45. Rally Islas Canarias 2021
ERC #8 • ERC2 #8 • ERC3 #8 • ERC Junior #6 • ERC Ladies #8 • ERC3 Junior #6 • Spain Superchampionship #12 • Abarth Rally Cup #6 • Canary Islands #7 [coef 1.2]
18. 11. – 20. 11. 2021, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • C.D. Todo Sport • asphalt 197.29 km • total distance including road sections - 568.33 km • Other years
Postponed from 6/8 May to 18/20 November
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SS17
"It was extremely tough, it was new for me but I'm really happy in the finish. Thanks to M-Sport for giving us this great car."
"We are very happy, this victory is for the whole team and it's very very special."
"Very difficult year, we did our best but we can do more."
"I think nice weekend, the car is like new."
"Difficult, the car was good and driving also, but we were always one step behind. But we learned a lot and it was a great rally."
"Yesterday we had hard times, today we had again some problems but we managed it and we are happy to be here."
"We are here, thanks for this car, it's very good. We are not happy with yesterday, but it's rallying. Congratulations to Pardo, the champion."
"Really wonderfull to be here and to finish the rally. The car, my codriver, perfect weekend for us step by step, it's great to be here."
"I can't believe this, thanks to my team and partners for the whole season, this is amazing."
"Amazing for us, I pushed at most of the stages, the car was really good."
"It was very hard, but fantastic Canarias, amazing people like every year. I'm happy for my team, this year was very hard."
"Super, it was really wonderfull rally, I enjoyed Canarias so much. It was quite tricky, conditions were good, but it wasn't easy. I tried to push, maybe too hard sometimes, we have to find where we can improve."
"We lost the powersteering in the last stage, I'm happy to get to the end. I have to say thank you to the MRF for the opportunity."
"I'm superhappy and excited about our performance, we could control and enjoy all stages. Thanks to all our supporters over the whole year and to the team for great car. Also and thanks to Eurosport for their work over the years."
"This rally was amazing, now it's time to say thanky you to all ERC crew for their work, also thanks for the possibility to join the MRF and congratulations to the winners."
"We were trying our best, but for this moment it's all we could do. I'm happy to be here on the finish without big problems and on top pace. Efren and Sara did great performance, congratulations to them."
"I tried our best, but I did small mistake. We are happy to be here, thanks to all for the support."
"I'm really happy to be here, all worked perfectly. The problem was puncture, but the pace was really good."
"Incredible weekend, every rally is the last rally, I'm very happy for the team and for all. Congratulations to Copi Sport, I tried, but Enrique Cruz is going to be Canarias champion."
"It was dream weekend, I enjoyed a lot. I was not perfect all the time, we need to study where we can imrpove."
SS16
"It was fun, good, I think front tyres were too hot, they were sliding in the end."
"The stage was good, there was less grip than before, but we finished the stage so it's OK."
"Good for me but big drama for our team. Sorry for Joan. We only want to get to the finish line."
"Good, we are here, just going to the finish. It was quite slippery because the tyres are already worn, but it's OK."
"In the middle of the stage there was some oil on the road."
"Quite good, the car is good. There was an exciting moment because there was some liquid from the car so few corners it was like driving on ice."
"The car is very good, we won some stages so we are happy, we push more and more."
"There was some leaked fluid on the road, probably from the Suzuki."
"Quite good, after yesterday problems we are struggling little bit with the fuel pump, but it's fun. It's quite slippery."
"We had a spin, but OK."
"Good, I'm happy with the stage, the car is good now."
"Good, the grip is bit better. Still struggling with the understeer, but very enjoyable driving."
"We touched something outside and broke the rear wheel, after that we hit a barrier. Strange."
"No problem, amazing stage, but quite difficult to drive. Zero mistakes, just following pacenotes, I'm happy."
"We made our best, we can be proud with this one. All good."
"We were doing our best, we were little bit struggling with understeer. We will see on the final stage, Efren and Sara are in a good push. It will be tough."
"We are really happy with our stage, we were almost flatout in every corner, I'm happy."
"It was funny, the first part was slippery, but I'm happy, our pace is pretty good and time as well."
"I don't know, we had a huge understeer on the car, it was difficult."
"Better than this morning, I think I can maintain my position now."
SS14
"Quite OK, we are having fun. We warmed the tyres more this time so the grip was better."
"Last loop for us in the ERC, we enjoy every stage."
"Jus getting through, enjyoing the stages. We had to manage the tyres, after 7, 8 kilometers they start to move."
"It's OK, I'm focused. We have new tyres."
"It was fine, I'm happy. I did one mistake, but it's OK."
"Now we are working on the setup for the next year, we mainly want to finish the rally."
"Massively enjoying, very happy about the stages."
