Pierre-Louis Loubet - Nicolas Gilsoul

Croatia Rally 2023

WRC #4 • WRC2 #4 • JWRC #2 • WRC2 Challenger #4 • WRC3 #4 • WRC Masters Cup #4

20. 4. – 23. 4. 2023, Zagreb • AK Delta Timing + AK Cro Dakar Team • asphalt 301.26 km • total distance including road sections - 1650.68 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Mali Lipovec - Grdanjci 1 (19.20 km)	12:28.0	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	92.4 km/h 1.58 s/km	12:28.0	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC
"I struggled a bit and it was more dirty than expected."
SS2 Stojdraga - Hartje 1 (25.67 km)	15:35.9	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	98.7 km/h 0.69 s/km	28:03.9	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"Tricky. The conditions weren't so easy so we tried to do an okay run."
SS3 Krašić - Vrškovac 1 (11.11 km)	5:38.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	118.2 km/h 0.69 s/km	33:42.4	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"Sometimes you have grip and sometimes you don't. I don't want to do a mistake."
SS4 Pećurkovo Brdo - Mrežnički Novaki 1 (9.11 km)	4:53.7	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	111.7 km/h 0.60 s/km	38:36.1	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"Conditions are tricky so we tried to do some good runs, but with the cuts and all of these things it's difficult to have a lot of commitment."
SS5 Mali Lipovec - Grdanjci 2 (19.20 km)	12:19.8	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	93.4 km/h 0.68 s/km	50:55.9	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It's okay, but tricky."
SS6 Stojdraga - Hartje 2 (25.67 km)	16:15.3	9. 7. class RC1 9. WRC	94.8 km/h 1.64 s/km	1:07:11.2	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"It was not working unfortunately. It wasn't the choice to do but if there is something try you try it."
SS7 Krašić - Vrškovac 2 (11.11 km)	5:37.7	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	118.4 km/h 0.77 s/km	1:12:48.9	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"I have no more tyres, so I had to manage with it. It was a bit like dancing sometimes - not easy."
SS8 Pećurkovo Brdo - Mrežnički Novaki 2 (9.11 km)	5:06.4	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	107.0 km/h 1.11 s/km	1:17:55.3	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
"I was on hard tyres on the front and the car was very tricky to drive. I think we lost the hybrid and we have a delaminated rear-left tyre or something like that."
2. leg
SS9 Kostanjevac - Petruš Vrh 1 (23.76 km)	12:53.0	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	110.7 km/h 0.40 s/km	1:30:48.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
“No mistake I just had a puncture. No puncture around the car? So something is broken behind the car, I don’t know.”
SS10 Vinski Vrh - Duga Resa 1 (8.78 km)	4:35.4	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	114.8 km/h 0.58 s/km	1:35:23.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
“I don’t know, maybe I overheat the rear tyre and on the last split [on SS9] I felt like I had a puncture so I drop off a lot of time. In this one my beginning of the stage was not so good, it was quite aggressive, not the perfect run.”
SS11 Ravna Gora - Skrad 1 (10.13 km)	6:05.1	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	99.9 km/h 1.70 s/km	1:41:28.8	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
“Maybe a bit the road but also I was too careful thinking it would be much worse and I didn’t take too much risk and I was too slow.”
SS12 Platak 1 (15.63 km)	8:34.6	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	109.3 km/h 0.75 s/km	1:50:03.4	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
“I don’t think so much about the rest, I was just struggling on the fast section with the soft on the rear. I was not so much confident but in the second loop it will be better on this one.”
SS13 Kostanjevac - Petruš Vrh 2 (23.76 km)	13:01.1	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	109.5 km/h 0.26 s/km	2:03:04.5	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
“It was much better this afternoon, unfortunately I made one mistake in the first split I go off of the line and I was in the dust so I lose a bit of time. For the rest it was an okay stage, now the car is much better, we found out what it was this morning so everything is fine.”
SS14 Vinski Vrh - Duga Resa 2 (8.78 km)	4:37.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	113.9 km/h 0.60 s/km	2:07:42.0	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC
“The rear of the car was moving all around, it was very tricky but okay, we are through.”
SS15 Ravna Gora - Skrad 2 (10.13 km)	6:13.3	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	97.7 km/h 2.24 s/km	2:13:55.3	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
"It wasn't working at all unfortunately. I couldn't maintain the temperature in the tyres and there was no grip."
SS16 Platak 2 (15.63 km)	8:42.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC	107.7 km/h 0.93 s/km	2:22:37.8	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
“It wasn’t so easy, I’m a bit surprised by the time, I’m very slow. It’s difficult to understand but from the previous stage I’m losing a lot of performance so we’ll have to see what I’m doing wrong.”
3. leg
SS17 Trakošćan - Vrbno 1 (13.15 km)	7:37.7	15. 8. class RC1 15. WRC	103.4 km/h 3.13 s/km	2:30:15.5	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
Engine issue
“We had no engine, no stage mode. It’s like that, we see if we can fix it.”
SS18 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 1 (14.09 km)	8:30.9	8. 8. class RC1 8. WRC	99.3 km/h 1.61 s/km	2:38:46.4	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
“Something with security mode [was wrong]. Now the steering is completely bent at the end of the stage. I hit something and now it’s completely bent. It was three kilometres before the end.”
SS19 Trakošćan - Vrbno 2 (13.15 km)	7:39.9	18. 8. class RC1 18. WRC	102.9 km/h 2.84 s/km	2:46:26.3	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
“Unfortunately not so much luck this morning. My direction for my steering is completely bent so I am driving like that. I can’t turn on the left, it’s very tricky, so I am very, very careful because we have nothing to play and with the steering like that I just want to go through.”
SS20 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 2[Power Stage] (14.09 km)	8:50.6	19. 8. class RC1 19. WRC	95.6 km/h 3.14 s/km	2:55:16.9	7. 7. class RC1 7. WRC
“I think we can take some positive about this race, unfortunately today the thing this morning with the engine and after that the direction after I hit something inside. It’s like that, we did some good things. I think we just need a bit more consistency and I think the pace is here sometimes. We just need to work. For sure it’s been an incredible weekend after what happened to Craig. Thinking a lot of him and I hope he has enjoyed the show this weekend.”

Croatia Rally 2023

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