Rally Sweden 2016

[hype]

Mahonen also said that the roads will be graded after recce and new gravel will be put on top.

Whatever, I'm heading off to Munich tomorrow morning to get my flight to Stockholm.
It's rally time

[Lundefaret]

Strange to see this as Pirelli are well known for keeping studs better than other brands because they use different production technology. From what I recall from Jänner and Liepaja (one asphalt/snow the other mostly frozen gravel) Pirelli usually keep studs better there.

If I'm not mistaken the difference is that in Michelin tyres the studs are glued in while in Pirelli tyres they are overmoulded (which shall allow them to use softer compound) but I may be wrong.

From the experiences from the first Winter rallies both in Norway and Sweden, it seems that the Pirellis struggle more with keeping the studs, but this is no scientific study, just built up on this years experiences.
If this is the case I think Pirelli may have gone a little too soft in their rubber (if combined With 8mm stud protruding and gravel/warm weather), and that is why this happens.

The softness of the rubber and the studding method (overmoulding), vs stiffer rubber and gluing will be a factor, one way or the other. This will ad another spectacle to Rally Sweden.

[BleAivano]

A pic of one of the recce'd stages:

[BleAivano]

here we are again

Sébastien Ogier ‏@SebOgier

Like often, so much b......t on the net...
I ❤️ @RallySweden and never called for cancellation of the full rally!
Just 100% gravel stages...

Lorenzo Bertelli ‏@fuckmatie37

I have to agree with @SebOgier, we are not in the condition to have a safe rally, is not @RallySweden fault! #NotSafeWithStuds

Me thinks someone had a little chat with Ogier.

[Lundefaret]

A pic of one of the recce'd stages:

I will be very pleasantly surprised if this dont end in a canselation...

[stefanvv]

A pic of one of the recce'd stages:

watching this, I'm thinking for this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92j_xKy_Uc., http://www.autofacil.es/carreras/201...tor/24499.html

Still there is snow there....

[BleAivano]

watching this, I'm thinking for this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92j_xKy_Uc., http://www.autofacil.es/carreras/201...tor/24499.html

Still there is snow there....

Well I think it looks more like this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-ASoZ_4rg

[skarderud]

A pic of one of the recce'd stages:

If those ruts freeze like this, It will be quite challenging, to say it nice

[tommeke_B]

I will be very pleasantly surprised if this dont end in a canselation...

Do you think cancellation is a good option? So much money (millions) has been put into organizing the event, sponsors want return. If they're cancelling this year it likely means the end for Rally Sweden in WRC, so they can as well just try and see what the damage will be after the rally. The only stage I still see being cancelled at this point is Torsby 2... Anyway we'll see, tomorrow I'm flying to Sweden, hoping for some special WRC action.

[SubaruNorway]

Been a while since I've been to a rally, still 2min between WRC2 as well?