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
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SS16
So happy, a great weekend again, Mikko really pushed hard, fourth victory here for us.
Really happy with that...that's what I was hoping for before the rally, a clean race and no problems / Jsem opravdu šťastný, jak se mi to tu povedlo, čistá rally, žádné problémy, jsem opravdu moc šťastný, neměl jsem úplně nejvhodnější pneumatiky (tvrdé)
Quite a good weekend, strategy has not been perfect..at the end I am happy with the position
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 ...
1km into the stage, something in the transmission was broken, I was in rear wheel drive
ze čtyřkolky se stala dvoukolka...
Expectations were a bit better, we thought we could be a bit faster, for the next race we have to improve
I really enjoyed this stage even if it wasn't easy / Bavil jsem se přestože to nebylo snadné...
Was very good stage...the tyres started to get quite worn towards to the end. I'm satisfied with the performance / Bylo to velmi dobré. Na několika místech jsem šel brzy na brzdy, dobrá jízda. Jsem moc spokojený...
Bylo to dobré, mohli jsme být lepší, první půlka RZ mi nevyšla
SS15
Stopped
It was OK, I enjoyed it...good fun
It is ok, but he was too fast. Fifth place will be good
It was all right, The rhythm was better. We try to fight with Henning
there was a lot of stones, I took the risk, I cut one corner and there was big stone and I hit it
Steering not straight after previous stage but shouldn't be a problem for one more stage. / Řízení není po předchzí rychlostce v pořádku, ale neměl by to být problém, když už zbývá jen jedna rychlostka...
The stage is very tricky, I have no tyres left...no moments, I just drive through the stage
Defekt
A lot of mud and water, we have to find the right setup to find our balance and confidence
I think we managed to save the tyres
The last few km are very wet in places; not easy..you cannot lean on the car, difficult to judge. Car is OK
SS14
Power Stage? "We'll see. The most important is the victory of the rally. If I don’t need to push crazy, why not, but it’s not the priority" / Power Stage? "Uvidíme. Nejdůležitější je vítězství v soutěži. Pokud nebudu potřebovat šíleně tlačit, proč ne, ale není to to nejdůležitější...
I'll try to manage - we can do better than that...no problem / Pokouším se to ošéfovat - můžem to zajet lépe...žádný problém...
Just took it very slowly on this stage to save the tyres, flat out next time here [Power Stage]
It was OK, I have to keep working on the car. [what's wrong?] I can't tell you / Bylo to ok, musím pracovat na autě. (co je špatně?) Neumím to říct...
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...
Really bad stage...we lost time...I'm not happy / Opravdu špatná zkouška... ztratili jsme spoustu času... nejsem spokojen...
Hänninen car has a dent on co-driver's door 9:54.4: "I went quite wide, hit a tree / Auto má na straně spolujezdce ve dveřích promáčklinu: Byl jsem v jednom místě široký a trefil strom...
Good clean run...teh setup is quite OK, we can still improve, we can do some development on the damper side
Safely through SS14 in a decent time, expect the stage may get faster for the later cars. Targeting some points in the power stage today
I'm not happy / Nejsem spokojen...
Hänninen may be off, according to TV report, Becky reports he is moving now...
Disadvantage running first on the road...damp, quite loose in places....
Sordo retires on road section - broken driveshaft
SS13
It seems we have broken something...the wheel is moving (broken rear suspension)
...but I'm happy of the weekend. Even if we can't now catch Sebastien, we had a good pace / ...ale jsem spokojený s celým víkendem. Ikdyž nedostihneme Ogiera, máme dobré tempo...
I was scared we would have a puncture...I will see if we can get some points in the Power Stage
Great one, I am very happy, good management of the tyres, happy with my day
Stojíme na 12 RZ. Na vině je poloosa
The car is pretty good, we need to work a little bit on traction
I am happy with my position: it is going in the right direction
Hänninen confirms driveshaft problem on i20 WRC
Not so bad, last stage was nice, we tried to improve. Previous stage absolutely destroyed our tyres.
But, do you know, I enjoyed this stage!
with the hard tyres I have been happy with the performance... [Power Stage tomorrow] we have some soft tyres
SS12
Stojíme na 12 RZ. Na vině je poloosa
I did everything I could but tires are completely slicks and gone. But it's not finished, keep on going / Dělal jsem všechno co jsem mohl, ale pneumatiky jsem úplně oholil a nic z toho. Ale ještě není konec, jedeme dál!
It's difficult. Not so muddy like this morning. We pushed a little bit more at the end / Je to těžké. Né tak blátivo jako ráno. Tlačili jsme trošku víc ke konci...
