19. RedGrey Lõuna-Eesti Ralli 2020
23. 8. 2020, Võru • G.M. Racing SK • gravel 101.50 km • total distance including road sections - 382.82 km • Other years
Saturday cancelled due to danger of COVID-19. Podium cancelled. Start/Finish from Service. Maximum 1650 spectators.
Info
SS8
"We have been working on the car for a long time, now it's time to make the car and ourselves sharper. Thank you to the organizers for a great rally, the most competitive rally so far i've ever had. This shows you can make a WRC rally without concerts."
"Ühe ralliga veel nii kiireks ei saa, meie jaoks suur areng. Ajad ei olnud ka halvad, me oleme rahul."
"See oli üks eesmärk, et endaehitatud autoga saab R5 autodega võidu sõita küll. Teine edukas ralli ja tahaks nüüd näha, et mida R5 endast kujutab."
"Selline tunne, nagu oleks suure MM ralli maha sõitnud - ühe päevaga! Eesti on Autospordi riik ja seda on igal pool näha!"
"So good to be back. We used one set of tyres to see how far they would go. It's getting better."
"I really really tried. In the last part I jumped a bit too much and after that i lost concentration, braking in places where I shouldn't."
"Good rally for me. We found some good setups and it's helping. (Stage?) It was okay."
Cosmetical damage, lights flashing on the dashboard / Kosmeetilised kahjustused ning tuled põlevad armatuuris
"It was a challenging weekend for us, lots of trouble on the opening loop. Struggling with the pacenotes, we didn't really take risks because we were out of the fight. Trying different settings throughout the day and that's good for the WRC rally where we have to push for it."
"It was a nice test event, good to be back in the car. For sure i'm a bit sad because we weren't the fastest Toyota every stage. We made good progress with the car."
"It's been a good day. Important to be as good as we can in two weeks. The top 5 of championship was here so it would have been a shame not to be here. (Golf yesterday?) Long way to go for me to improve in that sport!"
"I think it was really important to try to get up to speed again. We are quite far away right now, I hope we found something we can use at the WRC event. With the factory car we will be faster."
SS7
"As you can see, I did (enjoy!). It was fast, like a rollercoaster. I compare it to *** with Pamela Anderson."
Stopped at 1.7km
"The car is okay, it was not an easy stage, much more cleaner than before. Still struggling a bit with the car. Tried something new now, we're going in the right direction."
"Tundub, et nagu ikka iga ralli lõpus hakkab tulema. Oleks vaja 2-3 päevast rallit.."
"Not happy! Something happened with the car, not working at all!"
"Testime ja siin natukene. Kuna auto on hea ja heas seades siis saame oma sõitu lihvida. Hea ettevalmistus Rally Estoniaks. Teame, mida R5lt oodata."
"Päris timm oli tõesti, sai hooga lasta. Kerged probleemid olid tee peal."
"We have a lot of fun! We try to go fast and fast and fast. We hope to come back, nice rally."
"Lahe oli. Teine läbimine on alati parem, see puhas joon ja asjad on klaarimad. (Eksisid ka?) Loomulikult! Kuskil ikka lased pikaks, kuskil ei kuule legendi.. pingutame jätkuvalt."
"I'm happy like hell! Best stage of the day! We are improving - stage by stage, but it takes time."
"It's very good conditions. Quite a good stage, one corner we lost a second, it's tricky in some places but otherwise it's okay."
"Really nice stage, I did what I could. Felt like it was a good stage, had some understeer here and there."
"It was okay, I don't know. Feeling is still okay."
"Just driving! This stage we made some mistakes, not a perfect one but okay."
"Good stage for us. Starting to find a good rhythm and starting to be happy with the driving."
"Ma ei saa sellest uuest aerodünaamikast aru midagi, ainult seaded on teistsugused kui muidu!"
"We had a water pump issue, it was not working. We had to get back to service and get it fixed. Now the car seems to work again."
"(When does a driver forget that they're not testing anymore but rallying?) In two tweeks, I think!"
"I'm still learning all the time, 2nd gravel rally with this car. Better all the time. This 2nd loop the feeling with the car is not that good, hope we can improve that."
"The car feels good, it's been a good day and i'm happy!"
"It was okay. The pace was harder than the morning loop, no big ruts this time. Messy after the trucks but okay, better than the first pass definitely."
SS6
"Muidu oli hästi aga ühel šikaanil ei saanud pidama, pidime tagurdama." / Had to reverse on a chicane
Puncture, front-left / Rehv katki "Tundub, et rehv on katki. Eks ta karjäärist saadik, kive palju ja läks katki seal."
Some front-end damage "In one corner, maybe the speed was not the best, we hit a pole. I turned not to hit it with the wheels. Really fast, tarmac section is quite tricky but we didn't take any risks there."
"It's been quite nice roads, on the last one we had some problems. We lost power on the junctions but in the end it was okay."
"Väga kihvt katse, ühes šikaanis suutsime otse sõita, pidime tagurdama natuke." / Went straight on a chicane, had to reverse
"The watersplashes weren't too surprising. Road wasn't too soft right now."
