55. Rallye International du Valais 2014
ERC #11 • ERC Production Cup #11 • ERC 2WD #11 • ERC Junior #6 • Switzerland #7 • Junior (CH) #5 • Switzerland Cup #7 • Citroën Racing Trophy DS3 R1 (CH) #5 • Citroën Racing Trophy DS3 R3 (CH) #5
23. 10. – 25. 10. 2014, Martigny • asphalt 252.74 km • Other years
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SS19
"The whole weekend without any problems, perfect weekend."
It's really fantastic now, our speed over the weekend, I think we really could have won this rally if we had not had the puncture.
"Great this last stage, great feeling, I keep the car in one piece... Just great feeling!"
"I have a big puncture and I went off..."
SS18
"This stage is terrible for me, I do not know how I can go fast in this stage..."
SS16
"I think there is too much problem with the fire, I do not think he (Kajetanowicz) can continue, we did not see him on the start of the stage. It was okay, just safely through."
"On the second half the notes are too conservative on the downhill. Just not fasten enough, thinking that the corners are more tighter than they are."
SS15
Retired again due to Mechanical problems
"It was not so bad, but the time is bad. We make a risk with tyres, we use on the front medium slick, on the first two stage was perfect but on these last two stages was not good."
"Last year I lost 30 seconds to Craig (Breen) on this stage! There is pace to go faster but there is no need."
Amazing, so many surprises. On the braking is so slippery... We are here that is why we are happy! A few mistakes, general it's good.
"It was quite good but I spun twice, I definately lost 20 seconds... Really stupid mistake, we could have had a good chance of climbing up more."
"I think I as driving 10 kilometres without any brakes. I try to pump to get the brakes back. We lost a lot of time, it was not so nice."
"This stage is very crazy and very long. A lot of time you change rythmn. One is dry, one is wet, is very difficult. I lost my brake 10 kilometres before the finish. Very complicated. I lost all the time, I must pump for brake."
SS14
"Everything okay, but car is no power... All the time, no power."
"I am trying to push but it is a long time since I stood on a podium."
"I have strange feeling with the steering wheel, the car wants to drive to the left, it is not very nice. I do not know what it is. It is not a big drama, but it feels a bit strange."
SS13
It's been a while I have been driving on gravel. But still with this tarmac tyre and this characteristic, it is difficult.
"I did not push hard enough on the first one. Really pushing a lot on the tyre in there, really tricky in the gravel section."
"This stage now was my first experience with tarmac tyre and tarmac set-up on the gravel. I try to get my feeling."
"I have a problem with the starter motor, is impossible to start the engine."
"It was funny, half stage is gravel, half stage is tarmac, we enjoy."
SS12
“I said to Janne at the finish that it was not good, but it seems that others have also had it difficult."
"The last part of the stage was new for me and I did not have a lot of confidence in the notes and I lost some time there."
"I was surprised, I expected 80% dry but it was maybe 80% wet, it was really slippery. I choose softs, I do not know if it is a good choice."
"It was okay, but down (hill) before finish, maybe 2 kilometres before finish, not good feeling with the pace note."
SS8
"May be half kilometre after the start, maybe lost a little time. A good stage, no problems."
"Not so bad, but unfortunately the handbrake is broken. It put me off a little bit as in places it is very slippy and you need the handbrake."
SS4
"We think a drive shaft is broekn and lost all drive, so we stopped and locked the diff. A real shame as we are enjoying the rally."
"He (Abbring) was already stopped before the time control, some problem for sure. Quite okay, from the start a few kilometres were very slippery, then the tyres started to work."
"It was good as we did not hit the pole that we hit last year! Some places there was ice and quite slippery but you can see. Flat out and see what we can do. Hopefully this stage time is not so bad and we can continue like that."
"For me now I am not worried about the classification, I only want to get to the final (finish) of the rally."
SS3
Puncture
"I made too many mistakes today. I think I can improve tomorrow."
SS2
"Quite okay, but tarmac is really slippery."
"I have not confidence..."
SS1
"I was not driving well in this stage, it was our first stage with this car."
"The car is OK, we are happy. I was careful, it was nice, but tricky stage. Lot of places where it was hard to find the grip, few kilometers it was like driving in a river."
"Very big water."
"After what happened to the first car, you are just never sure what is round the corner... The fast open stuff is where it is very very slippery."
"On the part where Magalhaes went off it was like a skating area."
"Bad tyre, stage is very tricky. I drive very slowly, time is very bad."
"it is not important to go fast at the beginning. It is a long rally."
"I was scared, after crash of Bruno, I do not know where ice and where water."
"I am surprised, because the feeling was really slow. The water is sometimes like ice. I drove slowly and I am surprised about the time. It felt like aquaplaning but I think it was ice."
"The conditions are changing so much."
"I was surprised. The first bit was dry and then, I feel sorry for Bruno, a hard job to open the road, but I recognise the ice. About half way when it became a bit more humid, we had aquaplaning. Not easy."
"You cannot commit, you come round a corner and there is water everywhere. Very tricky stage, very tricky."