Rally Sierra Morena 2025

Rally Sierra Morena 2025


04. 04. 2025 - 06. 04. 2025

Østberg Mads
6
Mads Østberg
Torstein Eriksen
NOR
NOR
TRT Rally Team
Citroën C3 Rally2
ERC1
RC2
NOR
NOR
Eriksen Torstein
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 Córdoba 1.5 00:01:42.2 3. 00:00:02.8
1.87
52.84 3. 00:01:42.2 00:00:02.8
2 Obejo 6.7 00:04:18.0 7. 00:00:04.1
0.61
93.49 2. 00:06:00.2 00:00:04.1
3 Villanueva del Rey 12.8 00:06:30.2 11. 00:00:13.5
1.05
118.09 6. 00:12:30.4 00:00:12.6
4 Villaviciosa 27.19 00:16:31.8 10. 00:00:23.1
0.85
98.69 6. 00:29:02.2 00:00:35.7
5 Obejo 6.7 00:04:11.1 5. 00:00:02.9
0.43
96.06 6. 00:33:13.3 00:00:38.6
6 Villanueva del Rey 12.8 00:06:16.3 8. 00:00:05.6
0.44
122.46 7. 00:39:29.6 00:00:43.9
7 Villaviciosa 27.19 00:16:34.4 12. 00:00:33.3
1.22
98.44 6. 00:56:04.0 00:01:07.1
8 Cerrobejuelas 19.89 00:12:29.1 11. 00:00:27.0
1.36
95.59 8. 01:08:33.1 00:01:29.8
9 Pozoblanco-Villaharta 25.22 00:14:58.6 9. 00:00:25.3
1.00
101.04 8. 01:23:31.7 00:01:55.1
10 Ermitas-Trassierra 12.43 00:06:50.5 5. 00:00:05.5
0.44
109.01 8. 01:30:22.2 00:02:00.6
11 Cerrobejuelas 19.89 00:12:12.2 4. 00:00:08.4
0.42
97.79 7. 01:42:34.4 00:02:09.0
12 Pozoblanco-Villaharta 25.22 00:14:40.4 5. 00:00:04.4
0.17
103.13 6. 01:57:14.8 00:02:12.2
13 Ermitas-Trassierra (Power Stage) 12.43 00:07:34.8 49. 00:00:48.3
3.89
98.39 8. 02:04:49.6 00:03:00.1
Information
Date and time SS Information
06.04.2025 17:04 13 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): The transmission failed at the start. It's like that, nothing to do.
06.04.2025 17:04 13 (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): stalled engine on start
06.04.2025 17:04 12 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): I do my best, I have to reduce the engine and have to drive very specific to have the power. I can not go like I want basically and drive around the issue we have.
06.04.2025 17:04 11 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): The brakes are working, so that obviously helps. Now we have the problems with the power again, we struggled with the pop-off all the time.
06.04.2025 17:04 10 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): I think we found the problem, which is so silly. Sometimes you have to talk properly with the engineers and ask one million stupid questions and do your own calculation and sometimes you can find the problem. It was something really stupid.
06.04.2025 16:04 9 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): I just don't use the power and the brakes. We're giving away loads of time, I have to drive like a S2000 to have power - all high RPM to be able to drive. Not trusting the brakes at all.
06.04.2025 16:04 8 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): Same like yesterday, brakes failed and no power. Immediately from 10km's I lost all power in the car. Can't drive. And in hard braking areas the pedal goes to the bottom.
06.04.2025 07:04 7 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): I have no power in the engine and I have a broken front caliper. I did the last 7 kms without front brakes. So we lost a lot of time. I don't know why it all happens at the same time, but that's how it is.
06.04.2025 06:04 6 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): Now it's quite dry, conditions are quite similar for all. I always need a bit of time to get into the rhythm on tarmac. We have a bit of a problem with the pop-off valve, I turned the engine down but it is still not helping. We have to nurse our way through.
06.04.2025 06:04 5 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): A bit surprised. We made a few changes to the car, I felt quite ok in the stage.
05.04.2025 14:04 4 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): We need a better balance of the car for sure, in the last two stages we had a lot of oversteer, now I struggled a lot with understeer. It was a really hard stage to be honest, I was fighting from the first corner. I don't really understand why, because we didn't have this understeer previously.
05.04.2025 14:04 3 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): It was, what can I say, interesting? Very patchy with low grip. We made a mistake, we have softer tyres in the car. It was dry before the stage, but wet in the stage.
05.04.2025 14:04 2 flash info (6 - Østberg Mads / Eriksen Torstein): I think the road is not improving, someone in front of us is really keen on cutting every corner. There is already a lot of dirt on the road.