A few videos of Dani Sordo testing for Germany before the rally:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75CzgNDXK6o]Dani Sordo testing for Rally Germany at Prodrive Warwick - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyjBwNNUwj4]ADAC 2012 - Test Day 1 @ Prodrive - Dani Sordo Mini JCW WRC - July 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1MbGXxiLKU]MINI WRC Test Dani Sordo (Pure Sound) - Rallye Deutschland 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
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Day 1 highlights video:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjlWH__HAD0]First leg - 2012 WRC Rallye Deutschland - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]
Martin Prokop's car-b-que:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKzjDiichH4]WRC Adac rally deutschland 2012 - Martin Prokop's car on fire - YouTube[/ame] -
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A few Day 2 articles with info about Atkinson's success and Sordo's misfortune:
Sordo reveals Germany frustration (WRC.com)
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWgZFYKrTmQ]Oliveira small crash | ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2012 [HD] by JM - YouTube[/ame]
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Couple Day 2 videos:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRU6a32CBuw]RALLYSUPPORT.NL - DAY TWO WRC ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66WGr7Vg80]Panzerplatte - 2012 WRC Rallye Deutschland - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame] -
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Atkinson 5th in his MINI WRC Debut. (MiniMotorsport.com)
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xymmc61MTRs]WRC ADAC Rally Deutschland 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUORjvR7m8w]WRC Adac Rally deutschland 2012 (HD) - YouTube[/ame] -
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Dani made a bit of a mess of this artificial chicane:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67dgi97VEeE]Sordo hits chicane at the Panzerplatte - WRC ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2012 - YouTube[/ame] -
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPA1Fke_lQc]The Race - 2012 WRC Rallye Deutschland - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]
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Looked to me like Dani did that chicane about perfectly. Very little time lost.
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Disappointment for Sordo (Crash.net)
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Since I know ya'll are scratching your heads and saying..."WTH is a hinkelstein?" I looked it up.
It's German for a large upright stone also know as a menhir.
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Petter Solberg taught us what those were a number of years ago. You must have missed class that day. O think there is a youtube video of it. Scary stuff!
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Thanks for finding that Nathan. I wonder if that is part of the reason Phil Mills no longer codrives for Petter?
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Steady on, guys....
Hinkelsteins, as found on Panzerplatte (loosely, tank practice ground), are man-made anti-tank reinforced concrete lumps coming up to knee height. They have two purposes:
1) to stop tanks from straying off the surfaced roads in Panzerplatte and tearing up the ground at corners/junctions;
2) to tear the wheels and suspensions off rally cars.
Admittedly the second one hadn't been thought of when these hinkelsteins were made, but they do that job very, very well.......
A menhir is generally a much bigger stone, man-sized or bigger. Here is Obelix, a character from the Asterix cartoon series that covers all the rest of the world, who is a charming giant who likes nothing better than carrying a menhir on his back.
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Apparently Atkinson did have at least one test day with the car prior to the rally.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTRyUuryRq8]Tests Day Chris Atkinson (OnBoard) for Deutschland 2012 [HD] Rallye-Addict.com - YouTube[/ame] -
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An excellent 51 min review (in HD):
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Thanks Steve. The Speed coverage was't bad, but you have the talent to find great footage.
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The wrc.com review: ADAC Rallye Deutschland
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