"It was the most difficult one, really tricky places with standing water. I went wide on a junction and lost time there. Otherwise nice stage."
"It's a tricky stage for me, so far the most challenging one. Some bigger jumps.. good fun to drive."
"I have trouble all the stage, I need to go now and check if we can fix it."
"There is some mud/gravel area, it was fully covered by water which we didn't see during recce. Went well, to be honest, best drive from me today."
SS5
"Saime auto paremaks. Enamvähem. Ise jäi sõidust puudu - järgmine kord paremini."
"Meil hüppas auto eest kits läbi!"
"We hit some pole on the right corner. Everything is good."
"It's all okay, we're trying to make changes to the setup. The car is good."
"Really, really fast! We found a rhythm slowly, really big fun to drive these stages."
"Auto toimib ilusti. Täitsa uus katse, pidamine omamoodi. Alguses raske sõita aga väga nauditav."
"The pacenotes are not good enough. We will keep up the work and it's a really good learning curve before Rally Estonia."
"Really really happy with the car, happy with how it behaves on first passes. Made one mistake here, lost some seconds on a junction, braked too late."
"Feeling was good but the time is not so good so.. i don't know."
"Quite okay."
"Really, really nice stage, I like it. Flowing.. next stage we'll be more careful."
"That was clearly the fastest stage. Hopefully we didn't lose too much. Hopefully on the 2nd pass we can be faster."
"Väga väga tummine katse. Lõpuks hakkas eilne seadistus tööle ja kui tunne paremaks läheb siis on vägev."
"Flat stage. Very fast stage. We didn't see Elfyn's off."
"Still some cleaning, really bad stage for me, I didn't have a clean run."
"I didn't see Elfyn, I saw a piece of a car on the road.."
Stopped 9.96km
"Very very fast, a lot of corners are flat. Not my favourite stages, we have to get through it and do our best."
"It's a shame it's already drying up. It's something to learn again."
SS4
Stopped at 2.47km, continued
Stopped at 10.18km, continued "Täitsa tore oli! Lõpp läks veits jamaks.."
"Päris ägedalt, üks nukk oli kus me arvasime, et ei hüppa, aga hüppasime."
"Me ikka proovime nii, et jääks terveks. Esimest korda koos autos. (Teist päeva ei tule!) Katsun meeles pidada!"
Puncture / Rehv katki "Ühel hetkel tundus pehme ja siis hakkas laperdama. (Autoga läbisaamine?) Ei ole nii, et kutsud ja tuleb välja. Peab sebima ikka."
"It was a very good stage, much better than last time. In one place we had to go around tyres."
"Electrical problems. Nothing we can do right now but I hope we can fix it in service."
"Kaardilugeja kutsus vahepeal korrale, et võta rahulikult.. siis võtsime rahulikult."
Esisillaga probleemid / Problems with front axle
"Väga hästi saame (autoga) läbi. Õpime teineteist tundma, väga tore on."
"Very nice! Pretty fast but all okay."
"Esimene oli parem ja teisel on keerulisem seda hoogu hoida."
"(Rehvid?) Round Pirelli black, nagu öeldakse. Keskmine segu, ütleme nii. Väga raju - äge. Väga ägedad katsed, midagi pole öelda. Tead küll, kuhu aega jätad. Ma naudin täiega praegu."
"Getting better and better. Now we have the wrong tyres, hard tyres. We have to change and try again."
"It was okay, we need some confidence in this stage. We just came back from Liepaja which was more twisty. This was better than the first one, we need to adapt."
"Ümber läks auto! Aeglane koht, auto läks lollisti ümber. Suured tänud fännidele, aitasid meid ratastele." / Rolled in the stage
"I like this narrow section - more like what i'm used to. Easier to handle. I enjoy a lot, speed is getting there step by step."
"Not good setup now but we change the next service."
"I enjoy the ride. Some places are really tough with the ruts but enjoying."
"That was quite a nice stage, we started to get a rhythm. Really enjoying the drive here."
"Previous one was worse than this, the ruts are sometimes very deep. It slows you down quite a bit when you dig into the gravel but you need to manage somehow."
"Nothing too bad, could do better. The conditions are difficult right now."
"We changed the setup a bit for the rough conditions. I was a bit careful in the beginning in the tight section, I though it was rough but it was not."
"It was a bit better this one. I don't feel the front of the car in the ruts, we need to work with the setup in these conditions."
"Very difficult again, I struggled a bit to be honest."
"I'm happy. Good stage for me, hard to do better when you start first."
SS3
Broken rim / Puncture
Stopped at 1.16km, continued
Stopped at 9.9km
"Nüüd on parem. Ise olen ka parem. Pidamist on rohkem ja julgust ka rohkem, usaldan autot rohkem."
"Much better now. Trying to get the speed in the faster stage. Okay, happy with this."
"Täitsa vahva. Kartsime, et teisel läbimisel õpivad teised natuke rohkem sõitma, aga muidu on okei."
"Saime päris hooga sõita. Tegime väikesed muudatused ja saab nüüd paremini sõita. R5 eelis tuleb (rööbastes) välja."
