WRC Modern Classics Season 2001. Finale!

[Cabelmania]

Yeah, I had kept my softs for the end. I had tested rain tires after some people had said they were OK but I didn't like the feel of them at all so I went mediums 1-4 and 5-7.

The corner I went wide at I have driven dozens of times, About 3-4 times earlier in the this rally so it was a stupid mistake. Still I'm happy with my pace. I seem to be getting used to the Focus more now.

Did it this morning, used the 1st stint of soft for the 1st 4 stages, then 1 rain for stage 5, then soft for stages 6-7, then the only medium for the rest; needless to say, I did stage 4 very slowly

I was probably top 5 until stage 9, when I bottled it with shunt + puncture But I finished it, and that's all that matter

 

[RYAN]

Did it this morning, used the 1st stint of soft for the 1st 4 stages, then 1 rain for stage 5, then soft for stages 6-7, then the only medium for the rest; needless to say, I did stage 4 very slowly

I was probably top 5 until stage 9, when I bottled it with shunt + puncture But I finished it, and that's all that matter

Yeah switching to Mediums to get a second set from the shakedown was the way to go. I find myself opting for an extra set of the harder compound on most of these rallies as tyres are in short supply and squeezing as much mileage as possible out of them is a recurring theme 😄

 

[Belgianwaffle]

Yeah switching to Mediums to get a second set from the shakedown was the way to go. I find myself opting for an extra set of the harder compound on most of these rallies as tyres are in short supply and squeezing as much mileage as possible out of the tires is a recurring theme 😄

Yep, I did it like this also... Medium - Medium and then soft on last 3 stages. Didn't need the rains

 

[Dreadmed]

How it started:

And how it finished (more or less):

That essentially sums it up, consistently inconsistent, I never really got into a rhythm. 😬

I did plump for the Wet tyres on S5 after the Evo started to resemble a freight tanker on S4 (where my faint aspirations of an event win were effectively laid to rest alongside my knackered mediums) and they did a good job as a stop-gap. Didn't make good use of the soft tyres on S6/7 at all, I had to nurse damage and power loss for the next 2 stages before (unsuccessfully) attempting to rob @Belgianwaffle of 2nd place.

I'm glad the next asphalt event is a long way off.

 

[Belgianwaffle]

How it started:

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And how it finished (more or less):

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That essentially sums it up, consistently inconsistent, I never really got into a rhythm. 😬

I did plump for the Wet tyres on S5 after the Evo started to resemble a freight tanker on S4 (where my faint aspirations of an event win were effectively laid to rest alongside my knackered mediums) and they did a good job as a stop-gap. Didn't make good use of the soft tyres on S6/7 at all, I had to nurse damage and power loss for the next 2 stages before (unsuccessfully) attempting to rob @Belgianwaffle of 2nd place.

I'm glad the next asphalt event is a long way off.

I was watching your times of the last 3 stages... You came very close with your damaged Mitsu 😉. I would have had no chance if your car was not suffering... But I'm happy with what looks like an almost certain podium in Spain. That would make it 4 podiums in a row, although never close to a win.

 

[Adam Barber]

Retired on stage 9/10. Car was limping as I somehow hit something that killed the radiator and suspension so I was loosing a boat load of time. Shame as I felt I had decent pace.

 

[Hasnain282]

Started off well but proceeded to absolutely destroy the car in the next few stages and it was hardly moving after a crash in one of the stages after a service and so I decided to retire from this one unfortunately

 

[Tool1312]

Three stages in, I had a **** myself moment in stage 2 where I clipped a rock which put me backwards on my side for a second or so, I thought I was going off the edge but I survived !

