5. Rally di Roma Capitale 2017
15. 9. – 17. 9. 2017, Roma - Fiuggi - Ostia • asphalt 202.48 km • Other years
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SS12
"We are really happy to be here, tough conditions. Sorry for Emma, she was faster than me."
"I am happy to be here in the finish, we needed to recover after Poland."
"Really tough for us. We had a problem with tyre choice, but we are in the finish and have a lot of new experience. Congratulations to Filip, great to see the Czech Republic wins."
"Not an easy job, but we have points in the championship and we are happy."
"Really tough race for us, I am happy to be here. Thanks to my co-driver, Czech Autoclub and our sponsors. I have not much experience with gravel, but I look forward to Latvia."
"No the best rally. I tried to push, but we are second now."
"Very positive, our team did fantastic job."
"It's amazing to win, and especially in these conditions. We were pushing like hell up to the end. Thanks to the team and our sponsors, it's great."
"I am really happy to be here. We had a lot of fun, that was amazing, first time here and we were fighting for the victory. Thanks for our team, we are really happy, amazing feeling. Great battle with Bryan."
"The podium is amazing for us. We had the pace, it was difficult to find a good setup, but now we have a good points and for the moment the season is amazing for us."
"It was a very interesting rally for me. We drove very good, we had a very good car. I want to thank to our team. We are little bit disappointed to be not on the podium, but I'm happy."
"It was a nice rally. Everytime it's nice when you finish without any mistakes. Sometimes we had not a good pace, but it was a good experience and a good test for the next WRC rally."
"I would like to thank to the ACCR team to be here. I'm happy to be here in the finish. Fingers crossed to Filip Mareš. Thanks for the whole team, they did a great job."
"Everything is different here. For us it was difficult rally, we had some problems, but we made it to the finish line. The stages were really really nice. I'm happy, we made some progress."
"I am excited to get back on gravel. We need to work on tarmac, we are finished now."
"Not a good rally, it was quite complicated with the problems with engine."
SS10
"It was amazing, the last part was really tricky. Amazing stage, really wonderfull."
"It was quite OK, we put soft tyres on the rear and it was sliding, we also lost the brakes in the end, but we enjoyed it."
"I made a mistake in the first part, but in the end it was good."
"We touched the bank, but nothing special. It was slippery and we have hard tyres, but it's under control."
"We fixed the car, we now have no active differential, but we can keep our position."
"I have no brakes."
"The front bonnet opened in the stage."
Broken windscreen on his car.
"I am very happy, the feeling with the car is getting better. But we had a spin in one hairpin."
"Good, it was quite tricky in places, you have to keep the concentration. But everything is OK."
"Pretty close, I tried to push. Two stages to go, we have to better. Good fight."
"Unbeliavable, pedal to metal."
"The final part is very difficult because there is a different grip. I had a moment in the end. We are having a good fight with Grzyb, he is doing well too."
"Much better than in the morning, it was a really nice stage. Now we enjoyed it, without any risk."
"It was better, the first part was nice and we enjoyed it, but the second part was really slippery. We were quite careful, we want to keep our position."
"The car is perfect. Thanks to my team, they changed the gearbox and everything is working well now. They did great job."
"It's better now, sometimes it's really slippery, so difficult, the final part was with a lot of mud. "
SS9
"I try to understand this car, it's our first time with it. The traction on the rear is difficult."
"Everything OK, we are on wrong tyres, but it's good for getting the feeling and confidence back."
"The conditions are really bad, the end of the stage is slippery. I don't have energy today, maybe a fever, it's hard."
"This one was good. But I go slowly, we only want to finish."
"Quite a good tyre choice. We ran safe, we are happy."
"We have a small problem, there is some noise from the transmission so we go slow."
"We lost a lot of time on previous stage but now it was OK. I don't know the time but the feeling is good."
"It is a good fight with Jari and Chris, we enjoy it. But still long way to go, we have to push."
"We have a problem from the previous stage."
"Very fast stage, I think it was good."
"We repaired the brakes before the second stage, now we have little bit soft tyres. But I'm OK, everything is working very well here."
"It is dry here in the finish, but in the stage it is wet. OK, I am happy. It is a big fight now, I will do everything to be on the podium."
"I think the tyre choice was correct. Everyone is is running differetnt compound, but we are happy."
"This one for me was a bit better. We have not a good feeling from the powersteering and I don't like this feeling."
" I like it today. Very difficult, the grip is changing a lot, but we enjoy the rally. We are here and we want to continue like this."
"The engine is OK today, but we have a problem with pop-off valve."
SS7
"We had no brakes in the last part of the stage, I was braking too much."
Went into a ditch
"Very bad, we chose hard tyres and it was very slippery, we had to survive. But we have a big gap behind so we just keep going."
"One small mistake."
" The most difficult stage I have ever done. I just didn't want to crash."
Second retirement (powersteering).
Puncture
"We had a big moment maybe six or seven corners before the stage end. Really slippery, we tried to enjoy it, but it was incredibly difficult."
"We lost brakes in the middle of the stage."
"I was two times little out of the road. It was amazingly difficult. I am pushing, but many times I am sliding, many times I am braking too late."
