5. V-Híd Rally Hungary 2024
ERC #1 • ERC3 #1 • ERC Junior #1 • ERC4 #1 • Hungary #1 [coef 1.5] • Fiesta Rally3 Trophy #1 • Pirelli International Gravel Cup #1 [coef 2] • Hungary Challenge #1 [coef 1.5] • Hungary 2WD #1 [coef 1.5]
12. 4. – 14. 4. 2024, Veszprém • Localfixer Kft. + Laroco MSC • gravel 192.43 km • total distance including road sections - 834.96 km • Other years • Other years
30. Veszprém Rally
Info
SS13
"Half the stage we drove on it, nothing happened, just in the middle of the road. We didn't touch anything. We still got some points so there's a silver lining!"
"I worked really, really hard. Thank you to my team."
"It was feeling good, no tyre on the last lap, two mistakes on the corner and no grip, so we finished good. Thanks for the team, my family and my engineer and my co-driver. My car is perfect, big thanks to the Hungarian fans. It was amazing."
Puncture, front left
"I never pushed like this! What a crazy ride, it was about 2km before the finish the tyre was completely out, so we pushed and it went good. The Michelin tyres worked the entire weekend so I have to say thanks to them, and my team, my family, my girlfriend. It was an incredible weekend, lots of pushing with the car."
"Now was a proper heat I would say, before it was nothing big. 3-4km before the finish, we touched a stone inside the corner. We are here, but it was not our day. I hope that we managed to get some points fopr the championship but there were bigger possibilities for our weekend to fight for 2-3 places up. I appreciate we're at the finish though."
Puncture, front right
"Not too bad! Pretty good rally, to get top 10 is nice, I tried in there but we're a little bit low on how fresh our tyres are now. We learned a big nugget of knowledge, we'll take it now onto Asphalt and see how that goes, big thanks to M-Sport and our team, Motorsport Ireland Academy."
"I feel great, it was a very tough race. Big rocks to avoid every single corner! We kept it all in one piece, we have to thank MRF for the car. There is a lot of work behind the scenes, thank you to all the team helping us, MRF and our sponsors, thank you. If I can say hello and big hug to Sergio Il Baldo, thank you. It's been a great day."
"I'm never happy with my performance, even on Asphalt. But I am glad, thanks to the team for their good job and many thanks to Michelin for these reliable tyres. I hope there are more Gravel rallies this year because this was just fantastic. I will learn it and come back."
Puncture, front right
"I don't know what happened, for sure I risked quite a lot through the stones, there was no huge moment but it was probably a couple of small impacts. As far as I know I didn't hit anything."
"It is really satisfying, we were really looking forward to finishing the rally. It's the first rally of the season for us, we were so focussed on getting the finish. We have achieved all our goals and we're really happy."
"I'm pretty happy, I hope this speed was enough to keep the 2nd place in the Hungarian championship. To be honest, our rally was done yesterday, because of the road position, the tyres and everything else, but we tried till the end. Thank you so much to the team and everyone else."
"It's very special, especially on such a rough event. Played quite smart and used our brain, so great feeling. It's a good entry into the Championship, hopefully we can keep the momentum going, see where we end up."
SS12
"I don't know what to say, the next one is not the right stage to push hard. I hope the rally will finish how we want. This one is quite clean."
"(Sesks) They signed that they are okay. We made a stupid mistake at the first hairpin, it took time to find the direction."
Halfspin and clipped a log/rock, pulled over. Damaged rear suspension.
Spin
"We don't have a lot of rubber left. We have two worn tyres now and trying to save two for the next stage. Surviving the afternoon."
"After the puncture we have some issues with the geometry of the car, it's really tough in some right corners. We will try on the Power Stage."
"Next stage we will be safe for the tyres and car. Franceschi is abolutely crazy. We will focus and finish the rally."
"The stage was difficult, really technical. A bit slippery. The time is good? Let's hope Csomos stays behind us."
"It's 50/50. This one is not my favourite, I don't like it so much. Not taking any risks and just being patient, focusing where the grip is. We are here and one more stage to go."
"It was an okay stage. Very slippery, didn't expect this slippery conditions. Almost hit a rock in a corner and we went into the ditch to avoid it."
