Rally Liepāja 2020
ERC #2 • ERC2 #2 • ERC3 #2 • ERC Ladies #2 • ERC1 Junior #2 • ERC3 Junior #2 • Baltic Rally Trophy #2 [coef 2] • Abarth Rally Cup #2
14. 8. – 16. 8. 2020, Liepāja • RA EVENTS • gravel 175.83 km • total distance including road sections - 704.70 km • Other years
Event has been postponed from original date 29-31.05.2020 due to the spread of COVID-19
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SS10
"Quite good day for me, in last stage I pushed really hard, 3 little mistakes but OK."
"We have a problem with engine, the same as in the Polish rally.
We tried to go to the finish line."
"I pushed, I tried maybe not the best but this is the first time in our rally program, in ERC.
We're fighting, thanks to our sponsors, I'm happy we made some show for the fans."
"We finished, we are here.
Apart from this adventure, the engine issue, it was great.
I'm looking forward to some brainwash after this."
"Martin and Ken were on good pace.
Good points for the championship."
"Actually, we didn't have any pressure, it was hard to drive.
We are happy, here we are."
"We're happy, now our experience is much better.
Of course it was a pity we had a puncture yesterday.
Final stage was hard, tyres were worn out and I didn't have enough experience with driving on such surface with tyres.
It's been great to drive here."
"It was extremely tough for us.
We were struggling a lot first day, second day we got slightly into the rhythm.
We'll go home and learn a lot, next time we come more prepared.
Thanks to our team, they were all great."
"The rally was very impressive, really fast stages.
We learnt every stage, we were first car on the road, a lot of experience, a lot of learning, a lot of improvement."
"Absolutely satisfied. We got the experience, got the kilometres.
Good feeling, so much fun.
With more commitment and driving will time definitely be there.
We are happy."
"We're satisfied with the progress, it was
difficult for us, it's the first rally on gravel for us.
We learnt a lot, yesterday we didn't do well but today we changed the setup and everything was working well.
Thanks to the team, it was perfect."
"We did some mistakes but alright.
Thanks to the team who repaired the car overnight, thanks to my father who gave me an opportunity to drive Hyundai in this rally.
Thanks to people who cheered me."
"It's been very tough. It was very hectic, not a clean run.
We started with stall yesterday but we kept pushing.
We spun in the last stage, lost 20 seconds but it was still a good stage.
Thanks to everyone, it's been an amazing weekend."
"It was OK, to be honest.
It's been very good test for us.
We are happy to stay in the fight."
"It was very amazing race, good tyres, good setup.
We tried to push, I think we scored good points for the championship so we are happy with the result.
We are also happy to be in the finish line."
"I'm happy with the time, happy with driving."
"I lost some seconds at the end but I'm really happy with the progress, driving on gravel and tarmac.
It's very very unfortunate what happened today."
"Run was OK, clean, pace yesterday was encouraging.
We had some issues with the car, I made some mistakes but it's a game."
"Not so easy on gravel, pacenotes were not bad in general.
We learn, we had a little bit of cleaning which is good for learning.
Tyres are almost done, I think, we had sometimes almost no grip so we had to drive efficiently."
"I think our tyres are quite dead but it was fun. Grip was just freaky sometimes.
Rally was difficult for us, yesterday I made a lot of mistakes, today it was better."
"Difficult rally for us, I'm very happy, nice to drive in ERC.
We'll see what's gonna be prepared for us next."
"I enjoy to be at the end as much as possible, I'm really happy.
Thanks to my partners and team, to my family, it was a difficult weekend."
SS9
"Now engine and power is OK."
"We have plenty of spares so no problem."
"All is OK."
"I messed it up in the chicane, I went braking too late."
"I remember stage from the recce so I felt confident.
Grip level is still impressive, we are looking forward to make it to the finish line."
"Good fun, quite slippery,
Car could be better in this setup but we're still learning."
"Good stage, surprisingly slippery, although it was second part."
"Of course we look how the juniors are doing, they are driving very well.
It was not that good as in the morning in the stage but I think we'll be faster."
"I cleaned half of the stage, after half of it I was enjoying the speed of car.
I think this was the fastest one."
SS8
"I don't know why the smoke comes from our car."
"There was a little bit of loose gravel, we spun, went into a ditch but good."
"Pleasant to drive, at some places it was slow, we could push much harder.
Now we are driving on grippy gravel and we like it."
"It was better than the first time, speed is very high and I had to handle with the car, we went into a ditch but OK."
