WRC Modern Classics Season 2001. Finale!

[Spinerkopin]

Oh no.... Did you have 2 spare tires on board?

Of course no 🥲

 

[Speedster502]

Think this one is going to be another rough and bumpy ride.

Had a pretty appalling start to NZ with a puncture in SS1 and then flying off a cliff in SS2. Think my rally is basically over, but I'll try and get to the end just incase I can scoop up any points 😂

 

[SharkyOB]

I'm very happy with 3rd in Finland! Looking forward to New Zealand, lovely stages.

What happens with people competing in cars that aren't a part of this championship? Assume they just get removed when the results are posted here? Just noticed the current fastest times for NZ have been set in the 2008 Focus.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I'm very happy with 3rd in Finland! Looking forward to New Zealand, lovely stages.

What happens with people competing in cars that aren't a part of this championship? Assume they just get removed when the results are posted here? Just noticed the current fastest times for NZ have been set in the 2008 Focus.

Yeah they get removed from results and kicked from the club. There's nothing thay can be done other than that, can't limit cars or anything which is frustrating.

Repeat offenders get banned.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Kenya was a brutal test for the drivers, in stages, and in length. In the end it was @Spinerkopin who took yet another victory, finishing just 9 seconds ahead of fellow Subaru driver @Belgianwaffle . @PickyReptail8 picks up a solid 3rd place in the Focus.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Spinerkopin	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:14:27	0:00:00
2	BelgianWaffle78	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:14:36	0:00:09
3	PickyReptile87	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:15:04	0:00:36
4	WRC Player	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:15:33	0:01:06
5	Speedster502	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:16:52	0:02:24
6	Dreadmed	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	1:18:57	0:04:30
7	Hasnain282	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:19:55	0:05:28
8	SharkyOB	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:20:15	0:05:48
9	ABarber95	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:21:26	0:06:59
10	KurtF5	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:22:04	0:07:37
11	thewrathofwhat	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:23:17	0:08:50
12	widdler	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:23:25	0:08:58
13	SolidNinjaSnake	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:24:10	0:09:42
14	GOTMAXPOWER	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:25:14	0:10:47
15	mistrelwood	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:53:52	0:39:25
18	Robert_De_Marco	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	2:58:00	1:43:33

In Finland, the tides turned, @Belgianwaffle capitalising on a rare set of issues for @Spinerkopin , who suffered a double puncture on the first stage, to take victory and close the gap in the championship considerably. @PickyReptail8 took another very solid podium in the Focus with @SharkyOB 3rd for the blue oval.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	BelgianWaffle78	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:55:55	0:00:00
2	PickyReptile87	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:56:01	0:00:06
3	SharkyOB	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:56:56	0:01:01
4	thewrathofwhat	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:58:04	0:02:09
5	Speedster502	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:58:10	0:02:15
6	widdler	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:58:59	0:03:04
7	mistrelwood	SEAT Córdoba WRC	0:59:01	0:03:06
8	KurtF5	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:59:07	0:03:12
9	ABarber95	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:59:45	0:03:50
10	Spinerkopin	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:59:57	0:04:02
11	SolidNinjaSnake	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:00:13	0:04:18
12	nowthenfella	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:00:48	0:04:53
13	miljan426	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:02:05	0:06:10
14	Hasnain282	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:17:21	0:21:26
15	Marco63B	SEAT Córdoba WRC	1:32:52	0:36:57
16	GOTMAXPOWER	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:45:57	0:50:02

This means just 27 points separate @Spinerkopin and @Belgianwaffle at the top of the standings. @Dreadmed holding on to 3rd place ahead of @space_wadet .