"In the beginning I lost one corner, without this it would be perfect flatout stage."
"Everything goes on plan, we just follow our pace."
"All good, we tried to push a lot, we have modified the setup."
"I'm trying but not overpushing. Three stages to go, it will demanding. Let's see what's possible for us."
"It was tricky, because were waiting on the start for almost 10 minutes and we have hard compound. But it went OK."
"It's OK, I'm hppy with the stage."
"We did some small changes and the car is bit better. We enjoy."
"We changed nothing in the service because I'm very happy with the car."
SS13
"I heard already before the stage drivers complaining about the grip but it was not that bad for me."
"It's perfect here, but it's much more slipery than we expected, but we control it. So far very well."
"Everything is OK, the feeling is good."
"Really enjoyable, we enjoy the car, we are very happy. Very nice rally, happy to be here."
"The morning was good, but the day is long so we manage the car. I like this one especially, now let's focus on the next loop."
"I started the stage woth cold tyres and I lost some time, but all OK."
"It was OK, it's not easy and difficult because it's very fast, easy to make a mistake."
"Very difficult, because it's very fast."
"It was good, I'm happy. I was clean and I'm happy with the times. I look forward for the second loop with more grip."
"The problem of this tarmac is that it's too smotth, I think everyone has complained about this."
"Exciting stage, it's very fast in places and technical also, it was a good run."
"It was bit better now, I could push more."
"This one is new for most of us, I tried to push in some places, in some I wasn't on the right pace. We will see in the afternoon."
"Not so bad, but it's complicated to get the right pace, it's tricky stage."
"No problem. We're running with security, we are thinking in our championship too and the other crews are strong"
"The rear antirollbar is broken so it was difficult. But we will fix it for the next loop."
"I did a mistake, I braked before finnish line"
"Not so good, I think the setup was not perfect here, it was difficult to keep the car in the line."
"All OK, this stage was not very well bcause it's going next to my house with all the friends and neighbours."
SS12
"I managed my tyres and brakes, the target is to finish in this position, it is a long day."
"Very good, beautiful tarmac. I think my time is not so bad, I try to drive clean."
"It's OK, very nice stage, but I can't push, I need to finish."
"The stage is fantastic, the car is good, I'm happy."
"Difficult, I know the stage so I was expecting to push little bit, but I have to be disciplined, I don't know where the time is."
"We had puncture in interior. We lost between 1-2 min, so we'll try finnish"
"The car is nice, we are getting better it. We need more rhithym"
"We tried to be consistent, slowly in the beginning to save the tyres, and tried to manage the brakes in the end. We need to find the right balance."
"This was very good, we enjoyed, the tyres were moving quite a lot in the end."
"When the tarmac is more aggressive we can push maximum power, but when it's shiny like this, we are losing."
"This one was tough, in the end was steep downhill, it was tough for these tyres. But we are still in the fight."
"It was OK, lot of corners in the end, we maybe cooked the brakes a bit. We try to be fast as always and focused on the rally."
"We had to be careful because we have hard tyres and it wasn't easy. I try to improve my driving."
"The last section is quite slippery and it's hard to manage, difficult to feel the confidence."
"All the stage was very slippery, in the end we lost the brakes little bit. Not very comfortable to drive this stage in this temperature."
SS10
"It was way better, my team changed the differential and the car is much better now, thanks to them."
"It's very difficult to keep learning in these stages, but we try to push hard."
"Not the best one, but quite OK. We stay focused a push."
"We have done much more driving than yesterday. We learn step by step."
"We had electrical issues xesterday so we start from the beginning today. The stage was incredibly slippery, we passed several crashed cars."
"It's OK, we have a good feeling with the car."
"It's OK, we had a good stage. Today we want to finish the rally, I know today's stages from 2019."
"Good start for us, I think my time is not so bad."
"OK, we started slowly, today is a long day for us. It was bit slippery in the stage, but the car is OK."
"Very good, it was very fast, not very long, but the weather is fantastic."
"We are enjoying, big fun, unfortunately we are too slow."
"The time is good, I'm happy. The setup is good, I'm confident, but it was more slippery than I expected."
"Clean run, we can improve, we need to keep working. Today we have long loops, we need to stay focused."
Puncture
"First part was predictibly slippery, the second was grippy. Good one for wake up."
"At the beginning we expected more grip because the road was clean, but I had to adapt my driving. Then it was OK. I don't feel any pressure, we just enjoy and drive on maximum."
"Very nice stage, I'm happy with the car, I'm enjoying the driving."
"I'm sorry for Bonato, but it's part of the game. We are going fast and it's easy to make a mistake."
"I didn't touch anything, I don't know why. We lost 15 seconds."
"The grip was quite good, it was cold only in the beginning."