"Now we did some changes on setup and I'm confident now. I am happy with the car."
"It's OK, we're trying to push.
Unfortunately, on tarmac section I had a spin, lost maybe too many seconds and then, a big jump was quite heavy, I didn't brake enough."
"I'm calm, driving very very slowly.
It's more slippy, I'm driving on old tyres but OK."
"I'm just trying to be comfortable, to continue.
I'm not completely used to the car but I'm happy, I feel more and more comfortable."
"I had to concern more about the tyres, they seem to be delaminated and overheated."
"We're working on pushing."
"It's slippery, I will push, we will do our best."
"I'm OK with Craig, he's a teammate. We won't push."
"Not so good, I feel like the car is sliding too much.
It's so much cleaning, small tarmac underneath and hard gravel, it's not ideal for the moment."
"It was quite clean run, grip was quite high, I am happy."
"It's much easier with the new gearshift lever.
Line is clean but now, my driving style is difficult compared to the morning."
"It's definitely better, I'm really happy the surface is better.
I made a little mistake, was sliding too much but it's nothing compared to the loop before."
SS7
"Very fast stage."
"OK, we enjoyed it."
"We tried to do some setup changes on the car but we had no grip at the front so it was hard to drive.
We were lacking grip in the morning so we are lucky to make it to the service."
"It was quite good but we missed a junction, it was quite slippery in parts."
"technical issue - turbo in SS 7"
"This stage was OK for me, now it's good."
"It was OK, still careful at some places. I try to push more, we're OK.
I'll try to push more in the second loop, to be more clean and maybe faster.
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"Loved this stage very much. I'm very happy now."
"I have to improve a lot."
"I think the car is working OK, clean run."
"This one was faster than the previous one, I really tried. Let's see in the second loop."
"This wasn't the best one, we were struggling with slow corners."
"I know we damaged front right part of the bumper but we left it like that. It was a fantastic stage, we're having fun, it's a big bonus."
"Interesting loop for us, in the first stage we were struggling with too fast pacenotes and went too fast over the crest, in the second one it was good and in the last one we had slow pacenotes.
We didn't have enough experience on gravel road but now it's good."
"It was a medium run. I went wide twice in the junction, I was struggling with my pacenotes but it's good learning again."
"We enjoyed it. We are still, we're happy and enjoying it."
"The stage was so much fun. We knew it here, we knew we could push more in recce and that made the improvement.
We enjoyed the driving, beautiful stage."
"OK, we tried to push a little bit. It's really good but we'll improve for sure."
"Now it's not easy but we're trying to manage it.
I hope in next loop the tyres will be working more, now it's a bit hard compound."
"Looks like OK, very good stage, I give it the push and enjoyed it.
We were struggling with the setup but no drama."
"We're trying to improve. Currently looking on the time, it's not bad. I'm happy with that."
"It was fine, no big damage, I just hit a hole in high speed and that made such damage."
"The car is just amazing, we're confident in the stage. There's a lot of cleaning in the stage but it's good for learning.
Actually, quite slippery, we were too fast at the beginning and lost some time."
"We were already missing the inner side of the bumper but it's OK, we'll keep driving to the finish."
"There was absolutely nothing, I got a puncture in the middle of wide section, I don't know what happened."
"A lot of mistakes but car is good. I'll try to be faster next time."
"Car is working perfectly, the stage was demanding, not 100% happy with the driving."
Puncture
"Difficult morning with broken gearshift, you lose time, nothing to do."
"It was a nice loop, a lot of sliding which affects the time."
SS6
"It's nice, we're improving all the time. We made some small mistakes, quite good rhythm."
"OK. I'm trying, good time."
"Narrow section was difficult but OK."
"The first stage was really good for me but this stage had very long narrow sections."
"We liked this stage, it was my best stage, very very happy."
"Quite tricky, in fact, we went off the road and lost a good minute of time."
"I got more into the rhythm but I'm still slower than Martin.
We try our best, I'll push more."
"I'm not happy. I have no cofidence in junctions, I spun and got lost in the dust."
"We need to do something different with the driving."
"We set a maximum attack, honestly. We try to be precise, very smooth."
"We're slowly getting into rhythm."
"It was nice, much easier with pacenotes in this stage than in the previous one.
We'll be happy to be on the finish line of this loop so we can analyse and improve our pacenotes."
"This time, we went off the road and stalled.
We tried to get out of the ditch and lost some time."