"Top ten would be quite good. We're doing pretty well with our road position. Really tricky, I thought it would be better. Not much life left in our tyres."
"To be honest the dust was worse than the first pass. Generally we went carefully through this stage because it is a little bit difficult for me, compared to other runs. I really struggle with the grip with this one. Hopefully we have a good time for the Power Stage."
"My driving is getting better. Unfortunately it will be the last stage. Just surviving."
"We had two spins and stalled the car 3 or 4 times. I lost the fight with the other guys. I'm sorry for my co-driver as he made a good job. This was my mistake."
"Just very slippy to be honest. Not much more grip than this morning. Just getting to the finish."
Halfspin into a ditch
SS11
Puncture, left rear
SS10
"It seems to always be like this, luck is not with us. I cannot tell you what happened, we suddenly lost the wheel. First the rim broke, then we lost all of it so. Nothing special that we hit though, on this kind of road you hit lots of things but I can't think what we hit that made us lose the wheel. At the moment it's difficult to be positive. Today we didn't have the pop off problem we had yesterday, it was going quite well cause of that. Okay, on this stage we were losing 5sec to Sesks but I was driving carefully. It wasn't a surprise to be fast here, I am fast and always pushing. When everything works I can be on top, but there we are."
Lost wheel
"It's going well, for sure this stage will be really difficult on the 2nd pass. Even now I didn't expect this stage to be so rough. I hope we will get to the finish with all the tyres inflated and all the wheels on the car. Let's see the next three stages."
"We don't have the right tyres for the afternoon, we're focused more on the overall result. We took a couple of big hits on this stage actually, I think we bent the steering there. We'll get to service and sort it."
"We caught a bit too much on the left and hit a stone, got a puncture and bent the steering arm. We drove on it and then the steering arm broke. We changed it in the stage. We'll fix it in service."
"It's amazing, so flat out in the stage. I made a mistake, maybe a puncture or no puncture, and a big slide. We lost a few seconds."
"For sure we're trying to push, but it's a demanding stage. Looking after the car and tyres is difficult. This afternoon will be hard. We'll see."
"My new codriver is doing a fantastic job, it's a very demanding rally for our first rally together. He is coping with it fantastically and we're enjoying it. Even making changes throughout the stage, we're happy."
"It was very, very rough. It was very difficult, I've never seen so many rocks. I don't know how it will be as the Power Stage."
"It's an amazing stage, a lot of bumps and jumps. You can feel in every corner that you are losing time by cleaning the track. It will get better for other crews. If the 8th car is having it hard I can't imagine how it is for the first car."
"We are safely through, will be an exhausting afternoon I guess. Stages are demanding."
"We had lots of fun for sure, this was my best stage of the rally so far. I tried hard and did the whole stage without mistakes, but we also stopped in a few corners because the grip is incredibly low for us."
Impeded by Allen
"Very slippery, like ice on the braking point. I missed some junctions, in the fast section it was good and there were some very big jumps."
Broken steering, pulled out in front of Wagner
Big hit to the front on a jump
SS8
"The feeling is like I'm losing a couple of seconds in every corner because there is a lot of loose gravel on the road, I feel like I'm spinning the wheel all the time. We're trying our best and we'll do our best on the next stages as well."
"It is a rough stage, we have to clean the road in all the rallies, but we are here. I'm trying to save my tyres and my car so let's go for the next one."
"Really? Nice to hear. It was a nice stage. Quite different to what we are used to, like Safari. I was enjoying. Fun to go with this car if it's rough, you can go flat out and it's bumping all around!"
"I was very cautious. Couldn't find the rhyhtm."
"It's okay. First stage of the morning, not an easy one but we enjoyed."
"We're trying. Careful in the rough section. Overshot a couple of junctions."
"I would say quite early, just 8km in. Nothing special, but quite a lot of rocks."
Puncture, left rear
"It was the first stage. Big rocks, very difficult. Not max speed."
"It's nice. I tried to push, but too much cleaning and sliding. We could be better today without the mistake yesterday."
"We had to go into the wilderness and turn back! Good stage, but stupid mistake. Shame for us. We will learn from it and come back stronger."
"It was a bad stage for us, some mistakes in the pacenotes from the recce. Searching for big stones.."
Overshot a junction
"The car has got more power and everything is faster. The pacenotes were working well as they are on angle not speed."
