Rally Liepāja 2018
ERC #8 • ERC2 #8 • ERC3 #8 • ERC Junior U27 #6 • ERC Junior U28 #6 • ERC Ladies #8 • Baltic Rally Trophy #3
12. 10. – 14. 10. 2018, Liepāja • gravel 205.83 km • Other years
Info
SS12
"It´s been a really difficult year, many problems but I am happy to be here. Thanks to my sponsors, team, family, co-driver."
"It´s been an incredible weekend, really good season, we are happy. Good pace, we keep improving.
We have done a great job this year, we will be back next year."
"We were driving slowly. We had a big moment in the middle of the stage and were in a ditch. It´s a really crazy and fast event. We´ve done so much work. "
"We had big moments, a little crash but we are in the finish now, that´s important."
"We are learning this car. The stages are really beautiful, I´am really happy to have got the possibility to be here."
"We are really happy. We thought we can save the car. The rally was fantastic."
"The only target was to finish. We trained a lot and we´ll see what we can do next year."
"It was tough, we look forward for the next year. I think the best moments for us were in Poland and on this place."
"We are ERC3 and also Latvian champions, it was quite nice to drive to the finish, although with not the best tyres. We have done everything we needed for the win."
"It was really really hot inside. We made so good job, we are really happy. It was a fantastic season, thanks to our fantastic team. It feels really really good, to have competed in such conditions and such pace."
"Yes, I feel good to be a champion. We were driving safely, our target was to finish. It was very good. We were training a lot. "
"It´s been an incredible day for us. Incredibly quick drive, incredible job, massive thanks to our team and sponsors to make this possible. We gained a lot of experience. I think we could be more rough at the end. No complaints, it was fantastic."
"It was a very very good stage. Fair enough to show the pace. "
"We pushed so hard, it was quite on limit and after that, we didn´t try to push again. It´s a rally. It was an incredible weekend on gravel, pace was good, pacenotes were good. Thanks for the possibility and for a great car."
"This stage was extremely difficult, I couldn´t get concentration. We lost the pace today, yesterday it was really great. The level of the rally was really high, we see a lot of progress over the season. I have to work on my skills to get better speed. We are happy, time is good."
"We are really happy to be in the finish line of this incredibly difficult rally. We can be satisifed with that, we are still learning. Thanks to our team, to our sponsors."
"It was a good rally, big experience, it was absolutely crazy. I really enjoyed it. No, I didn´t know it would be so fast from the recce. I am still learning."
"Suddenly, we found out we got a front left puncture so we had to stop and change it. Overall, it was a very positive season for us, thanks for support of our team, our families, of everyone. Hopefully, we´ll come back and next time we´ll do better."
SS11
"I don´t like this stage, it was quite slippery. There were a lot of cars, I didn´t concentrate."
"I smelled smoke from Nobre´s car. The stage was really fast, it was a different style of driving but okay.
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"Really hard, many crashes in the stage."
"We had a spin in the previous stage, after a jump into the second ditch we had a problem."
"Everything good, there was a lot of loose gravel in narrow sections. It´s hard to keep clear line and I lost some time."
"We try to push but now we made a little mistake in the last stage."
"It was okay, I saw two cars off the road, I don´t know what happened."
"Car was very good, we made one mistake in the stage."
"In one 90° degree corner we went a bit too fast and I was sliding like hell. I am trying not to miss any junction."
"It was okay, a clean run again. We lost some time but I didn´t want to take any risk. I keep focusing, not to make any mistake."
"It looks like Fabian is getting faster and faster. We were scared of braking too late, it was slippery but we made it to the finish."
"The guys before us push a lot, I hope we can make it to the end."
"We are still on the road, we keep concentrated and push like hell."
"We went a little bit wide, I miss getting the grip and braking before the corners. Time is not ideal but we are looking forward to the long one."
"We had a little bit better knowledge, we are getting experience. There´s not much about improving our position in the rally. The rally is long and hard."
"It was quite slippery. I am not pushing to the limit because there´s no reason to push. We keep going, trying to come to the finish, it´s a long rally.
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"We just clean the road again. It was a little bit narrow, it gets a little bit quicker. It was good, we enjoyed it."
