FULL ONBOARD - SS7 Evans/Martin | WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2024 

I wonder what was that, since I couldn't understand any of their conversation. Perhaps Scotty not being able to find the next page and Elfyn just remembering that part of the notes? Perhaps trying to dictate the road so Scotty can find the right page again?

​@@ondraspendlik9759I think it might have been both

@@ondraspendlik9759 It was most likely the second. In 2019, at Rally Argentina, on the second pass through the "Copina - El Cóndor" stage (the Power Stage), Carlos del Barrio got lost on the notes in the middle of the stage and spent a couple of minutes trying to recover. Dani Sordo was describing every corner as he was driving as flat-out as possible. He lost only 5 seconds. I guess it was impossible for Dani to remember the notes, as that stage was done in reverse for the first time ever (thus usually it's "El Cóndor - Copina") and Dani was describing most corners after (!) passing through them.

@@zwjna That makes sense. Thanks for a nice bit of info. These guys are on another level. It shows they can be fast even without the pacenotes (and while dictating them!). I guess nowadays, the notes are what gives you the edge, what allows you to go insanely quickly. I feel like in the past, they were there more to prevent you from crashing. I think that could explain why "easy right" or "medium left" was replaced with "5 right over crest, tightens, trim". Sure, some drivers had more complex pacenotes in the past, but nowadays, they seem generally much more specific and describe the route in way more detail. Some people undervalue today's drivers, because they have an easier job with sequential gearboxes, but seems like hardly anyone notices they need to take in and process way more information and even memorize parts of stages to be competitive against their peers! Massive respect to rally crews, past and present!

@@ondraspendlik9759 Yes I believe the co driver said something like ' I'll have to pick you up at the hairpin' which would indicate to me he sort of lost the lyrics to the song and needed to pick the song back up at the chorus. Pretty sure it was just Elfyn letting him know where he was in the song if the analogy makes sense.

why would they tf?

Not that I know of, as it's not cited against the rules anywhere.

There is already a wrc2 co driver that only uses an IPAD, but the other druvers say that they have tried, but the Ipad sometimes shuts down, and the paper never fails, or almost never

@@pedro.kakiko usually I’m a tech-first guy but yeah, can’t see any pros in using a tablet but many, many cons

Who?? ​@@pedro.kakiko

This comment sums up rally brilliantly 👏

Where did he get lost?

@@MarcoVerma The Co-Driver loses his place in the notes about 5:30 for quite a while

​@@MarcoVerma5:28

Hi!!!!

Interesting idea, but it's just another technology to make the helmet heavier (not something you want in a crash) and more expensive (they already cost a fortune). Plus, they still need something to write the pace notes down on/into (can't rely on voice recognition writing it for you), and then a button to switch between pages. And if something fails, you're screwed. I'd say pace note books are here to stay, it's simple to write and rewrite, quick, efficient.

Current WRC is streamed live, so a signal has to go from the car, to a circling plane, to the service park. Back in the day is was all just video taken after the stages.