Arctic 2010

[RICARDO75]

Link for online times?

[FF-fan]

Any rallysites of Finland to follow the rally's there?

[rdr]

Official FRC result site
From this page you can follow results from FRC events. Choose below the rally you wish to follow. Then you may choose class and stage.

http://tulossivu.autourheilu.fi/

[Boudica]

Here is a short video of Sordo and Kimi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nxdwJuXL94

[Boudica]

Some part of the rally might be shown live here:

http://www.cricketsfilm.com/eng/

[MartijnS]

Here is a short video of Sordo and Kimi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nxdwJuXL94

Thats some seriously spectacular video!

[bluuford]

It is near to -26 on the stages right now and temperature dropping :-)

[Boudica]

Kimi suprises: snow doesn't fit the Iceman!
29.01.2010 08:01

Kimi Räikkönen doesn't enjoy the wintry conditions at least not behind a rally car.

- I have driven the most in snow with a rally car but in my opinion snow is the most difficult surface. There you have to be pretty accurately on the clean driving lane because otherwise there will be a lot of action. On snow it is the most difficult to do notes and keep the car on the road, Räikkönen admits to MTV3.

In Arctic-rally, which is driven in Rovaniemi's snowy roads on Friday and Thursday, Räikkönen's WRC-car has wider tires than the N-group's drivers', which makes Räikkönen's job difficult since the WRC-tires won't fit the narrow lanes properly at the special stage that is driven for the second time.

The WRC-series start at the middle of February at Sweden's snow but Räikkönen is waiting to get to other surfaces already.

- I have driven one rally on sand and I've tested there somewhat. On tarmac and sand you can search for driving lanes a little bit. Tarmac is certainly natural for me. There you can read [the road] with your eyes more.

In WRC the tarmac-rallies are placed on the second half of the season.

- Fortunately there is a couple of races driven before the tarmac-rallies come. If we would have learnt something before that, Kimi says.

MTV3 – Jani Merimaa ja Anette Latva-Piikkilä, Rovaniemi

(Translation thanks to Leijona)

[Boudica]

"Räikkönen's win would be something unbelievable"
Julkaistu 29.01.2010 08:16

Kimi Räikkönen's team-mate in Citroen, Daniel Sordo, doesn't believe that Räikkönen will reach wins in this years WRC-series.

- If Kimi wins this year a race in WRC-rally, it will be something unbelievable. Maybe he can reach the top 6 rank, Sordo says to MTV3.

On Friday and Saturday in Finnish Championship rally Räikkönen has instead a full possibility even for a win because only Sordo is driving a fresh WRC-car in Rovaniemi in addition to Raikkonen.

- If Kimi wins here, then he wins. It would be a good start for him. I will however try to win this rally. He has a good chance because he has experience from last year and the rally is driven on snow, Sordo says.

Sordo doesn't yet know Räikkönen's strenghts.

- Kimi is a new acquaintance for me. I don't know where he is as his fastest. Maybe he will do really well also with a WRC-car but he might have problems with the notes. As long as he gets some experience from them, he is of course really fast.

MTV3 – Jani Merimaa ja Anette Latva-Piikkilä, Rovaniemi

(Translation thank to Leijona)

[pantealex]

Online results:
http://www.tenab.net/online.htm