"The gravel is quite loose now. We tried our best now for the first time. The pacenotes were quite good."
"Not too bad. The stage is cleaning a lot so we will see. Already quite hard out there."
"I overshot on the tarmac, the braking is a lot more slippy than I thought. My third gravel rally, so trying to learn."
SS7
Retired due puncture damage (broken brake pipe)
Retired due accident damage
"It's good, it's nice for us to be in this position. It's our second rally with this car so we are still learning little things, I like the car, the pace notes are good and the stage was not easy but we are her."
"I guess it was just at the end of the stage, I'm glad to be here we had an eventful road section."
"It was quite OK, we've got worn tyres now. It's nice to get through the day, sometimes we showed good pace, so we can be happy with that. Thanks to the team and everyone, they've all done a good job. That's part one complete."
"Overall it was OK, but with the puncture we lost 4min. Maybe our race is over, we'll just go for the stages and see the situation."
"It was quite good, my team did a fantastic job, we had to make a couple of repairs on the road section, so very tough day but we are happy to be here and be back tomorrow. With the power steering we have a problem with the main cable and the alternator, so we were lucky to find what the problem was."
"No problem, but I was trying to save the car. Very slow through the stage to save the tyres and the car. Tomorrow, we push."
"I hope tomorrow we can do something more, today were good stages. We were cautious and speed was there in some places. Tomorrow it's important to use the potential. The pace is there, but I need to use it on all stages."
"I don't know where it was.. okay. I would say 3 kilometers from the end or something."
"No Mixi style this year! So - the stage has no grip, so not good speed. Survival. Very very hard day, happy to finish."
"It was an okay day, we learnt a lot, specially with the car. I feel like i'm improving, the feeling is getting better. Tomorrow will be a longer day."
"We have just some tyres left. In all the right handers we had to be calmer and calmer. We managed it pretty well on five tyres. Not good enough pace for the front couple. We're trying to save weight here!"
"To be honest, we didn't expect this. Hoped to have more speed than last year and finally we have nice speed. Big thank you to my team!"
"I'm really happy for us, we did a good job in this stage. But again - this pop-off is a really stupid thing. At the beginning of an uphill we lost power. But we had a really nice stage."
"It was a good day, just pacenotes were not perfect, but that's my fault."
Puncture
"I have a difficult feeling after today. The car feels good, I'm enjoying every meter, but times are not there."
SS6
Puncture
Rolled
"The car, everything is OK. It wasn't very clean compared to the first one. In 4 or 5 places I was out of the line to not have issue with a puncture. This stage was better than expected."
"You can't predict the rocks from the onboards and especially after a lot of cars pass, you never know how deep the ruts will be. It was a good stage for us, technical one, difficult one, but one of the most beautiful."
"Really happy with the stage, for myself I was pushing and it was almost a perfect run, but we are losing so much because of the pop-off valve."
"It was good but a lot of places are completely destroyed, we need to be careful to manage the gap. The time is good and I hope we can be on 6th or 5th tomorrow."
"It was a nice stage, in some sections there is a lot of dust!"
"We had a front left puncture and we had to change it in the stage."
"Crazy stage, but thanks to Michelin for the very reliable tyres."
"I don't think it's easier, there are some big stones on the road. We have to avoid punctures and we got lucky on this run, sometimes the dust on different parts of the stage is coming on our side. Top be honest I'm happy with the rest of the run."
"It was in the brake distance the car didn't want to stop."
Puncture
"We tried to raise the car up to get more clearance so the sumpguard and the rear diff won't get hit by the ruts. Very demanding stage for us and the tyres."
"In recce, it was always 29km's in here! But we didn't go 2ks further, it's all okay. We had a push through here, the tyres were good after the previous one. Good stage, don't think I can do much more."
"I'm not stressed! It was okay, quite steady through. Some rocks on the road and you have to be careful."
"The stage is incredible. The two mistakes - also halfspin, we lost 5 seconds minimum. Okay, we enjoyed the stage."
"We did last 8 km in the dust after car in front of us, I think he had a puncture. We lost a lot of time. We have to reset the tripmeter because the distances change."
Overshot a junction
Changed a puncture
"I overshot a junction and had to reverse, rest of stage was OK."
