Rally Liepāja 2014
31. 1. – 2. 2. 2014, Liepāja • gravel - snow 240.56 km • total distance including road sections - 883.15 km • Other years
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SS12
"It was really nice rally and a very good start to the season. I hope to continue like this."
"Dreams come true and I am very happy...experience getting bigger and bigger."
I can't say that I'm not sad. I've had some really good drives in this car. Next week we have the R5 car coming for Greece.
"We are very happy. Thank you for my team, my sponsors, my co-driver. My first time on big studs"
"Not a lucky stage for us...we went out of the road. Very tough rally"
"We learned a lot but maybe we lost the rally before the rally was starting. We are going closer and closer to the big guys"
"I am happy to be here, but our starting position was not good. We should not try to talk more about this weekend"
SS11
We just have only fourth gear - I don't know why
SS10
"Před námi je velký odstup, tak si to jen užíváme."
"Ráno jsme se nemohli chytit, teď je to dobré."
"We have a good grip and good feeling, so why not to push."
"I clipped something about 2.5 before the end and I thought I had a puncture, so I drove slowly"
I'm still not on my level, I don't know." / "Stále nejedu tak, jak bych mohl, nevím proč."
"Hodně šotoliny, máme špatně nastavené auto, moc měkké, plave to."
"We had a mistake in pacenotes, I lost a confidence."
SS9
"Možná jedu až moc agresivně a na výjezdech bokem, uvidíme."
"I tried to come - I had a spin also...we lost maybe 5 seconds"
I don't know what's going on but the car had a warning light, but good
I don't like this stage, very tricky, just to stay on the road
"We were off and we damaged exhaust. We had to stop and repair it."
"Je to šílené, mockrát jsme byli mimo trať, hodně navátého sněhu."
I'm happy. I pushed a lot and I made a mistake. I changed the gearbox and the clutch.
SS8
broken left rear wheel
Lappi is fast, I did my best in this stage, I think it's a good time but I don't know for Lappi
"shame we cannot compete with the other drivers that have a cleaner road"
"Je to dobré, měli jsme velkou krizi a byli venku, ale asi jsme nic nepoškodili."
"We had big moment on third corner after start, we went off."
This event is nightmare. Now we have no power, turbo or broken exhaust, I don't know.
SS7
"Took it carefully. Hopefully we can increase the speed in the next stage."
"I hope so (finish on podium), we had longer stud, we thought there was more snow, but there was gravel "
"For sure we are sweeping for fast guys behind us. I had a big moment, I lost the rear completely"
"Začali jsme opatrně, je tam hodně sněhu, ale teď začneme přidávat."
"Trať je lepší než včera ráno, ale nic moc jsme nezajeli."
"Jedeme zase první, zase trápení, zase to nestojí za nic."
SS6
"Picked up a rear right puncture. As a consequence he also lost brakes."
I didn't enjoy today but hopefully tomorrow I do.
"We have troubles with tyres. No spikes left since the half of stage."
"We had biggest moment of the day. There was another car and we went off. The tyres are gone."
"No studs left. It will be big push tomorrow and we will see what happens."
I'm pushing but the times are not perfect. I work for tomorrow.
"Today we are saving our tyres. We have plenty of new tyres for tomorrow. We will see tomorrow!"
We lost completely the spikes in the middle of the stage. We will see what the others will do but I'm quite happy.
no brakes through whole stage
no intercom
damaged steering
It's brillirant, I'm really happy. I think I will sleep well today! I tried to push today and I keep pushing tomorrow.
"It was a good day, good job. We know much more about how fast we can be on snow. We will see tomorrow."
"Not so good, the setup was getting worse and worse. But we are here and still in the fight."
"Quite hard because we changed the tyres so the rear was going off in every corner."
Vasiliy is doing great. Our front tyres are gone, anyway now it's quite enjoyable. Nic!
Perfect, it's getting better and better. The morning was bad, we had wrong setup, but now it's going well.
"We were off the road in one sharp corner. We will see tomorrow."
"We are not pushing, we have some problem with suspension."
"Not so good."
" Bad luck today, all studs are gone and unfortunately we found it out late. We just hope tomorrow will be better."
"Good, but I pushed a lot and did two big mistakes. But the car is OK, now we go back to Liepaja."
SS5
problems with brakes
Damaged suspension, intercom issue
No power steering
Loose light pod
engine problem
Better grip, but I'm still carefull
"Teď to bylo konečně lepší, zapracovali jsme na setupu, konečně je to zábava, ještě doladit pár věcí."
change the wheel
"Teď jsme si to konečně užili až na pár chybiček, čas ale nebude asi super."
SS4
"We [still] have a problem with the pressure of the water pump...we stop the antilag and have to arrive at Service"
"Špatný setup, dělám chyby, učíme se."
"Teď už je to hlavně na šotolině, zrychlili jsme oproti prvnímu průjezdu o 50 vteřin, doplácíme na startovní pořadí."
SS3
"I am surprised about myself...very slippery, hard to drive like this...I am pushing very hard"
"Vůbec si nevěřím, není to dobré"
Same like before. But maybe I have now a better clean line. It's still very slippy
"After 5km, started to block...I turn off the anti-lag and we come to the finish"
"Same as before...really difficult...one moment you nearly lose the car and go off"
"Terrible grip, terrible time... Not good."
I continue to be 'Mr Clean', I learn to drive on the snow. I cross the fingers to finish the rally
"Jedu hodně špatně, tady na tom hlubokém sněhu nemám vůbec jistotu."
SS2
Spun
Puncture
Broken rear suspension
Intercom problems, puncture
Was off road, damaged front
Gearbox stuck at 2nd gear
Engine problems
"Very slippery I think my tyres are completely gone"
"For me it is difficult like hell, grip is still changing."
"A lot of snow, really really difficult"
It's getting better, more clean and more gravel, I had a clear line in some places but not in some corners
"Nebylo to nic moc, jednou jsme byli skoro venku."
Again really difficult, the line isn't clear because a lot of car went off the road so I have no line
"6-7 hot moments, when you go flat on the corner the car goes sideways, I have to concentrate to keep the car on the road"
"Je to těžké, hodně sněhu, auto před námi je mimo."
front right puncture
SS1
"Nevíme, co s tím zatím, je to těžké pro nás."
"Brzy brzdím, máme chyby v rozpisu, ale je to zábava."
"SS1 we went of, in to ditch, 200m in deep ditch, then back to the road, we head to revers... Lost lost time."
"I had to control to keep the line, very difficult conditions, It was scary on high speed"
"Amazing slippery on the snow...quite fun, but not easy. Sometimes we were on the limit"
"Nice stage, very fast, so I drove safely"
Very difficult, sometimes you slide, spin in a corner... but it's okay and funny
"Get really difficult because sometimes you lose the car completely, we try to stay on the road"
"it was okay but we lost some time, 1 km after start i went off the road"
"Completely different conditions from recce"