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| Markko Martin |
   
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5 | 35.71% |
| Marcus Gronholm |
  
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3 | 21.43% |
| Sebastien Loeb |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Richard Burns |
  
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1 | 7.14% |
| Colin McRae |
  
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1 | 7.14% |
| Petter Solberg |
  
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3 | 21.43% |
| Carlos Sainz |
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1 | 7.14% |
| Harri Rovenpera |
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0 | 0% |
| Other |
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0 | 0% |
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#31
08-09-2003, 06:15 AM
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Now McRae has alegedly picked up a one minute penalty for checking in early at time control. Will Grist be back for the next rally
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#32
08-09-2003, 06:22 AM
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I think Grist had more to do with this than is obvious at first sight! When the 14th stage was running, he said something on the radio to the effect "I hope that Marcus or Markko don't run into any nasty mechanical problems." Then wham, both of them run into them! He jinxed the leaders!
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#33
08-09-2003, 06:25 AM
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Burns wins SS15, but Markko only lost 6 seconds to him. Damage control. Hope Ford can sort the car out. And Sainz, slowly but surely is already 3rd!
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#34
08-09-2003, 08:59 AM
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SS16 - McRae rolls the car, and retires. He and Ringer are OK.
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#35
08-09-2003, 09:07 AM
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And Markko wins SS16 from Solberg and Burns. What they did at service was change as many electronic sensors and components (control units, etc) as they could, as they had no idea what the electronic problem was, nor if they had solved it. Aparently they have. Still quite amazing - a 40 km stage, and the top 4 are within 4.3 seconds. This is just how competitie this sport is. I'm loving it.
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#36
08-09-2003, 10:13 AM
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Aaaaaaaaand day 2 of the 2003 Neste Rally of Finland is over! And what an eventful day it has been! At first Marcus gronholm retakes the lead and wins 2 stages, then both he and Markko hit trouble, with Marcus retiring and Markko losing time, then M-sport manage to repair the focus somehow, and then on the last stage it's Burns's time to hit trouble - wheel bearing, apparently the same problem as Marcus had - and he lost a lot of time. He's still second overall, but Carlos is just 0.3 seconds behind, with Solberg another 0.2 (!!!!) seconds behind Sainz. Also Colin rolled his car today and retired. So a lot of action, and looking forward to some press conferences and the final day tomorrow!
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#38
08-10-2003, 06:39 AM
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Markko wins, Slober just gets second in front of Burns.
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#39
08-10-2003, 06:49 AM
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Top effort from Solberg to sneak in front of Burns there on the last stage. Markko too for taking his second WRC win.
Burns has now extened his championship lead. Will probably need a DNF or two from him to lose the drivers championhip from here. Damn this new points system, under the previous one Marcus would be a few points ahead of Burns instead of 11 behind. If Burns wins the championship because of that I'll be very annoyed.
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#40
08-10-2003, 08:16 AM
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A big, big, BIG congratulations to Markko! Well done!!!
 Great result for Petter too, getting the second place on the very last stage. All in all a very nice rally! Congrats again to Markko!  -Pille-
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#42
08-11-2003, 03:23 AM
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 But there are still 5 rallies to be run. If he keeps out of mechanical trouble he'll be probably in for the title yes; 
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#43
08-11-2003, 03:44 AM
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I can't wait to watch this on Speedvision this week. The pics from the rally are awsome! And apparently Ford finally invented the flying car...
 Obviously he landed well, I just can't wait to see it!
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#45
08-11-2003, 11:08 AM
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If the old system were in use he would have had to beat Petter to maximise his points, but now he can relax safe in the knowledge that 3rd place is still good for his championship hopes. On the one hand I'm pleased that Burns is leading the championship, because he's a fellow Brit and it's good to see we can still do well in some sports. On the other hand, if he wins it by just finishing 2nd or 3rd all the time it will be a shame, as everyone will forever doubt his title on the grounds that he never actually beat the competition outright. Asmenoth - if you think the static pics are good, wait till you see the TV footage. The Rally of Finland makes for an awesome TV spectacle!
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