1.
P SOLBERG
SUBARU
2:53:30.6

2.
S LOEB
CITROEN
+1:06.0

3.
M MÄRTIN
FORD
+1:47.4

Whats up for tomorrow?

 

SS23 overall:
Toshi Arai is up to 8th

1. 1 Solberg-Mills Subaru Impr A8 3h10'44"500 103.6 km/h
2. 3 Loeb-Elena Citroen Xsa A8 3h11'52"700 + 01'08"20
3. 7 Martin-Park Ford Focus A8 3h12'31"400 + 01'46"90
4. 5 Gronholm-Rautia Peugeot 307 A8 3h13'10"700 + 02'26"20
5. 4 Sainz-Marti Citroen Xsa A8 3h13'14"700 + 02'30"20
6. 2 Hirvonen-Lehtin Subaru Impr A8 3h15'34"900 + 04'50"40
7. 6 Rovanpera-Pieti Peugeot 307 A8 3h17'27"500 + 06'43"00
8. 31 Arai-Sircombe Subaru Impr N4 3h26'34"200 + 15'49"70
9. 11 Warmbold-Price Ford Focus A8 3h26'40"800 + 15'56"30 8 8
10. 42 Kamada-Kase Subaru Impr N4 3h29'06"100 + 18'21"60


Subaru are 1,2+3 in Grp N
1. 31 Arai-Sircombe Subaru Impr N4 3h26'34"200 95.7 km/h
2. 42 Kamada-Kase Subaru Impr N4 3h29'06"100 + 02'31"90
3. 33 Herridge-MacNea Subaru Impr N4 3h30'14"700 + 03'40"50

Retired-- Duval went off SS22 !

 

SS24
Special stage commentary :

Mikko Hirvonen is having an hydraulic problem with his Impreza; his car is currently stuck in fifth gear.

 

Sweet!

Also, looks like Hirvonen got to stay in (and keep his place) due to some rule I've never heard of.

http://www.worldrallynews.com/artman...icle_594.shtml

 

hahahahaha

 

Congrats to Petter n Phil on wining WRC Japan
and Toshi Arai wining Group N

 

What an awesome rally. I couldn't think of a single thing that could stop Petter from taking it... except another DNF. He went wire to wire didn't he? Oh, and good job keeping the thread title sanitary Viking067. Much appreciated!

 

Yeah, i crapped on the fan once.Wont do that again :-P

 

of course its a great win for subaru cause its JAPAN however, loeb is still leading and this sucks. lets all hope dnf next two races then maybe we can win otherwise well have to settle for a 2nd place podium finish : (

 

I think Loeb only needs 1 point to seal the championship.

 

Yeah, there are 5 rallies left, so 50 points are up for grabs. Lets say Petter wins all 5, so he gets 50 points and he'e +20 over Loeb. That means Loeb has to get 21 points over 5 rallies, or average 4.2 points per rally. Four 5th place finishes, and one 4th place finish wins him the championship.

Petter isn't mathematically eliminated, but it damn near seems like it. Seb honestly doesn't need to push hard to win the championship. But, you can't fault him, its really been an amazing year for him.

 

Whoops, I thought there were 3 rallies left. Where did I get that idea?

 

Heh, I vaguely remember saying "There is only like 3 rallies left or something" last week, but I don't know if you were there or not though.