"Very fast, we had a really big moment, we were sliding on the side into a ditch.
My confidence was not high."
"Not sure what happened with Devine.
We enjoyed the stage."
"We're driving much better, big step with opening the twisty road, big improvement from yesterday."
"At the beginning, I was not confident, it was narrow there, with a lot of stones.
I was lacking confidence there but after that section, it was fine."
"Driving style is better, better for tyres but it's hard to compare. We're trying to increase our speed."
"I was very careful on braking, on narrow places it's very dangerous, you can easily get a puncture.
I was really careful there but on wide sections, I was pushing hard."
"The feeling is not so bad, I'm just trying to concentrate.
I'm not able to do perfect stages but it's fine."
"Unfortunately, we made a lot of changes overnight on the car but the balance is again not there."
"It was a lot of mistakes, not good."
"A little bit struggling with pacenotes, we lost some time but so far OK."
"We were slightly on the wrong line before on the jump and landed in the field, luckily, we didn't damage anything.
Radiator is working fine, just cosmetics."
"It was OK, first part was quite narrow, the road was getting really dirty, some big stones there.
The cleaning is really high, it's difficult, We're doing our best."
"Quite OK, some sections were quite difficult, the wide one was OK."
"We have broken gearshifter. It was OK, our style was just maybe a bit soft.
We'll go to service to let the gearshift leaver fixed.
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"I hit something, it was not big, this stage was way more horrible, it was sliding way more.
We 've done quite good job, we need to be more precise.
We're enjoying to be the first car into the stage."
SS5
"Car is really good prepared, they were working all night in the service, thanks to them.
We need to play with the driving style.
It's also good experience to drive on these roads with another compound."
"Good morning, very fast stage, it's OK, now we're competing with cleaning the stage."
"This stage was quite tricky, I expected the grip to be higher.
I lost some seconds in fast corners, there are places to improve."
"It was OK. It was really fast, we had to break a lot sometimes."
"I was very careful on braking, almost always braking early. Not a good stage but it was OK."
"Little bit more enjoyable this morning, car is fine, my head tells me to brake but I'm fighting with the speed.
I have to improve myself, my driving, it was fine."
"Good run, all fine."
"Car setup has massively improved.
I guess I leave braking for the last time."
"We had little moments on the jump."
"We lost approx 5-6 seconds at the beginning, it was tricky. Not easy as yesterday, we couldn't see trough the dust.
It'll be difficult to catch Lindholm, we started with making mistakes."
"We have no gearshift.
It was very slippery but OK."
"Clean run, quite slippery but quite good.
Car is working well."
"It's fun, we had an opportunity to try this fun.
It's not good for results, we're cleaning the road but it's good for learning.
It's sliding probably mor than I expected, you need to be smooth.
It'll be probably good for the next loop."
SS4
"Step by step, we learn and go faster. We have fun."
"Not good."
"Stage was OK, a little bit faster. It's our first time on gravel, we're going step by step."
"Happy to be here. It's a very long day for us. We have done a lot, a lot of learning in the stages, very good.
I really like being on the gravel, going step by step."
"We had a puncture and changed the wheel in the stage."
"Our mechanics could fix it, car works perfectly now. We are trying to learn the stages, to get a feeling on fast gravel stages.
We hope to be confident to push more."
"We were struggling in narrow parts and slow corners, wide sections were quite OK.
We have to work on pacenotes."
"We had problems, we got lost completely at the beginning."
"It was tricky at the end, we were tired."
"It was good, I don't know, I was quite relaxed at the beginning.
I changed that at the beginning but I was sliding a lot, maybe I was pushing too much.
But we are happy, at the end of this day, we will try tomorrow."
"Finish was not good, we are a little bit disappointed.
We made a mistake, maybe because of heat."
"I learn but we have no tyres anymore."
"Kind of worst stage I've made.
I was oversteering and my driving was not good."
"I am happy, we are there, I try to learn. I am happy, very heavy stage, a little bit of gravel.
We'll see tomorrow, we'll be learning."
"I enjoy it, I saw Polonski stopped in the stage."
"I saw Dariusz Poloňski, he went straight in the corner and is off the road.
Anyway, we enjoy with this car.
We look forward to tomorrow to push more."
"Everything was OK today, sometimes I was feeling like I had a puncture but luckily, I didn't have any."
"A lot of dust, hard stage. Hard day for us."
"The last stage was very good, I enjoyed."
"Really really not good, we had probably something bad in the pacenotes.