Rank	DisplayName	PointsAccumulated
1	Spinerkopin	276
2	BelgianWaffle78	249
3	Dreadmed	170
4	Space_Wadet	151
5	SolidNinjaSnake	139
6	Hasnain282	135
7	widdler	125
8	thewrathofwhat	124
9	GOTMAXPOWER	120
10	Speedster502	111
11	mistrelwood	108
12	RDA-JETS	106
13	BergGunner	102
14	ABarber95	95
15	PickyReptile87	88
16	miljan426	87
17	nowthenfella	83
18	Meadow142	76
19	amagurichan	71
20	Devilsoldier96	66
21	mmf1_PS	59
22	tomo875	58
23	c07aea92ce6efb26	57
24	Ujhuuu8iolk	55
25	Cabelmania	51
26	FiveHoleCole	49
27	KurtF5	49
28	SharkyOB	47
29	magpieracer	47
30	Bot_Dasher	45
31	bigfatflip	41
32	FinalNitrous	37
33	alicudis	37
34	JabierFailure	30
35	lebowski2	25
36	Marco63B	24
37	dahKarvaRanne	23
38	Pato522323	20
39	WRC Player	20
40	TR_Axel_air_CH	17
41	Try_Canal10	15
42	nirffel	15
43	skolll-T_T	15
44	DaniB58	14
45	GoldMR-NOBODY	12
46	HajduPeti	11
47	DummyGames14	10
48	9d1c43eb87fa5a79	8
49	vaskildo	8
50	FiRoMario000	8
51	D1sharmoneus	7
52	Bretto73	7
53	WRC Player	6
54	Malkocc	5
55	vivalabam922	5
56	siscolin	4
57	RuggishThuggish	4
58	Scaff	4
59	BenAFC14	4
60	Syuma2525	3
61	Dibuadri	3
62	WRC Player	3
63	NicklasHansson72	2
64	AhoTerunen	2
65	TR_Foutare_CH	1
66	lukemlbarry	1
67	shobek05	1
68	Flemish_fellah	1
69	WRC Player	1
70	janhavlat	1

In the constructors, Subaru edge further towards the WCC, over 130 points clear of Ford. SEAT have passed Mitsubishi for P3, just 2 points ahead, as Peugeot start to become detached.

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Subaru	353
2	Ford	219
3	SEAT	111
4	Mitsubishi	109
5	Peugeot	69

Welcome to the 31st Propecia Rally New Zealand. We head to the southern hemisphere for one of the fastest rallies on the calendar, 2nd only to Finland. Expect high speed countryside blasts, tight bridges, lots of positive camber and stunning scenery.

Itinierary

Day 1
Shakedown
Morning Service
SS1: Waiwera - 18km

Mid-morning service
SS2: Brynderwyn - 6.6km
SS3: Orewa - 9,2km

Evening Service
SS4: Tahekeroa-Orewa - 8.5km

Day2
Morning Service
SS5: Oakleigh - 11km
SS6: Makarau - 8.6km

Afternoon Service
SS7: Mangapai - 6.6km
SS8: Doctors Hill - 11km

Mid Afternoon Service
SS9: Tahekeroa - 18km

Total KM: 97.5km​

 

[Cabelmania]

I'm back, like I've promised and I fell victim to the high track degradation in the 1st stage already (picture included)

Fortunately the yellow spanish train kept on rollin' and the rest went without hitches

 

[Tool1312]

Well I just finished New Zealand and so far I'm 2nd, behind Cabelmania ( naturally lol ), though for anyone else there's a section on Orewa ( stage 3 ) that needs a bug fix. Approx 3/4 of the way through sector 3 I encountered an invisible object on the right side of the road which pulled the car into the bushes. The graphics show some leaves being thrown up but there's nothing there. I did only lose 7 seconds with a reset to track which doesn't affect any results but it's a bug that shouldn't be there.
It won't let me post the clip

 

[Tool1312]

Here's a few shots

 

[Belgianwaffle]

