Rallye Catalunya

[429CJ]

After SS8
WRC:
1. 18 Sébastien LOEB (F)

CITROËN Xsara 1:31:37.8 0.0

2. 19 Carlos SAINZ (E)

CITROËN Xsara 1:32:04.0 +26.2

3. 4 Markko MÄRTIN (EE)

FORD Focus RS WRC 03 1:32:09.0 +31.2

4. 3 Gilles PANIZZI (F)

PEUGEOT 206 WRC 1:32:11.3 +33.5

5. 5 Francois DUVAL (B)

FORD Focus RS WRC 03 1:32:32.8 +55.0

6. 2 Richard BURNS (GB)

PEUGEOT 206 WRC 1:32:51.8 +1:14.0

7. 17 Colin MCRAE (GB)

CITROËN Xsara 1:33:00.7 +1:22.9

8. 20 Philippe BUGALSKI (F)

CITROËN Xsara 1:33:17.1 +1:39.3

9. 8 Tommi MÄKINEN (FIN)

SUBARU Impreza WRC 2003 1:33:19.8 +1:42.0

10. 1 Marcus GRÖNHOLM (FIN)

PEUGEOT 206 WRC 1:33:34.0 +1:56.2

11. 7 Petter SOLBERG (N)

SUBARU Impreza WRC 2003 1:33:37.8 +2:00.0


Petter Solberg got 50 second penalty after being 5 minutes late from time control after service.

[alfasud]

Looking good for Citroen again. Leob and Sainz in the top 2 places and another 2 Xsara in the top eight.

[Dani Filth]

looking very good for Citroen . if Sainz can finish second to Loeb . he is almoast World Champion again . but i'm sure he will be worried because . it UK again

[Knowlesy]

Go Citroen!!!!!

[Dani Filth]

yeah but Sainz droped

[Knowlesy]

And Martin is catching Loeb.....

[429CJ]

After leg 2:
WRC:
1. S.LOEB F 2:46:28.6
2. M.MÄRTIN +20.8
3. G.PANIZZI +36.7
4. C.SAINZ +1:05.2
5. F.DUVAL +1:08.8
6. R.BURNS +1:40.4
7. C.MCRAE +2:12.2
8. M.GRÖNHOLM +2:16.8
9. P.BUGALSKI +2:39.1
10. P.SOLBERG +2:39.8

JWRC:
1. B.TIRABASSI 3:03:27.3
2. C.MEEKE +58.5
3. S.CANELLAS +1:25.4
4. D.CARLSSON +1:55.3
5. U.AAVA +3:20.5
6. V-P.TEURONEN +3:24.8
7. K.KATAJAMÄKI +4:27.4
8. A.FEGHALI +7:09.2
9. M.CECCATO +8:26.5
10. L.CECCHETTINI+12:51.7


Loeb, Sainz, Märtin and Burns all are on points scoring positions, but things does not look so good to Solberg, but one day is still to drive.

[x_dt]

Rain is affecting the Sunday's opening stages...and Solberg is on a charge, 8th after SS18.

[Adam43]

Wow, what a final stage. All change.

[Adam43]

Loeb 63
Sainz 63
Solberg 62
Burns 58

And Sainz had that spin on SS23 too

[429CJ]

WRC:

1 Panizzi Peugeot 3h55:09.4
2 Loeb Citroën + 0:13.0
3 Märtin Ford + 0:13.6
4 Duval Ford + 0:55.4
5 Solberg Subaru 0:50 + 1:10.8
6 Grönholm Peugeot + 1:29.1
7 Sainz Citroën + 1:33.0
8 Mäkinen Subaru + 1:55.1
9 McRae Citroën + 3:15.2
10 Bugalski Citroën + 5:13.6
11 Robert Peugeot + 5:28.1
12 Gardemeister Skoda + 5:58.2
13 Kresta Peugeot + 6:09.5
14 Hirvonen Ford + 9:05.9

JWRC:
---------
1 Tirabassi Renault 4h16:33.7
2 Meeke Opel + 1:32.5
3 Canellas Suzuki + 2:08.1
4 Carlsson Suzuki + 4:06.5
5 Aava Suzuki + 6:32.4
6 Teuronen Suzuki + 6:40.5

POINTS:
WRC:
01 Sébastien LOEB (F) 63
01 Carlos SAINZ (E) 63
03 Petter SOLBERG (NOR) 62
04 Richard BURNS (GB) 58
05 Markko MÄRTIN (EST) 49
06 Marcus GRÖNHOLM (FIN) 46
07 Colin McRAE (GB) 40

JWRC:
01 Brice TIRABASSI (F) 38
02 Salvador CANELLAS (E) 31
03 Daniel CARLSSON (S) 23
04 Urmo AAVA (EST) 20
05 Guy WILKS (GB) 18

Group N is still the only championship decided, on the last (Corsica) rally of the group N the briton Martin Rowe took the title.

[R]

Great recovery from Petter while Sainz and Loeb lost ground on the final day mean there's just one point in it prior to the rally of Great Britain! Petter has a great chance of being crowned World Champion - go Petter!

[Knowlesy]

1. S LOEB 63 Pts
2. C SAINZ 63 Pts
3. P SOLBERG 62 Pts
4. R BURNS 58 Pts

It's a right old cliff hanger,although the points system the FIA uses these days shows its flaws even worse than in F1! How is Burns still in the fight? And Solberg is a little lucky as well.

Go Citroen! (tall order now though).

[ASCII Man]

I hope Petter gets the title.
He's a good guy with a great personality.

[miss tmr]

Yeah i hope Petter wins, i would love to see a Subaru
victory this year.

Ive notice the gap between the top 3, separated by a point, its gonna be a close one for sure..

[Matthopps]

It's got to be Petter all the way - who else beside me can see a multiple World Champion of the future in him?

[Alpina]

I think Sainz has to be favourite to win it now.

[BertMk2]

Solberg will either win the title or crash out of the rally. If Solberg doesn't win I think Sainz will take the title (but not the rally win). I don't see Loeb finishing ahead of those two unless they hit trouble.

[Dani Filth]

Loeb lost the title in the last rally . a rally he should have won .. and already be World Champion .. but hey ... it's UK .. who knows . anything could happen .. I think the pug of Gronholm coulkd be the title decider .. if he wins the rally Loen needs a third to be sure . or at least be just behind Solberg .. but Sainz needs to be in front of Solberg ...
I'm still putting my money on Loeb . but i'm not gonna risk to much money

[Dani Filth]

**** my maths is a bit wrong ..

[garcon]

Petter has a great chance. And the Subarus like the Welsh mud. Having said that, the Peugeot was blisteringly quick last year, and I wouldn't be surprised if Burnsy won the rally. Loeb has suprised us on loose surface events already this season, so I suppose he could do again.

But my money's on Carlos. It's time he had some good luck in Wales.

[Bob Irvine..]

What a great event,managed to see shakedown,scrutineering,the start,5 stages and the finish.the atmosphere was incedible,especially when i pulled out my huge Scotlnd flag under the bridge at the doughnut hairpin,3000 Spaniards gave me plenty of **** for it!nightlife was great with official rallybars(where i tried to get a very ****ed British 1600 driver in,to no avail).All in,1 week in Spain,half board hotel,hire car and lots of drinking money and all the Rallying = 410 pounds.lovely tan aswell,liver must be a bit white though!