We had a moment and went off the road, luckily there was nothing there.
We had to turn on the engine again and go away from there and we lost some time.
But we are happy today."
"It was a bit slower, we had all a little bit of dust. We tried to push but we lost some seconds. It is a shame."
"I don't know what's wrong with Gryazin.
It was tough."
"Big experience for us, in the last stage there was a lot of dust in the forest but otherwise, it was OK."
"We were happy with the driving in the first loop but in the third stage, everything changed for us.
We did a puncture in the third stage and we had no spare wheel.
This stage was tough and to be honest, we didn't push.
We will think about the tactic for tomorrow."
"I lost maybe 20 seconds at least, I catched all the dust from the guy before and I spun.
I didn't see anything."
"Difficult, we had a puncture before but it was a good stage."
"It was fun, it was good."
"Not really happy wih the stage, we had some issues and lost some time."
"This wasn't good, we had a spin at the beginning, it was slippery there."
"We are on the limit, we'll see tomorrow."
"Zero visibility at some places but it was an amazing stage, we performed good push.
It's really amazing to drive the car, it's pleasure."
"It was slippery, no win and maximum dust on the road, unbelievable. Zero visibility but OK."
"This stage was the hardest one.
Here so much hanging dust, we were working on pacenotes, not to make anything stupid.
No big mistakes, no scratch on the car, we will push tomorrow."
"Not so good run, I couldn't see anything in the forest.
We'll see tomorrow."
"Most difficult stage of the day.
At the beginning, it was very tough, very narrow, we had zero grip.
It was difficult for us."
"This was one of hardest stages in my life. We had engine issue, problems in service.
Here it was very hard."
"I learnt a lot, it was a good day. It was not easy for us, we lost a lot of time.
We'll see how it looks tomorrow."
SS3
"We were not confident but we keep pushing."
"Tough, at the beginning we hit a rock and the car went weird but OK."
"It was OK, in some slow corners I was early to braking."
"Car is working fine, I am getting into the mood to push more, to me more aggresive.
I had some small moments, a big slide and troubles with oversteering but OK."
"It was a nice stage. "
"Maybe we had a slow puncture, we are using old tyres and it's not perfect for us."
"Stage was good. I made a mistake in the last corner and lost some good seconds.
I felt pressure in the morning, we made some mistakes."
"It's good, we are there, super stage.
We are a little bit better."
"Little bit better, I can drive better, I enjoy it. More kilometres on the gravel."
"Time is not good."
"It was much better, very good stage for us, it was not rough/destroyed."
"Everything is OK now, much better than the first loop."
"Super stage, good feeling, everything is good."
"Really good run, we're trying to be faster and faster."
"It was better, we enjoyed it. Car is working perfect.
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"I think we catched a guy before us, we had a lot of dust in the stage, it was not easy to find the best braking points.
It was still much cleaner than before, we changed a bit on the car.
Car feel really nice."
"I think it was good, I could push more.
I'm doing my job and I'm happy about it.
We didn't have any moments, I have to focus on the line. It is fast."
"It was OK, we stalled on the start, a couple of mistakes but OK, we're enjoying it."
"Not good run for us, we had a puncture in the 3.km, we had to stop to change it.
We had a problem with wheel nuts, there was a lot of dust on it.
We still have one more stage to go, we'll fight 'till the end."
"Difficult. I didn't see Marczyk.
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"Grip was high but the road was full of rocks, I hit a rock on the side of road, it was around the corner, quite big."
"I had a spin in the last part of the stage. The rest of the stage was good."
"It was OK, I tried to change my approach as we are here to test the car and I need to focus on that.
I want to win but I still want to get used to the car and I have a plan that I want to follow."
"It was fine, you can really push if you are at the same place second time.
There was a little bit of dust."
"We had a small issue with pop/off valve, we lost a few seconds as it was not closing and there was no power.
The setup is good, it was a pretty clean run.
We are still adapting, now it was mostly tarmac but before it was loose everywhere."
"I had to brake in the dust and lost some time."
"A little bit dust in the stage, second loop is much better, the stage was already wider."
"I just felt on tarmac section, the car started to fell over.
We had a slow puncture, shame on it but all good."
"Now it's good, I'm going like chill."
"Rhythm is much better but I had a spin, went wide and then went back. Car is good."
"We didn't manage to fix the problem, unfortunately. We're trying to make it to the end."
SS2
"Actually, it's quite tough. We need to keep our tyres.