Off road
SS5
"It was OK, nice stage, we expected less ruts on this one. For us it was a good drive and everything is going well."
"Probably, the case is we were just too slow. We're going for the crucial stage. No problems with the car."
"Maybe in some places it's quite similar to Baltics, but I think it's rougher than we have. We keep learning in the car."
"We had a pop off valve opening so we lost because of that."
"Sometimes I speak completely crazy but it's difficult to push more, let's see."
"Not planning on chasing Sesks and Heikkilä. Big time management game now, lots more tyre wear than expected. Saw the lines and knew we had to protect the tyres, don't want to damage them. Lets see how it all plays out."
"As we expected, there started to be too many ruts and lots of stone came out. Our pace was not so bad, the long one will bne tougher than before. We have to keep in mind that it's a strategy this rally."
"Really enjoyed the whole stage, very crazy! Big speed, incredible. Thank you."
"This time I tried to be braver, but to be honest I have no experience on fast stages. I don't know why the time is always OK, but the fast guys are coming behind."
"It's just building up on confidence this morning! Is my nose bleeding?"
"It was quite OK, much better than before, so much grip, we will see how the others get on."
"The first part is much cleaner, the short road is not easy because it's very high rough in the road. I think we have a puncture."
"A log of ruts, stones. Anyway I'm happy, we are going stage by stage."
"We are still trying to play with setup and tyre pressure, now I feel better!"
"In the first loop we had a problem with powersteering, I hope it is fixed now."
SS4
Intercom failure
"It was a good morning loop for us, we had some pace on [SS3]. This one it was possible to get 3.0sec extra but we need to look for this the whole rally. It was a good loop."
"The grip was much better than expecting, it was quite clean. Could've been faster, but it's a good battle with Sesks."
"The car feels very strange, especially my brake pedal. I need to push, push, push and I feel we can't brake. We can't have the confidence like this, we'll fix it in service and then just flat."
"We are happy about that, it was a short stage with many difficult parts, we'll go now to service to get ready for second loop."
"I think it went very good, we tried to avoid problems and lost a bit of time but we didn't get any tyre damage. As we said, some rocks came out and we'll see how the afternoon goes."
"Being safe to tyre and car, the first loop is good. This stage is very bad!"
"Pretty good! It's going well, this stage is so fast. Had a bit of a heartstopping moment with an optimistic note at the beginning, but we made a small setup change and it fits really nicely. We'll see how this afternoon goes."
"It was quite okay, very slippery. In the first loop struggling a bit, but we keep going and hope to push better in the second loop."
"It's a very bad morning for us. We're cleaning the road, there is no clean line. We're going sideways a bit too much, sometimes I feel after the corner we're a bit too slow. After all this, we got a puncture. We can continue but we need to get to service, I am very disappointed at the minute."
"Not easy, you're going long straight and the car doesn't want to because we have to clean the road for the other guys."
"We have the best tyres, I am happy with them. Not an easy rally but we're enjoying it a lot."
"I think it's definitely going to be easier because the road will be clean. On the other hand, there may be more stones on the road but I'm definitely looking forward to second loop."
Slow puncture
"In the fast sections I can push much more."
"We're still learning the car, there are still some things to adjust and learn."
"We have possibly been compromised by the road position, but there is nothing you can do about that."
"I'm struggling, I don't know it is because of starting position or because everything is new for me."
SS3
Intercom failure
Puncture
"It was a tricky stage, after 15-20km the tyres were very hot and we lost a little bit of the performance. I was trying to get the feeling back in the last 7kms."
"That's good, we are the fastest. You have to trust the pace notes, you don't see anything so you have to trust your info. The second pass will be tough. I hope I have some tyre left, I felt a lot of spinning as there was a lot of loose gravel."
"WOOOO! My coach sent me a text about the last one!"
"The dust was a distraction, the scuba is broken. We didn't have any liquid in the water can either, so we lost a lot of time."
"We enjoyed the stage, it's a crazy stage. It was OK."
"We've got two black round tyres in the boot, we're rotating them a lot. Didn't push as much as what I could've as we don't want to risk the tyres in there, due to allocation and other things."
"This is a very nice stage, I really enjoyed it. It's different from what you expect in Hungary, it's like what you expect in Safari. It is a nice time, it is what you expect from a stage."
