12. Sibiu Rally Romania 2012
IRC #8 • IRC 2WD #8 • IRC Production #8 • Romania #5 [coef 1.5] • Romania 2WD #5 • Romania Junior #5 • Dacia (RO) #5 • Diesel (RO) #5 • Dacia Newcomer (RO) #5
19. 7. – 21. 7. 2012, Sibiu • ACS Scorpion R.T. • gravel 200.20 km • total distance including road sections - 557.90 km • Other years
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SS12
"Now it's OK, now I can say I won. Previous stage we drove very slowly, now I'm finally very happy. The result is perfect for us."
"It's dream result for us, everything went perfectly. Thanks to our team and my codriver. I don't like to complain, it was proper rally, not circuit racing."
"I'm very happy that we are here. very hard rally, we had lot of problems today. Third place in Romanian championship and in the Production cup. We wanted to be first, but it's rally."
" We are very very happy, we are very proud of the second place. All the guys in the team did great job. Thanks to them and to Petter! Now we showed what we can do. We had bad luck on the beginning, but we are looking forward to next rallies."
"It was nice to be in the battle. We would like to do more IRC rally."
"It's been long weekend. With so big gap it's just about getting the car to the finish. We had lot of second places, it's nice to be again on the top spot. It's important result for the whole team."
SS11
problems with driveshaft and powersteering
"The stones are everywhere. Today we are doing good times, it's our second gravel rally with Škoda."
"We had good rhytm and no puncture, we are very very happy."
"It's hard rally, we have done some damage to the car."
" I'm very very happy, we took the stage very steadily, that's why we lost some time now. Thanks to my team and to Hankook, it's very hard rally."
"I'm happy to be here, the car is sliding a lot. We try to stay on the road."
"This time, it's damper on the left side. We try to run normally."
"One stage to go now. I'm so sorry for Sepp, it's so easy to make something wrong with the car here."
Poškozený levý tlumič
SS10
problems with shock absorber
stopped 1 km from the finish with broken rear right damper, repairing the car
SS9
"We got the puncture maybe eight kilometers from the end. We decided to finish the stage, I hope the car is OK."
"After three kilometers from the start we got a puncture, it damaged steering. Then the car fell down from the jack, later Vitaliy passed us and we didn't see anything in the dust. We now get to the service and then hopefully push again."
"We damaged two tyres in today's first stage. We finished that stage on two rims. We had no hard tyres, only medium."
" I really enjoy driving now, it's like a new day, we are on the normal pace now. But the tarmac section was really slippery."
"Front right shock absorber is gone, I had to go slowly on both stages. But we can fix it now in the service."
" Nice stage, lot of fun. We are pushing, but this stage was dangerous so we slowed down little bit."
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Poškozený pravý přední tlumič
SS8
Defekt
problems with shock absorber
Zastavil v RZ.
SS7
problems with lightpod
"Fantastic stage, but we had again problems with dust. I want to thank to the spectators to come here!"
"We had another puncture, but I liked the stage."
"The car was very nervous, I don't know. Maybe something with dampers. Still lot of dust."
"It's so difficult! It's shame, because the stages are beautiful, but you can't push, because the visibility is very bad. I hope it will be better tomorrow!"
" It was difficult day. What to say? I want to go home and sleep and tomorrow push like hell! It's nice rally, I enjoy the car, but it's difficult to drive in the dust. We had to turn off the lights, then we lost the pacenotes..."
"It's better than before, but there still remains dust in the air. We had one or two little moments, but no big thing."
"It was fantastic stage. So many people with fires around the road! It was OK for us. We need the victory."
SS4
Triple puncture
"Lot of dust, it's impossible to drive 25 kilometers in this. It's Russian lottery..."
"This is not rally!"
" It was very difficult. I couldn't see anything. We got the puncture maybe six kilometers from finish."
"We had a lot of dust, in the middle of the stage we had to almost stop. And we had a puncture."
"Too much dust, it's impossible to see anything. We have to start in three minutes gaps. It's dangerous."
"It's really impossible to drive now, there is so much dust. It's so dangerous now, I will not doing it in the night."
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SS3
"Fire estinguisher was turned on."
"We lost the tyre two kilometers after the start."
"Delecour was very fast, but OK."
"Mikkelsen's time is absolutely incredible, but for us not bad also."
"The car is better in slower parts with the new differential, I think it was right move."
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SS2
"Very bad conditions, we also have puncture on the front left."
" Very nice, but we had to switch off the ALS because of the engine overheating."
"Very very hard, there was a lot of dust."
"Maybe 6 km from the finish we had a problem, then we were going slowly. I'm sorry to Delecour, I couldn't see him in the mirrors, there was a lot of dust."
"I was going behind Flodin, he was going very slowly."
" I have no idea, where I got the puncture, in one corner we suddenly had flat tyre. I wasn't pushing, I don't know why it happened."
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Zastavil v RZ.
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SS1
stopped in stage with driveshaft problem, continue
"We were out of the road slighty. But there are lots of spectators, great atmosphere!"
"Not good for me. Really difficult. It's my first rally on gravel."
"We hit some bushes with left rear. The door got open so there was little bit dusty in the car."
"It's very lose, a lot of cleaning. We are not pushing at all, driving safely."
"It wasn't good at all. The car is sliding too much, it wasn't easy to drive. We have to adjust the rear."
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