STAGE FLASH SS11
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 11 Special stage: Guanajuatito 1 Distance: 30.97 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Dry and dusty Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “I try my best. The position is a bit better today and there is more grip. It is going to be hard. It is still […]
SERVICE FLASH D
Date: Saturday, March 10th Day: 3 Flash N°: 4 Service: D (Rally Campus Service Park) Of the 29 starters in the various categories, only Evans/Barritt (Car 2) had officially retired from the event at the start of day three. Suninen (Car 3), Lappi (Car 9) and Latvala (Car 7) all restarted amongst […]
STAGE FLASH SS8
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 8 Special stage: Ortega 2 Distance: 17.23 km Weather: Cooling, slight breeze and dry Road conditions: Dry M-Sport Ford Rally Team’s Malcolm Wilson has confirmed that Dan Barritt suffered concussion after Elfyn Evans’s crash this morning. Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “Our tyres were a bit […]
STAGE FLASH SS7
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 7 Special stage: El Chocolate 2 Distance: 31.44 km Weather: Warm and sunny Road conditions: Dry The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team have confirmed that Evans/Barritt (Car 2) will not be restarting on Saturday. STAT OF THE DAY – 78 Sébastien Loeb has […]
STAGE FLASH SS6
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 6 Special stage: Duarte-Derramadero 2 Distance: 26.05 km Weather: Hot, windy and sunny, 29-30°C Road conditions: Dry 26 of the original 29 starters completed the first loop but Evans (Car 2) did not start SS6. Solans (Car 36), Rovanperä (Car 33) and Hernandez (Car […]
SERVICE FLASH 2
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 2 Service: B (Rally Campus Service Park) Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT The crew retired at the service point because navigator Dan Barritt was slightly injured in the morning’s crash. “We have taken Dan to hospital because we think he is suffering from concussion,” said team […]
STAGE FLASH SS5
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 4 Special stage: Ortega 1 Distance: 17.23 km Weather: Warm Road conditions: Dry – stage climbed to over 2,700 metres Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT Rolled in the stage and started again with the loss of over two and a half minutes. “Sixth gear, we hit a […]
STAGE FLASH SS4
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 4 Special stage: Ortega 1 Distance: 17.23 km Weather: Warm Road conditions: Dry – stage climbed to over 2,700 metres Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT Rolled in the stage and started again with the loss of over two and a half minutes. “Sixth gear, we hit a […]
STAGE FLASH SS3
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 3 Special stage: El Chocolate 1 Distance: 31.44 km Weather: Warm and dry at altitude Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “Not the best position obviously. We tried our best.” Car 2. EVANS/BARRITT “Tough. It was so slippery and so little grip. We had […]
STAGE FLASH SS2
Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 2 Special stage: Duarte-Derramadero 1 Distance: 26.05 km Weather: Warm, windy and sunny, 21-22°C Road conditions: Dry Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “I cannot see a line for him (Neuville) to be honest. It was quite loose to be honest. I could not go much faster. The […]
STAGE FLASH SS1
Date: Thursday, March 8 th Day: 1 Flash N°: 1 Special stage: Monster Street Stage GTO Distance: 2.53 km Weather: Warm and humid Road conditions: Dry with some slippery patches Car 1. OGIER/INGRASSIA “We like to make a show a little bit. It is a special anniversary for me (10th time here).” Car 4. MIKKELSEN/JAEGER-SYNNEVAAG […]
SERVICE FLASH
SERVICE FLASH Date: Friday, March 9th Day: 2 Flash N°: 1 Service: A (Rally Campus Service Park) All 29 starters had completed the Monster Guanajuato Street Stage on Thursday evening. Jari Huttunen blotted his copybook with a spin and the loss of 15 seconds in WRC2 and México’s Ricardo Cordero dropped 90 seconds to […]
KRIS MEEKE TOPS SHAKEDOWN TIMES IN MÉXICO
LEÓN (México): Last year’s Rally Guanajuato México winner Kris Meeke gave himself a major confidence boost by topping the times in Thursday morning’s 5.31km Shakedown stage at Llano Grande, near León. Crews were permitted to carry out multiple passes through the test stage and the Ulsterman clocked the fastest time of 3min 41.0sec on […]