2009 Rd.8 Rally Poland

　ども、ども、ども。

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Car 1. LOEB/ELENA　どうなることやら
Citroën team management confirmed that Sébastien had not seen the tree stump and he did not roll the car. A decision will be taken this afternoon whether he will continue on Saturday.

Car 2. HIRVONEN/LEHTINEN　今のところ　上手くいってますね。　安定感はバツグンですしね
Mikko was told via the radio about Loeb’s accident before he reached the point.
“It is fun and we are enjoying it,” Lehtinen. “It’s fast, like Finland, and we like it.”

Car 3. SORDO/MARTI　空気取り入れ口がイマイチなのカナ？→オーバーヒート
He rectified the earlier overheating problem by opening an air inlet and the car was fine after that.

Car 4. LATVALA/ANTTILA　ラトバラのノートには切り株が載っているですって？！　まあノートの精度を課題としていましたからね
“It was a big surprise for me to see Seb had gone off. He said that he did not see the stump, but we had it in our notes” Co-driver Miikka Anttila added: “It is so fast, it is actually difficult to keep up to speed with the notes on this rally. I suppose it is good practice for Finland. There are lots of spectators on the stages, but they are all well behaved and the traffic on the roads is not as bad as we thought it could be.”

Car 5. WILSON/MARTIN
“I hit a straw bale. The stage surfaces and the nature of the tracks changes so much, it is quite difficult to find a rhythm.”

Car 7. NOVIKOV/MOSCATT　間に合ったのカナ←制限時間内に修理
The team were not sure that he could reach the Mikolajki service after he broke a shock absorber on a jump in SS4. The Russian eventually replaced the damper in 47 minutes and is continuing

Car 11. SOLBERG/MILLS　警察に捕まったのカナ？警告だけ？
Cautioned by the police for a reported speeding incident on the road section. “I am driving flat out on these stages,” said Petter. “It is top gear stuff. At one point I was flat out for 10kms…!”

Car 12. OGIER/INGRASSIA
Cautioned by the police for a reported speeding incident on the road section.

Car 14. OSTBERG/ENGAN　ラジエターが詰まっちゃう系ですか　そりゃーオーバーヒートするわな
Removed grass from his radiator on one stage and lost time.

Car 15. HOLOWCZYC/KURZEJA
“The last stage was a hard one. I had a spin and had to restart the engine and lost a lot of time. We are still in one piece and this is important.”

Car 16. MIKKELSEN/FLOENE
“I am fourth? Really? I thought I was slow. The last stage was really narrow.”