Rally Russia. 12-14 Julio [Irc 2007]

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Day1

Day2

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Interview

Anton Alen, Fiat Punto S2000

-So, Anton, how do you find Rally Russia?
-Well, stages look quite like in Finland, and so far the feeling is good, no problems.
-So, during the recce you found the roads quite similar to finnish ones?
-Yes-yes, a bit fast but still much the same.
-And what are your expectations for the rally?
-Of course, I want to be as high as possible, but we’ll see, I don’t have any idea how good the local drivers are. I have a very fast team-mate, and I think the Peugeots are going to be very fast too. For sure, we’ll try our best and see what we can do.
-Who is your strongest rival on the way to victory?
-First of all, my team-mate Navarra is very strong, but Spanish Peugeot team is also very dangerous.


Giovanni Bernacchini, Betti’s co-driver, Honda Civic Type-R

-How do you find Russia, do you like being here?
-It’s the first time for me, and also for my team in Russia, and rally is also new for everybody. The stages are very nice, quite similar to Finland, a little bit rougher, but I think they are quite good. Also the organization is good. Of course it’s a young rally and a lot of things are to be developed, but the first impression is very good, and we’re happy to be here, also because it’s a good new rally for the championship. I think we can do a good rally. Of course, our target is to finish the rally, and we’ll try to do it, but I imagine it can be a very good experience for us.




Enrique García-Ojeda, Peugeot 207 S2000

-What are your impressions after the shakedown? Did you like it?
-Yes, but it’s very fast and slippery, a lot of stones on the road.
-And what do you think about upcoming rally, your performance on such roads?
-For us it’s very important to finish the rally to score points for the championship.
-And are the settings of the car good enough?
-Good-good, the car is Ok, it’s fantastic.





Nicolas Vouilloz, Peugeot 207 S2000

-What was the shakedown like for you?
-It’s difficult; it’s really fast, not like in my country. And there’re some parts which are really difficult, with some rocks, bumpy parts. So there’s everything, and I think it’s easy to make a mistake. Fast parts are really fast. I think it will be important to be fast from the word “go”.
-And what about the set-up of the car? Are you satisfied with it?
-Yeah, the car is Ok, everything is working well. We are just testing it here. It looks good. We haven’t driven on gravel since Turkey, but the car is Ok.
-Do you think you can repeat your Turkish victory on these roads?
-I think it will be difficult. (laughing) Yeah-yeah, I think here it will be difficult, we’ll see, but I think it will be more difficult than in Turkey.
-And who do you think are your main rivals?
-For sure the Fiat drivers, especially Alen. He’s fast on these types of roads. And also local drivers on Group-N cars. I saw some videos, they drive very well, they know the roads and I think few drivers will be fast.

Cavigioli, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo

-What was the shakedown like for you?
-I liked it because of the fast road, but I have to test the car since I have not done any tests with it yet.
-Are you satisfied with the settings of the car?
-Yeah, but I’ll try to change the differential settings a little bit. Overall I’m satisfied.
-And what are you expectations for the rally?
-I don’t know, because I had to use a Peugeot (pointing at Vouilloz’ car in front of him), but we had some problems during the tests and had to change the car.
-So, your main target will be to get an experience and get to the finish?
-Yeah, sure, to get an experience on this rally.

Daniel Solà, Honda Civic Type-R

-Did you like the shakedown, what is your first impression?
-We’ve just made a test drive, so it’s too early to talk about any impressions. It’s clear that the car must be fine-tuned (pointing at gear-box lever) and we should try some other diffs settings. Otherwise it’s all Ok.








Rally Of Russia 2007 Eurosport

Viernes 13 julio 2007 - 23h00' - Resumen 1ª etapa (15')
Sábado 14 julio 2007 - 18h15' - Resumen 2ª etapa (15')
Martes 17 julio 2007 - 23h30' - Resumen completo (30')

[Daniel]

Gracias sasar.