"Lots of ruts. But - it's rally! Better for us but we are far away from good times."
"Some big ruts, conditions are drier than the first pass. We used a different setup to prepare for Rally Estonia, we had to adapt but it's good for learning."
"Tee on äärmiselt katki. Ei ole ka ime, kui sellised autod ees sõidavad. Kõvasti tegemist, et rööpas hakkama saada. Väga äge, selle autoga on väga nauditav."
"Pretty rough but we're getting there step by step."
"Better! Very rough in some places, we hit some stones with the front right but it's okay."
"We did some changes, for sure it's difficult to feel the difference because the road has changed. We were bottoming a lot, pushed too hard and went out of the lines."
"It was better but we still have room for improvement."
"We were rather plowing than going fast in there."
"Some ruts are quite deep but the rest was better. Really like the car!"
"Nothing major - small changes to make the car fit the road conditions better. Now all the wheels are okay, pretty clean stage."
"There was more grip now and we could use the setup we made during tests. Let's see if we get a good flow later on."
"It's still the same - we are really slow."
"It was worse than I thought. Wasn't ready for that - we need to be better."
"It was much more rutted than we thought. I was having a lot of understeer, I was struggling a bit."
"Obviously struggling in the morning with the pacenotes. Now it's basically just going flat. Not very interesting but not easy at the same times in the ruts."
"Struggling with the road a bit, feeling dragged down all the time. Difficult."
"The road is in bad condition, a lot of ruts. There is a car on the road at the beginning, pretty dangerous, we had no info. We are gonna lose time, it's cleaning a lot now."
SS2
Nelma turned as they were trying to pass, both crashed into eachother. Niinemets repaired his truck and got underway again.
"(Speed?) No time to watch the speedometer! Feeling like the Proto has less power here. We try to compensate with the driving!"
"This stage had more grip, more faster places."
"We are happy with the car, it's fine. Nearly 2 years no rally. It's so fast and so fun but we're slow!"
"Very cool. We're getting used to the wet conditions and the ruts. We want to go flat out everywhere and to be honest, you can!"
"A bit better now. We're getting into the rhythm. Too long time since we've been in the car. But we're enjoying - a lot a lot a lot!"
"It's okay! Too careful in some places, (specially) the small road.."
"Was a really good one. I push and did what I could. Just a couple of places where I could have gone faster - a good clean stage."
"We are just getting a good feeling. It was okay but I stalled the car on the start, so we lost like 3-4 seconds."
With some cosmetical damage to the front "We hit a pole."
"Pacenotes were okay. No risks, nothing special."
"It was pretty fast but we went flat out and used 5th gear everywhere."
"We tried to setup the rear dampers. It was a bit more stable but we still have to try different things."
"I have to agree(with previous comments). It is surprisingly soft!"
"Same here (as Neuville). You can go Very fast here.."
"It was quite nice! I made a lot of mistakes. The time looks good but it wasn't a clean run."
"Trying to get the confidence. Car was working better now but I struggle with my pacenotes.. the road is much faster than I expected."
"We just wanna go through and try to find a good setup for Rally Estonia. It's okay."
"It's a little bit similar. We tried to raise the rhythm, we went into a ditch a little and lost a bit of time."
SS1
"Oodatust palju libedam, sõitsime ühele postile pihta."
"Big mistake on a hairpin, not a good stage."
"Uus ja huvitav! See auto jääb isegi seisma!"
"Turvaliselt tulime. Vaatame. Oleme alles esimesel katsel.
"Tantsimist oli tee peal kõvasti, tuleb natuke muutusi teha, saada paika ennast."
"Praegu esimene katse oli päris okei, nalja sai kõvasti ja kohati oli libe. Mõnus oli. Päris parkimas ei käinud, üritasime ikka sõita."
"The car is very good but we have to work with ourselves."
"All okay!"
"Seems there's something with the times.. "
"Good morning. It's good to drive in Estonia, specially in Haanja! The dry pacenotes didn't work too well, so much mud on the road and it's difficult."
"Nice start. No big drama in there. Pretty fast!"
"Good stage, we were too careful in many places. First run after three weeks, it's good."
"Our car feels really great. A lot of grip in there, you can really push. The last part was good."
"Everything working but not so good start."
"Fine, nice to ride. Not pushing and really enjoying the car, trying to improve for the next stages."
"Nothing, we didn't touch anything. It felt good, we need to change the tyres."
Puncture, rear left
"Difficult! The car is behaving totally different. We got a good feeling from the tests and now it's totally different.."
"It's for sure nice to be driving again, missed it. Gotta be competitive on these stages, trying to learn as much as we can."
"Feeling is okay, roads are cool but soft. Hard for the car."
"I think it was okay. Quite nice stage, I was a bit careful, nice to be back after a long time."
"It's good to be in the car and get some training. Not a very good stage, I messed up with the diffs. In the stage I changed the settings and got a better feeling."
"Okay, not perfect, smooth but okay."
"Today it's wet so not sweeping. I was a bit too careful, not easy to trust the notes after such a long break. Very long time so good day today to prepare and come back in two weeks."