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STAGE FLASH Date:
10/11/11
Day:
1
Special Stage:
SS1 Great Orme 1 (4.74km)
Weather:
Sunny, blue sky and mild with a light breeze
Road Conditions: Dry with damp patches
998. Start Line Notes / aa (aaa) A sunny start to Wales Rally GB this year, with the classic Great Orme Stage, last used in 1981, providing a dramatic opener to the final round of the WRC. 1. Sébastien Loeb (FRA) / Daniel Elena (MCO) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Very happy, soft gravel tyres on tarmac, its a very special stage 3. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) / Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Very careful, didnt want to do any damage. Nice stage, happy to be quicker than Loeb 2. Sébastien Ogier (FRA) / Julien Ingrassia (FRA) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Car spun and ripped front left wheel off in stage. 4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) / Mikka Anttila (FIN) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Really good time, a bit nervous early on and then I saw Ogier's tyre marks on the road and saw where he hit the wall 11. Petter Solberg (NOR) / Chris Patterson (GBR) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Went wide on a bend and bent part of the steering arm I think 6. Mads Østberg (NOR) / Jonas Andersson (SWE) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Grip really good until 1.5kms in then went slippy, we saw Ogier's line in but not car. Car down on power 37. Dani Sordo (ESP) / Carlos Del Barrio (ESP) (MINI John Cooper Works) Very tricky stage but at the moment, all is ok 5. Matthew Wilson (GBR) / Scott Martin (GBR) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Taking it steady, very tricky in there with these cold gravel tyres 15. Henning Solberg (NOR) / Ilka Minor (AUT) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Took it steady in there, after we heard about Ogier going off 9. Dennis Kuipers (NLD) / Frederic Miclotte (BEL) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
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Not easy on cold gravel tyres, slippy on the damp 52. Kris Meeke (GBR) / Paul Nagle (IRL) (MINI John Cooper Works) Had phone call at the start of the stage to say Ogier was off and Solberg had damage so I took it steady. 18. Ott Tänak (EST) / Kuldar Sikk (EST) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) These tyres are not for tarmac. Can't wait for gravel! 51. Martin Prokop (CZE) / Jan Tomanek (CZE) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Not a proper stage - looking forward to the gravel... 10. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) / Denis Giraudet (FRA) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Difficult stage, really tricky - we are taking it careful 19. Hayden Paddon (NZL) / John Kennard (NZL) (Subaru Impreza R4) We have no intercom - would have been better with notes 43. Ken Block (USA) / Alex Gelsomino (USA) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Unique stage. Good fun in there! 17. Armindo Araújo (PRT) / Miguel Ramalho (PRT) (MINI John Cooper Works) First corner was tricky but it was OK 14. Peter Van Merksteijn (NLD) / Erwin Mombaerts (BEL) (Citroën DS3 WRC) I heard it was slippy. We're not here for tarmac, the proper rally is in the forest. 12. Daniel Oliveira (BRA) / Fernando Mussano (ARG) (MINI John Cooper Works) Taking it steady on these two stages as it's slippery 54. Kevin Abbring (NDL) / Lara Vanneste (BEL) (Skoda Fabia S2000) First time in the car on gravel tyres on tarmac - slippery fun! 57. Sepp Wiegand (DEU) / Timo Gottschalk (DEU) (Skoda Fabia S2000) No torque 21. Patrik Flodin (SWE) / Timo Alanne (FIN) (Subaru Impreza) Really boring, the car is too soft and I was probably too slow. 22. Michal Kosciuszko (POL) / Maciej Szczepaniak (POL) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) The sun is shining and the tarmac is warm and I'm enjoying the stage 26. Martin Semerad (CZE) / Michal Ernst (CZE) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) We finally have good tyres, happy with the performance 39. Benito Guerra (MEX) / Borja Rozada (ESP) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X)
