12. Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2015
5. 3. – 8. 3. 2015, León • gravel 394.21 km • total distance including road sections - 999.85 km • Other years • Other years
29th Rally México
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SS21
We did an amazing job! Everything was really good, car & tyre choice were perfect! I miss the words, we really couldn't have done better
A good rally. Good results, we've been fighting hard all weekend and fighting with myself as well.
"Difficult rally. I will be better in Argentina! We keep pushing."
"I want to say thanks to my team because this was a very tough rally on the car. We survived a scary moment near the end."
I pushed very hard, I reckon the stage is cleaning a bit, but I'm very happy with that.
"It was a nice run. We are going to check to see for more events!"
"Better than that I can't drive. I gave everything I could." / Lépe to zajet nešlo, dal jsem do toho vše."
Extremely disappointing. I've done exactly what I didn't want to do. The consistency is not there.
"We got caught out on a long right-hander and went wide."
"We had a problem in a big compression. I knew about it from the first pass but this time it bounced us off the line."
I'm really proud of the M-Sport team - it was something crazy that they did to get us back here. It feels great to be part of this team. I'm really happy to be back.
SS20
Yeah, that's the plan. I have been preserving my tyres here. I will have a big push to end the rally.
"Nothing special here, just pleased to be through."
"There was a big rock in the middle of the road and we had to take a different line."
We lost a lot of time, stuck behind some cows in the middle of the road, couldn't get them out of the way!
This one was okay. I'm trying to save my tyres.
"Terrible. I went off on the last corner. I hit a big stone and got a puncture and that took me off straightaway. I have to check the damage now."
"Very good. First time I race on such a short stage. The time is not good because the car is not working in the rear."
"Good stage and good feeling."
It's very tricky to be first on the road, but at the same time it's great to be here.
"Bit of a warmup for the next stage."
SS19
That was a really nice stage, I took it easy so I'm surprised not to have lost more time. I'm really enjoying driving these Mexican stages.
The stage didn't get off to the best start, it was took me until the midpoint before I got a good feeling. Of course it feels good to pull a few seconds further ahead of Andreas.
I had a spin at 45km. I needed to reverse to get going again. Also the dashboard display has stopped working. I can't tell what gear I'm in, the engine temperature - nothing.
Not pushing. It's a nice stage, and I could push, but I need to protect my position.
"I lost my brakes after 20km, also my shoulder is hurting a lot."
No risk, no pushing. I'm taking care of my position.
It's really important to finish my home rally.
“It was a perfect stage. We had to be careful with the brakes between 40km and 50km. We took the jump flat out at 190kph.”
The most important thing for me is to take manufacturers' points.
"All good, no need to push now on the closing stages of the rally."
"The car is good. Last night I watched the onboards from my team-mates to learn how to drive these stages."
lost wheel
All okay, learning the stage, I've never done it before.
It's incredible to get the car to the finish after what happened. We have a small problem with the steering wheel, but otherwise okay.
SS17
"Happy, happy. The morning was really good. I tried to avoid all the big bumps."
I'm happy with my afternoon. Not thinking about the fight with Mads, just trying to find my own rhythm.
"Really happy, perfect rally up till now, everything is working like a dream at the moment."
"Very pleased, another stage where I went flat out. It is a good time. I was flat out."
front left puncture
SS16
"We had a puncture on the previous stage, we had to manage our spare which was a soft tyre."
So incredible to do a stage like that with no grip. You try to push a bit more and then you feel like you're on the limit.
But i'm happy enough with that stage, little problems earlier, i've improved a lot.
"Good run, happy with it. Trying to be safe now, no reason to push."
Much better, I didn't make any big mistakes in this stage.
2 puncture on stage, no more spare tyre
We couldn't make the most of it, we had a problem in the second half - had to switch between stage an road modes
SS15
"Very, very hard. We had a big moment earlier, but we are so lucky. We need to drive!"
"There are a lot of stones on the road - lot of bad luck as we hit one."
"I enjoyed that one and the time looks pretty good. I was maybe a bit too aggressive towards the end but it was better."
left front puncture
"Very clean, good grip. I try to run a very clean drive and save the tyres."
"We had to change the gearbox, it was completely shot. I was surprised it was still running well without oil."
