57. Tour de Corse 2014
6. 11. – 8. 11. 2014, Ajaccio • asphalt 251.50 km • Other years
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SS11
"It is just amazing, like a dream. This year I programme just two rally, two of the biggest rally I like and I win them both. Very good battle all weekend with Bryan (Bouffier).For me to win in Corsica is just a dream..."
SS10
Didn't start the stage.
"Very bad, I have some problem with gearbox, I do not know what gear I have... We also make one half spin."
SS7
"Mistakes, one mistake, then second..."
"We had puncture, 4 kilometres after the start. I do no know where as we did not touch nothing. It is difficult as we only have one spare and I think we have another, slow puncture."
I don't have good pace notes, I cannot push hard. The last part of this stage is very hard.
"I got a puncture, 5 or 6 ks in to the stage, rear left. I thought there was a corner I could cut, but apparently not."
"I push, I give my best. We are the best time at the moment and I am pleased about that."
"Nice and difficult stages, really different parts. Only once the throttle is full open. We try to push."
SS6
"I try to do my best, I make two big mistakes..."
"I lose two or three minutes on the stage to change the tyre. I did a small mistake, was my mistake but okay."
"This morning was a little bit difficult, for sure it is never really dry. When it is dry, we enjoy a lot. Very difficult, the road, like the last stage, with the hairpins, we are losing so much time, especially with the 2 wheel drive."
"That was okay, but our speed could be better. We feel good, another very fast. Tomorrow will be really long for us and we must continue to try and have better times."
It was a good battle today. I did my tyre choice but I should've listened Michelin.
"Happy to be here at the finish. No puncture until now which is important as I have no spare left."
Front right puncture, tyre off the rim - "I don't know, I hit nothing... I am very disappointed." / "Defekt pravé přední pneu. "Nevím, nic jsem netrefil. Jsem hodně zklamaný."
SS5
"It was a good stage for us but we have a mechanical problem, but we attack. It is the same problem (as this morning), the exhaust."
"We are trying to be fast but everybody really fast."
Much better than first time. I think I've found a rhythm. That's not perfect but okay.
I'm very careful because there's still a long way to go. I have no spare as I had a puncture so it's hard.
SS4
"Game over... Unfortunately, unlucky, we have some transmission problem, it happened on the 3rd stage and happened again on this stage. The guys worked really hard to fix it, but it looks like it is a deeper problem. It's finished. We will try and come back tomorrow to see if we can fix it." / "Končíme. Bohužel máme znovu problém s transmisemi. Stalo se to už na RZ3, v servisu jsme se to pokoušeli opravit, ale asi to bude větší problém. Pokud to půjde, vrátíme se zítra do soutěže.
"Approx. 6 kms before the end of the stage, we had a puncture."
SS3
"This stage is very difficult and we do not have a good tyre on the front. It is okay, it is good for us. We must fight until the end."
"Really difficult and long. Started quite quick, made some mistakes and told to myself to keep cool."
"Happy to finish this loop. I have a direction problem to fix at the service, and getting confident again."
Car works well, I'm improving step by step and I'm happy.
Something is broke, we lost about a minute. That's life... Revs keep shooting up like it's the clutch.
"Very difficult, not funny at all! I chose the wrong tyres this morning so that was no fun, no traction."
"This stage is incredible it has everything, tight corners, fast, hairpins, everything from Corsica!"
I'm awake but I cannot go faster. I'm still too safe but this is the mission now.
I wasn't consistent, I was a bit off sometimes, while I pushed at others.
"In the beginning it was nice but we had a spin in one of the villages."
"The battle already started. I struggled at the end, I was not very good in these wet, humid conditions."
"After the puncture we tried to find a good feeling with a new tyre and three hards, the set-up was not good."
SS2
"Really difficult to be confident after the puncture. A lot better than SS1."
"We had some issues with the brakes, I was really worried about it."
"Not very good, the stage was way too humid at the start and we lost way too much time."
"It was really difficult stage, a lot of corners. Not a good feeling with my driving, it could be better."
"One part of the stage is completely wet, I tried my best but that was really difficult."
No problem, it's not easy to drive these roads, I'm not used to this as you can push a lot.
"We did a good stage, a cow across the road, I brake and I lost a bit in the straight line."
It's nice but really really difficult. The car moved a lot from the second half.
"Went well, stage is difficult, a lot of slippery and dirty sections but the car works fine."
Front right puncture. "10km before the end, I hit something, lost everything."
SS1
"Bad start for us, we had a puncture in the middle of the stage."
Quite okay, grip level is not so high. Anyway, quite a clean start, let's see how it goes on more twisty stages.
"It was okay, tried to find a good rhythm. Dumas did an incredible time."
"It was good stage, I was a bit scared not to push 100%. I will go step by step, it is easy to make a mistake."
"It was okay, it was nice. It was a good time, then I lost a little bit intercom on the last 2 kilometers."
It was a shock, I'd say. The first 5 kilometers I was lost, I've never driven a stage like this, so wide, so grippy.
Stopped after stage's end. / Stojí za cílem RZ.
It wasn't easy as we choose a special choice of tyre. I start carefully as it is quite slippery.
"It was okay, it was good for warming the tyres."
"Quite good, much better than I expected. I am really quite happy, I thought I would lose more time than I did."
"For the moment not so bad. I think we have to improve but the first feeling is good."