Part 1 from today, here's hoping there's a part 2 of the night runs on the same stages. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNVV_EvWduc]Leg 4/Part 1 - 2012 Rallye Monte-Carlo - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]
Too bad Crash. That marijuana money might have taken you all the way to the championship, where I'm certain you would have smoked everyone. Jim
Power Stage to conclude Monte-Carlo thriller (WRC.com) Just 5,6 kilometers remain to the podium. (MiniMotorsport.com) Sordo: The Power Stage will be tricky. (MiniMotorsport.com)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajRGo2nseGU]80° rallye Monte Carlo 2012 moulinet - col de turini - la bollene - YouTube[/ame]
Overall result: Loeb wins! 2 Sordo (MINI) 3 P. Solberg 4 Hirvonen 5 Novikov 6 Delecour 7 Campana (MINI) 8 Tanak 9 Prokop 10 Araujo (MINI) 20 Nobre (MINI) Power Stage result: Loeb also won the Power Stage. Sordo finished 4th but that was plenty since P. Solberg was almost 10sec back in 13th. 8th Araujo (tied with Tanak), 9th Campana, 16th Nobre.
Some more video from yesterday's night stages. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPiKI4CnuE8]Turini by night - 2012 Rallye Monte-Carlo - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]
WRC.com has come back to life...sort of. If you'd like to see the times for the stages and overall, click here. Congrats to Dani Sordo on a 2nd place podium position and to Pierre Campana and Armindo Araujo for making it 3 MINIs in the top 10 overall! Apparently Nobre should be congratulated just for finishing...not sure what that's about...
Well done! Dani, Mini and the whole Prodrive team and drivers should be very proud!! Astounding results!!! Loeb is well Loeb! Think he made a major statement to everyone in basically placing himself in a different zip code than the rest of the field. Can anyone catch him? Congrats Sebastian!!!
Steve, really appreciate all of the timely coverage. Great service to all of here on M/A. I hope the quick '12 podium -> new sponsor(s) -> Chris back in the MINI WRC mix real soon.
Thanks again, I do what I can. Check out this highlights video and tell me what's up with Sordo's MINI on the crab at 2:14. At first I thought it's just a drift coming out of the corner but it stays that way on down the road. I think it looks like it must have been after one of his two shunts on Wed and his suspension is out of whack but I can't spot damage and he's moving fast like there's nothing wrong. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4skJkc5p0A]The highlights - 2012 Rallye Monte-Carlo - Best-of-RallyLive.com - YouTube[/ame]