WRX 2023 Hell Q4 Race 2 Hansen vs Veiby Angry
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00:00 [Commentateur] ...by Vaby, the Hansons once again trying to muscle around the outside. Look at Vaby covering off Sébastien Loeb and that allows Johan Christofferson to stay out of trouble, draw clear and take the lead yet again.
00:14 [Commentateur] They're still fighting on the exit of two, down to the bottom of the hill, that's Timmy Hanson with the white rear on his Peugeot 208, currently third. Vaby got pitched sideways on the exit of the opening corner. Kevin Hanson again trying to go around the outside.
00:28 [Commentateur] Unfortunately for him, it again didn't work. Christofferson squeezed to the inside. There's quite a bit, a big bit of bodywork on the exit of the Joker merge. Not sure what that is or who it's come off but looks like most of the important bits are still attached to the cars in the race and nobody jokers on the first lap.
00:47 [Commentateur] Now all five of them and again they're still battling that. Look at Vaby allowing Johan Christofferson to draw clear, holding up.
00:54 [Commentateur] Smoke pouring off the rear of Sébastien Loeb's Lancer, he gets into the rear of Timmy Hanson. Loeb's had a nudge in the rear from Kevin Hanson on the exit of turn two. That's pushed the bodywork up against the tyre.
01:06 [Commentateur] Lovely aerial shot. Look how clear Johan Christofferson is in the far right corner. Oh and again look at Timmy Hanson going at Vaby here.
01:15 [Commentateur] Up the inside of Christian Vaby for Timmy Hanson. Out of the final corner, hits the kerb, pitches the car up onto two wheels. Vaby does not have the pace. This could be advantage Sébastien Loeb makes the most of that moment. Timmy Hanson stops on track so Timmy Hanson will not be on the front row for the semi-finals this afternoon.
01:32 [Commentateur] Such a brave move, such a dramatic play from Timmy Hanson but it all goes horribly wrong for the Peugeot driver. Christofferson is away and clear. Over four seconds, the right side of the clock. Vaby has done a brilliant job here keeping the Hansons out.
01:49 [Commentateur] He doesn't have the pace though does he? I wonder if there's something wrong. I'm looking forward to seeing a replay of what happens. So Timmy Hanson got up the inside here, got alongside and then Vaby squeezed him to the inside. Vaby's car looks to me like it's all over the shop. He goes into the Joker this time around. He's got a puncture, he's got a right rear puncture. That's why he doesn't have the pace. I hadn't seen that on the monitors up here in commentary but as I said when he jokered it's advantage Sébastien Loeb.
02:14 [Commentateur] Loeb and Kevin Hanson now in runner-up position. The victory has gone for Christofferson. There's Timmy Hanson getting out of the Peugeot. Absolutely furious that he's not going to make the finish. This is Christofferson climbing the hill, heading for the chequered flag. Johann Christofferson has got one more lap to do. We've got to watch the Joker remember.
02:34 [Commentateur] This is all about Kevin Hanson in the Joker versus Loeb but Kevin's done some massive sectors in the previous lap to pull the gap on Loeb behind. Here's Loeb coming into shot. Kevin Hanson has seen off the world rally champion. Kevin Hanson looking good for runner-up position, putting himself in a great place to challenge in the semis and the final. Sébastien Loeb trying everything that he can to try and take this Peugeot in the final corners now.
03:02 [Commentateur] But out in front Johann Christofferson has got this all sewn up. Looks for the chequered flag. There it is. That unbeaten record continues for Johann Christofferson. It's Kevin Hanson who takes second position. Loeb is third. Vaby four. Timmy Hanson, TNF.
03:23 [Commentateur] Timmy Hanson, I think he is livid. He is. He's livid with Ola Christian Vaby. Look at Timmy Hanson. We saw him walking across the infield. Timmy is furious with the KMS driver.
03:37 [Commentateur] And the stewards just asking Timmy Hanson just calm it a little bit. Just keep calm.
03:44 [Commentateur] The marshall is Norwegian just like O.C. is. We'll see what happens in this repair package. The first thing is that Kevin Hanson yet again tries to get around the outside. He's the red car on the far right, pitches the car in. Vaby is in the middle and doesn't allow that to happen.
04:02 [Commentateur] We are looking back from Christofferson here. That's Loeb up the inside side by side with Vaby who gets back up the inside into turn two. That'll be a brilliant picture for all the photographers down there on the exit of two because there was cars everywhere.
04:20 [Commentateur] Vaby's tyre is... I couldn't tell whether Vaby's tyre was punctured in those first couple of corners or not. This is Christofferson out front. This is Vaby and Hanson side by side. And that's a massive moment for Hanson getting pitched up on two wheels.
04:36 [Commentateur] Anyone that's played rallycross in Dirt Rally 2.0 will know you can have a massive shunt there because of the undulations on the infield. Damage to Timmy's car. He then hopped out and he marched away from his car heading to speak to Vaby at the end of the race. Speak's probably a polite term for it.
04:59 [Commentateur] This is Loeb onto the back of Kevin Hanson. Loeb did brilliantly there to joker amid that kerfuffle and close the gap on Kevin Hanson. But the time for Loeb, slow compared to Gronholm. So this is going to put Gronholm on the front row for the semis when it all plays out.
05:20 [Commentateur] There is Timmy Hanson. What a dramatic finale. He's not done yet. He still wants to have words with Vaby. And there is a very angry race driver indeed.