[Vito]

 Vaya, no hay ningún VAZ A ver si los españoles tienen suerte!

[Bunnings]

Jean-Joseph con un C2 R2?? No lo entiendo

Un poco pobre la lista A ver si en Madeira mejora la cosa.

[feresc13]

Vaya, no hay ningún VAZ A ver si los españoles tienen suerte!

Si que hay, o almenos los habia en la lista que he colgado esta mañana en el hilo del IRC

[salonen]

Bunnings, Jean-Joseph es oficial de Citroën y tiene que conducir lo que le den, le habran dado el R2 porque en Citroën creeran que es más competitivo sobre tierra el R2 que el S1600. De hecho, en el francés de tierra los R2 van muy deprisa, sobre todo el de Amourette.

[Kid]

Clases sobre como alabar la mierda que hace uno mismo:
"A key feature of the IRC is the high-quality and innovative television broadcasts"

...que viene significando:
"La característica clave del IRC son las retransmisiones televisivas innovadoras y de alta calidad"

En fin... si con la palabra "innovadoras" se refieren a que por primera vez se retransmiten las asistencias en vez de los rallys, pues bueno, algo de razón tienen...

[Vito]

 En un comentario sobre este rally en ewrc ponen una foto del Lada, pero no se si será para decir que correrá o que no correrá En algunas listas sale, en otras no... Yo quiero que corra!!

[RaLLy]

es el rally mas importante del pais,yo creo que saldra todo el equipo oficial a hacerlo lo mejor posible,va a ser la ostia

[Bihurtu]

Alguna fotillo

[sopapiglobo_06]

Ojala corrieran los VAZ. lo e visto en uno que otro video. y no se ven lentos que digamos. hasta podrian dar una sorpresa

[Daniel]

Clases sobre como alabar la mierda que hace uno mismo:
"A key feature of the IRC is the high-quality and innovative television broadcasts"

...que viene significando:
"La característica clave del IRC son las retransmisiones televisivas innovadoras y de alta calidad"

En fin... si con la palabra "innovadoras" se refieren a que por primera vez se retransmiten las asistencias en vez de los rallys, pues bueno, algo de razón tienen...

 

Ojalá corran los Vaz cuantos más mejor, y cuanta más guerra den los pilotos locales más se lo tendrán que currar los oficiales.

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La pagina de rallyrussia.com sigue sin ofrecer los tiempos on-line, pero en la de irc series se indica que Alén va lider tras la disputa de la SS2

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Edito, en unos de los mensajes que se pueden leer en formato breve, se informa de que Alén sigue lider tras la SS4

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Clasificación Tc1

1 9 ( Evgeny NOVIKOV / Dmitry CHUMAK ) 5:05,4  136,74 km/h
2 19 ( Jimmy JOGE / Mattias ANDERSSON ) +2,1 (+2,1) 135,80 km/h
3 7 ( Alexander JELUDOV / Andrey RUSOV ) +2,5 (+0,4) 135,63 km/h
4 6 ( Enrique GARCIA OJEDA / Jordi BARRABES COSTA ) +6,0 (+3,5) 134,10 km/h
5 3 ( Anton ALEN / Timo ALANNE ) +6,6 (+0,6) 133,85 km/h
6 2 ( Renato TRAVAGLIA / Lorenzo GRANAI ) +8,7 (+2,1) 132,95 km/h
7 8 ( Nicolas VOUILLOZ / Nicolas KLINGER ) +9,2 (+0,5) 132,74 km/h
8 10 ( Andrey ZHIGUNOV / Igor TER-OGANESIANTS ) +9,3 (+0,1) 132,70 km/h
9 18 ( Evgeniy VERTUNOV / Georgy TROSHKIN ) +9,5 (+0,2) 132,61 km/h
10 21 ( Boris ZIMIN / Evgeny ZHIVOGLAZOV ) +12,6 (+3,1) 131,32 km/h
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15 4 ( Dani SOLA / Oscar SANCHEZ ) +23,8 (01,4) 126,85 km/h

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Drivers’ quotes after the first stage.

