STAGE FLASH
Date: 23.10.2009
Day: 1 Flash No: 2
Special Stage: SS2 - SWEET LAMB 1 Distance: 5.13 Km
Weather: Wet, misty, windy, cold, visability ~200 meters.
Road Conditions: Damp, very slippy.
3: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
"I was too careful in there"
1: Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
"Really difficult, I was quite quick but its tough"
2: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti
"Difficult to keep up, happy with setup"
4: Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Antilla
"Lost drive shaft on last stage, now no front brakes"
6: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud
"Very wet, trying as best as I can. Fog not a problem"
5: Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin
"Down on power and no traction at rear, struggling"
12: Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
"Very slippery. Not very happy with progress but in conditions like this I can't complain"
8: Conrad Rautenbach/Daniel Barritt
"Wet and muddy - as a Zimbabwean I would like sun and dust!"
14: Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson
"Not good grip, will be better on the second run. Cambrian Rally helped setup but not in these conditions"
15: Khalid Al Qassimi/Michael Orr
"Stalled on hairpin, dropped 20 secs as we could not get it started again"
16: Aaron Burkart/Michael Kolbach
"I'm starting to understand what this car can do, big learning experience will be better on the second run"
17: Steve Perez/Paul Spooner
"It's good to do a stage I know, I've been here a few times. Its slippery as everyone is probably saying"
47: Armindo Araújo/Miguel Ramalho
"All ok"
50: Nasser Al-Attiyah/Giovanni Bernacchini
"Big slides, really good pace. Happy with last two stages, pushing on can't wait for second run
31: Martin Prokop/Jan Tománek
"All ok, happy with setup
46: Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson
"Confidence back in brakes after problems on first stage"
39: Eyvind Brynildsen/Denis Giraudet
"Very good the Cambrian helped with setup as it's very similar"
33: Toshi Arai/Glenn MacNeall
"Feels very slow, not sure on problem will try and check later"
45: Patrik Flodin/Göran Bergsten
"Went ok, feels slow, was understeering but could be the same for everyone"
63: Jarkko Nikara/Jarkko Kalliolepo
"Enjoyed it, no problems"
37: Fréderic Sauvan/Sebastien Capanna
"Difficult with the sliding (lack of grip)"
65: Mark Tapper/Jeff Judd
"Driving too hard as there are too many spectators to try and please! Very slippery but Pirellis are awesome"
32: Bernardo Sousa/Jorge Carvalho
"Losing power, no idea why. Won't be able to fix in service, something internal in engine"
64: Martin Semerad/Bohuslav Ceplecha
"Lacking confidence and hopes it will come back, can't find rhythm"
38: Gábor Mayer/Robert Tagai
"No servo, power steering gone, hard work"
40: Dave Weston/Ieuan Thomas
"Held up by car, now no boost from turbo. Not happy"
48: Hermann Gassner Junior/Katharina Wuestenhagen
"Stage ok, no problems just slippery"
61: Nico Thomas/Angelos Loizides
"Good nice stage, enjoyed it"
62: Jon Williams/George Gwynn
"Good enjoying it, everything fine at mo"
66: Dennis Kuipers/Kees Hagman
"That was good, only a small stage but enjoyable. Enjoying the Welsh weather!"
67: Mattias Therman/Janne Peräla
"Too cautious, its a long rally but hopefully will be better on the second run"
68: Rene Kuipers/Erwin Mombaerts
"Smiling and happy, beautiful water and jumps!"
69: Peter Stephenson/Jim Burns
"Still learning, long way to go. The cars too pretty to do anything stupid with. Stalled leaving control"
70: Daniel Siguroarson/Andrew Sankey
"Fine"
71: Eamonn Boland/MJ Morrissey
"Ok"
72: Wug Utting/Max Utting
"All good, no arguments yet, big smiles all round."
73: Egon Kaur/Erik Lepikson
"Few mistakes, but no bit time loss. No problems with notes, just driving, will be better second time around"
74: Trond Lyseng/Pål Iversen
"Took it very steady. Hoping for a better run next time around"
76: Craig Breen/Gareth Roberts
"No idea on the times, I'm just concentrating on my own run for now but that was a good stage"
77: Giuseppe Dettori/Marco Corda
"Fantastic stage - everything brilliant"
49: Giorgio Bacco/Nicola Arena
"No brakes! I broke the brakes! I will try to get to service to fix them!"
78: Paulo Nobre/Edu Paula
"Its the first time in the car, first time in this country. Fantastic I'm really enjoying it"
79: Emre Yurdakul/Burak Erdener
"Thumbs up"
80: Burcu Cetinkaya/Çiçek Güney
"Went well, enjoying it"
81: Patrick Anglade/Hans-Peter Loth
"Good but short stage, many spectators. Had a little play to the crowd"
82: Davide Catania/Antonello Moncada
"Brakes have reappeared it should go well from now on..."
83: Tomaz Kaucic/Peter Zorenc
"Good first time, concentrating for the next big stage"
84: Bader Al Jabri/Stephen McAuley
"I want longer stages with big jumps - was amazing!"
86: Majed Al Shamsi/Allan Harryman
"It was a bit different to what we are used to - enjoyed jumps and water"
87: Tom Cave/Craig Parry
"Can't gauge progress on last year as conditions so different. Car seems down on power"
88: Atte Alanen/Teemu Horkama
"Car doesn't go anywhere. The engine is too small!"
89: Tom Haines/Dai Roberts
"Car back on full power [excited]. Bit different to racing, more sideways bigger smiles"
90: Sander Pärn/Ken Järveoja
"Good stage, not keen on Pirelli"
91: Siim Plangi/Marek Sarapuy
"Good stage all ok"
93: Jean-Thierry Vacheron/Sylvain Trombert
"Getting better, its a little slippy in there"
95: Kit Leigh/Tim Leigh
"Good stage, ahead of car 94. Dad has been doing all the shouting but doing well on first WRC"
94: Kenneth Treacy/Martin Comerford
"Thank god for LSD (Limited Slip Differential) it's the only thing keeping us going with a snapped shaft"
201: Ewen Christie/Ross Cookman
"Better than last year, no ice"
202: Steve Partridge/Adam Entwhistle
"No wipers working so water splashes and puddles mean pointing in the right direction and hoping for best"
203: Paul Wright/Tom Aldridge
"Amazing stage loved it. It can get a bit like sea sickness in here with the body roll"
204: George Morrison/Curtis McKerlie
"Loving it, kept it on through spectator area. Definite improvement from last year"
205: Duncan Lilwall/Craig Teasdale
"Impressed - good air in there. All 4 wheels off the ground"
206: Alan Paramore/Gari Hazelby
"That will do nicely, we're the quickest Land Rover out there" |
