Another very dusty and hot rally, Turkey was again a made very exciting by the new rule that the fastest car from day 1, starts first. I know that might seem normal, but its not (wasn't) for rally. What this has created is people not wanting to be first after the 1st day of rally (out of 3 days) - specifically one rallies where there is a lot of loose gravel on the road. If you're in first, you have the unwelcome job of cleaning off the road for those behind you.
I won't give too much away, but a couple of the drivers literally STOPPED in the middle of the race to make sure they were not in first. Not something you see everyday in professional racing. Oh...and like always - Subaru sucked. Maybe its time for me to buy one of the other manufactures in WRC cars: Citroen, Peugeot, Ford or Suzuki ... oh that's right, none of them sell their cars in the USA.
And if you dare to comment about the Evo - I'll shoot you. It doesn't count since the last time Mitsubishi actually raced a rally car was 2005, even if their commercials still try to make you think they are in Rally.
As you'll noticed with the counter at the top - there's a nice long break between Round 8 and Round 9 - this is their summer break. So no rally news / etc until August.
Your quick-link bittorrent links for your downloading pleasure:
Turkey - Day 1
Turkey - Day 2
Turkey - Day 3
(I actually didn't watch those specific links, but they are from my tried and true source (he was slow this rally, and I couldn't wait). Someone let me know if they are not "good").
Instant Gratification - Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) - Turkey Shakedown:
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