***The Official Rally Mexio Thread***

[Pwig]

So what do we think will happen folks? Some looooooooooooong stages in this one.

[GravelBen]

Its an odd mix of long endurance stages and tiny superspecials, without much in between. Pretty much anything could happen! Strategy and tyre management could be as big a factor as raw speed on the long stages, its quite nice having a bit of endurance back in the WRC again to balance out the sprint events.

Its hard to know whether the roads will clean and favour the drivers down the road order, or just get rougher/rutted and favour the early runners.

Saw a comment from Paddon on fb today that the 80km stage took 90 mins to recce, but is his favourite stage of the rally. Sounds positive to me.

Edited by GravelBen on Wednesday 2nd March 07:25

[BOBTEE]

I think Camilli will smash hell out of another car

[Pwig]

I think that's a dead cert

[GravelBen]

He's not doing himself many favours so far is he. Obviously has some pace, but maybe he should have spent a bit more time in WRC2 before stepping up.

[Slippydiff]

BOBTEE said:

I think Camilli will smash hell out of another car

Kubica's car demolition star quality fades, meanwhile Camilli's in the ascendancy

[Allyc85]

Anyone getting up at 2am for SS1?!

[GravelBen]

2pm for some of us...

So no, I'll still be at work

[GravelBen]

Why do the WRC media people keep lying about the 80km stage being 'the longest WRC stage for 30 years'?

I haven't checked many rallies for long stages, but the last time the Safari rally was a WRC round in 2002 it had 3 stages over 100km. Safari 1996 had a 215km stage!

[Alex Langheck]

WRC media = mainly clueless!!
Most of them are PR, and not journalists, and are on the WRC gravy train, and never ask any difficult questions.

[Allyc85]

Neuville out with a broken steering arm, big chance missed Imo!

[RyanTank]

I'm going

Ogier
Latvala
Ostberg or Mikelsen.

Sordo will be the best of the rest

[Pwig]

Looks like Latvala has found his Mojo again. Ogier can't touch him!

[GravelBen]

Yip, good to see. Long way to go though!

[Allyc85]

t's all about road position

Not the most exciting day, with big gaps in the field. Shame Meeke and Evans are not competing, it really adds a whole load more interest to the event.

2016 Rally Mexico standings after SS10, leg two (Top 15):

1. Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 1h 48m 00.0s M
2. Sebastien Ogier FRA Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC +32.1s M
3. Dani Sordo ESP Hyundai Motorsport i20 WRC +1m 15.6s M
4. Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Volkswagen Motorsport II Polo R WRC +1m 46.7s M
5. Hayden Paddon NZL Hyundai Motorsport N i20 WRC +2m 20.8s M
6. Mads Ostberg NOR M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +2m 35.6s M
7. Ott Tanak EST DMACK WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +3m 53.8s M
8. Martin Prokop CZE Jipocar Czech Ford Fiesta RS WRC +4m 56.3s M
9. Lorenzo Bertelli ITA FWRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +5m 11.3s M
10. Teemu Suninen FIN Skoda Fabia R5 +5m 43.7s WRC2

Read more at http://www.crash.net/wrc/results/228199/1/rally-me...

[MikeyC]

GravelBen said:

Why do the WRC media people keep lying about the 80km stage being 'the longest WRC stage for 30 years'?

regarding stage distances, I think the cyclists in the Tour de France do a longer distance per day than the WRC do in stage miles per day !

[Alex Langheck]

MikeyC said:

regarding stage distances, I think the cyclists in the Tour de France do a longer distance per day than the WRC do in stage miles per day !

The one day classic races are all over 250km.....

[Pwig]

Looks like it is Jari-Mattis to lose today!

Some big gaps too, like rallys of old

[BOBTEE]

Just watched the highlights, I see Camilli only managed to put it on its side, he's getting better!

[confucuis]

Sordo had been given a time penalty for using the wrong tyres demoted to fourth