"Really slippery, we took it easy because it was so dangerous. The last 2 stages are the most difficult ones from the whole rally, we have one more stage to go."
SS10
"I couldn´t decide on which side of the road I should go and I was wrong."
"So so, I didn´t like the stage, the rest was okay for me."
"Very tricky and difficult stage, a lot of crashes. I am very happy."
"We had to slow down at some places, it was a really fast stage."
"A lot of fun, a really fast stage. Klausz stopped, it seems he crashed."
"The speed is really high and we can have a lot of fun with the dust."
"Just a little crash, not bad. "
"We push harder, in the morning it wasn´t our stage. Now we put tyres a little bit harder, good stage."
"Power steering works quite okay. Stage was okay, fast, maybe too much mud. I don´t know how to make myself to push harder."
"We tried to make some changes to the car for the last loop, and it takes time to get used to it. I get more grip but the feeling is different."
"I had a small problem with the pacenotes, I came over the crest. The engine cut out 4 times during the stage, I don´t know what´s the problem."
"This one was quite good, maybe sometimes too much sliding but I enjoyed it."
"This was a special one, I know it quite well. Maybe I went too fast to some corners but okay, everything is fine, we try to enjoy it. I just drive as I have already driven before."
"Very slippery here, I hit a bank twice now. It was very difficult, I don´t feel comfortable with the car, I cannot push. "
"There´s not much we can do about the gap between Nikolay. We will keep going."
"No problems, maybe less grip in some corners, we were a little bit wide but okay."
"We are driving a little bit too crazy, we pushed hard. It was a good stage, very quick. I saw a car off the bank."
"The stage was incredibly fast but with slippery places. We are trying our best, I feel sorry for Eyvind."
"Good stage, very slippery. This one was an important one, we will see what the next run will be like."
"Really loose, we didn´t feel much confident. Big holes over the crest, we have a new bumper on so we continue."
"Very messy stage for us, very tricky, we were moving from side to side. Very tricky, we were not confident in pacenotes, I am happy to be here."
"We are cleaning the road for other guys. Stage was not very good for us, too too slippery. Very easy to lose the grip."
SS9
"I went wide and touched a bank. It was a slippery quarry where it happened."
"Now I feel better, I liked the second part."
"I enjoyed it, it was much faster, lines are cleaner. It´s better than last time."
"It was a little bit better, I am happy. I didn´t see Mattia Vita."
"It was really faster than the first time, a lot of rocks, it´s so much fun to drive this car. It was slippery but the rally is fantastic."
"Very very good, now I push hard and time is good now."
"Everything was good, I don´t know why the car smokes so much from the engine."
"I´m not very happy, at some places I was a little bit too wide, it was slippery there."
"I see I lose power, on every gear I have to go much slower. I called the guys earlier, I am worried, it won´t be quick enough."
"We were a little bit struggling with the gearbox. It´s not gearing as it should do, there´s a problem with shifting to the third gear. No big troubles."
"It was really good. We are quite happy, it´s amazing, everything is working, we are going for it. We are doing our best to enjoy tonight."
"It was ok, we were a little bit pushing. We hit a stone in a quarry section, it was on the line, I tried to go around but we hit it a little bit. No puncture but after that it was excellent, pedal to the metal."
"We had a massive moment. We were too fast, there was a massive rock, we were driving around and lost some time. The car went off the road into a ditch."
"No mistakes, very good loop. Today it was much better."
"It´s good fun. Now it was ok, I was a little bit struggling with car movements so I tried to be quite steady and drive clearly."
"It was better, I try to be faster. I don´t know, maybe it´s not for me.
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"We are on limiter all the time, I hope other guys won´t be faster. I try to be patient, I want the third place more than ever, we´ll see after service."
"The feeling is now very good, I am confident behind the steering wheel. I enjoy driving, it´s very funny for me. We are improving, I love it."
"The line was clean which gave me more confidence."
"Much much better, we pushed and it was fantastic. It was a clean run, just tyres went a little bit down with the presure but we had a smooth run and we are happy."
"Something like a fox came out and I had to brake at the last moment."
SS8
"For me it´s a long rally, we are thinking about the finish only. It´s a bit fast for me, really difficult."
"I think I lost a lot of time at the beginning, the pacenotes are not super fantastic from recce."