Car is fantastic, I just try to save the tyres."
"In the first one, we had some leaking brake fluid but we can fix it."
"That was OK, I just still lack confidence. I think it's OK. We continue fighting, now we are fighting with fast guys."
"Lovely stage, I found a good pace. No problems."
"Not good for me, I am struggling with the junctions and tyres, braking and accelerating."
"I made a lot of mistakes, it's hard to drive behind the big cars, to find a line."
"I try to learn. Stage is very good. We are there."
"Also, this one was difficult, a lot of kilometres.
We will do some changes in the service."
"The feeling at the moment is bad."
"We were sliding very deep, so far turbo is working this time. Looking forward to the end of the rally."
"Everything is good, we try step-to-step to be faster."
"We are getting better rhythm."
"Good, sometimes slippery."
"Car is OK."
"We have more grip than guys at the front.
We are happy with the car."
"OK, very interesting and very fast. We are learning, enjoying it."
"When I'm driving slow, time is good, if I think I'm fast, time is bad, I don't know where's the problem.
Stage was very tricky, the last part of the narrow section was terrible.
I'm very afraid to get a puncture again.
I think next loop will be better."
"It was better than the previous one, it will still take time to be better.
It's really fast, I need to stay focused."
"A little bit better but we are still coming into the rally, there is no point to risk at all.
I am happy, looking forward to the next loop.
Driving could be improved a little bit, setup of the car is completely good, we are happy with it."
"Really good stage, I was far too careful at the end of stage, it was slippery there."
"Not a clean stage, I was pushing too much and went off the stage. Very slippery, it was difficult."
"Long brakings, very special, hard on the narrow road.
We are on the road, tyres are good, we are happy with the car.
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"We pushed, we were sliding too much, almost falling off the line.
It is a basic problem, it can be affected by the setup."
"Honestly, it was good. We are cleaning the stage, we need to learn and manage this type of condition."
"It was again very slippery, very hard to find the right line. I thought it would be easier."
"Much better than in the first stage, I enjoy driving more than before.
I'm happy now."
"A little bit better, still not happy with the car. Same problem with the engine, we don't know."
"I feel I got response for my engine issue so we're trying to make it into the end of stage."
"Very difficult, in a narrow part there was so much loose gravel, I jumped into a ditch with the back, sorry."
SS1
"engine issue in SS1"
"We are here, it was a first long stage on gravel for me.
We are here, we're happy."
"My first stage on gravel was not the easiest one, I try to learn."
"I'm happy, but not entirely happy. We're moreless good, we had some problems in the stage."
"It was a very nice stage, a little bit soft in the middle. We had a stalled engine but OK."
"OK, time is not so bad but my feeling is not good. I'm trying to concentrate."
"It's a good day, good sky, good stage, super."
"Good, a bit slippery, a little bit narrow but next time, it'll be better."
"Not a good start."
"I think the stage was not bad, we are quite happy, we had very hot moments on tarmac section but OK."
"OK, we are trying to get used to speed, we increased the pace."
"It was probably too safe for the beginning. I'm slowly getting into it."
"What puncture? Nothing happened, braking could still be better, it was a fast stage, difficult but OK, we are here."
"It was a tough stage, I had a fear because there was a lot of stones.
Last part of stage was very narrow."
"I pushed very hard after I lost 5 seconds.
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"Quite clean run, I had some problem with brakes but OK."
"Not good, it was hard."
"It was quite OK, tricky stage to find the rhythm. I'm not feeling well, we were struggling with the car.
We have to do something with the car."
"Quite OK, it was still quite slippery, some dust in the stage although we have 2 mins gaps.
I'm sure other guys will be fast, now it's cleaning the road."
"The road is cleaning. We should have been faster, a little bit more to do."
"We tried our best, it was not perfect, still a lot of cleaning. I enjoy to drive, car is nice, it's pretty good to be here and feel the excitement."
"It was very slippery, we made some mistakes but we are almost OK."
"Absolutely trash, it was terrible. I'm not happy right now. No rhythm but we are here to learn, to get a grip."
"We were not enough fast yesterday in QS, now we are opening the road.
Guys are behind us, we will be fast.
We didn't make any changes to setup."
"We went off the road. We had same problem like engine."
"We have an issue with engine. Apparently, it's not going well in the stage.
We tried our best.
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"Very difficult, we made a small mistake yesterday in QS and now we open the road.
It's sliding everywhere, a lot of loose gravel but OK.
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