47. Rally Islas Canarias 2023
ERC #2 • ERC3 #2 • ERC4 #2 • Spain Superchampionship #3 • Canary Islands #2 [coef 1.3] • Clio Trophy Canarias #1 • Rally & You Canarias Cup #1
4. 5. – 6. 5. 2023, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • C.D. Todo Sport • asphalt 190.06 km • total distance including road sections - 584.54 km • Other years
Info
SS13
"Incredible, my team is perfect, my tyres are perfect, my co driver is perfect! It's all really perfect, my mechanics, engineers and my team are perfect! Thanks everybody, the conditions were perfect to the end!"
"Obviously if the weather was better it would've been good to go for some Power Stage points, but we didn't have the right tyres. Huge thanks to the whole BRC team. To come here and get a podium is not expected, so that's great."
"We are happy for the weekend, we started qualifying with bad lag. It was raining on the stage, we were trying to be as fast as possible. Thanks to MRF Tyres, to Rally Team in Spain and everyone supporting us."
"Really tough Saturday, trying to battle in the rain for the podium and Spanish Championship."
"Crazy! So much rain at the beginning. I just tried to be at the finish line. We will see, not an easy weekend!"
"I'm not really happy with the result. We should've been faster and better in some decisions this weekend. It's not what we wanted, but we showed my driving is okay and the pace notes are fine. We keep working."
"We started with a problem on SS1, so we lost 21 seconds, but I think we did a good rally. We're still working but happy with our work."
"Thanks to MRF Tyres, all our supporters make it possible, the experience and what we gain is incredible. If next week was the rally I'd be fit to drive!"
"I'm really happy for the race, because it's the first time with this car, I'm honestly flat out but very happy. Special thanks to the Racing Network."
"Yeah once again, the weather was changing quite heavily! The experience is in the backpack, the car is in one piece and hopefully there will be some points for the championship. I'm satisfied. We move to Poland next."
"I had a very difficult event, we had a bad luck with starting positions and weather, especially today. I feel we did quite a good job in both of the longer stages. Rally full of experience for us and I'm really happy we're in the finish."
"We are so happy, that was a fantastic rally, a fantastic time for us, different experience with the weather condition today. I drive first time with hard tyres in wet conditions. I don't know how good our time was, but I did my best."
"I feel great, but we set some good stage times, but at the end the result is not so great for us, we are happy with what we've done, I'd like to thank our team at MRF. It's great to drive this car. We enjoy it."
"Yeah it's been a really enjoyable rally, with the Rally 3 Evo. Been really fun to develop the car and big thanks to MSport Poland. I'm very happy to be in Rally3 and the pace was good over the weekend."
SS12
"It's a really hard stage, I try to do the best but sometimes it's hard."
"Just took it easy at the end, looking after everything in the changeable conditions. Looking forward to the Power Stage now."
"I think it's similar for everybody here, it's quite good, trying to just join the finish line now. It's hard to read the grip in the fog."
"Andrea has been so good in the previous stage. We don't want to give them too much confidence or they'll get better than us!"
"I had the wrong tyre choice and I lost a lot of time. The condition is completely dry!"
"We try and be better with medium tyres, it was the right choice. It was a bit difficult but we'll see."
"It was so slippery, I tried to go fast but in many places were fog! The clouds were moving non stop. We had a long way with the fog on the last section."
"Yeah it wasn't that bad, there was one part where we caught the rain, the rest was quite okay. We were sliding a lot."
"Yeah this one is very difficult, we are lucky to be in this amazing car."
"Really difficult stage, several times we faced solid rain and at the end of the stage it felt like a puncture. We managed it quite well and it was enjoyable."
"I lost the rhythm at the end of the stage, I have nothing to win today and so much to lose."
SS11
"It's very difficult because of the rain. I am happy with the time, I just want to push."
"It rained. A lot. So."
"It's not easy in the short corner, but we are here and this is the most important now."
"Really slippy, but the first part of the stage felt quite nice."
"It's a big shame, because it was so good from the beginning. Rally is rally! This weekend is not mine. We improve, but it's sad."
"The rain has started just before us, I think we are a bit luckier than the rest that will come. It was the last kilometre of rain I think."
"We have two stages more to go, everything was okay on this one. We want to continue this rally, because it's good."
"If it's not working well, then you have bad luck. Difficult weekend for us."
"Yeah, just trying to look after the car and tyres and try and get Power Stage points."
