7. auto24 Rally Estonia 2016
15. 7. – 17. 7. 2016, Tartu • gravel 212.73 km • Other years
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SS15
"I don't know why he did that (Alexey), he was leading the rally bad luck. It was okay for me, we took it with caution, very sad for Lukyanuk."
"It is a shame Alexey is stopped. I want to win because I am fighting and it is a challenge not because another is unable to finish."
Stopped in the stage, 9km in, missing a wheel
"Everything is OK."
"Driving like a front wheel car, we hope we can finish."
"Rally is a bit short for us now, feeling is really going better."
"No need to push now, Opel guys are having a fight now."
"We did not have time to check tyre pressure so we were sliding a lot."
SS14
"It was a big push and a perfect stage. We can't slow down now."
"It such a technical stage. We have 200 Kilos more weight and it is hard to do something about that."
"He is a really good driver (Ralfs) and pushing hard. It doesn't give a chance to relax. I jumped sideways and I lost some speed because of it."
"Road in some places is more clean, and in other places there are rocks. In some part of the stage we lost grip in the rear. There is one part in the forest where it is soft then there are rocks lots of rocks."
Hit a stone in the stage. "There was a really big stone on the road and I couldn't avoid it. Maybe clutch or axle, I don't know If I can continue."
SS13
puncture "It went flat in the end, lost time there. My mistake, I cut where I shoudln't have."
"It's a completely new stage for us. Absolutely fast. We are spending lots of time in fifth gear and jumps."
"Not so good, many mistakes at the end of the stage. I see there was nowhere to hurry. Nothing to do, just keep our speed."
"The stage is very difficult, the character of the stage is very different, very difficult to drive. It was fast with very tricky jumps. It was really enjoyable."
"I am happy with it"
SS12
"I was not satisfied with the first stage, but this one was okay. I am back in third place."
"A little bit slow again. It is really hard to get going again after a day like yesterday but we keep going."
"It was so emotional, fast last corner there was a jump. It is spectacular, some might say not that fast."
"I am making mistakes, I am breaking when I don't need to, I don't think I will be able to catch up."
"Everything is fine. It was a good stage, first part was really good, the line was really narrow. My team really did a good job, everything is clear.
"I think it will be hard for me to catch him now."
"We lose time in the first time of the stage. The second part of the stage we get good time, it was a good feeling."
"It was quite slippery for us, we were just cruising."
SS11
"I was not pushing 100%."
off the road
"Good feeling, I had a good rest at night, the stage is perfect, not rutted. The car is perfect. Good start of the day."
"Now it is much easier, I enjoyed this power steering. We have good fun. This stage is not exactly the same as last year but I enjoy it."
"I made a quick move and was in a bad situation some times, out of the line and things started to happen. The road will be cleaner all the time. I was pushing quite hard on the fast sections."
"This stage is incredible, a lot of fun. We had a clean run but I had a feeling that we were cleaning a little bit."
"Just totally loose, totally unlucky yo finish tenth last night. I am just doing my best, but you cannot help but lose time when it is that loose."
SS9
"The car is really hard to drive on straight on ruts, on jumps, without power steering. It is hard to believe how difficult it is, many problems."
SS8
Retired, Technical -> Rally2
SS7
Retired, Off Road -> Rally2
Retired, Technical -> Rally2
"It is good, we took this stage carefully as I thought there was something wrong with the car, but everything was okay. We are happy with our times. We should that all is fine."
"It is the right way, we will try to push Raul, it is not easy, he is at home."
"We hit some rock, in the centre of the stage. It was quite rough, everything may be okay. We just took it easy after we hit and I think everything is okay."
"It was good stage but very slippery. I make the lines and I think everyone come with the same."
Stopped.
"We feel the car quite good. We still don't have the hand brake, so I took it carefully. I could not get the concentration and made some mistakes."
"Not so good as I lost the rhythm. Now we are going to the service, I have little bit of rest and we see on the next loop. I was not so concentrated on the road, I don't know what to do."
SS6
"It is amazing stage. I was feeling that we were running a bit slow in some of the places. In the middle of the stage, I went a bit wide and hit something in the rear and broke the rear anti-roll bar."
His brakes are hot. Didn't stay long to stage finish.
"After big straight is big limiter and I hit it on the right."
"I am pushing as I can. In the mid-stage it seemed we lost a lot of power. The narrow sections were really bad with a lot of ruts, had a hard time keeping the car on the road."
"Start to be better and better, I can believe for the drivers in the front it will be more slippery."
"First run was so slippery, especially the fast part, second part of stage. We are not happy now, but we have reserves!"
Stopped in stage: rolled.
"The stage is so slippery and the loose gravel is everywhere. I made my own lines. Everything was good but it was so slippery. The road will be cleaner after every car."
"I lost concentration somewhere in the middle of the stage and we had two big moments. I like long stages, but it is the first one in one year since I drive a long stage."
"Everything okay with the car. Stage was really difficult for me. We will see on the next stage. I don't want to push so much, but learn and go a little bit faster."
"It was very difficult for us, we lost handbrake somewhere at the beginning of the stage. At these tight corners I have to stop. Other than that it was a difficult stage."