"Really happy. I think we´ll push in next two stages."
"Confidence is back now. I really love this stage, I have a lot of fun."
"It was quite good, sometimes in some corners we were a bit wide. It was slower in mud sections but okay."
"We enjoyed the stage. It was really really fast but okay."
"Everything is okay, my feeling is that we got slow puncture."
"Very very fast, slippery on many places. Unfortunately, we went out in one corner."
"Cool stage, we enjoyed."
"It was a very nice stage, I made some mistakes in slow corners but otherwise, it was okay."
"At the beginning I enjoyed it. In the fast sections it was really slippy."
"I was hoping the grip could be better. I was sometimes a little bit too much sideways but okay."
"It feels good, everything is fine so far."
"I´m surprised, good time. For me it was too much early braking. You don´t see the corners, it´s difficult to cut it precisely. It was a really fast stage, really fun. "
"Very slippy, massive slides during the whole stage, it was really fast."
"It was good, very difficult, we made some small mistakes. We lost a lot of speed on some places, it´s not the best morning."
"It was a good run, yesterday we had good pace in the morning. We will see because we are not so competitive as we would like to. We´ll keep improving."
"I think we didn´t drive fast enough. Maye it´s because of not good tyre choice, it was very slippery after the start line and I think I lost everything there."
"We try to relax but we are back on flat surface, back on limit speed. It´s a really good fun today, the feeling inside the car is also good."
"This one was really nice, I enjoyed the stage. I hope the second part will be better for us, I´ll try to improve."
"I lack confidence, I lose a lot, I had some moments."
"It was a massive stage, flatout all the time. It was perfect, we are learning stage for stage and taking it easy. The conditions are so difficult, we are doing hard work."
"It was a little bit better, I hope we keep other guys behind us. We need to focus on doing our best. The car is dirty, there were some muddy sections. "
SS7
"We don´t take any risk, we are driving carefully, in order to finish the rally."
"The stage was quite slippery, in some parts, we couldn´t see the road."
"A really good stage, a short one for the morning. We went out of the road slightly last night but car is good."
"Everything is good, a fast stage, some moments. In some corners, I was too slow."
"Every morning, our confidence is knocked slightly but in the afternoon, we start looking forward. We are looking forward to next stages and to a new season. "
"It was very good, we are taking it easy. Hopefully, we can be faster in the afternoon."
"Good stage, a lot of sliding because of new tyres. On the front it was sliding more, on the back I had more grip. "
"It´s a good morning. We try another setup, we push and push."
"Everything is fine, it was a second stage for us. We´ll enjoy the day."
"It was a better stage, a different one. I put sun protection on the side of the door window but it didn´t work well. To be honest, I was a little bit scared when I didn´t see how the curves look because the speed is quite high here."
"Good, we are looking forward."
"We were struggling a bit with the grip, it was quite slippery but in next sections we will do better."
"We were a bit wide and went a bit too fast over the crest but okay."
"It was a clean run for me, no problems, a little bit soaky and tricky. Everything works well."
"It was quite slippery but I felt very good. Confidence is back again, I´m back in shape. We knew it will be a tough one. "
"It was good. We are driving carefully, a lot of braking. In the corners it was quite okay, in some places we went too wide. We stick to our pacenotes, we get to know some rocks on the track, we´ll see."
"We made a couple of mistakes and had a couple of moments. Okay, good start."
"We made a big mistake and lost a lot of time. It was quite slippery. After crest in the junction, we were a little bit too fast and wide."
"We tried to focus on our driving. We were struggling yesterday but I knew we will do better in the first loop today. It was not a perfect start, we went a little bit too wide, it was very slippy. Tricky stage but I am happy enough."
"A good start of the morning, we got into good pace, the stage was tricky. If we didn´t have limiter disability, we could go faster and drive better.
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"The biggest problem was cleaning the road a lot today, it was really slippy. It´s a pity that we didn´t beat Habaj yesterday."
"I think I could do it better. I was maybe too cautious, especially at the beginning but we are here, just slow moments, we are looking forward to next sections."
"We had a big moment and went off the bank. It happened on the junction, about a few corners back."
"It was different, really slippery on top. We clean the road today, I´ve been really cautious, it was muddy in some sections."