"I feel good, I don't know if the time was good, but it's great to be behind the wheel. I love this car."
"Only one plan - full throttle! I think my driving is a bit better!"
"We will try for the podium, I was pushing but not over the limit."
"I don't know what happened there, it's the brakes."
"We continue to push. I have good tyres!"
"We must continue the good morning! I hope we have a good choice with the tyres! We have heard that the weather condition is mixed!"
"We are fully concentrated for the Canaries championship. It was quite slippery in there!"
"The approach has changed. We don't have too much to overthink, just to push. We have to learn and push now."
"It's gonna be crazy again! The stage was completely dry, so it was stable in terms of pace in the stage."
"It was a good pass, I like the stage, really fast, it's good going between the houses!"
SS10
"Yeah it's really fun, these stages are amazing and the new Rally3 evo is nice. The short gearbox is working really well and the times are where we want them to be so overall we're quite happy."
"The stage was dry for us. I made some change in the setup and I think it was better for me."
"A really slippery stage. It has a lot of corners! I made good work of it. This car is amazing."
"We found a better feeling, I feel more comfortable. Need to get to service and get new brakes and I'll feel more comfortable!"
"As we had the wrong tyre decision the stage before, I've not really any idea how the next loop will go, but not easy at all."
"The long one was hard for everyone. We're doing our job, we keep learning."
"That was nice to hear! I found something, so it's good I was giving something."
"Wet stage! The long one was really demanding and difficult. This one was quite okay."
"To be honest, we were never pushing for the win today. Bonato clearly got the tyre choice right."
"I can't imagine it's perfect, I just drive, nothing more. It's good if we win the rally, no?"
"We are too close for the podium, so the conditions are not really easy! I enjoy driving though and keep fighting."
"For sure, we are just trying to survive. At the beginning was a little bit slippy. But we did a good job overall."
"WOAH! My setup was a little too soft for this one, but it's cool cause it's a new stage for everyone!"
"Now you give me joy! You told me we're fastest through. Now we have to wait and see for how long."
"In the final section of the stage, no brakes! This first section is very bad."
"It's hard to attack on this stage, because it's wet and dry here."
"I think everything was okay, the stage was 99% dry, wet in a few places. We are happy, I drove very good. Maybe I can push a bit on the braking in places. I will improve."
"That's good no? I thought it would be quite slippery, then I tried to push."
"We had bad luck in the last stage, we did it in full rain. We showed we are still in the fight! Still a long way to go."
"It was not a good one, it was changing a lot in terms of grip, we had to be careful."
"The conditions were particularly damp in place, can be difficult to recognise where to drive in places, we had good rhythm. I'm looking forward to the Power Stage."
SS9
"The tyre is good, but the stage is not easy!"
"I lost the brakes quite early, so I had to be quite careful. Overheating, so I had to manage the brakes a bit. Not a bad stage though."
"We did not have the chemistry in this one, it was more focussing on where is wet, damp and dry."
"Not any improvement on this stage, the grip was changing a lot, I was careful but very, very tricky."
"That was crazy! Not the best stage, but a good experience!"
"Not easy, but very enjoyable."
"It could've been much better, I had the info that the stage was super wet, so we had the super softs on. It was 90% full dry, so could've been better."
"Really hard to get a rhythm with all the rain and fog. There was a right tyre choice and we didn't have it. Lost a lot in the first half but possibly gained it back in the second half."
"I'm really doing nothing, just turning my car left and right, putting on my brakes, sometimes too late. It was difficult to read the grip!"
"The last split is completely wet, it was difficult to manage. We are trying our best."
"So difficult. Not a lot of grip. Difficult to push!"
"Really difficult to understand the grip, what's important is we are here."
"The rally is finished for us. Sorry for the team. I stopped for a change in the stage. I restarted and after 3 or 4 km, I had a puncture again. Sorry for the team. I have only one spare."
"Very, very difficult stage. Let's see the next stage."
"It's Rally Canarias, it rains! A complicated stage."
"Well we had small rain through the whole stage, we tried to be gentle with the tyres. At one point there's grip and at others, there is none at all!"
"Amazing. It started to rain at the beginning of the stage, in the middle wer have a lot, in the end, some with and without. First time in the Skoda in these wet conditions. Difficult!"
"To say that I'm enjoying, I'd be a liar. It's been demanding. It's just about feeling."
"It was a really demanding stage, the conditions are changing, and it was hard to judge speed in certain corners. I used hard and soft tyres, we'll see if it was a good choice!"