"It was slippery again. It is tough stage as it is different speeds. I am not on the limit as there is nothing to gain or me after the second stage today."
SS5
Retired, Electrical -> Rally2
"First pass was faster. We missed a braking point for the last junction, I was estimating to have better braking."
"I thin it's okay, but car is doing big slides as tyres are completely off. Just sliding making little mistakes. In some corners I get in other drivers line and in some corners I drive on my line."
"Everything is okay. Nothing, I have a lot of fun and of course I try to push."
"(Mitsubishi Lancer) Evo's are suited for the first pass, but second pass is rough, we have to keep it cautious to keep the car in one piece."
"It was also very good to drive here with R5 car. I see our speed is going a little bit better in every stage. We push a little bit harder, but we must push more."
"It is so fun, I am enjoying this stage. Maybe I will change the tyre as I am using soft compound and it has started not working on this kind of road."
"I am okay, I drive fast. I am good speed, but in some places I feel I can take more risks and go more faster."
"We made some changes to the notes, but the time is only 1-second better. I think our tyres are not so good, they are too soft."
SS4
stopped (mechanical problem) -> Rally2
"Really rough, I could not have gone much quicker than that. We are just a bit too loose at the rear, but it felt good."
"The stage is more clean now and we are driving a lot on the limiter. In the corners we definitely go on the limiter."
"Now I can hear pace notes and we can push very hard."
"Everything is going very well, we are pushing very hard. I like these stages. More destroyed that the first loop. I want to just push, this is our target."
"Now starts to be a little bit quicker, but still what I see on the results not perfect. We will try to push more."
"Everything super, we try push, line was clean, super!."
"Last corner, I was totally on half of spin, over the big jump, but we made it."
"I thought stage conditions were worse but quite okay. Everywhere a little bit faster as the stage is cleaner."
"We changed the notes so we have a lot of fun. One corner we hit a rock on the front right and I think we have a slow puncture."
"I think everything was good but at the end of the stage I hit a stone and I think I have a slow puncture on the front right hand side."
"It was great, much more grip now. The feeling was that I was driving faster, but I am not sure that it is enough. I am gaining experience and I try to build up speed later on."
SS3
Accident -> Rally2
"So amazing, I really miss Estonia rally championship, the roads are so fast and flowing. We hope the same problems will not appear again (as in previous rallies this year)."
"I had a little braking mistake but I think it is okay. The car is all perfect, just me drive fast."
"Temperature is okay, everything is working. We are doing our job. Quite good stage, quite fast. We are happy, no problems. One line we hit a rock. It is exactly fast as we thought before, even if we thought before. May be shorter gearbox might be better in these conditions."
Rear left puncture, tyre has popped of the rim - "I went a little bit wide on one corner and I think it just pushed the wheel off. It was half way through and managed to make it to the end, so that is the nice thing."
"It was okay, tried to push. A few mistakes in some soft places that you do not see in the recce. The worse places is where it is really soft and you do not have it in the notes. I think our ten year old car is doing well."
"The stages are really fast, still we are missing 1-second to Raul (Jeets). Fourth time (in Estonia) so I am honestly quite experienced on the stages.
"Everything okay. Too safety, we must push more. Very enjoyable stages and grip is well."
"The braking was too early and I did not have the opportunity to cut much. I like this stages, I enjoy it, some places you feel the speed."
"It was not ditch, we just went straight and it was too soft. They (spectators) pushed us out."
"A little bit worse than last time, I think the notes were too pessimistic. We hope to watch the on-boards and change it."
"I make a few mistakes on this stage, there were a few cuts but I think they were mistakes. A difficult stage for us."
"Now I am first on the road, I saw the guy (Maarend) before out of the road. He go out of the road on a very slow corner, the spectators and pushing him back on the road and I think it will only be a few minutes. I think stage was good, I would like ot push a little bit more on the second lap."
SS2
"Not big cuts, unless we have mushrooms in the bonnet! I just follow the lines."
"I think for the first stage it was good, I did not wake-up, I did not hear all the pace notes. I hope on the next stage it will be good."
"Okay. Quite good start, I saw the line in maybe 2, 3 places. Good wake-up."
"I saw someone cutting so much in the stage, I suppose it was him (Kaur). Okay, it as a nice stage."
"We have some quick guys coming from the back. It was a bit hard to get use to the grip, the grip was not so good. You feel that the car does not have enough power to pull you through those 5th gear corners."
"At the beginning we were sleeping too much, I hope the next one will be better."
"It did not look so risky this morning. We took it slowly and did not make any mistakes."
"Still I need to learn this kind of gravel road, some places I lost quite a bit. Some places I can carry more speed. I need to keep learning, learning."
Almost okay, but slippery in places. Made many mistakes.. one scary moment, took it careful after that."
"Very nice, nice grip and we had a lot of fun, we just need to make some pace note changes."
"Fixed the car and now we try to go a little bit faster but not push too much. I try to focus and see what we can do on the next stage."
"It is a little bit wet, so I think it is not bad. We have clean roads and it is not so slippery. I enjoyed the ride."
"It was a bit slippery, but it was the first time for me to drive first car, but it was fun!"