It is ok, we are on the hard tires. We had good pace. Not bad.
I cann´t drive fast, it was impossible, last 2 km. I cann´t push.
I hit something, I can drive, everything is working...
I am on the hard tyres. Pirellis
I had no grip at all. We lost lot of time. We had problem with the car, we fixed problem with powersteering.
Bad choice of the tires, difficult, jumping from the line. This stage was really bad for the tires.
Very rough stage, I had to use a lot different technics to drive as fast as I can
It was very difficult with the hard tyres. It's so wet. I have to safe my tyres / Bylo to hodně těžké na tvrdých pneumatikách. Je velmi mokro. Musím pošetřit pneumatiky...
SS11
Rear tyres not look good. - I could not do any better than that.
I had a good drive. I tried to drive clean
Not thinking strategy, just driving through at the moment!
We have a power steering issue. Looking forward to the 30km stage now
Powersteering
Hänninen has rear left puncture: "Is the tyre OK?" "Off the rim" "Oh"
if you look at the front right, I think we have a puncture. ....1 spare
SS10
He was having a really great rally...[on himself] it's not over yet / Jel opravdu parádní soutěž (Tanak)...ještě není konec...
I saw them out
I saw him in same place where Latvala was off 2-3 years ago
A good morning. It's going quite well. I'm trying everything I can. I'm not taking risks at the moment / Ucházející ráno. Jde to celkem dobře. Zkouším všechno co jde... Neriskuji...
Tanak has stopped and blocked the road for a small time, Mikko had to stop for some time but is now past Tanak.
Hirvonen stopped where Tänak is stoped - looks like road is blocked
At the moment I am happy with the rally
Stopped
I just tried to get better, yeah...it's good / Začínám se zlepšovat, je to dobré...
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.
I was not fully happy with the pace notes...we need to be patient. [Hyundia i20 WRC?] More than happy
That's a big challenge. Roads are so demanding. We are happy with the way it was. We kept it safe / Je to velká výzva. Tratě jsou velmi náročné. Jsme spokojený. Jedeme v klidu...
This was dry and the best grip of all the stages
That was probably the driest stage we have seen today
SS9
Tänak has broken rear anti-roll bar on Fiesta
We try to push hard but Sebastien was really fast on that one. Let's see if I can fight back / Snažíme se tvrdě tlačit, ale Ogier byl teď opravdu rychlý. Uvidíme, jestli to dokážu vybojovat zpět...
Diffiicult with the notes...we did our best and it's OK / Obtížné... ale jeli jsme jak nejlépe umíme, je to ok...
We have a few splits from the guys behind... we will have to continue
Happy...very slippery, at the end I lost the grip
you can easily do a mistake
It was an okay stage. Lost the rhythm in the middle section. Keep improving
It is very difficult...towards the end of the stage it is not predictable at all
Beginning quite good, middle started to get quite slippy...very difficult with consistency
Kubica off the road, not damaged, stuck
SS8
It was OK...definitely one to wake up...it's just flat out now, you can't manage by just driving steady / Bylo to ok... konečně jsem se probudil... jedeme naplno, nemůžete dobrý výsledek moc ovlivnit při konstantní jízdě...
The feeling is good, but getting quite slippy in there
Quite a bit of humidity, more than I expected. I try, not crazy, but I try to drive fast
Feeling was really good
Lot of mud in the corners...next stage is more technical
Nezobrazují se mu splity
Fantastic job by our team and mechanics...target is try to enjoy...it's difficult to climb up / Parádní práce odvedená naším týmem a mechaniky... cíl je zkusit se bavit... je to těžké posunout se vpřed
Hänninen has a rear left puncture about 9km
Yesterday was a very strange accident...it wasn't a corner, I hit a tree...[today] there is a line there / Včera to byla velmi zvláštní nehoda... nebyla to zatáčka, trefil jsem strom... (dnes) je tu pěkně vidět stopa...
Massive credit to the team - they have done a magnificent job to get the car out...clean run
SS7
The car (Meeke) is on the same place like Evans in the first loop
I stopped to lose the tyres a bit at the end..
I wanted to try to attack, and it worked! Fantastic. I'd be happy for the rally to end now / Chtěl jsem se pokusit o útok a povedlo se to! Paráda! Byl bych moc spokojený, kdyby teď rally skončila :-)
I think we have played a clever day. Getting better, better...OK
Going quite well, verty tricky conditions. I think we did wrong tyre choice [5 hards] this afternoon - try again tomorrow
Being first on the road, not so bad today: I did what I could
He is stopped in stage
SS6
He has broken suspension
some problem with the tyres, I don't know / Máme nějaký problém s pneumatikami, nevím co se děje...
