48. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2014
3. 4. – 6. 4. 2014, Faro • Automóvel Club de Portugal • gravel 329.80 km • total distance including road sections - 1395.87 km • Other years
#9
Volkswagen Motorsport II
RC1
Final results
4. overall
4. class RC1
4. WRC
Stage results
1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
SS1 SSS Lisboa (3.27 km) | 2:54.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
67.3 km/h 0.67 s/km |
2:54.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
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SS2 Silves 1 (21.50 km) | 12:48.3 | 15.
14. class RC1 15. WRC |
100.7 km/h 1.06 s/km |
15:43.2 | 13.
13. class RC1 13. WRC |
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Basically I want to get the confidence back after Mexico..very slow driving..need to use our heads | ||||||
SS3 Ourique 1 (20.21 km) | 12:50.0 | 12.
12. class RC1 12. WRC |
94.5 km/h 1.44 s/km |
28:33.2 | 13.
13. class RC1 13. WRC |
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V difficult, so easy to do a mistake. So we take it very easy and try to get confidence up | ||||||
SS4 Almodôvar 1 (26.48 km) | 17:17.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
91.9 km/h 1.72 s/km |
45:50.5 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
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It's OK, we just have no experience on these kind of roads...taking it carefully / Je to ok, nemáme ale žádnou zkušenost s tímto typem trati...jedeme opatrně... | ||||||
SS5 Silves 2 (21.50 km) | 12:11.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
105.8 km/h 0.81 s/km |
58:01.8 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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SS6 Ourique 2 (20.21 km) | 12:27.8 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
97.3 km/h 0.86 s/km |
1:10:29.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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massive understeer, I can't get the car to turn in at all, really struggling. / Obrovská nedotáčivost. Pořádně mi nešlo zatočit, opravdový boj... | ||||||
SS7 Almodôvar 2 (26.48 km) | 16:52.2 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
94.2 km/h 0.93 s/km |
1:27:21.8 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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I think we have played a clever day. Getting better, better...OK | ||||||
2. leg | ||||||
SS8 Santa Clara 1 (19.09 km) | 12:35.7 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
90.9 km/h 0.67 s/km |
1:39:57.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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SS9 Santana da Serra 1 (31.90 km) | 23:27.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
81.6 km/h 0.53 s/km |
2:03:24.6 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
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It was an okay stage. Lost the rhythm in the middle section. Keep improving | ||||||
SS10 Malhão 1 (22.15 km) | 14:07.5 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
94.1 km/h 0.42 s/km |
2:17:32.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
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We're moving in the right direction, but took it a little cautious in here. It's OK. / Pokračujeme správným směrem, ale teď jsem jel trochu opatrněji. Je to ok. | ||||||
SS11 Santa Clara 2 (19.09 km) | 13:08.2 | 20.
12. class RC1 20. WRC |
87.2 km/h 3.33 s/km |
2:30:40.3 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
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Powersteering | ||||||
We have a power steering issue. Looking forward to the 30km stage now | ||||||
SS12 Santana da Serra 2 (31.90 km) | 23:36.9 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
81.1 km/h 1.14 s/km |
2:54:17.2 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
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I had no grip at all. We lost lot of time. We had problem with the car, we fixed problem with powersteering. | ||||||
SS13 Malhão 2 (22.15 km) | 14:07.4 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
94.1 km/h 0.82 s/km |
3:08:24.6 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
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I am happy with my position: it is going in the right direction | ||||||
3. leg | ||||||
SS14 Loulé 1 (13.83 km) | 9:06.2 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
91.2 km/h 0.61 s/km |
3:17:30.8 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
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It's very tricky. No good rhythm. Not so happy with this stage / Je to hodně zákeřné. Neměl jsem dobré tempo. Nejsem spokojený s touhle zkouškou... | ||||||
SS15 São Brás de Alportel (16.21 km) | 11:48.4 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
82.4 km/h 0.60 s/km |
3:29:19.2 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
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It was all right, The rhythm was better. We try to fight with Henning | ||||||
SS16 Loulé 2[Power Stage] (13.83 km) | 8:51.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
93.6 km/h 0.72 s/km |
3:38:10.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
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We tried to push a little bit more in here. I'm happy with my confidence now and finishing 4th overall is a good result. / Snažili jsme se zabrat trošku víc. Jsem spokojený s výkonem a čtvrté místo je velmi dobrý výsledek ... |