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Felt slow, and a bit slippy 32. Valeriy Gorban (UKR) / Andrii Nikolaiev (UKR) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) Smoking brakes but was OK 30. Oleksandr Saliuk (UKR) / Pavel Cherepin (UKR) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) Really good, interesting stage. 35. Nicolás Fuchs (PER) / Rubén Francisco Garcia (ARG) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) Brakes too hot to stop 28. Majed Al Shamsi (ARE) / Killian Duffy (IRL) (Subaru Impreza) Quite slippy on cold tyres, no mistakes so I'm happy. 29. Bader Al Jabri (ARE) / Stephen McAuley (GBR) (Subaru Impreza) It is challenging on these tyres, very slippy 28. Majed Al Shamsi (ARE) / Killian Duffy (IRL) (Subaru Impreza) Taking it easy to get through! 50. Jason Pritchard (GBR) / Dale Furniss (GBR) (Subaru Impreza) Tricky in there - took it steady on gravel tyres 27. Harry Hunt (GBR) / Robbie Durant (GBR) (Citroën DS3 R3T) All OK, just slippy 53. Mattias Therman (FIN) / Janne Perälä (FIN) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4) Good fun, good start 55. Karl Kruuda (EST) / Martin J?rveoja (EST) (Ford Fiesta S2000) Thumbs down. No feeling in the car - its scary in there 58. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) / Michael Orr (GBR) (Ford Fiesta S2000) New car, new stage, all fun! 59. Paulo Nobre (BRA) / Edu Paula (BRA) (MINI John Cooper Works) First time here - I will never forget! Fantastic! 60. Michael Burri (CHE) / Stephane Rey (CHE) (Citroën DS3 R3T) First gravel rally and I'm on Tarmac! 66. Giuseppe Dettori (ITA) / Carlo Pisano (ITA) (Ford Fiesta S2000) Good but slippy route - enjoyed it! 62. Elfyn Evans (GBR) / Andrew Edwards (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2)
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Slippier than the first run, so I am taking steady in there 63. Tibor Erdi Jun (HUN) / Attila Taborszko (HUN) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) OK, and Im happy. 64. Luca Hoelbling (ITA) / Tullio Siena (ITA) (Subaru Impreza) No problems in there. The real rally starts now! 65. Davide Catania (ITA) / Fabio Salis (ITA) (Citroën DS3 R3T) It is slippy in there 67. Nikita Philippov (RUS) / Sergey Garasimenko (RUS) (Subaru Impreza) Thumbs up 108. Egon Kaur (EST) / Erik Lepikson (EST) (Ford Fiesta R2) Very, very cautious after news from WRC 109. Craig Breen (IRL) / Gareth Roberts (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2) So easy to make a mistake, this is a big weekend for me. I want to get these out of the way 101. Alastair Fisher (GBR) / Daniel Barritt (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2) Cautious at the start - really looking foreward to the rally 106. Brendan Reeves (AUS) / Rhianon Smyth (AUS) (Ford Fiesta R2) A lot of people have been cutting the kerbs - I want a clean run on this
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10/11/11
Day:
1
Special Stage:
SS1 Great Orme 1 (4.74km)
Weather:
Sunny, blue sky and mild with a light breeze
Road Conditions: Dry with damp patches
998. Start Line Notes / aa (aaa) A sunny start to Wales Rally GB this year, with the classic Great Orme Stage, last used in 1981, providing a dramatic opener to the final round of the WRC. 1. Sébastien Loeb (FRA) / Daniel Elena (MCO) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Very happy, soft gravel tyres on tarmac, its a very special stage 3. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) / Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Very careful, didnt want to do any damage. Nice stage, happy to be quicker than Loeb 2. Sébastien Ogier (FRA) / Julien Ingrassia (FRA) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Car spun and ripped front left wheel off in stage. 4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) / Mikka Anttila (FIN) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Really good time, a bit nervous early on and then I saw Ogier's tyre marks on the road and saw where he hit the wall 11. Petter Solberg (NOR) / Chris Patterson (GBR) (Citroën DS3 WRC) Went wide on a bend and bent part of the steering arm I think 6. Mads Østberg (NOR) / Jonas Andersson (SWE) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Grip really good until 1.5kms in then went slippy, we saw Ogier's line in but not car. Car down on power 37. Dani Sordo (ESP) / Carlos Del Barrio (ESP) (MINI John Cooper Works) Very tricky stage but at the moment, all is ok 5. Matthew Wilson (GBR) / Scott Martin (GBR) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Taking it steady, very tricky in there with these cold gravel tyres 15. Henning Solberg (NOR) / Ilka Minor (AUT) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Took it steady in there, after we heard about Ogier going off 9. Dennis Kuipers (NLD) / Frederic Miclotte (BEL) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
