STAGE 8 FLASH: LAS MINAS 2
Date: Friday, March 17th Day: 2 Flash N°: 8 Special stage: Las Minas 2 Distance: 13.79 km Weather: Hot and sunny, 30°C Road conditions: Dry and dusty FLYING LAPPI PULLS CLEAR OF OGIER WITH ANOTHER FASTEST TIME Las Minas 2 was the last gravel test of the day held in the […]
REMEMBERING RALLY MÉXICO’S WRC DEBUT IN 2004
The launch parties had happened. The candidate rallies had come and gone. Documentation was done. It was time. Monday March 8, 2004. It’s the start of a week Patrick Suberville and Gilles Spitalier will never forget. It was the start of a week that would realize their dreams. And change their lives. Rally México was […]
OGIER CLOSES THE GAP ON TÄNAK WITH FIFTH WIN IN RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO
OGIER CLOSES THE GAP ON TÄNAK WITH FIFTH WIN IN RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO Tänak’s morning attack rewarded with second place; third for M-Sport Ford’s Evans Benito Guerra delights the home crowd with sixth overall and victory in WRC 2 LEÓN (México): Frenchman Sébastien Ogier held his nerve over the final three gravel stages […]
KRIS MEEKE TOPS SHAKEDOWN TIMES AT RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO
KRIS MEEKE TOPS SHAKEDOWN TIMES AT RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO Tänak misses out on shakedown opportunity after suffering a sensor issue Citroën Racing suffers logistical issues in build up to start of event in León LEÓN (México): Kris Meeke and Sebastian Marshall took a major confidence boost into the start of this evening’s 16th Rally Guanajuato México by setting […]
STAGE FLASH SS22
Date: Sunday, March 11th Day: 4 Flash N°: 22 Special stage: Las Minas 2 (Power Stage) Distance: 11.07 km Weather: Warm, slight breeze and sunny Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “Fantastic. It is a special place for me every year, seven podiums and four victories. I knew it would be tough. Our […]
STAGE FLASH SS12
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 12 Special stage: Otates 1 Distance: 26.37 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “I tried to push. It is still very slippery. I cannot do more. I am on the limit.” Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG “That stage was a little […]
STAGE FLASH SS22
Date: Sunday, March 11th Day: 4 Flash N°: 22 Special stage: Las Minas 2 (Power Stage) Distance: 11.07 km Weather: Warm, slight breeze and sunny Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “Fantastic. It is a special place for me every year, seven podiums and four victories. I knew it would be tough. […]
STAGE FLASH SS21
Date: Sunday, March 11th Day: 4 Flash N°: 21 Special stage: Las Minas 1 Distance: 11.07 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “The grip is not so good in places. It […]
STAGE FLASH SS20
Date: Sunday, March 11th Day: 4 Flash N°: 20 Special stage: Alfaro Distance: 23.32 km Weather: Warming up and sunny Road conditions: Dry with hanging dust in places Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “We take the optimum tyre choice for the Power Stage.” Car 3. SUNINEN/MARKKULA “I need to keep the car on the road. […]
SERVICE FLASH G
Date: Sunday, March 11th Day: 4 Flash N°: 7 Service: G (Rally Campus Service Park) Five of the original 29 cars in the various categories have official retired from the event. Joining Evans (Car 2 – accident) are Granados Cervera (Car 85 – mechanical), Cordero (Car 84) – mechanical, Wallingford (Car 82 – off […]
STAGE FLASH SS17/18
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 2 Flash N°: 17/18 Special stage: Autodrómo de León 3/4 Distance: 2.30 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Mixed The first Seb shoot-out ended in a 1-1 draw. Loeb won SS17 with a time of 1min 38.1sec and Ogier equalised in SS18 with a faster time of […]
STAGE FLASH SS16
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 16 Special stage: El Brinco 2 Distance: 9.98 km Weather: Hot and sunny, 31°C Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “It has been a perfect day to be honest. We can be very happy with that. I push as hard as I could. This one […]
STAGE FLASH SS14
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 14 Special stage: Guanajuatito 2 Distance: 30.97 km Weather: Warm and sunny (2300 metres at stage finish) Road conditions: Dry and dusty Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA Second successive fastest time and leads for the first time. “Of course pushing hard. Someone hit a dog in front […]
SERVICE FLASH E
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 5 Service: E (Rally Campus Service Park) Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “We have still been trying to push. We had a bit more line in front. We managed to catch a couple of seconds. It is hard to catch the time we lost yesterday. The most […]
STAGE FLASH SS13
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 13 Special stage: El Brinco 1 Distance: 9.98 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA Starter motor issue confirmed before the stage and he did not want the engine to stall. “We have no starter motor but that is okay. We […]
M-SPORT FORD’S SÉBASTIEN OGIER SURGES AHEAD IN RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO
M-SPORT FORD’S SÉBASTIEN OGIER SURGES AHEAD IN RALLY GUANAJUATO MÉXICO Meeke and Sordo locked in battle for second; puncture ruins Loeb’s dream return Škoda Motorsport’s Pontus Tidemand cruises into massive WRC 2 lead LEÓN (México): M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Sébastien Ogier snatched the outright lead in dramatic circumstances in Rally Guanajuato México […]