Well I just finished New Zealand and so far I'm 2nd, behind Cabelmania ( naturally lol ), though for anyone else there's a section on Orewa ( stage 3 ) that needs a bug fix. Approx 3/4 of the way through sector 3 I encountered an invisible object on the right side of the road which pulled the car into the bushes. The graphics show some leaves being thrown up but there's nothing there. I did only lose 7 seconds with a reset to track which doesn't affect any results but it's a bug that shouldn't be there.
It won't let me post the clip

Is that right before the arch of the last kilometer? I think I had that too in another club 🙄

 

[Tool1312]

Is that right before the arch of the last kilometer? I think I had that too in another club 🙄

Yeah I think so. Here's the clip fim gamer dvr

 

[Tool1312]

 

[PickyReptail8]

My First rally in the wonderfull New Zealand! I tried to push the Blueoval hard as i can but wasnt enough to catch Subaru maniac @Belgianwaffle 🤭 but had a nice fight with @Cabelmania for 2nd (at the moment)☝🏻 But no matter the result i had an absolute mistake free rally. Im really proud for that

 

[tomo 427 S/C]

I'm really sad that I've been so busy that I missed the last couple of rallies.

Can't wait to get back into it, I've missed the anxiety and stress.

 

[SharkyOB]

Finished NZ last night, in 4th behind the aliens

Very happy with my run; had a single off track excursion but it only cost me a couple of seconds and I didn't hit anything. Just need to work on my outright pace if I want to challenge the three who are up front. Also, managed to mess up the shakedown so I only had two sets of tyres for the event. Defo still learning!

 

[Speedster502]

My run in NZ continued to be awful. Made it to the end (if you can say that after being 46 minutes down on everyone else). Ended up doing one push on the final stage to gather up some level of self confidence

 

[Spinerkopin]

NZ done, overall quite a safe run, except a little barrel roll and a nearly destroyed engine by blasting into one of the "finish gates" at the end of stage 4. Good thing it was just before the long service

Here's some pictures, also adding Kenya and Finland

 

[Adam Barber]

Well, New Zealand was going well then the game crashed half way through stage 7. Second time WRC has done that since the new season pass thing. I'll leave the championship there.

 

[Adam Barber]

Reinstalled the game so I should be good from now on but I completely lost my stage 7 run so I'm way down on where I'd have finished otherwise

 

[Dreadmed]

A bit last minute, and certainly not the ideal start in that a moderately gentle bounce off a raised kerb gave me a puncture 90 seconds in... that said, it was encouraging to see that I had the pace to challenge if I didn't slide off the road at any point (I did not, in fact, keep it on the straight and narrow).

As I found out in Kenya (and @PickyReptail8 in Finland) damaged exhausts really aren't a "minor" problem in terms of outright pace, I was making sure it was repaired at every opportunity this time around. 😅

 

[PickyReptail8]

A bit last minute, and certainly not the ideal start in that a moderately gentle bounce off a raised kerb gave me a puncture 90 seconds in... that said, it was encouraging to see that I had the pace to challenge if I didn't slide off the road at any point (I did not, in fact, keep it on the straight and narrow).

As I found out in Kenya (and @PickyReptail8 in Finland) damaged exhausts really aren't a "minor" problem in terms of outright pace, I was making sure it was repaired at every opportunity this time around. 😅

Nice BeastMode after puncture 👏🏻💪🏻 daam for the puncture 😵‍💫
Orange Break and Exahaust always change 😂

 

[MagpieRacer]