"It was testing the vehicle all the time, it was damp, wet, dry. We enjoy this."
"The most difficult stage for sure, it was not bad grip for the first 3km, but after that very inconsistent grip. Some parts I drive too slowly. We are happy that we are here, we don't have too much oversteering."
SS8
"Car was very different, I didn't feel well at all. At least I know where we are, we just need to carry on."
"Safely through, struggling with the understeering. Hopefully I can improve."
"Cool stage! Still fantastic to drive and I know we can improve!"
"Everything is better today!"
"I drove slowly... I'm joking! I forgot my strategy at the start. So I started in road mode. I had to push and then the car worked well."
"Still not 100% confident, but let's see if we can build it up today."
"Tyres work perfectly, we changed some setup with the car and it's not working."
"We were talking about lollies yesterday, we've got a real lolly mixture bag with the tyres today, but we're focussing on the next stage."
"I will try for the podium. It's good to be 1 second faster than Ares. I lost a lot of time though."
"The feeling was a little bit better, really fast stage, all okay, but need to look at the time now."
"We will try our best for sure. Let's see the weather forecast!"
"The feeling is not so bad, we're aiming to not lose so much time."
"Yeah quite okay, we are great cautious with the tyre choice. We've chosen a mix of everything!"
"We're happy to join the fight. Will be a tough day with weather conditions!"
"Yeah, now let's see Bonato."
"Really fast in the start, not a good time for us."
"It's something new for me to open the stages! This stage was quite fast, quite different from yesterday. Let's see how conditions are on the next stages."
"I pushed, we will see the other drivers that come after me, but I'm quite happy."
"I hope we are ready! The next one is a little bit wet. We'll see when we're on the hard tyres. I think we pushed too much and I lost the time."
SS7
Accident
"Been improving the setup a little bit throughout the day, quite happy with the times. A good day!"
"Complete disaster first day. We try to learn as much as we can from the stages."
"In the last loop I didn't have much feeling with the car, but today has been really good. I will try and fight for a podium tomorrow."
"It's very tough and very high speed, but we enjoy it so everything is okay."
"You know it can be better. We enjoyed the rally and the stages are great. We are looking at points in Canaries championship though."
"It's been a bad day to be honest. It's not so easy to come back from the drive shaft. We did some big changes in service, but I think they went the wrong way."
"First time in Canarias, we can have a great day tomorrow. Thank you to my team."
"We are happy with our pace, but we need to increase it. Sara is doing a really good job. We did a really good day."
"Quite hard physically today, after the illness. Not so easy to drive. I'm doing what I can and what's best for the team and everyone."
"Yeah the issue is with us, so I hope the team can fix it. I enjoyed this day."
"Lots to improve, but it felt nice. Hopefully continue to improve tomorrow!"
"We always speak about learning, but we're always watching the time. OK stage, good day for us. We'll try to do something more for us and the team tomorrow."
"The first part is very good, the middle and the final part of the stage, I made a little mistake after a jump, I can't brake after the barrier. Please know that much!"
"Fantastic day for us, I am very happy with the car and team! But now it's time to focus on tomorrow."
"Afternoon was much better than the morning. We improved stage by stage. I hope we keep this pace for the morning tomorrow!"
"I'm confused a bit. I decided to go more smooth this time. At the end it required quite a big push. It is a lot of fun to drive! To win this rally, it definitely needs some practice!"
"I have a penalty from yesterday, I lost a lot of time on SSS1. For sure, the times aren't the same as qualifying, we are improving but it's not enough."
"Great day! We improve all day, much braver, much cleaner. There's so many very good drivers and the gap between us is very small and I'm happy."
"Everything is okay."
"This one was not difficult because in the first run, we only did half of the stage."
"All about time management. I felt I was managing a bit better on the first half of the stage. As I say, Jelly Babies! This stage was a green one."
"I love my wife, but I also love my tyres and my car! My driving is not so bad, my co driver is not so bad. We did a good day!"
SS6
"I tried to manage the tyres for the next one, but I enjoy the car a lot! Looking forward to be in the next one."
"We are trying our best for sure. Really difficult to match Bonato's pace. It has been a good day for us."
"Tried to change my driving style a bit, but it's not worked so well."
"Yeah we take confidence with the car and the rally. We're going to make up the kilometres."
"We need to do some testing, we have nothing to drive for at the moment so I just want to get familiar with everything, but we know that the setting we had this morning was not working really well!"
