Rally Monte Carlo

[FordTeamRS]

Key points after Leg 1:
-Loeb is OUT of the rally, he went off in one of the stages.
-Solberg is also out suffering engine dramas.
-Gronholm is leading the rally, despite experiencing several spins and stalls throughout the stages.
-Chris Atkinson is in second position overall in his Subaru Australia 2005 Impreza WRC.
-Toni Gardmeister is third overall in his private 307 WRC.
-Francois Duval also had a stage win in his private Fabia WRC.
-Panizzi is fourth overall in his Red Bull Skoda Fabia WRC.

1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:09:30.8 0:00 1:09:30.8 0.0
2. 18 C. ATKINSON 1:10:54.5 0:00 1:10:54.5 1:23.7
3. 16 T. GARDEMEISTER 1:10:57.9 0:00 1:10:57.9 3.4
4. 11 G. PANIZZI 1:11:05.4 0:00 1:11:05.4 7.5
5. 7 M. STOHL 1:11:09.9 0:00 1:11:09.9 4.5
6. 17 F. DUVAL 1:11:36.3 0:00 1:11:36.3 26.4
7. 6 S. SARRAZIN 1:12:17.6 0:00 1:12:17.6 41.3
8. 1 S. LOEB 1:13:14.4 0:00 1:13:14.4 56.8
9. 26 D. SORDO 1:13:28.2 0:00 1:13:28.2 13.8
10. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:13:29.6 0:00 1:13:29.6 1.4

[Mike]

Loeb's fighting back.....

Still he is due a 5 minute penalty for not finishing the stage he crashed on.

[poop]

Loeb is now 4th

[Colombian]

Go Loeb! He's just awesome!!

[poop]

3rd today, and he can finish 2nd....


It's impressive but i don't like this new rule

[Mike]

3rd today, and he can finish 2nd....


It's impressive but i don't like this new rule

After not finishing stage 6 he was over 4 minutes behind Gronholm.

He's closed that down to like 2 minutes, but his 5 minute penalty is still to be added surely.

No way has he made up 7 minutes on Gronholm

[Eastman]

After not finishing stage 6 he was over 4 minutes behind Gronholm.

He's closed that down to like 2 minutes, but his 5 minute penalty is still to be added surely.

No way has he made up 7 minutes on Gronholm

I think you're wrong, Mike:

End of SS5
1. Sebastien Loeb Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 49mins 26.8secs M1
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 16.4secs M1

After SS6 / Leg 1
1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 1hour 09mins 30.8secs M1
...
8. Sebastien Loeb Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +03mins 43.6secs M1#

Loeb was given a mandatory time for SS6 (that he didn't finish), assuming that he wouldn't have lost time on the leader. Then 5min were added to his overall time.

By the way, I don't like this rule either.

[FordTeamRS]

YES!!!!!!!!!!! MARCUS GRONHOLM WINS THE MONTE CARLO RALLY!!!! YESSSS!!! His first ever tarmac victory, the first victory for the new Focus, and Gronholm's first victory in his first rally with Ford! Faaantastic *murray walker voice*

Loeb grabs 2nd position, Gardemeister finishes 3rd after he takes a winter tyre option rather than a slick tyre which suited the stage. Well done Toni, great effort! But what a super effort from Loeb, from 8th to 2nd. Well done all! What a rally!

Provisional classifications:
1 M. GRÖNHOLM 4:11:43.9
2 S. LOEB 4:12:45.7
3 T. GARDEMEISTER 4:13:07.0
4 M. STOHL 4:13:26.2
5 S. SARRAZIN 4:15:04.1
6 C. ATKINSON 4:16:46.3
7 M. HIRVONEN 4:18:03.4
8 D. SORDO 4:18:59.1

[Steven_M]

Wow, Loeb is awesome

[Mike]

After not finishing stage 6 he was over 4 minutes behind Gronholm.

He's closed that down to like 2 minutes, but his 5 minute penalty is still to be added surely.

No way has he made up 7 minutes on Gronholm

I think you're wrong, Mike:

End of SS5
1. Sebastien Loeb Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC 49mins 26.8secs M1
2. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 +01mins 16.4secs M1

After SS6 / Leg 1
1. Marcus Gronholm BP Ford Focus RS WRC 06 1hour 09mins 30.8secs M1
...
8. Sebastien Loeb Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC +03mins 43.6secs M1#

Loeb was given a mandatory time for SS6 (that he didn't finish), assuming that he wouldn't have lost time on the leader. Then 5min were added to his overall time.

By the way, I don't like this rule either.

Yeah looks like it.

Great from Loeb.

He'll probably still win the title , especially if Subaru can't build a reliable car for Petter.