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  1. 27th January 2016, 19:50 #31
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    No, it's impossible otherwise roads will be destroyed. There must be solid frozen ground at least. Everything was perfect untill everything started to melt in last weekend... Weather forecasts are not great at all...
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  2. 27th January 2016, 20:00 #32
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    Roads get destroied, Currently forecast is really bad. However, long term prognoses is telling that it should get cold just before rally. But it is very, very risky.
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  3. 27th January 2016, 20:38 #33
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    why roads wil be destroyed? are so different to Finland?
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  4. 27th January 2016, 20:56 #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
    why roads wil be destroyed? are so different to Finland?
    Very.. Finland is based on crystalline bedrock, we have sand, gravel, pebble, cobble, stones, till, silt, etc. mostly very soft, when it rains for a week, it melts and with normal cars you can create ruts as deep as 20-30 cm, just by driving. It will be completely mud with rally cars and even road base gets destroied.
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  6. 28th January 2016, 09:16 #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluuford View Post
    Very.. Finland is based on crystalline bedrock, we have sand, gravel, pebble, cobble, stones, till, silt, etc. mostly very soft, when it rains for a week, it melts and with normal cars you can create ruts as deep as 20-30 cm, just by driving. It will be completely mud with rally cars and even road base gets destroied.
    Exactly. And yes, in western part of latvia, 30+cm cover of snow, present just a week ago has almost melted now and for next week, forecasts are still showing positive temperatures.
    So, even in forests frozen gravel will become soft. Further forecasts are not really to be trusted, but still it's very unlikely that cold will return for more than a few days here and there.
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  7. 28th January 2016, 09:26 #36
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    Don´t be sad, guys. Organizers from Rally Sweden will face the exactly same problem just one week later. This winter is hot.
    Visit South Moravia. It is the real paradise
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  8. 28th January 2016, 09:59 #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by liposh View Post
    Don´t be sad, guys. Organizers from Rally Sweden will face the exactly same problem just one week later. This winter is hot.
    No i doubt. Situation for Sweden looks way better as the cold is coming back on the weekend and stays. The melted snow will form nice and deep ice covers.
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  9. 28th January 2016, 10:31 #38
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    That would be sad if the rally was canceled. Many drivers invested a lot of money already to prepare their cars. Here some photos from the tests before the rally:
    http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/gallery/show/id/1453217014
    http://www.rallymadness.prv.pl - rally photos and movies!
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  10. 28th January 2016, 11:26 #39
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    http://www.lookr.com/lookout/1334752...ion-play-month
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  11. 28th January 2016, 13:33 #40
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    News about Rally Liepāja 2016 (google translate it): http://ru.motorsport.com/erc/news/pe...-sryva-670240/
    http://www.ALMrally.ru All about rally in Russian
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