Neste Oil Rally Finland 2014

Neste Oil Rally Finland 2014


31. 07. 2014 - 03. 08. 2014

Neuville Thierry
7
Thierry Neuville
Nicolas Gilsoul
BEL
BEL
Hyundai Motorsport
Hyundai i20 WRC
1
RC1
BEL
BEL
Gilsoul Nicolas
SS
After SS
SS SS name Length [km] Time Order in SS Diff. leader
(s/km)
Aver. speed Order after SS Total time Diff. leader Penalty
1 Lankamaa 1 23.47 00:11:34.0 8. 00:00:16.7
0.71
121.75 8. 00:11:34.0 00:00:16.7
2 Jouhtikylä 10.4 00:05:11.5 10. 00:00:09.0
0.87
120.19 9. 00:16:45.5 00:00:25.7
3 Lankamaa 2 23.47 00:11:22.8 7. 00:00:11.6
0.49
123.74 8. 00:28:08.3 00:00:37.3
4 Harju 1 2.2 00:01:48.4 6. 00:00:02.3
1.05
73.06 8. 00:29:56.7 00:00:38.8
5 Pihlajakoski 1 14.1 00:06:53.7 7. 00:00:07.8
0.55
122.70 8. 00:36:50.4 00:00:46.6
6 Päijälä 1 23 00:11:11.6 9. 00:00:19.3
0.84
123.29 7. 00:48:02.0 00:01:05.9
7 Kakaristo 1 20.5 00:10:58.8 10. 00:00:21.8
1.06
112.02 8. 00:59:00.8 00:01:26.5
8 Painaa 1 7.49 00:03:58.6 11. 00:00:07.3
0.97
113.01 8. 01:02:59.4 00:01:32.9
Information
Date and time SS Information
01.08.2014 14:08 8 retired (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): damaged rollcage after SS 8
01.08.2014 12:08 8 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): Without the rear wing there is nothing to do for us. The car is completely different balance, it is very difficult to drive. We have to fix the car now and the rear wing again back. We have to work a bit on the suspension so that I get the feeling back.
01.08.2014 11:08 7 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): Not easy at all, the car is undriveable and you have to be very careful. One more stage to go, we want to get back to service and continue this afternoon. I struggle a lot with the confidence, I do not feel comfortable in the at all.
01.08.2014 09:08 6 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): We have no aero part on the rear. We have no grip on the rear so I have to take it steady in some places. You need to know the stage quite a lot, I am struggling with my pacenotes. I do not know what I have done, but I know that I am wrong in pacenotes.
01.08.2014 08:08 5 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): I went slightly wide on a braking in a tight corner and I hit something. We lost a bit of downforce at the end and I lost the rear in a couple of places, but we continue like this.
31.07.2014 20:07 4 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): We struggle a little bit with pacenotes on the first two stages. The confidence is a bit better. On this last stage the chicanes have been completely destroyed and gravel all over the road, quite a different stage from the recce. Last year I was on the pace and this year I struggle a little bit in the beginning.
31.07.2014 18:07 3 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): Much better, but I am bottoming a lot and the car is jumping out of the line. Sometimes I could not hold the steering, it was really difficult. I try to stay on the clean line. The conditions are different from testing and I am missing some confidence.
31.07.2014 16:07 2 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): I struggle with the condition and my pacenotes are too slow, so I have to always overdrive with my pacenotes and this is not good for my confidence.
31.07.2014 15:07 1 flash info (7 - Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas): I did not have perfect run, especially at the beginning I was too slow. I feel a lot of grip in the beginning, but it is taking a lot of the power. The road is getting more and more loose. Maybe I have to do a bit better myself.