ya..Petter's car got so many problems

well, I think the layout of the Subaru car itself is the problem. I remember that because of the low radiatior opening on the Subaru, it overheated during all rallies that is done on the desert.
I just watched AXN Shakedown and I really love Gronholm's slide driving.

Well..i can't wait for a new season to see my favorite hero drive again....but this year dunno mitsubishi have coming back or not......miss Evo long time

They are always racing, just not as a full racing outfit. Just like Citroen last year when they are on a sabbatical and let the car be handled by the Kronos team.
Also interesting to note that SUbaru finally changed to BF Goodrich

err so jealous, dont have astro wanna see rally soooo bad..

Leg 2 standings - Rallye Monte Carlo.

Sebastien Loeb continues to lead in Monte Carlo after another day dominated by the new Citroen C4, which wins all six stages thanks to the Frenchman and team-mate Dani Sordo. Sordo closes the gap in the morning but drops back again in the afternoon, while Marcus Gronholm steadily slips away from the front two in third place. Chris Atkinson, Mikko Hirvonen and Toni Gardemeister round out the top six at the end of the second leg.

Overall times after SS8 / Leg 2:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 1hr 57mins 41.1secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 25.2secs M
3. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 15.7secs M
4. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +02mins 30.3secs M
5. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +02mins 47.5secs M
6. Toni Gardemeister MMSP Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 +02mins 54.2secs
7. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +03mins 05.6secs M
8. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Skoda Fabia WRC +03mins 45.5secs
9. Jari-Matti Latvala Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +04mins 12.1secs M
10. Jean-Marie Cuoq Peugeot 307 WRC +04mins 31.0secs

11. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +04mins 38.3secs
12. Gareth MacHale Ford Focus WRC +07mins 05.6secs
13. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +08mins 42.1secs
14. Frederic Romeyer Peugeot 206 WRC +08mins 59.0secs
15. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +09mins 16.7secs M
16. Eamonn Boland Ford Focus WRC +13mins 31.9secs
17. Olivier Burri Subaru Impreza +14mins 16.2secs N4
18. Philippe Roux Peugeot 307 WRC +14mins 30.1secs
19. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 +16mins 21.1secs A6
20. Luca Betti Renault Clio +17mins 53.7secs A6

gao, Peter is in 7th..

i found tat star sports will only being showing the race on monday night... delayed...

meh, only highlights. Giler nak tunjuk full race. sure panjang.

Loeb seals fourth Monte win.

Citroen team leader, Sebastien Loeb has taken the victory on the Rallye Monte Carlo, the opening round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship, to get his season off to the perfect start.

Loeb lead from start to finish, stamping his authority on proceedings from the off on Thursday, when he won both the night stages that made up the very short leg 1. Furthermore while he came under pressure from his team-mate, Daniel Sordo on Friday, in the first loop that made up the second leg, and saw his 20 second cushion cut back to less than 9, he re-established his dominance on the repeat runs through, to end the day 25.2 seconds in front.

Loeb then paced himself through Saturday's six stages and the Monaco circuit super special on Sunday, to take his fourth victory at the Principality and to equal the record held by held by Sandro Munari, Walter Rohrl and Tommi Makinen - all of whom have also won the Rallye Monte Carlo four times.

In the end the Frenchman won by 38.2 seconds, his first event in the WRC since his mountain bike accident in the autumn last year, which forced him to miss the final four events of the 2006 season.


Overall times after SS15 / Leg 3 - Top 20:

1. Sebastien Loeb Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC 3hrs 10mins 27.4secs M
2. Daniel Sordo Citroen Total WRT C4 WRC +00mins 38.2secs M
3. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 22.8secs M
4. Chris Atkinson Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +02mins 28.1secs M
5. Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +02mins 28.3secs M
6. Petter Solberg Subaru WRT Impreza WRC 2006 +03mins 12.0secs M
7. Toni Gardemeister MMSP Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 +03mins 38.1secs
8. Jan Kopecky Czech RT-Skoda Fabia WRC +04mins 39.4secs

9. Jean-Marie Cuoq Peugeot 307 WRC +05mins 59.7secs
10. Manfred Stohl OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +06mins 37.3secs M
11. Gareth MacHale Ford Focus WRC +11mins 10.6secs
12. Matthew Wilson Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +13mins 11.0secs
13. Frederic Romeyer Peugeot 206 WRC +13mins 51.9secs
14. Henning Solberg Stobart Ford Focus WRC 06 +14mins 44.5secs M
15. Eamonn Boland Ford Focus WRC +21mins 11.7secs
16. Philippe Roux Peugeot 307 WRC +22mins 20.4secs
17. Olivier Burri Subaru Impreza +22mins 29.2secs N4
18. Martin Prokop Citroen C2 +24mins 40.7secs A6
19. Luca Betti Renault Clio +27mins 34.4secs A6
20. Richard Frau Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +28mins 05.1secs N4

hehe... i'm a rally fan too

the new C4 is nice, if compared to the previous xsara... i wonder y manfred stohl changed back to xsara from 307 this season... since he said the 307 is a reliable and consistent car to drive...

tonight must watch the programme on star sports le!

what time? I saw they raced at the Monaco F1 track in Eurosport news this morning

too bad, the programme was cancelled... the australian open was shown and the fight between nadal and murray was so long tat it last omos 4 hours~! gosh! oops... out topic here... hehe!

gao!! no wonder. I'll wait for teh review on AXN, should be next week

any1 could post showtimes? for whichever channel that airs WRC?
my astro book is always late le =[

AXN has shakedown and reviews the week before the race and the week after as they are one of the official WRC sponsors.
Usually there are highlights on CH82, but with the Aussie open, we cannot be sure now

juz watched rallye automobile monte carlo this noon... the 2007 race started during night time... and its very exciting! the lights from the cars are so bright tat it omos bring out the daylight even when driving on the dark roads... so bright and loud!

manfred stohl didnt start well as problems occur during the start of the race... and atkinson suffers drive shaft problem on his subaru during the middle of race... it seems tat subaru will be getting new car on the mexico rallye... does subaru release another new impreza after the 2006 one? so fast...

the best one is in the final special stage where they all raced on the formula 1 track (some parts only lar) in the harbour of monte carlo... converting the street roads into rally tracks... very nice to see them slide their cars when turning into every corner... juz a few cm only the car will kiss the walls... meanwhile david coulthard current redbull formula one driver was oso there too!

despite losing in the final stage, n dono wat solberg celebrate lar, he juz spinned his car making doughnut...

the new citroen c4 really nice le... not only the performance, the car itself looks very nice... can say better than the xsara le...

This post has been edited by Jasonist: Jan 25 2007, 06:26 PM

WHAT?? WHEN??? WHAT CHANNEL?? GAH!!!

yesterday noon ah... juz simply switch the channel and found out tat rallye monte carlo showing on star sports...