"Quite same as before, but I'm enjoying it. This stage might be my favourite!"
"We have a small problem - high temperature in the car. We will see for the next stage."
"Just changed the notes a little bit, this stage wasn't too good, I can do better but I need a little time to relax and do better, and be 100% focussed."
"One more stage to go, just need some focus."
"We'll see for the last one - it's good and we're enjoying it!"
"It was very hot! Other than that ok."
"I don't know. We'll try and push more but I need to stay focussed and be consistent. But I feel good."
"We drive faster for sure, I drove braver and cleaner. The best stage for us today!"
"I changed many things on the car. The feeling is better, but I need to do something more."
"Yeah, I don't know. I sometimes I find the sweet spot, but it's difficult! I wish I could find the thing, that makes me go 'I've got it!' It's a great experience for us though, we're happy to be here!"
"This will be interesting, the same for everybody. Just not our stage. Nothing really difficult, just not fast here."
"I drove slower on the first go, it plays with your head. You have to manage it and you have to be consistent throughout and find a fine line."
"I hope that we are already more than ready for the next one, we improved quite a lot. I hope we end the day with a solid time on the last stage."
"200%. I do my best to do the limit, but not over the limit. I'm a bit slower than this morning for sure, but with my tyres, I should be good."
"We are fixing some small stuff, I believe we could be a bit quicker. If you don't tell me I'm fastest through, it means Bonato has won this stage though."
SS5
Mechanical
"Save tyres, save car, save all! I need more push... It's one stage only, improving for the next one."
"No problem on this stage, the feeling was okay. For sure we're close to the guys in front. We need to do one more step. We will try for sure."
"I did many changes. It's not in the way I'd like, but it's better. I need to work even more."
"Bonato is very good. I didn't think I'd be too close to him."
"Our speed is really nice, I know that the guys are a bit faster. I'm not happy with that."
"To be honest, the feeling is quite ok, but the time isn't. Let's see."
"Just don't quite have the feeling at the moment, the hard part is managing the tyres. It seems the more you push the more understeer you get."
"Definitely want to improve - I wasn't satisfied with our morning. We really want to improve."
"It feels a lot better! This is not like the racetrack stage which we had earlier. I was a bit more confident! We'll see it on times. Whatever it says, the feeling is good!"
"A little bit better, dry, easier than this morning, but it's like a first loop on this stage. I miss some turns, not completely flat out, not perfect, but not so bad."
"Now it's dry, we can fight."
SS4
"I love rear wheel drive, but not in this car. It's very difficult to drive, I think one of the biggest issues is braking. It's been really sad - I'm very disappointed. We had a really good first stage and I thought we could fight at the top."
"We try our best, for sure yesterday if you put me top of the table it's OK, we lost a lot of time with Bonato but it is what it is."
"Not good, very long. A problem with the car."
"We had a little bit of a problem, I hope the team can fix this. It was the engine."
"I hope I can find the pace. It was nice when it didn't rain."
"A few mistakes in the pace notes. I love Gran Canaria and I'm so happy to be part of the Islas Canarias family!"
"It's a very difficult stage - it's very hot!"
"It is very hot, it's a good first morning for us."
"A little bit better today, first time here, quite difficult for sure. Lots of places where I can improve!"
"The confidence with the car is perfect, I studied a lot in the night - no sleep, only study! I think it's a good job for the moment. I will have lunch and study at the same time!"
"It's quite okay, we missed a bit of experience, till now all okay though! Maybe I need to work on the car a bit in service."
"It was unbelievable, we drive fast, but every corner is tight. I don't know the stage very well, so I try to push every corner and get a shock!"
"It was hard to do this stage for the first time."
"It's very difficult. Difficult to match the excellent time of Bonato!"
"Now we cannot complain about the conditions, it's quite nice! I try to find out my rhythm, the tarmac here is very special. I did hope to find a better feeling for it. It's just about continuing and trying to find the feeling."
"For sure in the first kilometre, it's difficult for everyone, so it's something tricky. It's nice to compete on this stage with this car."
"Couldn't really catch a break this morning. Caught out the road position on first stage this morning, second one not so good, but still early days yet."
"It was not so bad, beautiful one - you can see the beach, the sea. It was a long one, twisty! We'll continue this afternoon like that."
SS3
Puncture
"This morning was tricky. I want to save the tyre for this afternoon!"
