

wobbles

He is a modest as a man in his position could be. Ogier has an attitude about him that is completely unjustified. But Loeb, being French, will always rub people the wong way

ottostreet

Raikkonen & Solberg in a collision between stages. Solberg was ahead of Raikkonen and wasnt supposed to be, and they collided when Raikkonen went to pass. Kimi's taking the heat for it, but why was Solberg out of position?

h3000

Craig Breen went off on SS10 and is out of the rally.:(:(:(

losthorizon

upandcumming

Met him as well when he was here. Both Donegal and RI 07. Remembered me in RI. Very nice guy and talked to me for a while too.
I don't find him arrogant at all.

dcr22B

If anyone is arrogant and annoying, it's Ogier.

Met Loeb in Donegal in 2007, absolute gentleman and seriously good driver (understatement).