Je to hroznej marast, jede se v nepředvídatelnejch podmínkách, člověk neví, co může očekávat, neni to nic jednoduchýho...
OK, we are close enough to the other guys
Quite OK for my tyre choice - I benefit from that [5 softs]
continuing to learn...impossible to change the notes within the stage
It's been a good day so far & we had different kind of tyre choice with Sebastien. The last will be tough because more dry / Je to dobrý den, měli jsme odlišný typ pneumatik než Ogier. Poslední zkouška bude obtížná, protože je víc a víc sucho...
massive understeer, I can't get the car to turn in at all, really struggling. / Obrovská nedotáčivost. Pořádně mi nešlo zatočit, opravdový boj...
Pressure is on...not easy with our tyres (4H, 1 S) this one, but slippy
SS5
Incredible grip in the second part, I enjoyed the stage
A bit more dry than I expected
Quite good stage, not bad at all! Reporting JML stopped on side of road
Hopefully they (Latvala and Anttila) are OK, and can resume tomorrow
Latvala has rolled his Polo 12 kms into stage 5. Crew are ok.
He has rolled
SS4
Elfyn Evans reporting that he missed his braking and went off the road.
Hänninen on Kubica: "He hit a tree and blocked the road"
crew is ok
Kubica is blocking the road
Stopped
I am driving quite carefully...in some places I was hitting a lot with the sump guard
Hänninen in trouble, Kubica has passed him in the stage
It feels horrible when you're on and off the gravel and the car feels nervous: I did the best I could on the recce / Je to příšerný pocit, když se auto chová nervózně, jel jsem jak nejlépe to šlo...
Not so good pace on that one but it was difficult with such a bad grip again
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...
Elfyn Evans off the road - he and Daniel Barritt are OK
Not happy, we have a very soft car for the mud...bad stage for me
It was a good stage...more grip...my setup is made for these better stage conditions
The loop not so good...the guys behind are fast...but OK
SS3
Some places vv muddy...there were places where it is very difficult... it's OK, we keep the [car] on the road and drive / Některá místa jsou hodně blátivá, místy je to hodně obtížné... je to ok, udržujeme auto na trati a jedeme...
Really good time for Dani... not so good to keep the rhythm, the car is good, nice to drive
I am happy with my time, but OK...the time was not so bad
Trying to get the rhythm, not easy for me... the feeling is not bad
Not perfect, but we have a really good feeling....
we know better the car...
It is going you know, I have a good feeling with the cars, but there are other guys behind, really fast
Bit up and down in places...I was cautious...still some standing water in places, difficult to be sure
V difficult, so easy to do a mistake. So we take it very easy and try to get confidence up
a lot of grip changes and not so easy to drive...but we are enjoying it and we just have to drive the right way
You never know, difficult choice: that's the way it is. I don't have the confidence in the muddy places / Nikdy nevíte, těžké rozhodnutí, tak to prostě je. Nejsem si jist v těchto blátivých místech...
Not easy, some places it is very muddy...we have to be very careful, we went with 6 tyres this morning, not right choice
SS2
Much more dry than I expected: not easy, but... easier to have drive this stage before
Hänninen with mild radio problem before start... "interesting rally to be sure"
Really, really slippery, bit of understeet all the time...I lost grip...
I haven't been in a car since Sweden, so I am happy...perfect / Nebyl jsem od Švédské rally v autě, takže jsem moc šťastný...je to perfektní!
Better at the end, not easy to find the grip
I was careful at the beginning...very slippery, I was not so confident, better towards the end
I had no splits...I took it quite steady...moving too much, I don't feel so confident for the moment / Neměl jsem splity...bral jsem to s nadhledem...auto po trati hodně poletovalo, neměl jsem z toho dobrý pocit
I was really enjoying it in there...for sure if it was dry I'd really be having to work / Opravdu jsem se bavil...samozřejmě kdyby to bylo suché, musel bych do toho víc šlapat...
Grip level is changing all the time, line slippery, I tried to go off line and try to find some traction somewhere else
Calming down a little bit...I think I need to be a bit more precise, but otherwise OK
Basically I want to get the confidence back after Mexico..very slow driving..need to use our heads
I thought everyone was going to be quicker than me...very tricky stage, lot of mud...difficult for everyone
Difficult to get the right rhythm on the stage, sometimes you had good grip, sometimes slippery in places, we can improve
Ogier reports it's slippery and he was cautious / Hlásí, že to klouzalo a byl opatrný...
SS1
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