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Win for Tempestini!

Great fightback by Franceschi with mega time on power stage.

Didn't Skoda have some problems in this area last year too?

Also three different tyre suppliers.

Top three very close in three different cars.. good stuff.

Anyone know when TNT Sport typically show ERC highlights?

I'm sure this has been answered already but i've not been following this weekend; why do the Skodas have flashing 'inner headlights' on this rally?

Surprises for me; no Solberg and Brynildsen in a Toksport Fabia.

Updates for Fabia RS:

https://www.instagram.com/skodamotorsport/reel/C4vvdVxruP4/?hl=en-gb

Anyone know if these have already debuted or when they will?

Ingram may have a point re the publicity for sponsors. I believe the WRC highlights show on FTA TV in the UK doesn't show WRC2 at all.

Does be still? i think he’s calmed down a lot the last year or two, but maybe lost a little of his raw speed.

Lindholm also pretty decent on tarmac (think CER last year or Croatia the year before)

This would be better. Effectively nothing for winning the actual rally is wrong.

Solberg said Sweden was 'his first event with Skoda Motorsport' so it seems he will be serviced by Skoda Motorsport personnel (in a Toksport tent) on his nominated WRC2 events. Footage from service...

Isn’t the point of making the cars cheaper to build and run to make them more accessible for private teams and drivers?

The FIA say they want 25 top level cars at the startline, that’s never going...

There's an advantage for the later rally 2s vs the early ones too.. eg Zaldivar 4th oa on ss6.

I'm not watching live.. how come Rally2 so fast and neuville/evans slow?

Should be used only to move car into a safe position.

Great argument for getting rid of the silly aero for a start.

Are there even any restrictions on that? Teams seem to bring new design wing mirrors every other rally..

In lieu of an answer to that what do we do? Nothing? Cost cap?

BTW, anyone know what the costs are for a privateer to rent a Rally2 car for a WRC event vs a Rally1 car?

It's more complicated than that i think.. might be good on fast stages but less good on slower, twistier stuff. We'll need more rallies to judge i think.

The Yaris Rally2 seems to be about 2s/km from the Rally1s which is about normal for a leading Rally2 car, and competitive with the Skodas here so it seems they should be more competitive in Sweden...

Yeah, it sounds lazy.

3 cylinder engines always have that deep thrum and i suspect you're right it is partly an 'audio illusion' but i suppose we'll have to wait a few more events to see if it...

I thought there would only be one Škoda driver fighting for the RC2 win this weekend, i just got the wrong one.

Congrats to Rossel and Citroen, but Lopez definitely man of the rally for me (maybe not just in WRC2)

The downhill would be much more entertaining to watch as the powerstage.