"Today start was okay, the track was not swept so we´ll see in next stages."
SS6
"We had a puncture, stopped and changed it. The feeling is okay, we are faster and faster. "
"We pushed crazy, I am feeling better and better. I am happy with the day one and I´ll push tomorrow. We were clear, we took it easy. It was a lot of learning for us today."
"I am happy with the speed, I made some little mistakes."
"I had a big moment, I had water on my glasses so I couldn´t see anything. We managed it to the finish, everything is fine now."
"It was a really long day but we had fun. It was incredible, quite shocking."
"Really good fun, we gained a lot of experience. I was wearing sunglasses during the stage but at some parts, in front of the sun, it was tough to keep on road. We try not to take any risks."
"It was a good day, we learnt a lot. It was okay. We need more confidence."
"I think I have some gearbox issue. I think I lost some gear, we will work on it in the service."
"My feeling of the day is better, car behaves good. We continue."
"I think it doesn´t matter if I was on home soil or not. It was really hard but we are better and better."
"We had a puncture, we don´t know where it happened, I didn´t hit anything. I think in the middle I started to feel the car works worse and worse because it was impossible to cut right corners. Car also doesn´t accelerate."
"We need to improve. For sure we were struggling with the grip."
"It´s been a fantastic day. To be honest, I could push a little bit more if I wasn´t that careful."
"We really enjoyed the stage. It´s been the best stage for me so far, we are happy to be here, we learnt a lot. I hope we can be closer to the fastest guys tommorow."
"It´s been a good day but we´ve been so much on the limiter. The guys are doing a great job. "
"The stage was maybe a little bit too fast. We are really happy with the day. Tomorrow is a long day as well, everything can happen."
"Before the last section it was a good stage but then, I hit a rock on the line, what else could I do.
It´s another loss, such small differences will probably make difference in time."
"We had a little problem, it was one temperature alarm. We are here, we finished the second loop. I hope we can manage it to the service park."
"There was a rock on the track so we might have broken something on the wheel."
"It was a good stage, good day for us, after the first stage I increased my confidence. After service, I found it much more enjoyable to drive. We worked hard and tomorrow we will try to do our best."
"There was a part of tree debris very close to the corner. Maybe spectators have done it and they were simply watching. I had no chance to see it. I didn´t have an opportunity to go straight."
"No problem, the speed I drive here is not the speed I normally drive. We are happy, we enjoyed a lot, this afternoon we pushed more but time didn´t come. Maybe we chose wrong compound, tyres could be a little bit harder."
SS5
"It was crazy. I push much harder. Very very good. Hard curves cutting."
"It was much much better. We are pushing much more. We are on the limiter all the time. We set good pace, car is working good."
"We have good fun. I start to appreciate the stages, I love it."
"It´s better time now. It´s okay but it was really hard."
"The stage was good, I am enjoying it. I am happy."
"I really enjoy, I don´t push. It´s amazing."
"Time is better and better, we are driving clean now. "
"It was okay but we are 1 minute after Nikolay. I don´t think it´s bad but it´s hard to come back, he is fast."
"Very difficult. At some places we didn´t have good time. I like it. No hard spins. "
"It´s not ideal at the moment but we are trying our best."
"It was okay, we are going a little bit safe now, not to have so many moments like in the morning. "
"This stage was better than the first one. I made a mistake and lost maybe 3 seconds."
"We are so much on the speed limiter. We try to push, it´s okay now. We need another gear in this car."
"Really nice stage, we really enjoyed it. No mistakes. There were not so deep rocks as in the previous one."
"It was very hard, we cannot do better. We push a lot. I am happy."
"This stage was crazy. It was sliding all the time. We enjoyed it a lot."
"This stage was better. I´m slowly starting to feel more comfortable. Time is not bad, it´s getting better and better."
"We are off the pace a little bit because of lacking the grip. Now we can continue to the last stage today."
"It was good, it´s much better than the previous one, much cleaner. We are looking forward."
"We are pushing more, we are more confident but 3 seconds slower. I thought we´d be faster but we are not."
SS4
"Confidence is coming back, we are happy with our improvement. We´d like to continue like this but it´s not very easy."
"Really bumpy, in the forest sections it was really hard."