 

[MagpieRacer]

Spain wraps up our last tarmac event for a while, with a run of 6 gravel events before heading to Sanremo. On the smooth Catalunya tarmac, it was @Spinerkopin who guided their Impreza to victory, aehad of @Belgianwaffle making it a Subaru 1-2. @Dreadmed gives Mitsubishi a much needed podium finish.
@Spinerkopin flat out en route to victory.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Spinerkopin	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:11:59	0:00:00
2	BelgianWaffle78	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:13:11	0:01:13
3	Dreadmed	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	1:13:18	0:01:20
4	RDA-JETS	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:13:45	0:01:46
5	Bot_Dasher	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:13:50	0:01:51
6	Space_Wadet	Peugeot 206 Rally	1:13:58	0:01:59
7	Devilsoldier96	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:14:23	0:02:25
8	SolidNinjaSnake	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:15:12	0:03:13
9	BergGunner	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:15:14	0:03:15
10	tomo875	Peugeot 206 Rally	1:15:48	0:03:50
11	bigfatflip	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:16:15	0:04:16
12	Cabelmania	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:17:11	0:05:12
13	miljan426	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:17:18	0:05:19
14	Hasnain282	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:18:13	0:06:14
15	nowthenfella	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:18:16	0:06:17
16	widdler	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:18:22	0:06:23
17	Meadow142	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	1:21:07	0:09:08
18	mmf1_PS	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:25:16	0:13:17

@Dreadmed guides his Mitsubishi to P3.​

@Spinerkopin extends the lead at the top over @Belgianwaffle . @space_wadet and @RYAN are tied on 106 points after finishing P4 and P6 respectively in Spain. @Dreadmed jumps up to 5th.
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Rank	DisplayName	PointsAccumulated
1	Spinerkopin	141
2	BelgianWaffle78	132
3	Space_Wadet	106
4	RDA-JETS	106
5	Dreadmed	105
6	Hasnain282	97
7	BergGunner	87
8	amagurichan	71
9	widdler	69
10	Devilsoldier96	66
11	SolidNinjaSnake	62
12	Speedster502	57
13	GOTMAXPOWER	56
14	Ujhuuu8iolk	55
15	Meadow142	49
16	thewrathofwhat	49
17	nowthenfella	49
18	FiveHoleCole	49
19	ABarber95	48
20	miljan426	47
21	c07aea92ce6efb26	47
22	tomo875	44
23	mmf1_PS	41
24	magpieracer	37
25	alicudis	37
26	mistrelwood	35
27	FinalNitrous	35
28	bigfatflip	30
29	JabierFailure	30
30	Cabelmania	28
31	Bot_Dasher	28
32	lebowski2	25
33	dahKarvaRanne	16
34	Try_Canal10	15
35	DaniB58	14
36	DummyGames14	10
37	9d1c43eb87fa5a79	8
38	vaskildo	8
39	D1sharmoneus	7
40	WRC Player	6
41	vivalabam922	5
42	skolll-T_T	5
43	RuggishThuggish	4
44	Scaff	4
45	BenAFC14	4
46	Syuma2525	3
47	FiRoMario000	3
48	Bretto73	3
49	AhoTerunen	2
50	Disabled_Lefty	1
51	WRC Player	1
52	Ikk_klar	0
53	Gr0upB	0
54	darrenersmit82	0
55	Hultberg420	0
56	AnttiRenfors	0
57	juniorjohan	0
58	S1Tofran	0
59	MaverickAustria	0
60	yuzabulow	0
61	Eddie_Estsidrz	0
62	SteveIsAwake	0
63	Mounta1nShark	0
64	micka47200	0
65	fourpegs	0
66	DarkSmaile977	0

@Belgianwaffle heads through the roundabout.

In the constructors, Subaru continue to extend their lead at the top, Ford hold P2 with a few points gained on Mitsubishi in P3. Peugeot leapfrog SEAT into P4.​

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Subaru	150
2	Ford	83
3	Mitsubishi	63
4	Peugeot	47
5	SEAT	39

@tomo 427 S/C guides his Peugeot to a points finish.

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The real 2001 Rally Catalunya was dominated by France. Didier Auriol took his 20th WRC victory for Peugeot, ahead of team mate Gilles Panizzi. Tommi Makinen rounded out the podium for Mitsubishi. Home hero Carlos Sainz could only managed P5 for Ford, with Colin McRae suffering fuel pump issues in his Focus.​

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome all to the 21st running of Rally Argentina. Mountainous, rocky, gravel terrain awaits, ruts, jutting rock faces and more will await the drivers here.

