Croatia Rally 2024
18. 4. – 21. 4. 2024, Jablanovec • AK Delta Timing + AK Cro Dakar Team • asphalt 283.28 km • total distance including road sections - 1429.34 km • Other years
Info
SS20
"We knew that our starting position would be difficult. We kept the pressure. I've never had so many moments in rally. Nice to see we still have some speed."
"I'm disappointed with the spin today. Generally good weekend, just today..."
"Great few days, but unfortunately today didn't go well. We had wanted to push hard in the Powerstage, but without the rear wing it's undriveable."
"You can do more, but I'm really missing the confidence,Now we are going to gravel so we can get our confidence back."
"I was expecting a lot better performance, today was not too bad but we're missing really good feeling to push."
"We wanted trouble free weekend."
"We have been pushing quite hard. One small mistake this rally, but it's good to get the experience on asphalt. More points in the bag for the championship."
"Thank you for the team, they never slow me down and keep me pushing. I have this pace all the time, I just need to get like this more usual. Overall, I'm happy!"
"It's not bad. The feeling is strange all the weekend, lots of mistakes with strategy, tyre choice or codriver.
"We made it through and I gave it everything. There was a vibration in the car at the end."
"Good weekend if you forget the punctures."
"We are happy and it's good for the championship."
"The result is a bit disappointing but we did a good job with the car."
SS19
"I can't do more, the car is undriveable without the rear wing and also no hybrid."
"I'm not super happy with my stage, it was so dirty and so difficult to judge."
"We did a mistake again in this stage. I understeered two corners at the start and hit a bank."
"I'm just trying to save my tyres for powerstage."
"I'm pushing like for extra points."
"I adjusted my notes a little bit, it was better."
"We can always enjoy the stage in these cars."
SS18
"Push from us, we enjoyed that stage. We tried to use the experience from last year. Love this one."
"That was extremely difficult! Really just had to get through, like driving through a shopping centre!"
"Driving as slow as I did it was still surprising in places. On brakings, you have mud on one side and other side you don't. Car is doing different things!"
Small off road
"We lost the power."
Changed a wheel
"I think everyone is having moments, at least in the beginning there was so many lines on the road."
"The first km, we go slowly, we go up! Next, we go slowly, we go up. So easy to make a mistake."
"There was a lot of corners, when I got the pace note it was far too late."
"Just a slippery place, hit the rear hard on the left and spun."
"Very easy to make a mistake in there,"
Slid off road into a bank
"It was more than a moment, we were off."
Spin & hit a bank
"We tried a few things that didn't work so well. We'll fix this for the second pass."
Hit anticut and bent steering arm
"It's a crazy stage, it was really difficult in Rally2 but in Rally1 every corner is jumping!"
SS17
Spin
"We have different tyre choices. For the next one I think we have better tyres."
"It was full gravel, if I push a bit I go straight."
"Quite slippery especially at the end of the stage."
"In the last few metres there is a bit of gravel in the cuts so I tried to have a good drive and make it very dirty for the others!"
SS15
"Much better than yesterday."
SS14
"It's pretty tricky in there and I didn't have the best feeling to be honest."
"The first 5km is a bit damp, to the end it's much better for sure."
SS13
Accident
Mechanical
Accident
Mechanical
"Obviously they're on different tyres, I pushed very hard and tried to carry on, I knew we were losing time."
"It's a four stage loop. A bit of rain affecting the middle of the road there."
"It started to really rain, I have hards on the front, I had a moment where I just lost it."
"We have a lot of data and we can't make the good tyre choice, it's so disappointing."
SS12
Puncture
Puncture
Puncture
"We had a decent stage, the onboard must be really cool. We kept good tyres and probably had better tyre management than others."
"Really slippy. Wasn't happy with my run, killing the speed a little bit. No mistakes."
"I had another tyre that was losing tread as usual, didn't want to take the risk for a puncture. Didn't cost us much, we're here."
"Went straight on in a junction and lost some time."
"The tyre wear is really on the limit, I guess nobody got it right so we're managing it through."
"We had an engine issue in this one, we had a lot of misfires."
"This one is so slippy, I don't know if it's pollution or dust."
SS11
Mechanical
Accident
"We struggled with suspension. Very close call also."
"I'm trying to manage my tyres because our prediction was wrong."
"Some issue before the stage so I was not fully focused."
"There is so many crests and you have to position the car perfectly. This stage is about experience."
"It's good to be on the front, much cleaner than yesterday."
SS10
Accident
"The first one was really good. Hard tyre would have been a better choice here. I didn't feel like i'm rallying, it's just cruising."
"We picked up a slow puncture in the first stage, we pumped it as high as we could but at the end it was still empty."
"The plan is to keep the pressure. For the moment, I gained a lot of time in this one. Let's see! My tyre choice is not perfect and i'm fighting the car, it's not easy."
"Not much in there in the stage before. It's very tight. Obviously we expected more humid to damp conditions. I pushed quite hard and with the dirty road we had a good run."