Andrea Navarra, 1: Everything is Ok.
Renato Travaglia, 2: Very good!
Anton Alen, 3: Everything is Ok, the stage is of normal difficulty.
Dani Sola, 4: Many stones, quite slippery. Everything’s Ok.
Simon Jean-Joseph, 5: Slippery, thus sliding
Garcia Ojeda, 6: Everything is Ok, it’s only the beginning.
Nicolas Vouilloz, 8: Not like at the shakedown, but it’s Ok.
Marco Cavigioli, 14: It’s Ok.
Luca Betti, 15: Everything is Ok, but it seems we have problems with power-steering.
Andrey Zhigunov, 10: Everything is all right.
Andrey Lagunov, 22: It’s all Ok.
Gergely Szabo, 24: The road is slow, but drive slowely

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Clasificación Tc2

1 3 ( Anton ALEN / Timo ALANNE ) 13:26,4
2 19 ( Jimmy JOGE / Mattias ANDERSSON ) +1,3
3 8 ( Nicolas VOUILLOZ / Nicolas KLINGER ) +8,0 (+6,7)
4 9 ( Evgeny NOVIKOV / Dmitry CHUMAK ) +9,1 (+1,1)
5 2 ( Renato TRAVAGLIA / Lorenzo GRANAI ) +11,0 (+1,9)
6 6 ( Enrique GARCIA OJEDA / Jordi BARRABES COSTA ) +13,9 (+2,9)
7 10 ( Andrey ZHIGUNOV / Igor TER-OGANESIANTS ) +18,4 (+4,5)
8 11 ( Evgeny AKSAKOV / Aleksey AKSAKOV ) +26,1 (+7,7)
9 18 ( Evgeniy VERTUNOV / Georgy TROSHKIN ) +31,7 (+5,6)
10 14 ( Marco CAVIGIOLI / Nicola ARENA ) +36,0 (+4,3)
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11 4 ( Dani SOLA / Oscar SANCHEZ ) +40,8 (+4,8)

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2nd Special Stage results.

Second stage of Rally Russia, called Topol’ki 1, is supposed to be one of the toughest and most dangerous stages of the race. Before the start of the rally many people thought that local drivers can have an advantage here, while foreign crews might face some problems. Apparently the stage winner turned out to be young finn Anton Alen at the wheel of Fiat Grande Punto S2000. He took the stage win with quite a dominant margin of 5.4 seconds over Nicolas Vouilloz, who managed to finish this difficult stage at 2nd place in his Peugeot S2000 of Peugeot Sport Espana team. These results promoted the drivers to 1st and 3rd places overall accordingly. Alen took the lead in the rally from stage 1 winner Jimmy Joge, who was 5.8 seconds slower than the finn there. Hence, the swede fell 2nd overall.

This time overall rankings were dominated by regular IRC series drivers with Renato Travaglia, who crossed the finish line with a punctured tyre (+8.9) and Enrique Garcia Ojeda (+14.5) also posting times in the top-5. Though, finishing 6th among IRC-registered crews Russian Andrey Zhigunov lost only 1.2 seconds to Ojeda. Marci Cavigioli, still getting used to his Lancer Evo-9, showed another strong result (+20.2), while first in A7 Dani Sola in his Honda posted 8th time (+23.6). Andrea Navarra was once again disappointed – being able to finish only 9th, almost half a minute behind Alen. Rounding the top-ten was Russian Boris Fedotov, driving Mitsubishi Lancer Evo-9.