"We have a broken drive shaft between the stages, I knew when I started the stage, I have no idea how it can happen. I don't carry a spare drive shaft so. We came for the win but this sets us back."
"The stage is incredible, I really enjoy this rally. It's incredible."
"This was a bit better, it was really nice. I liked that stage, I felt nice."
Broken driveshaft
"Maybe I was too careful, but it's all ok."
"Well, yeah I'm feeling not so comfortable, but I think we'll keep adapting and it will be better."
"The first stage was very difficult for us, it was the first time in wet conditions. This stage is very beautiful however, it is perfect."
"Tyres are better in wet conditions, some little mistakes in lines, but the confidence with the car is perfect!"
"We found a bit of damp section. More or less in condition for another stage. But we are having fun!"
"We drive very clean, I try to drive little bit to safety!"
"It was okay, a little bit calm than what I have. I changed a little bit on the car but I think I need to change a little more."
"Well the first stage was very tricky, but here I was much better! I feel I don't have the full rhythm to get the speed up round the corners, but it's a good experience and we're happy to be here!"
"It's consistent, the road surface is quite strange, it's dry but there's a tinge of dampness and the grip is low. Trying to find the right level with the driving."
"This is dry, but we have a problem in the front left! There is a big vibration in the first section."
"No idea what's in the footwell rattling around, a bit different from SS2. A good drive in these conditions. The rally is still long and we will try to make podium positions."
"It was good, good run. It was dry."
SS2
Accident. Crew restart and finish the SS
"Some place was wet, some was dry, some corners you can push, some breaking you can push. I'm happy I'm there. I try to drive clean and safely."
"The grip level was a madness, when braking I had a close moment! I am happy to do the stage because it's easy to do a mistake!"
"First time for me on the rally, it's very tricky! Too early to try too much, but we have to continue! We are here and okay!"
"It was much more damp and wet than I expected. First time for me with this tire on a damp road, so maybe I was too careful. Hopefully next stages will be dryer!"
"Bone dry, I thought we were going into the cliff face at one point! Not so enjoyable when it's like that."
"We had to be quite careful, especially in the beginning, it was so slippery. I don't know the time but from your face, we are not doing well!"
"No confidence at all. Could've been much faster. Really? Only 1.2 seconds off the fastest? That's a shame."
"It's very tricky, the rain makes it very slippery."
SS1
"It was demanding, especially the end of the stadium."
"The real rally starts tomorrow."
"Very difficult, it's very slippery, but the time is good and the rally starts tomorrow."
"Maybe the driveshaft is broken, I cannot turn the car. We will look for tomorrow."
"Very slippy! But it's good - a lot of fans. Nice first stage. Now I go to sleep very, very well and think to push for tomorrow."
"I think this rally will be good for us, everything was completely new on tarmac. It was a nice stage for a lot of drift."
"Really? Second fastest? Alright, that's good. We were late on the start control. Sorry for the team."
"It was very good, we enjoyed it, amazing stage. Very tricky!"
"Yeah it will be a lot of learning, clean run here, the donuts in the hall, it wasn't so fast. Safely through and keep continuing tomorrow!"
"This stage is quite similar to all the SS over the weekend. Maybe if we are fast here, we can be fast tomorrow as well!"
"For the weekend we are happy, it's better to do rally and not show because I am not able to do donuts!"
"That's enough so far and I was giving a bit of a show at least! The proper work starts tomorrow. All good!"
"Yeah for sure, it's a tough stage, it's really difficult to manage but it's really good for the fans. The rally starts tomorrow!"
"Yeah it was a good run, we did some major changes to the car after qualifying because I didn't feel at home, but I really enjoyed that!"
"Yeah we're trying to keep the rally neat and tidy. Was an enjoyable stage!"
"This type of stage is much different than I'm used to in Czech, but I enjoyed it!"
"Difficult stage, but I think we did not too bad. Tomorrow will be a long day."
"For me, it was very difficult. In the morning, we go again. Thank you."
"It's great to be back in the ERC, especially in Canarias, the rally is amazing and the car as well."
"Today is not good for me, tomorrow we'll see. Thank you."
"I had a little bit too much nerves, but it's okay, this idea is great, many spectators in the arena. Very slippery, we can do a spin!"
"I see the drivers before us, it was a very good stage for us, I like this stage and this car. We will see for tomorrow!"
"Really? Ah OK. Clear stage honestly. No mistake, clear run!"
"Fingers crossed for the conditions for the rest of the rally! Hopefully everyone has fun."