Rally Finland 2014

[raikkonen]

@jiipee64
Thanks a lot

[Simmi]

So I read in Autosport that Ouninpohja won't be in the rally this year.

Is it the case we will see quite a different rally this year? I went last year with RallyTravel but if they switched things about I'd heavily consider doing it again.

[Mintexmemory]

Hey rallyfans ,
My girlfriend and I ( a Belgian couple ) are going to Finland for the first time . I ‘m a raikkonen fan .
Most for a holliday but we visit the Neste oil rally also in a short way .
I have a few questions to ( I hope ) some finnish fans of WRC .
We stay at Muurame ( hotelli Vuorikelo ) the first day ( 31/7 ) and two following day's at Jämsä ( jämsä gastahus ) 1 , 2 / 8 . I hope there are a few stages in this area . What are the best stages to look at ? A special one .
Here is a link to my pictures of the wrc of Germany with Kimi .

https://plus.google.com/photos/10161214 ... 8124507974

https://plus.google.com/photos/10161214 ... 8124507974

Thanks in advance
philippe

Philippe have I missed something - couldn't actually sse any shots with KR, just the Citroen?

[Mintexmemory]

Hey rallyfans ,
My girlfriend and I ( a Belgian couple ) are going to Finland for the first time . I ‘m a raikkonen fan .
Most for a holliday but we visit the Neste oil rally also in a short way .
I have a few questions to ( I hope ) some finnish fans of WRC .
We stay at Muurame ( hotelli Vuorikelo ) the first day ( 31/7 ) and two following day's at Jämsä ( jämsä gastahus ) 1 , 2 / 8 . I hope there are a few stages in this area . What are the best stages to look at ? A special one .
Here is a link to my pictures of the wrc of Germany with Kimi .

https://plus.google.com/photos/10161214 ... 8124507974

https://plus.google.com/photos/10161214 ... 8124507974

Thanks in advance
philippe

Philippe have I missed something - couldn't actually sse any shots with KR, just the Citroen?

[Franky]

So I read in Autosport that Ouninpohja won't be in the rally this year.

Because of the too high average speed again?

[Rallyper]

Ouninpohja no, maybe, but still parts of the famous stage in other name - like Kakaristo...

Note. Just speculations from my side.

[Juha_Koo]

So I read in Autosport that Ouninpohja won't be in the rally this year.

Because of the too high average speed again?

Most likely not, it is just that Ouninpohja (due to it's lenght, easy accessibility and therefore popularity) takes soooo much resources to run. Now that we had it back for couple of years, I don't mind at all if it's not included in the itinerary. Not driving Ouninpohja gives away quite a lot of resources to other uses/stages, e.g. two new 15km stages could be easily done with the manpower released. I think this might be the case, especially after the wide criticism about the route that organizers received after last year's rally.

For me as a spectator, I've seen Ouninpohja already so many times that it doesn't provide so much to me anymore - I've been to every section of it over the years, also in tests. Ofcourse I understand that with foreign spectators it's completely different! But all in all, I'm sure that if Ouninpohja is not included, some other good things will come...

[pantealex]

inside info says: Friday - Ouninpohja
but RG1 will tell the truth.

[Rallyper]

So I read in Autosport that Ouninpohja won't be in the rally this year.

Because of the too high average speed again?

Most likely not, it is just that Ouninpohja (due to it's lenght, easy accessibility and therefore popularity) takes soooo much resources to run. Now that we had it back for couple of years, I don't mind at all if it's not included in the itinerary. Not driving Ouninpohja gives away quite a lot of resources to other uses/stages, e.g. two new 15km stages could be easily done with the manpower released. I think this might be the case, especially after the wide criticism about the route that organizers received after last year's rally.

For me as a spectator, I've seen Ouninpohja already so many times that it doesn't provide so much to me anymore - I've been to every section of it over the years, also in tests. Ofcourse I understand that with foreign spectators it's completely different! But all in all, I'm sure that if Ouninpohja is not included, some other good things will come...

Also costs for stages has rised.

[pantealex]

inside info says: Friday - Ouninpohja
but RG1 will tell the truth.

some more info:

it will be shortened from beginning and called "Kakaristo"
after kakaristo junction, rest of stage same as Ouninpohja 2013
they will drive it 2 times
second time about 6pm Friday