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Not easy on cold gravel tyres, slippy on the damp 52. Kris Meeke (GBR) / Paul Nagle (IRL) (MINI John Cooper Works) Had phone call at the start of the stage to say Ogier was off and Solberg had damage so I took it steady. 18. Ott Tänak (EST) / Kuldar Sikk (EST) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) These tyres are not for tarmac. Can't wait for gravel! 51. Martin Prokop (CZE) / Jan Tomanek (CZE) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Not a proper stage - looking forward to the gravel... 10. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) / Denis Giraudet (FRA) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Difficult stage, really tricky - we are taking it careful 19. Hayden Paddon (NZL) / John Kennard (NZL) (Subaru Impreza R4) We have no intercom - would have been better with notes 43. Ken Block (USA) / Alex Gelsomino (USA) (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) Unique stage. Good fun in there! 17. Armindo Araújo (PRT) / Miguel Ramalho (PRT) (MINI John Cooper Works) First corner was tricky but it was OK 14. Peter Van Merksteijn (NLD) / Erwin Mombaerts (BEL) (Citroën DS3 WRC) I heard it was slippy. We're not here for tarmac, the proper rally is in the forest. 12. Daniel Oliveira (BRA) / Fernando Mussano (ARG) (MINI John Cooper Works) Taking it steady on these two stages as it's slippery 54. Kevin Abbring (NDL) / Lara Vanneste (BEL) (Skoda Fabia S2000) First time in the car on gravel tyres on tarmac - slippery fun! 57. Sepp Wiegand (DEU) / Timo Gottschalk (DEU) (Skoda Fabia S2000) No torque 21. Patrik Flodin (SWE) / Timo Alanne (FIN) (Subaru Impreza) Really boring, the car is too soft and I was probably too slow. 22. Michal Kosciuszko (POL) / Maciej Szczepaniak (POL) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) The sun is shining and the tarmac is warm and I'm enjoying the stage 26. Martin Semerad (CZE) / Michal Ernst (CZE) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) We finally have good tyres, happy with the performance 39. Benito Guerra (MEX) / Borja Rozada (ESP) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X)
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Felt slow, and a bit slippy 32. Valeriy Gorban (UKR) / Andrii Nikolaiev (UKR) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) Smoking brakes but was OK 30. Oleksandr Saliuk (UKR) / Pavel Cherepin (UKR) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) Really good, interesting stage. 35. Nicolás Fuchs (PER) / Rubén Francisco Garcia (ARG) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X) Brakes too hot to stop 28. Majed Al Shamsi (ARE) / Killian Duffy (IRL) (Subaru Impreza) Quite slippy on cold tyres, no mistakes so I'm happy. 29. Bader Al Jabri (ARE) / Stephen McAuley (GBR) (Subaru Impreza) It is challenging on these tyres, very slippy 28. Majed Al Shamsi (ARE) / Killian Duffy (IRL) (Subaru Impreza) Taking it easy to get through! 50. Jason Pritchard (GBR) / Dale Furniss (GBR) (Subaru Impreza) Tricky in there - took it steady on gravel tyres 27. Harry Hunt (GBR) / Robbie Durant (GBR) (Citroën DS3 R3T) All OK, just slippy 53. Mattias Therman (FIN) / Janne Perälä (FIN) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4) Good fun, good start 55. Karl Kruuda (EST) / Martin J?rveoja (EST) (Ford Fiesta S2000) Thumbs down. No feeling in the car - its scary in there 58. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) / Michael Orr (GBR) (Ford Fiesta S2000) New car, new stage, all fun! 59. Paulo Nobre (BRA) / Edu Paula (BRA) (MINI John Cooper Works) First time here - I will never forget! Fantastic! 60. Michael Burri (CHE) / Stephane Rey (CHE) (Citroën DS3 R3T) First gravel rally and I'm on Tarmac! 66. Giuseppe Dettori (ITA) / Carlo Pisano (ITA) (Ford Fiesta S2000) Good but slippy route - enjoyed it! 62. Elfyn Evans (GBR) / Andrew Edwards (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2)
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Slippier than the first run, so I am taking steady in there 63. Tibor Erdi Jun (HUN) / Attila Taborszko (HUN) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX) OK, and Im happy. 64. Luca Hoelbling (ITA) / Tullio Siena (ITA) (Subaru Impreza) No problems in there. The real rally starts now! 65. Davide Catania (ITA) / Fabio Salis (ITA) (Citroën DS3 R3T) It is slippy in there 67. Nikita Philippov (RUS) / Sergey Garasimenko (RUS) (Subaru Impreza) Thumbs up 108. Egon Kaur (EST) / Erik Lepikson (EST) (Ford Fiesta R2) Very, very cautious after news from WRC 109. Craig Breen (IRL) / Gareth Roberts (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2) So easy to make a mistake, this is a big weekend for me. I want to get these out of the way 101. Alastair Fisher (GBR) / Daniel Barritt (GBR) (Ford Fiesta R2) Cautious at the start - really looking foreward to the rally 106. Brendan Reeves (AUS) / Rhianon Smyth (AUS) (Ford Fiesta R2) A lot of people have been cutting the kerbs - I want a clean run on this
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