Rally De France: September 2011

[Cess]

Round 11 of 13. Proper tarmac rally. Rallye de France forms the penultimate rounds of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship for normally aspirated, two-litre, four-wheel drive cars and the FIA WRC Academy.

Big Northern Irish and Irish representation with Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in the Countryman WRC, Marty McCormack in the Citroen DS3 R3T (No. 71), Alister Fisher competing in the WRC Academcy in the Ford Fiesta R2 against Craig Breen and Chris Patterson calling the notes for Petter Solberg and Michael Orr doing the same for Kalhid Al-Qassimi in the Ford Fiesta WRC.

Entry list:

http://www.wrc.com/results/2011/rallye-de-france-alsace/entry-list/

Live text updates:

http://www.wrc.com/results/2011/rallye-de-france-alsace/live-text/

Encoruaging start for MINI WRC. Sordo 3rd, Meeke 4th after SS4. Loeb retired on SS3 with engine failure

Live times here:

http://www.best-of-rallylive.com/en/classements-en-direct-live-time-position/

 

[Graham]

Good lad

 

[svensktoppen]

A shame it is only on pay-TV, completely lost interest in WRC after it disappeared from the screen

Hope Kris does well though!

 

[DC.]

the Fiesta looks class in black.

not good for Loeb, should make the end of the season interesting!

 

[Graham]

Live tv coverage on wrc.com from this nick

 

[sideways365]

just loaded it fantastic live coverage for free!

 

[DEEJAY.B]

great live feed , Mini leads with Sordo at the end of day 1 by 1 second ,
Meeke still in fourth even with a spin in the final stage .

 

[Reno_LV]

Good coverage, and Mini is doing great!

 

[Graham]

So long as meeke keeps the fords behind him it'l be a drive to be proud of

 

[seanbob]

Here's the update after Stage 12 and last before service (www.wrc.com live coverage in about an hours time for the afternoons stages):



# Entry
Car Gr.
Cat. Time
Penalty Diff.
Diff. pr. km/h
s/km
1.

Sordo D. - Del Barrio C.
#37 Mini Cooper WRC WRC 2:01:29.5 109.2
2.

Ogier S. - Ingrassia J.
#2 Citroen DS3 WRC M
WRC 2:01:29.7 +0.2
+0.2 109.2
0.00
3.

Solberg P. - Patterson C.
#11 Citroen DS3 WRC M
WRC 2:02:10.4 +40.9
+40.7 108.5
0.19
4.

Latvala J. - Anttila M.
#4 Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
WRC 2:02:50.6 +1:21.1
+40.2 108.0
0.37
5.

Meeke K. - Nagle P.
#52 Mini Cooper WRC WRC 2:02:51.1 +1:21.6
+0.5 107.9
0.37
6.

Hirvonen M. - Lehtinen J.
#3 Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
WRC 2:03:17.2 +1:47.7
+26.1 107.6
0.49
7.

Kuipers D. - Miclotte F.
#9 Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
WRC 2:05:50.9 +4:21.4
+2:33.7 105.4
1.18
8.

Araujo A. - Ramalho M.
#17 Mini Cooper WRC WRC 2:06:06.0 +4:36.5
+15.1 105.2
1.25
9.

Solberg H. - Minor-Petrasko I.
#15 Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 2:06:28.4 +4:58.9
+22.4 104.9
1.35
10.

Ostberg M. - Andersson J.
#6 Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
WRC 2:07:28.0 +5:58.5
+59.6 104.0
1.62

 

[Cess]

I think it was inevitable Meeke would get swallowed up by the Fords on a charge. Meeke has no experience of Rally De France and prior knowledge is vital to good times. That said, third appearance or so, still a mighty competitive performance. Get her to the finish lads!!

 

[Reno_LV]

Meeke stopped in stage Prob. puncture

 

[Reno_LV]

Meeke crashed out!

 

[Cess]

Sounds like a massive off according to twitter

 

[DC.]

gutted for Petter Solberg.

the man has zero luck

 

[Cess]

Meekes crash

 

[seanbob]

Report from WRC.com

Kris Meeke is out of Rallye de France Alsace following his crash on stage 13 of the world championship qualifier, Hohlandsbourg.

Briton Meeke and Irish co-driver Paul Nagle were in a strong fifth overall when they skated off the road after going over a patch of gravel on the 9.87-kilometre test.
Both crew were uninjured although it is understood their MINI John Cooper Works WRC suffered extensive damage after it struck a tree stump some 15 metres off the road.
The MINI WRC Team’s technical mentor David Lapworth confirmed the car is beyond immediate repair and Meeke won’t be able to restart under SupeRally regulations on day two.
“Unfortunately a small mistake has had major consequences,” said Lapworth. “It’s disappointing because Kris was doing a great job. We can’t be too harsh on him because it happens.”
Meeke’s team-mate, Dani Sordo, remains in contention for victory. After 14 stages, the Spaniard is less than five seconds behind leader Sebastien Ogier.

http://www.wrc.com/news/meeke-crashes-out/?fid=15498

 

[gpaevo]

It proper grits my **** the fact that i can't watch the WRC anymore, due to not having bastid ESPN

 

[Reno_LV]

WRC.com streaming this rally online free of charge, and you'll find on F-1 zone forum or youtube all ESPN and Motor TV shows there after a day or 2.

 

[svensktoppen]

The "free" live feed is so full of commercials and banners it is all but unwatchable. Plus you have to get past all the news first, with all results and stuff plastered all over the web site, which kind of spoils it. And have time to sit there.

It is all just cynical grabs for advertising revenue, they do not give a pig's fart about fans watching the sport.

Cannot be a**ed to watch you-tube etc.

With MotoGP, F1 (for now...), BTCC, BSB, etc., there is plenty of motorsport on proper TV. Just not worth all the hassle watching rubbish WRC coverage on a computer screen.

 

[Reno_LV]

What advertisements? All i get is 1 before it loads and that's it, are you sure we are talking about the same live stream?. Plug in TV and enjoy, simples. F-1 soon will be restricted as well, MotoGP is boring as hell, so all we will be left with is BTCC.

 

[cormac81]

Motors TV show it each night ands its free on sky, pity about Meeke crashing out Sordo has been immense.

 

[svensktoppen]

Lol, "free on Sky" - Sky is anything but free

 

[Cess]

Sven - it is Free to View on Sky. You wouldn't need a subscripton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky

Get a dish and a sky box second hand and get it installed. Then ask Sky for a free-to-view card

 

[svensktoppen]

Ah, did not know that Cess. Freesat is separate from Sky though, is it not? Has BBC HD, etc.?

Just too lazy to faff around to be honest, lol, if it is not on my normal Freeview TV box with free PVR then I just cannot be bothered. If the organisers make it that hard to follow their sport, then so be it.