"The grip is very bad because it's cold, so it was slippery. We couldn't warm the tyres before the start so it was dangerous."
SS9
"I made a mistake on the last corner and lost two or three seconds."
"It's technical, some junctions are quite surprising, but it was fun anyway."
"This stage is very good, it's short but with many people. For me a good loop."
"Really nice stage with lots of spectators, But too short, maybe next time it's longer."
"We finished very long day, I'm pretty tired."
"I'm not very happy with today, I think we can do more and hope tomorrow will be better. This stage is great for spectators."
"Really incredible day, I'm looking forward for tomorrow."
"Not bad, I'm really happy with my improvement."
"Fantastic day, I didn't care about this one, but it was probably the most enjoyable day in my rallying career."
"I expected much more grip, this tarmac was slippery and I was wide in few places. But we are enjoying."
"We had a really positive stage. This stage was short but narrow and tricky. But OK, we are quite satisfied. Tomorrow we will push for the podium."
"Really bad stage, I made a spin and had to reverse."
"Mikko is pushing, we did some mistakes in the second loop. I hope tomorrow will be different."
"We are fighting all the day with Efren, even here it is possible to gain some seconds. I tried to be smooth and clean and I'm happy."
SS8
"Quite OK, we managed the tyres as much as we could. Very good day for us."
"Very difficult day with lot of problems, the choice of tyres for this loop was not the best one."
"It was lot better than before, clean run, no mistakes, it was OK. Difficult day but we tried to do our best."
"Really enjoyable, I think this one was my favourite from the loop."
"We had a puncture in the opening part and we changed it."
"I think our tyres are on fire, but OK, the car is fine all day."
"Very good, I love Canarias."
"Perfect, great stage. The car and feeling is great, today was very good for us."
"It's OK, we go slowly but we have big advantage from the second and I'm happy, the car is OK and ready for tomorrow."
"Nice, really enjoyable. In the morning we had to adjust the pacenotes but in the afternoon we improved our pace."
"We didn't have right tyres, we were losing time."
"Very fast stage, but I'm happy, we had a good speed. Everything is OK."
"It was very slippery for us with these tyres, I'm happy to be here."
"Really enjoyable, wonderfull stage, I'm so happy. One more stage to finish today, we are improving and we are happy. Everything is OK."
"Very good, but honestly it was completely dry."
"This one is very difficult, but I felt better in the car now. All OK for tomorrow."
"We put two soft on front and it wasn't the best choice. It cost us some time. But today really really good fun."
"This loop was not bad, the times are good, I'm happy for the day."
"My favourite stage, I'm just happy, enjoying it a lot. Thanks to everyone who makes this possible for me."
"The car was working better now, we enjoyed it a lot, running flatout. "
"I had one slide in one corner, I was lucky not to hit anything, I maybe missed the braking point. I really pushed today, I liked the feeling of the car."
"I think the tyre choice was not so good in this afternoon, this compound did not work."
"Not so bad, we tried our best. We are happy with our pace and pacenotes. We have two spares and we did safe tyre choice."
"It was good for us bbut probably quite tough for our tyres. We are here and we are happy, we are driving consistent."
"This one was completely wet, we had wet tyres in the back and not on the car so not perfect. But it's really nice rally. We are not on the fight for the victory but we try our best."
SS7
"I like this one but we had some mistakes in the pacenotes. The grip is very good."
"The stage was very good."
"All good, for the moment it's perfect, the feeling is great."
"It's OK, amazing stage, I wanted to push but we drove carefully."
"I think it's quite OK."
"We lost a lot of time in the stage, I don't feel good with the setup."
"I'm very happy, the car is working well."
"Everything is working well."
"I don't have the feeling with the car, I don't drive good."
"We didn't know what the wather would be like and we took two sevens in the boot. In the previous stage we got a puncture so we had to put one of them on the car and it was strange."
"Not perfect stage, we are on medium stage, not bad, but not perfect. Overall I'm happy."
"Difficult stage, in the middle of the stage I went out of the pace going against the sunshine."
"I was too aggressive in the beginning, in the second part I lost a lot of time."
"We are enjoying a lot, the grip is great. Now we have to focus on the next one, here is more corners."
"It was quite difficult, it was hard manage the grip."
"We changed tyres, Miko is pushing very hard. We run with two spares because of possible rain but we are not losing too much."
"It was safe for us, the road is dry and very abrasive."
"Not so bad, I think the tyres are on fire, the grip is incredible here."
SS5
"There was a damp section, to be honest the tyres were warm so it went OK."
"Good, the car is now working."
"What a push, I tried everything I had."
"I think it was good, it was little slippery in the middle."
"In the middle it's damp, very difficult, very slippery. We will see in next stages."