"It was quite slippery, I think these tyres are a bit softer than we need. It was a really long stage. After the second loop we will push more."
"The Pirelli staff are just checking the temperature of the tyres here. There are a lot of loose sections in there so it's just cleaning. Tough to get speed in those loose sections but we're happy to get through and we'll see if we can build the speed up."
"What is the biggest challenge? Cleaning the road and it's a really long stage, it felt like the tyres were overheating so that makes me it double slippery.""
"This was an incredible stage, very enjoyable and lots of jumps. It's crazy, very slippery. This is the life, I try to push. The time is also good, I'm happy."
Mechanical
"We rolled two times I think, we were a bit optimistic in one corner. It's part of the game."
Rolled
Puncture
"There are corners you can take some risk. I wanted to avoid a puncture."
Damaged radiator, overheated engine
"A lot of stones, maybe too cautious, but rally is long."
"Stage is nice, previous was harder for me. There is a lot of loose gravel, I felt I'm loosing time in every corner."
"We've got puncture somewhere, it's a hard stage."
Puncture
SS2
"From the first 5km we struggled for the confidence, but it was unnecessary to struggle. It's not a bad start."
"Not so hard, I tried to be clean! Too much clean driving, I was way too careful in a few places. The guys behind will be faster but okay, we're here."
"It felt good, it was so slippery and difficult to keep the line. We will see on the next one, it's a different stage."
"We have 1 spare tyre, but we are out of this stage without any trouble. We have the short stage and the long stage. It's a difficult one but really nice."
"No big moments chuckles. The speed is not quite Mixy style, just being safe with the car and the tyre."
"I wouldn't say it was perfect, quite a few mistakes. My driving coach wouldn't be happy! But it is the first stage, we wake up and learn new things."
"We had a massive moment in 5th gear, we were very lucky. It was in the middle of the stage and I lost the confidence. For sure, we got lucky."
"It was quite slippery, in the middle section we hit a little ditch and I thought it was a puncture but it's not. We need to push more."
"We knew we were gonna lose time on this stage because the road is sweeping a lot. Hopefully the next one is where you get more of an advantage point. You need to play the long game on this rally."
"It's the first one, already big rocks came out so not easy. We are OK, in the first section it was tough to find the grip but then it was OK."
"Not brave enough to be honest, there was a lot of cleaning so there will be faster for sure. I tried to be safe. Let's see, it was a good drive."
"For sure it's cleaning, especially at the start where its a hard surface and fine gravel. We're working with the road position we have, it could've been a lot worse confidence wise. I was being careful with the forest section, there's a little bit of moisture on the ground."
"It's really slippery but overall it's a nice experience, the rally is good. The feeling is good so we'll carry on."
"Not the best one, very slippery now. We don't have lines but this is what we expected. We did a good job."
"Very slippery for us, for the guys behind it will be cleaner."
Mechanical
"Not so good stage, on same places I had not optimistic pacenotes."
"Strange stage, not bad, I'm trying to get used new car and tyres, but not easy on this stage. I hope it will be better on the next one."
SS1
"Obviously we want to push on, quite happy with the road position tomorrow, little bit of cleaning potentially. Just want to stay out of trouble."
"It's amazing to be back. In the first corner I went a bit wide. We could not get the proper feeling but one stage is done."
"I am happy but in this style of stage, always bad! I struggle to find the feeling."
"Not the biggest fan of these kinds of stages, I made two bigger mistakes which cost maybe 1 or 2sec. We know not to make mistakes here."
"I was caring way too much, I was expecting it to be more slippy. The grip was surprisingly good. It doesn't matter."
"Not a proper start, we had a lot of dust in the stage. Tomorrow will be a proper rally day."
"It's amazing, so many Hungarian fans and people. Thanks for the support! The stage is good, waiting for the first stage tomorrow though."
"We missed the first brake after a long straight, we're OK. Nothing happened, just my fault."
"It's not an easy rally but we're just trying to enjoy the first part. At the moment we are having fun, for a few metres it was an OK stage."
"I don't know if it is getting more slippy or not, for us it is OK. It was a twisty one. Yesterday was not easy to make the recce in the dark, but we got good pace notes."