"Nice! Good line of grip there, you can commit a bit more and that makes it more enjoyable."
Lost power halfway through. Not 100% happy with time, we thought we'd been quicker than that.
SS13
I'm happy with the stage. The morning was very good. Not easy for us though.
I'm happy, I pushed hard maybe lost a bit at the beginning of the stage.
It wasn't perfect but I'm pretty happy on the whole. We need to stay on point and just keep it clean now.
"I have something wrong with my front right wheel."
"Looks like most of them had a bad weekend. We tried to put some pressure on."
"I felt something with the rear brakes. I did back off."
"I was pushing hard but I have to take care of the gearbox as we broke it on the previous stage."
"No rear brakes and front brakes also not working well."
We are struggling quite a lot with the tyres, and that was a very long stage before so it's not easy.
SS12
"The first half was okay, but I struggled to find my rhythm in the second."
"It broke the rear suspension so we broke the rear wheel. Touched a bank."
We overtook Jari. Not a bad stage. Quite OK. I'm trying to enjoy this rally!
"It was okay. Really, really difficult stage. We have to go."
"We are having the almost perfect rally. I hope that Jari is continuing without too many problems."
"Very difficult stage, we had a spin in the middle."
"Very nice, perfect stage for me - I really enjoyed it"
We are struggling a lot with loss of grip. We have tyre off the rim again, it's very slippery.
stopped
SS11
"I lost a little bit of pace. I lost the brakes a little."
"Careful in some places, couldn't say we are carrying a huge amount of speed. We have to keep trying and see what that brings." / Místy dost opatrně, nedokážu říct, že jsme jeli naplno. Budeme se snažit a uvidíme, co to přinese...
"I was quite nervous yesterday after the event, this morning as well, I think i've done this stage well before. I hope to enjoy, that's what i'm going to try to do. Enjoy it and have fun!" / Po včerejšku jsem byl dost nervózní, teď ráno je to lepší, myslím, že jsem tuhle zkoušku odjel i lépe. Doufám, že se budeme bavit, to je to, o co se budu pokoušet. Bavit se!
"It was not a moment, there is a big rock inside the right hand corner, i was cutting over it and hit that. I think we are on the same speed [as Ogier]."
"A little bit slippy, but okay I had a clean run. Next stage is difficult to push on this morning."
Hit the rock in the stage
"The car is working very well. I want to enjoy and try to get some great stage times."
"This morning is like yesterday, yesterday was quite slow, we will make sure it won't happen today." / Ráno je jako včera, včera to bylo dost pomalé, budeme se snažit, aby to dnes nebylo stejné...
"It's okay, the tyres are suffering a lot, we have a lot of movement. Another problem with the tyres going over the rim. We will see. It will be a big challenge." / Je to ok, pneumatiky odcházejí, hodně nám to klouže. Další problém s pneumatikami je, že poškozujeme ráfek. Uvidíme. Bude to velká výzva...
M-Sport: @OttTanak is out of time, but we WILL Rally 2 again today, we are determined to get the #TiTanak back out on the @RallyMexico stages! #WRC
"Trying to get back on the horse again, it's not where we wanted to be but that's how it is. Just get to the finish and get as many points as possible." / Snažíme se dostat zpět do sedla, nejsme tam, kde bychom chtěli být, ale tak to prostě je. Jsme odhodláni dojet do cíle a získat co nejvíce bodů...
Despite huge efforts from us and @MSportLtd we have retired for today, couldn't make it to SS11 / Dnes končí, nepovedlo se odstartovat do RZ11 přes veškeré úsilí týmu..
"Lot of gravel, quite a different road surface to yesterday. We really have to be patient this morning."
SS9
"Not too bad, could have been better in places. Blistered the tyre so just trying to manage that through these stages."
"Okay, take it a little bit careful because my tyres are already broke, in the stage before I had a puncture"
I'm really enjoying driving here. So far so good.
Grip is much better. We did a really good SS,couldn't have done any better! Nothing is done yet,Jari is pushing hard. Still long way to go
You believe there is grip when there is actually no grip! It's very difficult.
SS8
Broke a rim on SS8. Lost a lot of time.
stopped
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stopped
"It was clean, avoided problems I think. It was quite okay."
"I had a puncture. I hoped to be faster, not too bad time in the stage."