Itinerary
Day 1
Shakedown
Morning Service
SS1: Ascochinga - 31.5km

Lunchtime Service
SS2: Cura Brochero - 7.4km
SS3: San Agustin - 7.5km

Afternoon Service
SS4: Las Bajadas - 16.4km
SS5: Cura Brochero 2 - 7.4km

Day 2
Morning Service
SS6: Amboy - 13.3km
SS7: El Condor - 18.2km

Lunchtime Service
SS8: San Marcos Sierra - 7.6km
SS9: El Mirador - 9.1km
SS10: La Falda - 7.5km

Evening Service
SS11: Mina Clavero - 9km

Total KM: 134.9km​

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Do we get bonus points for putting on a show for the fans? 🙈😂

 

[Belgianwaffle]

Do we get bonus points for putting on a show for the fans? 🙈😂

Just like Colin Mcrae, keep going no matter what happens. Nice roll 👌

 

[Tool1312]

Finished Sardegna, stage 8/9/10 are together and on 9 I managed to rip a tyre off in the last sector but battled through to finish the stage instead of stopping to change the wheel. Fortunately for stage 10 I had a spare so it got swapped over.
Enjoyed this rally especially the first half being wet and changing to dry. Tyres weren't so critical this time, I got quite a few stages out of the mediums in the middle of the rally then finished on the softs.

 

[Speedster502]

Another rally, and another retirement for me and the 206. Had a reasonable start but ended up retiring with broken steering.

This might be the end of the road for me and Peugeot. Very much considering changing at this point…if it’s allowed?

 

[Dreadmed]

Another rally, and another retirement for me and the 206. Had a reasonable start but ended up retiring with broken steering.

This might be the end of the road for me and Peugeot. Very much considering changing at this point…if it’s allowed?

I've seen one or two other people switch things up, from an RP perspective you can always explain it away as running as a privateer for the remainder of the season. 😉

At the end of the day it's not like any of us have signed cast-iron contracts, this is still supposed to be enjoyable (if challenging!). Personally speaking I'd probably switch if I were in your shoes, persevering with a car that I'm struggling with just for the sake of it runs the risk of burning out altogether.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Another rally, and another retirement for me and the 206. Had a reasonable start but ended up retiring with broken steering.

This might be the end of the road for me and Peugeot. Very much considering changing at this point…if it’s allowed?

2 years ago, in 1998/99, Marcus Gronholm drove for 4 factory teams in 4 back to back rallies he entered so I don't think anybody will complain if you switch (unless you go in a Xsara 💩).

I had a season with the Peugeot in career mode, it didn't seem a enjoyable car to drive.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Another rally, and another retirement for me and the 206. Had a reasonable start but ended up retiring with broken steering.

This might be the end of the road for me and Peugeot. Very much considering changing at this point…if it’s allowed?

No rule against it, as others have said, it's not unprecedented in the club or in real life 😀. You've still got to have fun.

 

[Tool1312]

Plus there's plenty of instances where an F1 driver has driven for a different team/manufacturer during a season

 

[MagpieRacer]

In the real 2001 WRC itself there were examples too. Gardemeister drove a factory Mitsubishi and privateer Peugeot, Gilles Panizzi drove for 2 different teams (both running Peugeots), Henning Solberg drove private Toyota Corolla and Subaru Imprezas, Neil Wearden drove a factory Subaru and privateer Peugeot and Roman Kresta drove a factory Skoda and privateer Ford.

 

[Speedster502]

Thanks guys, makes me feel better about changing. Really annoying as I hold the 206 WRC as a bit of a hero car in real life, so to not get along with it (despite trying countless set-up changes) is really disheartening. Really enjoyed Season 1 of this Club so have found the past few rallies quite tough.

Now to figure out what to change to...

 

[MagpieRacer]

Thanks guys, makes me feel better about changing. Really annoying as I hold the 206 WRC as a bit of a hero car in real life, so to not get along with it (despite trying countless set-up changes) is really disheartening. Really enjoyed Season 1 of this Club so have found the past few rallies quite tough.

Now to figure out what to change to...