"We lost a lot of time at some places but good."
"The car was moving a lot, I didn´t expect it. In the forest it was really difficult."
"It was really good, time is good. It is gonna be faster and faster."
"Everything was okay, the road was more rough than I expected."
"It was a great fun, the car is better now after service. We tried to have more grip in the rear. "
"We were struggling a lot in the narrow sections and lost a lot of time because of sliding."
"I am getting back my confidence and feeling better and better. I was concentrating on my own driving."
"It was better now, just a bit difficult on rocks. Some places were really fun."
"It´s okay, I had no moments so far, maybe I am not pushing enough hard."
"It was a really nice stage, we changed setup a bit. I had a big moment, to be honest. I am really enjoying. Nikolay is a local expert, I´m surprised how close I get to him."
"I was sliding maybe too much on many places. I have to improve it in the next ones. "
"It was a clean run. We managed to have good time, it was good. "
"Sometimes we went a little bit wide. Everything is the same, setup and also tyres."
"Some sections were quite destroyed. I tried to be cautious, in the fast sections I think I had good speed but I´m not sure about my time."
"It was more okay, maybe the same like this morning. I push a little bit more, it was a good stage for us but time is not really good."
"That one was alright, the road was clean. Good. In the narrow sections, there were some rocks going from the bottom."
"It´s really good fun now, it was a good stage for us. We have more grip, when I brake, it´s more enjoyable with these tyres. Good choice."
"A little bit better. I saw a helicopter, it was great."
"Stage was good, we push much more. Maybe we made a wrong choice of tyres because we were 3 seconds slower. We are learning. We feel more comfortable than in the morning."
SS3
"Very very good feeling, we are still trying to learn and improve our time."
"Very difficult run for me. I was scared of the crash, I didn´t want to make any stupid mistake so I couldn´t concentrate on driving."
"We took a hole on the high speed which caused the damage. We have good pacenotes, car is good, our team is working well, we take it really easy."
"I think this stage was better, I still need a bit more confidence with the car but my feeling is good."
"I don´t really have any problems with the gearbox. It´s not a battle with Emma Falcón, we are rather playing a game with each other."
"Very much fun in the car, it was really good."
"It was quite okay. Drivers in the front are really fast but we are improving. We had a lot of big moments, a lot of sliding but it´s good experience. We are driving safely, I think one spare is enough for us."
"We have a lot of fun, working on 100%. It´s so fast, so perfect, a brilliant rally. Everything is still working."
"We lose time. This was such a fast stage, we need to be better."
"We are starting to feel the grip, how much we can push. We keep on improving and improving. It is pretty fast so you should be concentrated and not to lose seconds."
"I like it more on tarmac than on gravel. I am scared of some trees because of our crash in Poland. We are enjoying, we want to make it to the finish, no risks for me."
"We are not pushing too much, at some places we had sh*t moments, made some big mistakes. I´m sure it´s gonna be a long race, we try to make it correctly."
"We are getting better and better, step by step. I made several little mistakes, I braked a little bit too late but we are getting into. Maybe we are a little bit too cautious."
"Really enjoyable. Big slides, good fun for us. We lost very much time. We were too cautious, we could push more."
"Really good fun, we enjoyed the stage. It´s sometimes difficult to get grip, corners are fast but the feeling is better and better. We are looking forward to the next loop."
"It was so good, to be honest. I try to beat other guys but they are so fast, driving on speed limit. The gearbox is not enough, we´d need one more gear."
"The feeling is very good with the car. At the beginning, I was too cautious and lost some time but okay."
"It was okay, the morning was good. I´m not sure I am on the right tyres. I was slow and cautious in the first part but in the second one, no problem in general. I am happy, we´ll see what we can do."
"The stage was good. Time is easy. We stay on the speed limit, terrain is flatter and flatter. No mistake, good stages."
"This stage I feel more comfortable over the crests. It´s super fast. I still build up my confidence."
"In the first stage I was not very confident, the last stage was okay. I made a little mistake and had a half-spin at the end. We are driving on our limits."
"I had a big gap between two last rallys, I lack experience at the steering wheel. I don´t have big confidence."
"I thought it would be more slippery but it was incredibly fast. In recce you don´t realise that you can go much faster with the rally car than in recce. We have to drive very cautious. "
SS2
"We are feeling okay. We learn."
