18. Rally Hokkaido - Asia Cup/JSR 2019
20. 9. – 22. 9. 2019, Obihiro city, Hokkaido • AG Members Sports Club Hokkaido (AG MSC) • gravel 202.36 km • Other years
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SS13
"So far, so good. I will stay alert and do my best"
"Finishing the rally is my objective so I am driving carefully to achieve it."
"I will finish the rest 3 stages to get a good result."
"I got my car hit to roadside obstacles many times. I am feeling old and weaker now. But I will do my best on the rest 3 stages. "
"As JRC cars also ran the same stages, road surface got very rough. This stage had deep ruts and I once got my car flicked off to side by ruts. The rest 3 strages are good roads so I will enjoy driving while staying careful."
「ここまで（路面が）ひどくなっちゃったけど、ここまで来れて良かったです。この先も気を付けて頑張って行 きたいと思います。 」
”I will do my best while being careful. ”
"Everything’s ok. Road is quite rough but better than morning."
SS8
"I had driveshaft issue which caught me at the final stage yesterday, but as it was a super special stage so I was allowed to continue with time penalty. Apart from that, my stage results were good so my feeling was right. I will do my best today, too. "
「昨日は何とか無事に４位のポジションで帰って来れました。３位まではそれほど離れていないので、まぁ今 日はどうなるか、ですね。距離もまだまだありますし。気を抜かずに集中したいと思います。 」
"Everything was good yesterday and car is alright. I still have to be careful"
"I am gaining my speed gradually, but getting exhausted as well. I am not good at tarmac surface so I have to be careful on tarmac sections today, and then the rest will be just fine."
"We wasted over 2 minutes as the previous car got stuck and blocked the road. But that is the rally so we had to accept that. It is a long day today, and we have PAWSE KAMUY stage, which I am not really good at, so I will drive carefully to finish the rally. "
"It was good day yesterday. Everything went well, and we have no issues. I will drive carefully, but mostly I will enjoy the final day of the rally. "
"Everything is good, and we are ok. Just enjoying the rally today. Car is reliable and we have no issues, which is great for the first day. We have comfortable lead, so that we can test a few things today. "
SS7
”I am relieved that I am almost finishing the day. I will try hard to concentrate well and finish the rally tomorrow.”
"The road surface is dry and gives tyres good grip. But there are deep ruts and rocks that can damage you’re the car here and there, so I was extremely careful. There are many rally cars went off the course and stopped along the stage, so I tried hard not to end up with that way, and that job was tough enough. "
"On thay throught the stages we saw many rally cars went off the course and stopped. So it was thrilling. But I could survive, and can finish a day after one more stage in Obihiro."
"I am exhausted. But we have not experienced any problems so I will gradually push harder and harder. "
"KUNNEYWA and YAM WAKKA, those two stages were quite rough, especially on the second runs. But I somehow I could survive. In order to enjoy driving tomorrow I will push myself in driving SATSUNAI RIVER"
"Somehow I could manage to come up tp here without troubles, but they are scary stages. "
"I pushed hard but we were affected by the previous car (Car#3) stopped in the middle of the strage.Ithink I lost 30 seconds or so. But that is inevitable, as that is rally. I am happy that I could come up to here"
”First of all, I am so glad that we could come up to here, as I often ended up with retiring in recent years of Rally Hokkaido. I feel so happy when I think that I can finish the day with just one more super special stage."
"It is good. We are really enjoying our time and great testing for the car. We are happy that we used international Dunlop tyres and I really liked it."
SS5
”No major problems so far, so I will keep this pace. ”
"It is good that we have had no troubles with the car, so I will push hard in the afternoon, too. "
”I am enjoying, but a bit scared. Probably I am not entirely confident with my driving. But this is fun.”
"The rally is going as my usual Rally Hokkaido situation. I could finish the first loop so I will enjoy the rally in the afternoon, too. "
"So far we are going good. I still feel sleepy a bit, but I am gradually remembering my driving in the old days, so I will push harder after the service. "
"I could finish the first loop and come back, even though there were several moments I had cold sweats. I will try hard in the afternoon, too. "
"As usual, I am doing moderately good. I will keep trying. "
"I just crashed.I think we can fix it but I do not know what is the problem now. Maybe puncture. "
"So far, so good. I am enjoying the rally, feeling calm"
"It’s going good. I’m just enjoying driving the car."
SS2
"The road surface was so good. But I was driving carefully, and will push harder"
"Feelng so good in driving. I made many mistakes so I will adjust myself on the second run. "
"I am not fully warmed up yet, so I felt the car went so fast. But probably the stage result is not that good, I suppose. "
"This is first stage today, and the result was just so-so. I will be careful as there is long way to go today"
"I felt the road is very slippery. After a year’s break the driver needs more warm-up. I will drive carefully."
"My stage result was not good, but I am enjoying. "
"I drove sideways too much a few times. "
"Everything ok. Car is quite good. I just wanted to get a feeling "
”I feel so good.”
”It’ s all good. ”
SS1
"I cannot see anything. "
"I cannot see through the dust so I could not tell when the corner would appear, so it was thrilling. I could finish the rally anyway, and I will do my best again tomorrow. "
"I can’t see at all because of dust. This is my first time to run this stage so it was difficult. "
"I could not see well because of dust. I thought it would not be that bad this year, so I was not careful enough. "
"Because I did not run shakedown I did not know how the road surface looks like, but I could drive ok from my experience last year. "
”I made a mistake. I accidentally selected 1st gear when trying to change to 1st . ”
"Too thick dust and I could not see. So I drove safe. This is the first stage and we have long way to go."
"It was so-so. I know I should push harder but it is risky, so I drove safe. I will be careful not to damage the car. "
"Everything’s good but lots of dust, so we wasted a lot of time, maybe 10 seconds or so. I drove safe, because it is a first stage "
”(Because of the dust) I cannot see anything at all. I will do my best tomorrow.”
"It’s very dusty, hard to see, so we took it very very easy. "