"Forst two kilometers were damp, the rest was dry so it was tricky with the tyre choice. I hoped it to be dry."
"Second pass of this stage is damp in the beginning, we did it on slicks, but OK."
SS4
"Everything is OK, only we have lot of understeering, we will try to adjust the setup."
"We are trying to drive as fast as possible, the car is working well."
"Very difficult morning, we lost the power on the previous stage and now we lost the intercom. Not a good morning for us."
"We got the puncture 2 kilometers before the end, we had a moment but we are here. We try to improve the notes and go step by step."
"I think this stage was quite good. I was trying the whole morning to push, but the grip is changing so it's not easy."
"It's good, I think my time is not so bad. Driving on this tarmac is good."
"Very nice."
"I think this was my favourite one. But we need to adjust the pacenotes."
"The stage went very well."
"Very good feeling, the car is very good. In the second stage we had problem with engine but we fixed and it's OK now."
"First four stages were very nice, the car is fantastic."
"No problems, all went really well."
"I think good, but in the end we lost the brakes."
"We are struggling with the pacenotes."
"Everything is OK, I'm happy."
"What a stage, we really enjoy it, the car is great. We feel happy."
"All good, good fun."
"It's incredible, very difficult stage."
"The stages are incredible, it's privilege to drive here. Not so happy with the balance of the car, but we tried something in this stage and it's maybe the right direction."
"Sometimes we didn't have anough grip and we were sliding too much."
"It's perfect Canarias, we enjoy it, amazing four stages, we enjoy every meter. No problem with brakes, we know how to manage."
"Good, but we had problem with brakes in the end."
"I went wide in one corner, but good, we are enjoying. We need to adjust the car for the second loop, there is lot of narrow and tight sections."
"Already yesterday I like this style of rally where you need to be precise on the line. There are places where you need to control the tyres, but I feel the car really good, we are in good fight with Efren."
"Not so bad, but we are still some seconds behind. We need to find where to improve."
"I'm really happy to be here, it was OK for us, stages are mostly new for me so the time is not the best, but the car and setup are perfect."
"I think it was a good loop for us. The pace was not the best but it's not the time for the best pace, we are here for the firs time."
"Good morning for us, we are not fast enough but it's pleasure to drive on these stages."
SS3
"It went good, but the downhill section was terrible for me."
"The stage is good, car is good."
"Now it was good, the engine has no problem now."
"The stage is very nice, we did little attack."
"I think it's OK. we did a lot of pacenotes change but it's OK. It's getting better and better on the tarmac, we enjoy the event."
"Not very good, in the next loop I need to push."
"A had a little problem with turbo pressure. The stage is very beautiful."
"It's OK, we were sliding a lot."
"Really fun, we need to find some confidence with the car and improve, but we enjoy. We didn't drive on tarmac for two years and first time with the R5."
"Pretty nice, I slightly remember the stage from 2016."
"Very difficult, it's my firts time and it's difficult for the setup and tyres."
"Incredible, it's amazing to drive here. Still bit struggling with the understeer, not happy with the balance, but I enjoy it a lot. The road gives a feeling of being wide, but then in corners you have to be clean."
"Not perfect for us, it was sliding a lot."
"Very demanding stage, lot of blind corners. Our brakes are smoking."
"I need to finish the loop and adjust the car."
"In this one it was strange feeling, the tarmac here is more aggressive than in the previous two stages, if you push, the car is moving a lot."
"Not perfect from my side, I did some small mistake and lost the confidence. The grip was changing, it was difficult for me."
"In some parts it's pretty fast and slippery."
"It was demanding, but I enjoyed. Now we are in the rally and the feeling is OK. It's our first time here, it's demanding but I like it."
"Good one, beautiful stage. We were almost perfect on this stage, I tried to push. The grip is great here."
SS1
Accident damage, SuperRally
Stopped, hits a wheel
Stopped, damage after off road
"Very happy with our comeback, we enjoy it."
"All good, but the tyres were little bit too soft."
"It was difficult for the tyres."
"It's amazing to be here. Strugglng little bit with understeer, we have to be more disciplined, but we are having fun."
"Not easy, some places are slippery more than expected, but good start to the rally, I'm happy."
"Very nice stage, pretty good grip, enjoy to drive compared to previous year. It's pleasure."
"All OK."
"Good stage for us. We need to get used to everything. Last year it was raining here so it's different story."
"I'm happy, this is really high tarmac and looking at the time I'm proud of MRF."
"Bit difficult for the tyres, but OK."
"We enjoy it. Not perfect but the grip was good. I did some mistake, it's difficult to be perfect on such type of stages."
"It's just start of the rally, good start but no full push. There are some places where we could be faster. But we enjoy. "
"We have little overheating of brakes, but good."