A bit patchy in places, but it didn't feel so bad. This is such a difficult event, and we're still here which is the main thing.
He had a puncture towards the end of SS8, lost the car and rolled. Crew ok, car will be recovered by the team.
The time is quite good, quite enjoyable now. We'll just carry on as we do.
stopped before enf of stage
Much better grip than this morning, more fun to drive. I'm happy with my drive, let's see what they do behind
SS7
"I am happy, better than this morning, that was good."
"I just need to find the technique so that we aren't dropping down so much." / Neztrácíme tolik, jen jsem potřeboval najít správnou techniku...
"Stage was okay. Not so good, but I took no risks and had no problems."
"I think it was a good run, i'm really happy. We will talk about what I need to do!" / Myslím, že to byla dobrá jízda, jsem spokojený. Musíme se zamyslet nad tím, co je třeba udělat!
"Better second run through! We went through without taking any risks. Hopefully we can improve."
"I am very happy."
"I'm more than 5s faster than this morning,for sure the grip is better although there's still a bit of sweeping.Let's see the others behind" / Jsem rychlejší víc než o 5 sekund než ráno, samozřejmě je lepší přilnavost, pořád trošku zametáme. Uvidíme, jak to půjde těm ostatním za námi...
SS5
"We are looking forward to service, there needs to be some work done on the car"
"Trying to push very hard, trying to do my best. We have a problem with the gearbox."
It didn't feel anything special, not too bad either though.
My times are not good. I don't know. Time to go to service and take a break. The feeling is not the best today.
Hopefully we can get some experience this weekend, it's basically my first time here.
"It’s an exciting stage. Everything went well! Went off in the previous one (SS4) and lost 4-10s. We keep fighting!"
I'm very pleased. We were clever with the tyre choice, we made a good one and it has compensated.
SS4
"Had a big moment at the start. We saw something in the gear shift. Really difficult stage for me."
"The problem [at the start line] was the gearbox, it was difficult to make the gear."
I'm trying to stay calm and drive through.
Went off the road, crew is ok
"Struggling, so inconsistent again, struggling to get a nice rhythm."
"Very bad driving, incredible how slippy it was. Think it’s because it’s cold. Never been that cold in Mexico."
Meeke has stopped 1.5km in
Paddon has suspension damage and isn't going anywhere / Poškozené zavěšení, končí
SS3
Tanak is okay!
SS3 has been stopped after Bertelli
[damage to rear left] "It was nice. It's okay." / Poškozená levá zadní část vozu "Bylo to pěkné, ok..."
"Quite happy. Happy with this little stage, time to continue, it's okay." / Celkem spokojenost. Čas je ucházející, tahle krátká zkouška se docela povedla...
"Feels very good. Everything was great, the car feels really good in the stage."
"Happy, it's a good start, nice easy rhythm." / Spokojenost, dobrý začátek, parádní tempo...
"No, we haven't seen Ott anywhere. Couldn't see anyone on the road, not sure." / Ne, neviděli jsme Otta. Neviděl jsem nic, nevím...
"There is a little bit of a cleaning line. I think the soft tyre is one to have here and I only have one soft."
"The same problem as Sweden, problems again with the gearbox, it goes to neutral and I nearly go off the road. Unbelievable."
"It was fine, little bit slippery in some places. Finding my rhythm."
"I went wide. Struggling a bit, the car is sucking dust, we have to find out where it is coming from."
"There is some wind. It's okay for me, good stage, car is okay, everything is fine." / Trochu foukalo. Je to dobré, slušná zkouška, auto je ok, vše v pořádku...
SS2
It was difficult but I'm happy with my run.
"Had a moment on a slippery section so we were a bit cautious after that."
"The stage is going faster and faster. Plan for tomorrow: no mistake!"
They cannot make it wet like this! It's dangerous! In the recce, it wasn't like this!
"I had a big moment, I was lucky that I managed [to stay on the road]. Looking for normal stages tomorrow."
"Very tricky stage, okay we have some good driving, looking forward to tomorrow."
SS1
"I thought it was not the best start but the time looks good so I can’t complain. Stage in really nice."
Absolutely incredible, no other way to describe this stage! It's something special that you don't see anywhere else in the world
"Very special stage, very slippery in the tunnel but all okay!" (Rear left rim is broken on car)