Seat need some help 😆

 

[Belgianwaffle]

I finished all stages today, already. Because I fear I won't find the time for it later this week.
Everything went well, I just tried to avoid a flat tyre... In other clubs I had quite a few in Sardegnia...

 

[Speedster502]

Seat need some help 😆

Genuinely eyeing up either the Seat or Ford at the moment. I've enjoyed both from my tests, happy to go with whichever might be the most under-represented.

 

[Spinerkopin]

Sardegna is by far my favourite location of the game, I know most of the stages pretty well so I was hoping for a good result. I had a good pace but I'm still a bit disappointed, too many mistakes and off track moments. Plus I don't think I did the right choice for my first set of tyres. Luckily nothing that got me a lot of damage or penalties, but I may have lost something like 20-30 seconds overall. Sub 90min was definitely on the table. Let's see if that will cost me the first place at the end.

 

[Belgianwaffle]

Sardegna is by far my favourite location of the game, I know most of the stages pretty well so I was hoping for a good result. I had a good pace but I'm still a bit disappointed, too many mistakes and off track moments. Plus I don't think I did the right choice for my first set of tyres. Luckily nothing that got me a lot of damage or penalties, but I may have lost something like 20-30 seconds overall. Sub 90min was definitely on the table. Let's see if that will cost me the first place at the end.

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I expected to lose in Sardegnia, because I don't like it there (too many rocks 😂). But I didn't expect to lose by 3 minutes!! Well done!

 

[Dreadmed]

Didn't have as good a start as I would've liked, had 2 half-spins and another moment due to my controller partially disconnecting 3 times inside the first 10 minutes of that mammoth opening stage... I was quite happy by the end of it, my 2 trial runs were both 21:30'ish.

S2+3 were quite promising in that I was keeping up with @Spinerkopin, annoyingly I missed a jump call midway through S4, ended up clipping the rocks which gave me a slow-ish puncture that I managed to drag back without changing.

Then this happened on S5...



Admittedly skirting way too close to peril for my own good but... well, I'll let everyone else be the judge of that "collision". 😑

I'll see if I can snag another rally win further down the line, as it is I'm considering myself out of the running for now... 1 DNF was always going to be a tall order to recover from, 2 is borderline terminal.

 

[Adam Barber]

The first 7 stages went excellently. Then stage 8 and a particular rock happened that caused engine and rad damage. Got the car back to service for the last stage only to crash into a rock that was hiding half way through for a DNF. Two DNFs in a row isn't exactly ideal especially at a location I really like.

 

[RYAN]

I feel more than a bit hard done by. I locked up and hit a tree on the shakedown. I couldn't even fix half of the broken parts. I decided to see how far I'd be off and complete the 1st stage. I was surprised I only lost as much as I did rarely getting over 80mph. However, Seeing the damage of the car I decided it was a waste of time continuing.

 

[Belgianwaffle]

Didn't have as good a start as I would've liked, had 2 half-spins and another moment due to my controller partially disconnecting 3 times inside the first 10 minutes of that mammoth opening stage... I was quite happy by the end of it, my 2 trial runs were both 21:30'ish.

S2+3 were quite promising in that I was keeping up with @Spinerkopin, annoyingly I missed a jump call midway through S4, ended up clipping the rocks which gave me a slow-ish puncture that I managed to drag back without changing.

Then this happened on S5...



Admittedly skirting way too close to peril for my own good but... well, I'll let everyone else be the judge of that "collision". 😑

I'll see if I can snag another rally win further down the line, as it is I'm considering myself out of the running for now... 1 DNF was always going to be a tall order to recover from, 2 is borderline terminal.

That point is dangerous

I feel more than a bit hard done by. I locked up and hit a tree on the shakedown. I couldn't even fix half of the broken parts. I decided to see how far I'd be off and complete the 1st stage. I was surprised I only lost as much as I did rarely getting over 80mph. However, Seeing the damage of the car I decided it was a waste of time continuing.

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Shame, because if you quit when in Shakedown still, I think you restart from the beginning... You even get to change cars if I'm not wrong..

 

[RYAN]

Quit when in Shakedown

Oh no... I wish I knew that. 😄