Re: The \"Unofficial\" Rally Thread.
Hey Jerry, whats up..... been a while.
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Well here's today's Monte Carlo update:
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Saturday, 19 January 2002
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb and Finn Tommi Mäkinen are locked in battle at the front of the opening round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, the Rallye Monte Carlo, which continued today. Reigning World Junior Champ Loeb, who hit the top of the leaderboard yesterday, extended his advantage this morning with a fastest time on the day's second stage. But as the event moved to more traditional stages, such as the famous run over the Col de Turini, Mäkinen (Rallye Monte Carlo winner for the past three years) began to close the gap between the pair once more. They entered this evening's final two stages separated by less than half a minute.
There have been clear blue skies over the French mountains again today, but conditions on the roads themselves have ranged from dry asphalt to sheet ice and greasy frost. The tricky Alpine passes caught out a number of crews, including Skoda's Roman Kresta and Peugeot driver Harri Rovanpera. They both retired with suspension and steering damage, but Subaru's Petter Solberg and Carlos Sainz were both able to continue after slight 'offs' this morning.
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LEADERS AFTER SS11
1 Loeb (F) Citroen 2h 49m 19.5
2 Mäkinen (FIN) Subaru 28.2
3 Sainz (E) Ford 2m 16.9
4 Gronholm (FIN) Peugeot 2m 21.4
5 C.McRae (GB) Ford 2m 52.4
6 Solberg (N) Subaru 3m 37.1
7 Burns (GB) Peugeot 3m 59.0
8 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 4m 26.5
9 Delecour (F) Mitsubishi 4m 50.0
10 Gardemeister (FIN) Skoda 5m 49.9
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<font color=red>Here is some video from today</font color=red>
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.worldrally-online.com/asx/en_GB/VideoASX/2002MCLoebLeg2_wmv.asx>Loab is FAST!</A>
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.worldrally-online.com/asx/en_gb/videoasx/2002MCSolbergCrashLeg2_wmv.asx>Watch the correction at the end.</A>
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<font color=red>Pic of the day.</font color=red>
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://wrcss@hotmail.com>Sean R.</A>