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SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
First stage was quite a fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RnwearO02E

And with Kamaz not being there it means Iveco has real chances of winning :getin:

edit: stage 2 video is up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s473o7fbErM

SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jan 2, 2023

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SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

This motorbicycle, it is made of pasta. Not the al dente kind. The "this post is a racism against italians" kind. Sorry, I still don't speak italian but Kove is still in it! So that's good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IINhMO1yIEo

Youtube autotranslate is 95% accurate in this case, since the speaker does the standard youtuber voice which helps the ML engine.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Stage 3 extended summary is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprjA8m1pQ

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
https://www.accuweather.com/en/sa/saudi-arabia-weather

There is a giant perturbation going coast to coast, their best chance is if the cloud overtake the race because if it sticks there it's going to get very ugly.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Extended summary of stage four is out (later than usual)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tQt7dIH76g

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

He is mesmerized by someone changing the tires with the correct type, since the one on his ride are always wrong.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Stage 5 summary is up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltffdDRko7c

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Daily stage recap is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZIiPAPPEvE

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Daily recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVcc5Ppg_M

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Daily recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzX7p-J8wI

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

What did you think of the day?

I'm happy about the trucks having some decent fights without the Russian armada blocking them from achieving anything. Bit sad about audi getting pretty much wiped out from the race for cars esp. since i doubt Peterhansel and Sainz are going to keep racing forever. Loeb having to fight for scraps is oddly satisfying.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

I'm still really curious to know how much of Audi's issues are that rear suspension. It seems like both Sainz and Peterhansel got taken out by the same dune - one because of a broken codriver and the other because of a broken car, but then ekstrom had an issue with his rear suspension as well and it just seems like Audi hasn't quite figured out how to have the heavy vehicle with the power and appropriate suspension. I know the sand being wet probably didn't help Sainz and Peterhansel so you can certainly tell a story about how it's not Audi's fault but it is curious they continue to have the same issue with the same area of the car. Almost like someone who welds in a gusset and then the stress breaks a part 3" further up.

Nasser's toyota is only 100kg lighter than the audis.


I wouldn't be surprised if Audi deciding to use weird composites to keep the car light is the cause of all these failures, Toyota looks like they are using conventional tube frames which is far more sturdy. One might ask why only the Audi got their drivers skull made concave without other casualties in the top teams.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
edit: second page didn't load properly so i didn't see the last post

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

Sorry, you posted. Now you have to say what you thought about the day. :colbert:

I'm mostly perplexed on what's going on in Sainz head, beside massive trauma. While I'm expecting his Audi overlords to be massive dicks, i don't think there is much to gain to continue racing when there is no way to even get into points for the rallyraid league.

edit:
New recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmsMhuv9690

SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jan 11, 2023

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

Looks like he ended up not starting stage ten so he's out of the race for good. There's always testing and data to gather, but if he's injured I agree it makes sense to stay out.

Listen if you think you can get away with not telling me what you think about the day just by editing your last post then you're thinking of the wrong A.S.O. Follow the guidelines! :wotwot:

Well losing a contestant for what is actually is a proper freak accident is far from optimal, esp on a class that already lost a good number of vehicles, and I generally don't give the crowd the benefit of the doubt in rallies. I strongly doubt the drivers are trying to do a carmageddon special on the sly.

Sainz did a weird "it's my fault guv" interview that sounded like it was pretty much done at a contractual gun point. Peterhansel suffered mostly the same issues so I feel this is a car-level issue rather than driver.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

I’m not sure I would call “loving floor it lol idgaf about that dunes yolo” a freak accident. Or do you mean Loprais? In which case absolutely agree. In the in-cab footage you can’t even see the guy they hit.

I wonder if for Sainz it was a quiet Toyota protest. I really think the rule is if you call the helicopter to come get you you’re out. Let alone get picked up by it. I will have to look it up at some point.

Peterhansel did have the same “yolo” over a dune issue but I think that was just reading the roadbook and trying to make up time by not slowing down for a (double?) caution.

I was referring to Loprais, It's not like you couldn't hear the engine from miles away.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Daily recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT8avnae5qs

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
New recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgozKO2cDuk

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Daily recap is out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNK7fsLrhJo

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Podium event is now on, livestream on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISxgjM9h0ZE

It has been fun and their media agency has finally woke up, their social/streaming presence has been on point, enough that i didn't go thru the effort of watching eurosport(which is 20 minutes of racing and 40 minutes of fluff and saudi advertising) but just used their daily recap(which is 10-15 minutes of racing).

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017
Classic final results are still not in, at stage 13 both Pandas were both in the run, it would be nice to have them both reach the finish line.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

builds character posted:

Looks like they made it! This is their team FB page https://www.facebook.com/adrenaline24h/posts/pfbid0GNnbB1Mi4SYa5kVvqmvnyPXFuWhr7CQ21YW4E2v2ywN2VGY34NJ3io3X3rnRt7wZl and then this video is from there as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiFnjnhWfn8&t=366s

Glad you (and everyone else) enjoyed it. It's an incredible race and I'm glad the social media and videos from it are getting better and better. Hopefully some day folks can just follow along live but that's really a pipe dream (or absurd effort following the stage reports and GPS tracks and looking at live snapchat uploads by heatmap) at this point.

Being able to grab the the completion award in a busted panda 4x4 while multimillion custom audi prototypes didn't must be rewarding.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

mobby_6kl posted:

Goon team next year?

https://www.autoscout24.it/lst/fiat..._id=1n1ijlig787

It's fun that some of them are as old as me and cost more than a fully decked new Panda 4x4.

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SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

mobby_6kl posted:

Yeah I know :negative:

Panda was my first candidate for the rally before I gave up and got the Fit instead. (which was probably for the better). Really bizarre considering they're an econobox made by the millions, but everything is a collectible now.

In any case, this would be the least of our problems. Last time I looked into it, it costs like 200k to enter a car team I think.

Unless you babysit the chassis, pandas will rust into nothingness, so you can finder either concourse grade units or rust piles nowadays. Pajeros or land cruisers are a more sensible option.

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