"You have to avoid the punctures here and you can't make mistakes like me. On the first kerb I made a spin but it's okay. It's a really, really long rally but hopefully we'll be OK. We're targeting a good result for our fans, our sponsors and Hankook tyres."
"Finally! The car is working very well, thank you to the team. They made a very good job after qualifying. I'm very happy now, so let's do the race."
"We did a few mistakes and in some places it was extremely slippery. It was also wet where it wasn't wet yesterday, so quite a tough stage."
"Strong boss, a bit stronger than the [Rally3]! Good fun in there but very changeable, constantly changing to different surfaces. It'll be interesting when. it gets darker trying to pick a braking point. It's a long rally, we'll try to get through."
"Yeah, it's really slippy in there. We just need to focus on tomorrow."
"It's like a slalom stage! We didn't try our best, we'd like to do our best tomorrow."
"It was nice, we had a lot of fun!"
"The feeling is good, we are happy to be back after a lot of years. The rally is tough, we'll see how it goes tomorrow and then build up the pace throughout the day."
"I am very happy, the stage is very slippery and deep. The tyre is good, the car is good."
"We had some big moments on the second part before the bridge, we almost missed the corner. We were braking too late, but I hope we can be faster tomorrow."
"This is my first European Rally Championship event, I am really excited to be here. We did have problems in the test but we are here now, so let's see how it goes and enjoy it."
"I did no rallying before this, just one day of testing, but I am happy to be here. I am grateful for the fans and the sponsors, I enjoyed it."
"So slippy, it's so difficult to get in round all that! Lot less grip than I thought, but it is what it is."
"I've done a mistake. I didn't see the corner where I've gone wrong, but we now need to really try and push tomorrow."
"Everything is okay, I am happy for now. Tomorrow is going to start and hopefully everything goes okay."
"I hope we can win the Championship. We're aiming for the title so we need good points on every round. The main point for the weekend is showing great pace and keeping the punctures away."
"We are quite happy, we had a clean run, no mistakes. The real rally starts tomorrow. It won't be long, then we will see."
"Good, but the first corner I made a mistake, ruined the time. Stupid mistake. Bit slippy there, but I couldn't stop the car."
"It's good to get the ball rolling and it's been a fairly long off-season in the ERC."
"You must be happy with time? I would not say so, we were just trying to save the tyres for tomorrow, it's quite limited."
"It felt like RallyCross, I think I won my heat so now its time for a semi-final right?"
"Could be better, but Calle was faster. It doesn't really matter, we have two long days ahead. Lets hope for the best."
"We had two little mistakes that cost a lot of time. I missed one corner and touched the tyre a little bit."
"It's so easy to make a mistake. I just missed the first corner. For the fans it must be great but for me I lost a lot of confidence. The car is totally fine, the race starts tomorrow and we are totally fine."
"Definitely in the first big brake I took a little bit too much, but after that I think it went quite well."
"I don't know what happened there, that was definitely something I've never done before and it was really good fun!"
"I don't know the time but it was a small stage, there was no problems. We'll see tomorrow."
"A lot of emotion, there were no risks taken by us, it's our first time at an ERC so we take it easy and enjoy the round."
"It sounds very good, it was a clean stage I think. We were careful not to doing anything stupid, because tomorrow will be a long day."
"Stage was interesting, we surived! We'll see what happens tomorrow."
"Its class to be here, we're happy to have SS1 done and looking forward to the weekend ahead."
"It was good, really wet. We really enjoyed it and it was a good warm up for us."
"My target is to be as consistent as possible and get to as many events as possible - I am aiming for six! To have fun because you can't enjoy it without having fun and to raise the pace constantly."
"We want to finish the rally because it's our first gravel rally. We are happy to be here so thank you to my sponsors and my team."
"My first time to be rallying in Hungary, the stage is very nice and I like it very much."
"Very happy, it was good!"
"The stage is very tricky, the real race is tomorrow."
Late braking in 1st corner
"The feeling is not bad. We hit a concrete block on the last corner, so I hope everything is OK."
"It was a good fun, but beautiful stages waiting tomorrow."
Missed junction
Spin
Hit an concrete block
"I'm happy, I didn't want to risk and I'm looking forward for tomorrow."
Missed junction
Missed junction
Missed junction
Missed junction
Opened tailgate from start
Missed junction