Sebastian Loeb and Citroen had a comfortable win at the Acropolis Rally in Greece this past weekend, but much of the attention was paid to the race debut of the Subaru WRC2008. With Petter Solberg behind the wheel, the new Subie took ten top-five stage times the first two days and captured second place overall. The result was Solberg's first points since February and his first podium finish since last year's Acropolis Rally. The problem-free weekend and the fast pace were encouraging for the Subaru team, who see the new race car as a turning point. "This is it, we're coming back!" Solberg declared after the race. The next rally in Turkey will determine whether the initial success of the car was a fluke or for real. For now, check out the gallery below of the WRC2008 sliding its way to a second place finish.
[Source: Crash.net via Straightline]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
SoloTwo @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:36PM
For the love of god, does SPOILER WARNING mean NOTHING to you people, god DAMNIT. I watched Day 1 yesterday after downloading from rally torrents since Day 3 wasn't uploaded yet...but now thanks to Autoblog's continued ignorance towards spoiler warnings I get to watch them tonight knowing the results, hey thanks again Autoblog!
Duders @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:38PM
Curious as to what torrents you use. Could you list or link them?
Dave @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:51PM
Day 1 and Day 2 are also on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=bn880&page=1
Richard @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:08AM
Solo Two: DUH! What the heck did you think this was about other than how the new car did. I mean 'c'mon dude.
Duders, Great avatar!
GeoTracker @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:42PM
Autoblog, you guys can either a) put in a Spoiler Warning or b) start losing readership due to people not wanting to find out race results.
I already avoid you guys on F1 weekends. I'm sure I'm not the only person out there.
Za @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:24AM
Uh, I think it's fair that a car blog can post race results after a race happened. If a car blog begins to post results *before* the race has happened, then it would be worth taking interest in.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jun 2nd 2008 7:54PM
The chick in the Crying Game is a man!!!
Okay, actually, I'm as pissed as the next guy, but I just thought a little levity was needed.
It's kinda tough to say how long autoblog should wait when the WRC doesn't air in the US at all, it's not just like they need to wait for SPEED to air it.
Jin Kim @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:07PM
+1 for subaru team
-1 for autoblog cencorship
John Johnson @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:12PM
Stop with the effing spoliers! God. I was watching Day 1 as I read this. Thanks.
Alex @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:18PM
nice. =]
Jason Shueh @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:19PM
Autoblog doesn't even need to wait a certain amount of time before posting the results. They just need not post the actual results in the title of the story.
I use an RSS reader to troll autoblog, if I saw "*SPOLIER ALERT* WRC Greece Results" I would just avoid the story and not click it on it until AFTER I watched it.
Boo autoblog, other websites already post spoilers.
Mel. R @ Jun 2nd 2008 8:49PM
Maybe the lot of you should get a better torrent client. We've had all three days for quite a while.
joe @ Jun 2nd 2008 9:17PM
On a related note, will we ever get WRC in the US on the tv? Do any of you torrent people know if anything is in the works? While I am at it, some HD F1 would be good too.
Bishes @ Jun 2nd 2008 9:23PM
Thanks for the spoiler warning. I hope your kids hate you as much as I do.
broosewee @ Jun 2nd 2008 9:51PM
Go Scoob Go! Time for this design to pay off.
But yea, a spoiler warning please.
rav3 @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:48PM
How about giving the Autoblog guys a "thank you" now and then?
Sure, spoilers suck and I imagine steps will be taken to avoid such faux pas in the future, but these guys do an incredible job keeping us entertained and informed throughout the day. On holidays and weekends even! And without us dropping a friggin' dime!
Give 'em a break.
Neil @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:18AM
If no one said anything how would Autoblog know there was a problem?
Damian @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:52AM
It's lovely and all that Solberg finally got some damn points again, but Chris Atkinson (Solberg's team mate) has been getting points consistently all year in the old car and was
SPOILERS
Running quite well until the new car's electrics stuffed up.
END SPOILERS
Drew Phillips @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:24AM
Sorry guys...
We've been doing our best to not post race results, but for some reason we didn't think about this one. It slipped by since the story wasn't about the winner and more about the successful debut of the new Subaru. Still, we definitely could have used a title without posting any results. Our bad...
Sandok @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:30AM
What the hell? The rally was over in Europe on SUNDAY so technically, for people actually interested in the sport, you can READ about the results the very same day (instead of downloading torrents and such). Personally, I love the WRC and knew the results come Sunday...
Same with F1, a few days later, if you don't know the results of your favorite motorsport, shame on you.