"Not so good, we have problem with a gearbox. The stage is extremely difficult, the grip is changing all the time."
"We hit a wall close to the end. In these conditions it is difficult."
SS6
We had red flag many times, there was crash on the road.
I didn't understand anything in this stage, we had three times the red flag. Then yellow flag and no red flag anymore. Jan Černý slowed as well, he is behind me.
Lukjanynuk lost wheel, I saw the wheel on the road. I think he hit the stone. It was in the middle of the stage, car at the side of the road.
SS5
I'm not so happy. I pushed too much and did some mistakes. We have medium tyres, think the hard would be better.
I feel much better than on Barum.
We changed setup a little bit, we are in right direction.
We were pushing, but nothing at hundred per cent.
I had big big moment in the last corner.
Everything is good, I was bit careful, it was slippery.
I don't think my time will be fantastic.
SS4
"This car has a great potential, but it's not easy to understand it, I would need more kilometers with it."
Retired (powersteering) -> Rally2
"So so. Now it's raining, but good."
"We had some slide, but generally good stage."
"It was raining for last part, but it was not so bad."
"It's better, I did some provisional repair. It was slippery at the end of the stage."
"We still have engine problems, just surviving."
"Rain came too late. I had wet tyres on the back, it was sliding. I'm happy to be in finish."
"Maybe I was little bit carefull, I don't know."
"Better than first one, but I'm in the troubles. I don't know."
"Much more better than first stage of the day."
"Really good fun, fantastic stage. Hopefully the time will be good. Grip was changing."
"Everything is okay. We still trying the brakes"
"At the beginning it was little bit slippery, but the end was okay."
" Difficult stage. We have some engine troubles."
" I try to push but it's not quick enough. But we have fun."
"It's okay. Tomorrow will be better. Step by step."
"I think it is okay now, I try to push. I had one big moment in the last corner, waw."
"It was good, I expect it will be different compare to recce. Good rally for us so far. Stages are really nice."
"Very difficult, grip is changing everytime. I'm not happy with the car setup and my driving."
"Quite difficult to have concentration after big delay, but no problem."
Stopped in the stage, mechanical problem reported.
"Really nice stage, no rain. Last part was fast and flowing. We love it."
"I was bit carefull. It's tricky, first part narrow and bumpy, second too fast. The gearbox ratio is too short for this part."
"We have pop-off problem, car have no full power. We have to change it in service and hope it will be okay."
"I try to push, hope my time will be good. No problem. We just had few raindrops."
"Some issue with gearbox or front differential. Car is noisy, not steering well."
SS3
Accident -> Rally2
"Albert did a mistake in a very narrow corner and did a big crash. We had to move the car and then we could continue."
"The stage is very nice, we had a good fun. It is not easy to go fast, lot of difficult corners. OK, not so bad."
"It was incredible, the first part is tricky and bumpy, sometimes a lot of sliding and jumps. But lot of fun, I feel cool and calm."
SS2
Accident -> Rally2
Technical problem - engine
Technical problem - transmission
"The had is quite muddy, we lost a lot of time in corners."
"I really struggled here, I lost a lot of time with the grip."
"It was a good stage, it was OK, better than in Poland."
"We have a problem with the gearbox today, everything is wrong this weekend."
" It was slippery in the end. We were faster in the beginnnig then we took it carefully. The rally is long."
"We run only on three cylinders, I don't know where is the problem. It came after five kiometers in the stage. We are going to repare."
"Sorry for Aleks, he was in the championship title fight. We took it easy, the rally is long. We want to get the new experience."
"Not very good, we have to try something."
Stopped
"I took it carefully, very tricky stage in the beginning of the rally. Much more slippery than I expected."
" Getting in the speed, quite happy."
" The feeling is not good, we are sorry for Melindo."
"Difficult, because we have new brakes today and it didn't work well."
" It was a good stage. But we were sliding a lot a lot a lot, no grip."
" I think the car is OK, but I did my last rally one year ago. I try to push, but I don't know if I can reach the pace."
"Really happy, in the last section of the stage it was really slippery, my tyres were probably too soft for this. I am really happy in this rally, thanks for this opportunity."
"We have a problem with engine. It is a pitty."
"We did a mistake, we had a spin in a hairpin. It was really slippery, the grip is changing a lot. It is difficult."
" It was not bad, we took it carefully. Very nice stage, no problem."
Driving slowly, problems with the car.
Off the road
"We have no feeling with the car, we need to adjust it."
"We started carefully, the grip is uncommon for us. The stages are really tricky and slippery, but no problem."
"Tricky stage, because there are big cuts. The grip level is high but on the dirt it is slippery like hell."
"I spun in the stage and had to reverse, it is a pitty. I pushed and then lost the time, it was in the beginning of the stage."
" I drove very clean and I tried to not do any mistake. We can drive faster and we will try on the next stage. "
"Quite incredible, it is nice feeling to open the road. Bit of cutting and stones on the road, we are happy to be on the front."
"Little bit dirty, Gryazin did some big cuts. OK for us, we just need to adjust the setup little bit."