Best in A6 and 11th on the stage was the rally favorite Simon Jean-Joseph at the wheel of Citroen C2-R2. He was one second faster than Gergely Szabo and 2.7 seconds faster than Dmitry Lagunov, both driving Mitsubishi cars. The second Honda in hands of Luca Betti was 15th among IRC crews, while Andrey Lagunov (16th) in Mitsubishi was just 0.2 seconds slower. Sergey Naryshkin and Sergey Geraschenko, driving Citroens C2 in A6 group. This means that Jean-Joseph takes the lead in the group. Overall winner on the previous stage, young Evgeny Novikov, this time showed 7th best time, hence falling to 4th overall after stage 2.

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Clasificación Tc3

1 3 ( Anton ALEN / Timo ALANNE ) 21:27,7
2 19 ( Jimmy JOGE / Mattias ANDERSSON ) +3,7 (+3,7)
3 9 ( Evgeny NOVIKOV / Dmitry CHUMAK ) +5,0 (+1,3)
4 8 ( Nicolas VOUILLOZ / Nicolas KLINGER ) +15,2 (+10,2)
5 6 ( Enrique GARCIA OJEDA / Jordi BARRABES COSTA ) +21,1 (+5,9)
6 11 ( Evgeny AKSAKOV / Aleksey AKSAKOV ) +40,4 (+19,3)
7 14 ( Marco CAVIGIOLI / Nicola ARENA ) +51,8 (+11,4)
8 4 ( Dani SOLA / Oscar SANCHEZ ) +1:01,6 (+9,8)
9 10 ( Andrey ZHIGUNOV / Igor TER-OGANESIANTS ) +1:06,2 (+4,6)
10 1 ( Andrea NAVARRA / Dario D'ESPOSITO ) +1:17,5 (+11,3)

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Drivers’ quotes after the second stage.

Andrea Navarra, 1: “It should be Ok”.
Renato Travaglia, 2: rear wheel punctured, suspension damaged!
Anton Alen, 3: “Rather difficult”.
Dani Sola, 4: “Difficult, many turns, a difficult route”.
Simon Jean-Joseph, 5: “We learnt a lot”.
Garcia Ojeda, 6: “Very-very difficult – difficult turns”.
Nicolas Vouilloz, 8: “Very difficult to drive on such roads”.
Marco Cavigioli, 14: “Everything is perfect”.
Luca Betti, 15: “It’s all quite Ok, we checked everything, no problems with the car”.
Andrey Zhigunov, 10: crossed the finish line with a punctured tyre.
Sergey Naryshkin, 16: problems with the car
Andrey Lagunov, 22: punctured.
Gergely Szabo, 24: “It’s fantastic!”
Boris Fedotov, 25: “Everything is normal”.
Dmitry Lagunov, 27: “Faster than the previous, dangerous, many stones and other obstacles”.

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Clasificación Tc4

1 9 ( Evgeny NOVIKOV / Dmitry CHUMAK ) 27:38,0
2 3 ( Anton ALEN / Timo ALANNE ) +4,7
3 19 ( Jimmy JOGE / Mattias ANDERSSON ) +4,9 (+0,2)
4 8 ( Nicolas VOUILLOZ / Nicolas KLINGER ) +21,0 (+16,1)
5 6 ( Enrique GARCIA OJEDA / Jordi BARRABES COSTA ) +26,0 (+5,0)
6 11 ( Evgeny AKSAKOV / Aleksey AKSAKOV ) +55,5 (+29,5)
7 14 ( Marco CAVIGIOLI / Nicola ARENA ) +1:06,2 (+10,7)
8 10 ( Andrey ZHIGUNOV / Igor TER-OGANESIANTS ) +1:22,5 (+16,3)
9 4 ( Dani SOLA / Oscar SANCHEZ ) +1:25,3 (+2,8)
10 1 ( Andrea NAVARRA / Dario D'ESPOSITO ) +1:36,0 (+10,7)

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[SERGIO]

Como mola el IRC!!!!

Aunque de momento no me he enterado con que coche va el lider Evgeny NOVIKOV

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