The challenging high speed roads of New Zealand really separates those who are confident with their cars from those who aren't. @Spinerkopin proving once again that they are at one with the Subaru Impreza, with another solid victory, 44 seconds clear of @Belgianwaffle . @PickyReptail8 came home P3 in the Focus.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Spinerkopin	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:53:14	0:00:00
2	BelgianWaffle78	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:53:58	0:00:44
3	PickyReptile87	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:54:40	0:01:26
4	Cabelmania	SEAT Córdoba WRC	0:54:57	0:01:43
5	Dreadmed	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	0:55:14	0:02:00
6	SharkyOB	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:55:15	0:02:00
7	Hasnain282	SEAT Córdoba WRC	0:55:35	0:02:21
8	SolidNinjaSnake	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	0:56:36	0:03:22
9	widdler	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:56:49	0:03:35
10	thewrathofwhat	SUBARU Impreza 2001	0:57:36	0:04:22
11	mistrelwood	SEAT Córdoba WRC	0:58:14	0:05:00
12	nowthenfella	SEAT Córdoba WRC	0:58:48	0:05:33
13	miljan426	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:00:14	0:07:00
14	ABarber95	SUBARU Impreza 2001	1:00:33	0:07:19
16	Szurabura1996	Ford Focus RS Rally 2008	1:37:14	0:43:59
17	Speedster502	Ford Focus RS Rally 2001	1:40:32	0:47:18

@Spinerkopin continues to extend the lead at the top of the championship, now 32 points clear of fellow Subaru driver @Belgianwaffle .

Rank	DisplayName	PointsAccumulated
1	Spinerkopin	306
2	BelgianWaffle78	274
3	Dreadmed	190
4	SolidNinjaSnake	155
5	Hasnain282	152
6	Space_Wadet	151
7	widdler	140
8	thewrathofwhat	138
9	mistrelwood	121
10	GOTMAXPOWER	120
11	Speedster502	116
12	PickyReptile87	111
13	RDA-JETS	106
14	ABarber95	105
15	BergGunner	102
16	miljan426	98
17	nowthenfella	95
18	Meadow142	76
19	Cabelmania	72
20	amagurichan	71
21	Devilsoldier96	66
22	SharkyOB	65
23	mmf1_PS	59
24	tomo875	58
25	c07aea92ce6efb26	57
26	KurtF5	56
27	Ujhuuu8iolk	55
28	FiveHoleCole	49
29	magpieracer	47
30	Bot_Dasher	45
31	bigfatflip	41
32	FinalNitrous	37
33	alicudis	37
34	JabierFailure	30
35	Marco63B	25
36	lebowski2	25
37	dahKarvaRanne	23
38	Pato522323	20
39	WRC Player	20
40	STR_Axel_air_CH	17
41	Try_Canal10	15
42	nirffel	15
43	skolll-T_T	15
44	DaniB58	14
45	GoldMR-NOBODY	12
46	HajduPeti	11
47	9d1c43eb87fa5a79	11
48	DummyGames14	10
49	Ehelechner	9
50	Bretto73	9
51	vaskildo	8
52	FiRoMario000	8
53	D1sharmoneus	7
54	WRC Player	6
55	Szurabura1996	6
56	Malkocc	5
57	vivalabam922	5
58	siscolin	4
59	RuggishThuggish	4
60	Scaff	4
61	purple_hays84	4
62	BenAFC14	4
63	Syuma2525	3
64	Dibuadri	3
65	WRC Player	3
66	NicklasHansson72	2
67	AhoTerunen	2
68	STR_Foutare_CH	1
69	lukemlbarry	1
70	shobek05	1
71	Flemish_fellah	1
72	WRC Player	1
73	janhavlat	1

The tarmac of San Remo is up next, steep drops and switch back mountain roads providing a complete opposite test to New Zealand.

 

[MagpieRacer]

We head into the twilight of this 2001 World Rally Championship with the first of 2 back to back tarmac events. Welcome to the 43rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia.
Brutal switchback mountain roads, sheer drops and frequent flat out sections, require precision and confidence. Tyre conservation is also critical with the abrasive roads freely destroying the rubber.