"Bad beginning, I was too cautious. I think I lost too much at the beginning."
"It was incredible, for me it´s the first time here. We are trying to keep on the road."
"It´s okay, I could be faster. I´m struggling with getting used to the new car, maybe I wasn´t changing gears at the right time. I am happy, the stage was very hard. "
"The stage was very difficult, I will do my best. It´s hard for me to get good pace after the crash yesterday."
"Really funny stages, I enjoy it. Everything is good now, I couldn´t only select the second gear."
"I tried to push a bit more in one section, we were fast and and went off."
"I push really nice, it´s fast. "
"It was quite good, we have to be faster on these gravel sections."
"It was very slippery, I did some mistakes."
"I think time is not good. It´s so difficult to get the rhythm. It´s hard, not to miss a junction. We need to learn in a couple of stages and the push."
"The stage was very good, I started to enjoy it. I am getting back in the stage rhythm. I think Tempestini had some engine issues because he was on the side of the road."
"We had a spin and stopped in the stage. I think the car before us hit a crest, he stopped in the middle. I think we made a mistake in our pacenotes."
"We spun in the middle and I hit a bank but we pushed it back from sideways."
"We made a mistake, we are not getting into good pace. It´s quite tricky. I am not happy at the moment but should be better."
"Time isn´t good. I have to improve my performance. We know we could do better."
"It´s so good fun but it´s so fast. We have bad confidence. I hope we will manage it to the end of the weekend, we can be better."
"It was not a really big moment, just bad road."
"It was quite a good stage for us. No problems. Time should be good. We are trying to be cautios, I was breaking in some sections because it was slippery there."
"It was a good stage. I get confidence with the car. The stage was maybe too fast for us, we were on our speed limit."
"It´s been a really fast loop, I am slowly losing my confidence. This narrow line we are getting through will be cleaner I think. We are learning."
"We are better than in the first stage. It was very slippery, car is working well. I am trying to get into the good rhythm."
"It was incredibly fast, with some really slippery corners. We had a lot of fun."
"It´s okay. I enjoy these roads but there is loose gravel."
SS1
"We had a bad start, the gearbox jumped at the start line so we couldn´t move. There were narrow sections in the stage, we were maybe too cautious."
"So so, we need more practise with this car on the gravel."
"I don´t have much trust in the pacenotes. I think we can do much better."
"It was quite fast, a lot of sliding. It was really enjoyable."
"I have issues with my driving style, we need better time. I think we can improve."
"We needed to put the heater in the stage because we could not see anything. It was very slippery in the stage. We were losing power because we were spinning all the time."
"I think it was a quite good start this morning. It was slippery in the fast sections. I guess time is the same for all guys. Good stage."
"We will be fighting, it was a good warm-up. We aren´t risking, trying to get good feeling. Everything was good."
"It was okay, really fast. We need to change the setup, car stopped once in the stage. "
"The stage was good, we´re not pushing too hard. It will be fast and with braking. In the first stage I was a little bit cautious, we´ll see in next sections."
"We are very steady, no risks. We need to get into it in the first 2 sections and then, we will push."
"It was rubbish, I´m surprised time was that good. We wear wrong tyres today. I just drive, trying to stay clean, enjoy it and push as much as I can."
"I did a mistake, we missed a junction and had stalled engine so we had tought time. We will see, I will try not to make mistakes."
"I enjoyed the stage, it was a good run. I don´t have confidence, it takes some time, 3 months without any rally."
"We have good feeling with the car, good grip because we made some changes yesterday."
"It was a good stage, no problem. It was a clean run, quite slippery so I was driving cautions. Yesterday it was very slippery. I´m sure I could be faster."
"Okay, good stage for us. I was very clean, which was maybe a good solution, I stay on the line. Time was good."
"I try to feel comfortable with the car, to get better myself. We know the roads a little bit. I try not to brake much in fast sections, the stages are so fast."
"We are really fighting on, I cannot complain. There were some gravel sections, we have to find good pace. 1st stage was probably not so good but we will try to improve."
"Everything good, it was slippery but quite well. "
"It´s a rally. It was not bad, not slippery like it will be next one. "