Meeke now 2nd quickest, 17.2 down on Ogier. Had a puncture on front left for the last KM. Reckons he lost 3-4 secs. Moves him to 2nd overall, 41 secs down on Mikko. Long way to go, but Kris is well placed
Brilliant first day!Meeke 17.2 off Ogier which gives him 2nd in ss4 very fast and hes also gone faster than mikko by i think 4 seconds alls good for tomorrow then.Kopseky has gone 4th.
sorry Cess if im repeating what your saying lol.Really good performance from meeke and it doesnt look like hes risking much
All kris needs to do now is hold station and keep juha hanninen behind and it would be a mega 1st round for him The big thing for Ogier was he had a perfect set up. Mikko was on studded tar tyres & more of a snow set up. Bound to have been a handful !
lol at the confusion a car from the last run through caused on Rally radio. There wasnt much work done this afternoon . Ogier put in some stage. Up 3 places in one stage
yea meeke sitting pretty really thought hanninen would have a go at him but that wasnt to be.9am tomorrow morning going to be up for that.
Ogier stormed that stage. Over 10 secs up on his first run and left everyone else trailing. He should get spectators to throw snow on the road all the time if he drives like that! Meeke is playing the long game and well placed considering he had a puncture on the last stage. Also, well ahead of his serious championship rivals. Results - end of day one
TV/video feed times - Thursday 21st January All times are GMT/UK British Eurosport 2 > 09:00 - 10:45 LIVE SS5 > Labatie D'Andaure - St. Pierre sur Doux & LIVE SS6 St. Bonnet - St. Bonnet British Eurosport 2 > 11:15 - 12:15 LIVE SS7 > Lamastre - Gillhoc - Alboussiere British Eurosport 2 > 14:15 - 15:00 LIVE SS8 > Labatie D'Andaure - St. Pierre sur Doux British Eurosport > 15:00 - 16:00 LIVE SS8 > End of SS8 followed by LIVE SS9 St. Bonnet - St. Bonnet British Eurosport 2 > 18:30 - 19:00 DELAYED COVERAGE > Lamastre - Gillhoc - Alboussiere
Meeke going good so far - hope he keeps it up! Cheers for the tip on the link for viewing Graham, that coupled with the radio feed was excellent!
works awesome and from what i seen this evening what i heard and seen was better than the eurosport commentators, more craic for sure anyway anto on rallyforums tipped me off anyway
Meeke & Nagle start their defence : [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuch5XlXMt0]YouTube - Meeke & Nagle begin the defence of their IRC Drivers' title[/ame]
Morning rally fans. Eurosport goes live at 9 am (GMT) with SS5, 25 km. First Car Due at 9.13 am (GMT). All TV times posted above are GMT/UK time Schedule 09.13 SS 5 Labatie DÀndaure-St Pierre 25.30 km 09.55 SS 6 St Bonnet-St Julien 25.67 km 11.20 SS 7 Lamastre-Gilhoc-Alboussiere 21.92 km 14.28 SS 8 Labatie DÀndaure-St Pierre 25.30 km 15.10 SS 9 St Bonnet-St Julien 25.67 km 17.05 SS 10 Lamastre-Gilhoc-Alboussiere 21.92 km Day 2 Running Order News from Kris Meeke's blog Kris Meeke Rally Blog "Leg2, 3 stages repeated. Top 10 in reverse order. 1st stage icey, 2nd snow, 3rd wet tarmac, all without service. Kris on half studs all round. Stage 5 particularly tricky, some snow overnight in St.Bonnet (SS6), about an inch or so." Rally Radio report fresh snow on SS6. Hirvonen on snow tyres with cuts and full studs. Live stage times:BFGOODRICH RESULTS - RALLYE MONTE-CARLO Live video feed: RTBF ChatBOX SPORT Rally radio: RALLY RADIO
Too fast, slid wide before the bridge and well off road into the trees. Its the same spot that everyone else was so cautious on.
What a shame!!! Totally gutted for the 2 lads. If he was able to do it last year with his 1st year in IRC he can do it again this year as he is doing the full Championship this year so its more rounds to be able to retain the title
Mark Van Dalen from Kronos getting interviewed. Very philosophical. Reckons it was black ice and says he believes in Kris and that he can come back from this, given that he was in the same position last year. Vouilloz quickest Hanninen second Kopecky third then Ogier, Hirvonen and Sarrazin. Wilks 7th fastest. Skodas look on the money. SS6 starting now. Totally snow covered. Wilks off first.
just up out of my bed **** me i cant believe it have it on now conditions look very dangerous sarrazian just binned it too right there now madness!Is Meeke out of the rally altogether then?Few job interviews today so ill be missing most of the action
Sarrazin off into a snow bank!!! Well stuck. Far too quick. Spectators had to get him out. Lost 1 min 28 secs. Wittman setting the pace so far.