So, haven't driven in around 2 months and couldn't prepare for the rally, let's see how it goes
SS1 great start, went a bit quick at the start but in the middle it got laggy, last split wasn't bad. Ok stage
SS2 big big mistakes everywere, terrible stage, haven't driven this one in a while. Just crawled to the finish
SS3 had 2 big mistakes, a little offroad and a moment after a jump, the rest was very good, I really got lucky with the mistakes, no damage. My Irish great great grandma was looking after me on that stage
SS4 best stage so far, kept a little conservative pace and didn't do any big mistakes, good stage
SS5 this was a pretty good stage, felt my confidence coming back but I did some mistakes that ruined my time
SS6 the stage felt good and I did less mistakes, but it seems that I was too careful and didn't go as fast as I could, the time wasn't good but atleast there was no damage to the car
SS7 good stage, 2 small moments I was good in the first splits but I lost concentration on the last one, not a good time but that's not important because I'm being consistent and the goal is to finish without CFH of retirements.
SS8 went safely trough, no risk no big moments, kept it easy and time was average but it was ok, it's strange I haven't improved any of my times on the second pass, this stage would look good in the higlights Roy & Senad
SS9 it got very very laggy and I was all over the road and sometimes out of it, I almost crashed into a house
SS10 made a mistake at the start at cut a corner waay to much, sorry. Everything else was going pretty well until I made a big mistake by going waaaay too fast into a corner and hitting it sideways, my co driver was very scared because we lost the door, not a bad time in the end.
SS11 I feel much more confident now, I felt how I went faster trough the corners and started to handle the wheel like I used to before my break, a very respectable time in the end, offcourse it won't be a match for the top times but I felt very very good, tried a different setup for the dry and it seemed to work
SS12 it was going well, the back was a bit loose but no serious moments, until i oversteered into a rock in exactly the same way as in Norway, that sent me into a 360 spin and lost a lot of time there, luckily this time no big damage (great great grandma I guess) the time wasn't good
SS13 I had the brilliant idea of pushing hard, it didn't work and I oversteered into a three and into retirement
SS14 that was a huge blow, just took it to the end, with a lot of mistakes. S$%t 2 retirements in SS13 now.
So, all in all a pretty bad rally for me, but there's always another chance. Atleast there weren't any points at stake and got some good seat time
I drove all of it with a netbook with a terribly small screen :/
I guess a top 15 is possible, a top 10 would be a dream.
Thanks David, Fernando, Graham and Viesturs
I talked a lot to the reporters