WRC WRC - 2015

Crashton · Mar 7, 2015

That service crew deserves a very large bonus. Great job to have turned a submarine into a rally car in 3 hours!

RallyMini370 · Mar 7, 2015

I'm amazed they managed to do it in that time. The electrics must be well insulated! The crash is every rally drivers nightmare. They were very lucky.

RallyMini370 · Mar 7, 2015

M-SPORT ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE AND RAISE THE

Steve · Mar 7, 2015

An amazing effort, but...I suppose this isn't really surprising given all they had to do.

WRC Rally Mexico: Tanak retires again (crash.net)

7 March 2015

M-Sport's Ott Tanak has had to retire from day two of Rally Mexico after he was unable to make it to SS11.

The Estonian had been due to compete under Rally 2 after his M-Sport mechanics fixed his car following his dramatic exit on Friday, when he went off the road in SS3 and the car wound up in a reservoir.

He was 4 minutes late out of service this morning due to gremlins and then had suffered further issues en-route to SS11, Ibarrilla 1 – the first test of the leg. It is hoped he will be able to re-join now on Sunday for the final three stages.
Click to expand...

Crashton · Mar 7, 2015

Not surprising, but what a great effort. Most likely they missed a large mouth bass. Bet it was munching on the wires.

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvKlYbbrexQ"]Leg 2 - 2015 WRC Rally Mexico - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Rally Mexico 2015 Saturday summary (irallylive.com)

08.03.2015 01:34

Rally Mexico is known to be a treacherous one, but it seems that nothing could quite prepare the teams for how tough it would be this year. After countless retirements, crashes, punctures, broken wheels and of course a visit to a lake for poor Tanak, the standings are spread on the whole, as you might imagine.

Ogier leads by 1.15.2 over Mads Ostberg, but where it really will get interesting tomorrow is the small gap between him and Mikkelsen, third by just 4.5 seconds. Elfyn Evans sits in fourth with a comfortable buffer behind him to Sordo, who leads sixth-place Prokop by 29 seconds.

The M-Sport team are hoping that tomorrow will hail the return of the ‘Ti-Tanak’ Fiesta, allowing it to compete with the rest of the field on the three final stages. First thing tomorrow is the 55.82km Guanajuatito stage, followed by Derramadero (11.59km) and finally the 8.25km Power Stage – the third running of El Brinco. The action kicks off at 9.53 local time.
Click to expand...

Crashton · Mar 8, 2015

Laugh out loud funny > Ti- Tanak.

RallyMini370 · Mar 8, 2015

Yeah, got to love the British humour. I thought about enetering the Mini one year for this event but I figure we won't get far! LOL

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49rTRmTW2sc"]WRC Rally Guanajuato MÃƒÂ©xico 2015: Onboard TÃƒÂ¤nak CRASH! - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

Latvala, yesterday, after his rear suspension went.

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

Milking the TiTanak bit for all it's worth. Here they are on the podium after the last stage.

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

Latvala flying.

Ogier landing.

Steve · Mar 8, 2015

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6i5kjeltUs"]Highlights - 2015 WRC Rally Mexico - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]

Ogierâ€™s Mexican hat trick (best-of-rallylive.com)

08/03/2015 7:59 pm

SÃ©bastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia and Volkswagen/Michelin triumphed in Mexico for the third time running by more than a minute today. They were joined on the podium by Norwegians Mads Ostberg (CitroÃ«n, +1m18.8s) and Andreas Mikkelsen (VW, +1m25.1s). WRC2 honours went to the classâ€™s defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah (Ford Fiesta RRC/Michelin).

Given the new WRC rule which stipulates that the championship leader must run first on the road until the end of the second leg, Ogier believed he had little chance of winning Rally Mexico, the first dirt event of the season and one where the phenomenon of road sweeping tends to be a particularly big handicap.

But that didnâ€™t prevent the Frenchman and Hyundaiâ€™s Thierry Neuville (who were first and second in the championship after Sweden) from completing the first competitive loop in front. They took advantage of Friday morningâ€™s cool temperatures to fit a combination of hard- and soft-compound Michelin LTX Force tyres which provided them with outstanding grip on the gravel-coated stages.

Ogier then benefited from the accidents of his two biggest threats Neuville (on SS8) and team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala (SS12) to emerge comfortably in front at the halfway point. From that point on, the Frenchman was able to cruise home to his third Rally Mexico success and his third win of 2015. He also pocketed the three Power Stage bonus points.

This yearâ€™s Rally Mexico proved as tough as ever. In 2014, 10 drivers had to thank the Rally2 ruling for reaching the finish, while this yearâ€™s event saw 12 cars â€˜retireâ€™ over the weekend, including five World Rally Cars which crashed on Leg 1.

The most spectacular accident was that of Ott Tanak who crashed his Ford Fiesta RS WRC into a lake. The video of the incident has been watched 6.2 million times on the WRCâ€™s social media. M-Sport managed to get the car back on the road for Sundayâ€™s action.

The last day was marked by a duel for second place between Ostberg (CitroÃ«n) and Mikkelsen (VW). The silver medal ended up in the formerâ€™s hands, helped by a fastest time on the rallyâ€™s longest stage (55.82km).

As in 2014, the consistency of Welshman Elfyn Evans (Ford) was rewarded with fourth place, while Spaniard Dani Sordo - who missed Sweden - rounded off the top five to save Hyundai Motorsportâ€™s honour.

The 2015 Dakar winners Nasser Al-Attiyah/Matthieu Baumel (Ford Fiesta RRC/Michelin) came first in WRC2 after early pace-setter Yurii Protasov went off in his Ford. Nicolas Fuchs (Ford) and Jari Ketomaa (Ford) joined the Qatari on the podium.
Click to expand...

RallyMini370 · Mar 9, 2015

I follow these guys [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nBHj3Vqky0"]Eurolamp WRT. Bad luck at the Saturday. WRC rally Mexico 2015 - YouTube[/ame]

Steve · Mar 9, 2015

Ouch!

Crashton · Mar 9, 2015

I'll never understand spectator stupidity. Great place to park your car??? ut:

RallyMini370 · Mar 10, 2015

That yellow car got smacked hard!

minirab · Mar 10, 2015

Like standing on the outside of a corner (Group B days).

RallyMini370 · Mar 10, 2015

and this

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgsHq_T0zY"]Rally car hits crowd - YouTube[/ame]

Forums

WRC WRC - 2015

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

minirab Well-Known Member

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Share This Page

Useful Searches

WRC WRC - 2015

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Steve Administrator Staff Member Articles Moderator

Crashton Club Coordinator

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

minirab Well-Known Member

RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

Share This Page

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator

Steve Administrator
Staff Member Articles Moderator