"Everybody is close, it's quite surprising in such long stage."
"At the moment it's still enjoyable to drive, very hard to predict when the rain is coming."
"We went wide in a place and we hit the edge. The touch was a lot softer than expected. I was struggling with the braking."
SS9
Accident
"Fighting with the traction., Less rain than expected."
"Little bit steady in a few sections."
"Maybe not pushing enough. I have some tyre choice, let's see at the end."
"It's more dirty than I expected. Quite bympy as well."
"I feel really good. But today it will be difficult."
"I have a better feeling today, just so many pacenotes and sometimes I don't remeber."
"I didn't benefit enough from starting position."
SS8
Mechanical
Retired - over time limit
Puncture
"I can't get the proper speed and the commitment."
"Tomorrow it will be another rally, much slower and slippier."
"I don't know why I was so slow on the other stages. "
"Last three stages we've been consistent, difficult to push, but we've been consistent."
"Difficult stage, not a good feeling at the end of it."
"I did what I could, not a great day for us."
SS7
Technical issues
"There are still some thing we are not able to fix now."
"I'm not so happy myself."
"Enjoyable, consistent conditions."
"I'm disappointed by puncture on previous stage, but it is something you couldn't avoid. I know I can go faster, but I don't trust."
SS6
Accident
Off road
Hit an armco
"Still not happy, we'd like to be faster but we're working on it."
"I think I'm pushing since the beginning of the rally, there's not much more we can do."
"First time this week we are a bit more competitive."
Puncture
SS5
"I'm really fighting with the car when it should just be smooth."
"First cars had a dry road, we have wet, no chance."
"It snowed so much and I had some issue with the rear tyre."
"Sometimes there is grip, sometimes not, not easy."
"It's really dangerous, a lot of surprises without gravel crews."
SS4
Accident
"It's been a good run. We can be happy with our loop. We lost some ground, but hopefully better in the afternoon. Soft was definitely the wrong choice, i'm happy with my mixed choice."
"Drying up quite a lot. Changed a lot since the gravel crews. Still not easy stage, but a lot less happening and easier to drive. No issues on the car and just gotta be smart this afternoon."
"I don't know.. no commitment today. Struggling more than Monte. Hard to make it work. Tyre choice was okay."
"I've done a really really good stage. With the tyres I have, I couldn't do more. Needed hards for this one. Can be happy with our pace. We tried to keep our tyre, driving clean and soft."
"Suited our tyre choice a bit more. Not a clean run downhill, but all okay."
"It's probably the cleanest stage. I can't attack. I have to be so smooth and clean. No way for me to push, otherwise it doesn't work. I would like to go faster!"
SS3
Accident
Accident
Accident
Accident
SS2
Technical issues
Off road
"We went wide in one corner, really so slippy."
"Going step by step. Nice, but tricky stage."
"Enjoying so much! That was so so nice. For sure it's getting dirty, but expected less dust. Happy with my drive and the car."
"Quite different conditions and character. Difficult stage, difficult to carry the momentum. I like the character of the short ones."
"Generally struggling with the front end. Grip is good, but not so nice. Let's see, few tricky corners in there. Good info from the gravel crew."
SS1
Puncture, changed a wheel
Puncture
Puncture
Rolled
"Mega slippery. Definitely very difficult rally if you're not used to tarmac. We're here to learn. Hards on the front and softs in the rear."
"Quite tricky. Everyone is saying the same I think. Really low grip. Long loop, let's see how our tyre strategy is at the end."
"I was not surprised because it was a strategy. But surprised also because it was so slow, super slippery. Too much dirt. I have softs, but I took hards just in case. They should work on the last stage."
"Difficult. Lots of things happening in the stage, avoiding problems."
"After three corners I knew it would be a disaster. Impossible to get the hard tyres started, no grip at all. Now we will switch for the next one."
"I thought I had a puncture, we had bad vibrations in the rim. We'll have a look. It's tricky for sure!"
"I think it's not easy. Strange feeling. The tyres went high temperatures already in the beginning."
"My god, the road position is crazy in this one. Not a good tyre option. Amazing how much dirt there is on the road. Just trying to keep it on the road."
"I made a big mistake, I had to reverse on a junction. A lot of mud everywhere. Really hard to drive, you feel you're going slow and then you have a moment because of the mud.."
Slow puncture
"Not much we can do. Too dirty road. Not a bad time I think, I do what I can."
"Quite bad actually. Information is not so trustful. I had to see the road myself, every corner losing time."
Overshot a junction
"It's so much mud already. Car is behaving really nervous as well, difficult to take much confidence."
"Struggling a bit with the tyres. No feeling in the stage. That's a really interesting, demanding stage. Not happy with my time for sure. Overheating the tyres and they started to move a lot."
"More slippery than expected. Struggling a little bit."
"I tried. I had hell of an understeer so I was struggling, grip was much lower than expected. Felt like the tyre was overheating after 3km's. Felt not so great, but the time is great."