***The Offical Rally Poland Thread***

[Pwig]

So what do we think chaps? More crazy fans?

[BOBTEE]

Looks pretty fast from the test videos, could be some big offs!

[GravelBen]

Very fast stages. Will be interesting to see how the Hyundais go, they've obviously been competitive so far this year but the drivers have made a few comments about the car being better on fast flowing stages than tight slower ones.

[hirev]

Pwig said:

So what do we think chaps? More crazy fans?

What crazy fans ? I must have missed that last year ?

But yes, looks to be some high speed runs alright.

[Allyc85]

Any more crazy fans and it's no more Rally Poland, losing the ultra fast stages would be a shame!

Great to have Breen back in the Ds3

[JONSCZ]

Pwig.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but I sent you an emailed 'PM' a couple of weeks ago - please check your 'inbox' or 'junk' folder.
Thanks v. much.

[GravelBen]

Some drivers (quite rightly) pissed off about the organisers changing and adding stage obstacles after the recce. Very poor form.

Edited by GravelBen on Friday 1st July 06:43

[Pwig]

hirev said:

Pwig said:

So what do we think chaps? More crazy fans?

What crazy fans ? I must have missed that last year ?

But yes, looks to be some high speed runs alright.

There are a few here....

https://youtu.be/LxEtmmte33M

[Allyc85]

Maybe they could get a bit closer!

https://twitter.com/inforallyes/status/74879249903...

Great fight at the front with barely 10 seconds covering the top 4!

[Allyc85]

Tanak carrying on where he left yesterday, absolutely on it! Fair play to Dmack after their tyres were falling apart on Sardinia!

[GravelBen]

Yip, he's flying!

[giveitfish]

This is awesome.

[Allyc85]

And he is still doing an awesome job! Always had speed, just made far too many errors!

I see Camilli is now beating Ostberg, quite a change to the start of the season..

2016 Rally Poland standings after SS17 (Top 15):

1. Ott Tanak EST DMACK WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2h 05m 37.2s T
2. Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Volkswagen Motorsport II Polo R WRC +21.3s T
3. Hayden Paddon NZL Hyundai Motorsport N Next Gen i20 WRC +27.8s M
4. Thierry Neuville BEL Hyundai Motorsport Next Gen i20 WRC +43.5s M
5. Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC +1m 04.5s M
6. Sebastien Ogier FRA Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC +1m 08.1s M
7. Stephane Lefebvre FRA Abu Dhabi Total WRT DS 3 WRC +1m 21.2s
8. Craig Breen GBR Abu Dhabi Total WRT DS 3 WRC +1m 33.2s
9. Eric Camilli FRA M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m 10.6s M
10. Mads Ostberg NOR M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m 14.9s M

11. Dani Sordo ESP Hyundai Motorsport Next Gen i20 WRC +2m 27.6s T
12. Esapekka Lappi FIN Skoda Fabia R5 +3m 59.1s WRC2
13. Teemu Suinen FIN Skoda Fabia R5 +4m 09.9s WRC2
14. Elfyn Evans GBR M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 +4m 25.7s WRC2
15. Lorenzo Bertelli ITA FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC +4m 28.0s
Read more at http://www.crash.net/wrc/results/231795/1/rally-po...

[Allyc85]

https://youtu.be/mdD2ndIcUZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsTbyqDVqO8

https://youtu.be/c5c27RhLSVo

Edited by Allyc85 on Saturday 2nd July 20:49

[GravelBen]

Terrible road conditions on the last day, several drivers saying its some of the worst they've ever driven... "6th-gear corners full lock sideways in 4th gear praying not to hit the trees"

[confucuis]

Delighted for Breen, 7th place on a gravel event! Too bad there's not enough full tarmac events, he could do quite well!

[Allyc85]

Breen did a very solid job, making no major mistakes. I'm just a tad concerned that Citroen are only running 2 cars next season, and for marketing reasons I can't see them running both a Northern Irish and an Irish man. Hope I am wrong though!

Surprised they let Lefebvre drive the car back in the state he did, thought they banned this sort of thing years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jzWNC-8GBs&in...

Gutted for Tanak, going by TV last night he did nothing wrong and fully deserved that win. Nice touch of sportsmanship by Ogier to hold him aloft at the finish.

WRC Rally Poland 2016 - @BunningsVideo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5uQ0taCge0&in...

WRC Rally Poland 2016 - Crash + mistakes + high speed! - Best of by Rallymedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odeh49M9a90&in...