Itinerary
Day 1
Shakedown
Morning Service

SS1: Coldirodi - 12.7km
SS2: Langan - 10.2km

Lunchtime Service
SS3: Rezzo - 8.8km

Afternoon Service
SS4: San Bernardo - 25.6km

Evening Service
SS5: Perinaldo - 7.8km

Day 2
Morning Service
SS6: Passo Teglia - 12.9km
SS7: San Romolo - 12.7km

Lunchtime Service
SS8: Nava - 10.2km

Evening Service
SS9: Colle d'Oggia - 10.2km

Total KM: 111.1km​

 

[Cabelmania]

We head into the twilight of this 2001 World Rally Championship with the first of 2 back to back tarmac events. Welcome to the 43rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia.
Brutal switchback mountain roads, sheer drops and frequent flat out sections, require precision and confidence. Tyre conservation is also critical with the abrasive roads freely destroying the rubber.

Itinerary
Day 1
Shakedown
Morning Service

SS1: Coldirodi - 12.7km
SS2: Langan - 10.2km

Lunchtime Service
SS3: Rezzo - 8.8km

Afternoon Service
SS4: San Bernardo - 25.6km

Evening Service
SS5: Perinaldo - 7.8km

Day 2
Morning Service
SS6: Passo Teglia - 12.9km
SS7: San Romolo - 12.7km

Lunchtime Service
SS8: Nava - 10.2km

Evening Service
SS9: Colle d'Oggia - 10.2km

Total KM: 111.1km​

This is will be probably* my last rally of my part time schedule It's my "home" rally, it's mandatory (even if I don't really like Croatia )

* my partecipation in Australia/Indonesia is unlikely to happen, but never say never

 

[Speedster502]

In the continued, seeming 'tale of woe' from my 2001 season, I had terminal damage on SS1 Not quite sure what it is, but I'm not clicking with this era of car as much as I thought I might.

May experiment with the other cars in the final few rounds...just in attempt to redeem myself!

 

[Cabelmania]

Finished without a major scratch Of course it was a precautious drive; I always found the croatian tarmac a bit slippery

 

[Tool1312]

Had an awful rally. Is the tarmac more slippy than Iberia and Monte or is it just me?

 

[Dreadmed]

Had an awful rally. Is the tarmac more slippy than Iberia and Monte or is it just me?

Not just you, I've found it the most difficult of the tarmac stages in terms of slowing down without locking up + maintaining the grip on the switchbacks, and not just in these cars either (one of the early daily stages in the GTPlanet club featured H2 RWD at Croatia in the wet and I must've spun out half a dozen times at least!).

-----------------

This was actually one of the test rallies I was using to determine what car I'd pick, did one dummy run in the Impreza on the bottom-to-top switchback stage and got a 6:00'ish. After that I struggled massively to match it with the Evo before throwing in the towel so I'm not too optimistic about this one...

 

[Hasnain282]

Finally had a relatively clean run in one of these after many rallies with many crashes, though I did frustratingly lose a load of time on stage 9 I think it was after clipping the inside and then going into a tree on the outside

 

[PickyReptail8]

What a Rally!!!!
First four stage was a disaster!!! Spins, trees and everything else 😰 i was 36sec behind 2nd place… Needed a break😰 after that someting clicked in and the Focus was flying!!! Last stage i was pushing so hard and a bush draged me off the track no penalty but time was lost. I was like okey the comback is over 😥 And in the finish i was suprised that made to the 2nd place by 0,7 ahead of @Dreadmed 😳😳😳 What a rally!!!!

 

[Dreadmed]

First four stage was a disaster!!! Spins, trees and everything else 😰 i was 36sec behind 2nd place… Needed a break😰 after that someting clicked in and the Focus was flying!!!

Great recovery!

I had the opposite experience, a twitchy but ultimately incident-free first 4 stages only to put it down for the night. Coming back to a car with worn softs was not a great idea, I ditched it twice on S5 and then what ultimately cost me was S8; understeered clean off the road, lost time trying to get back up the verge and then got a 5s corner cut penalty for good measure:

So pretty much like Spain, the Evo had pace in it but I didn't have the confidence to fully attack on fresh rubber and then it became borderline undriveable on worn tyres... now the Gorge of Certain Doom™ awaits.