Yes they did! But Neville after very quick 1 sector (equal to Ogiers) on 6km of 1st stage hit the telegraph post and retired.Huntresa wrote:DiD Hyundai not run this rally ? And if they didnt, why did they choose not to ?
Ah ok, its just confusing they dont list them as atleast DNF in the list.aleks_ader wrote:Yes they did! But Neville after very quick 1 sector (equal to Ogiers) on 6km of 1st stage hit the telegraph post and retired.Huntresa wrote:DiD Hyundai not run this rally ? And if they didnt, why did they choose not to ?
Sordo was 3rd overal and had some-sort unknown electric problems after 3rd stage on the way to the next and he was forced to retired. So yeah unlucky, but that is rally.
source: http://www.maxrally.com/1 Sebastien Ogier 10/10
French passport? Check. First name of Sebastien? Check. Monte Carlo winner? Check. And some people actually have the temerity to suggest that our sport is becoming predictable.
2 Jari-Matti Latvala 6/10
The Finn is well-known for having seemingly swallowed a dictionary so he would probably say: “Despite the inclemency of the conditions, we adjudicated an optimal set-up on the Volkswagen, allowing us achieve a felicitous symbiosis between inexorable forward motion and a cathartic sense of self-preservation, underlining the dogmatic paradigm with which we wish to address this season.” We reckon he did OK, basically.
3 Kris Meeke 9/10
He may have bent a couple of Citroens last year but firmly resisted the temptation this time: stunning after a four-year absence from Monte Carlo. A consistent series of top-three times showed that he’s a worthy replacement for Sebastien Loeb so far – and praise doesn’t get any higher than that.
4 Mads Ostberg 8/10
‘Mad Mads’ (his favoured slogan) turned into ‘Sensibly Cautious Mads’ – as a result of which he bagged a solid points finish on his Citroen debut. That moniker doesn’t quite have the same charisma, although it’s undeniably more effective than his previous persona.
5 Mikko Hirvonen 4/10
Mikko said he had turned a corner on his return to M-Sport, the bad old days of a Citroen that didn’t suit him were over, and he was even looking forward to pie and chips again, after two years of nouvelle cuisine. Then he retired with alternator problems, having previously had a severe wake-up call from his team-mate who had never even done the rally before.
6 Elfyn Evans 10/10
The biggest contrast you could find in the world to the glittering Principality of Monaco is probably Dinas Mawddy: a small Welsh village where the people are outnumbered by sheep. Yet Elfyn – who comes from this rural idyll, like his father and his grandfather before him – seemed just as at home in Monte Carlo as the most jet-setting of international playboys. Which (thankfully) he definitely isn’t.
7 Thierry Neuville 0/10
He came, he saw, he conquered. The race to be first on the retirement list, that is. Mental note to self: if you’ve retired on the last three Monte Carlo rallies, try to get through the first stage at least.
8 Dani Sordo 8/10
It must have been a refreshing change for Dani to be showing his team mate the way: an experience that has rarely presented itself in the past. Sadly it didn’t last, but at least the Spaniard had a nice motorhome to kick back in after he retired with a suspected alternator problem.
9 Andreas Mikkelsen 6/10
Andreas went off into a ditch, and had to plead with some spectators to drag him out. At least this was on the second day, unlike his last experience of Monte Carlo when he went off early on the opening stage in 2011, earning him the soubriquet of ‘one-mile Mikkelsen’.
10 Robert Kubica 9/10
Robert says that he’s beginning to get into a comfortable rhythm with a World Rally Car now. The rhythm of going very quickly, then understeering off slowly into a ditch. But it was still a massively impressive showing and when it all comes together Robert will become a world champion. We’ve actually bet money on it.
11 Bryan Bouffier 9/10
Right up there with IndyCar star Bryan Herta for the coveted title of ‘world’s fastest man called Bryan.’ If he was as good at recce-ing as he was at driving, then he might even have won: a curious mix-up left him without full pace notes for one of the stages on day two. A podium was still a great result though: especially as his support team seemed to consist of a couple of blokes and a dog.
12 Francois Delecour 8/10
Neck and neck with Thierry Neuville when it came to making a spectacularly premature exit from the Monte Carlo Rally. Difference is, it wasn’t his fault.
21 Martin Prokop 3/10
Prokop is back for another crack at the back end of the top 10 this year. Sadly his car lost interest on the first day with an electrical failure.
22 Jaroslav Melicharek 5/10
Martin Prokop’s new team-mate is only doing a few rounds but he started well with a top-10 finish. Blocking the road on the second Col de Turini climb was the fault of the Fiesta's gearbox rather than the Slovak's.
I swear when i firstly saw that picture on this forum of burning car i immediately think "Oh no Kubica....". Luckily nobody is seriously hurt.zonk wrote:Big drama for Mikko on the road section between stage 3 & 4. Both Mikko and Jarmo are fine.
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