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16th May 2016, 10:25 #981
Some news about Rally Sweden.
- Service area/Rally centre will likely remain in Karlstad for 2017 due to problems with hotels/accommodation in Northern Värmland.*
- Rally will stay in Värmland for 2017 due to shortage in time to create a whole new rally somewhere else, uncertain for 2018 and 2019.
- The aim is to present something in June. It is all about finding snow safe areas and at the same time have guaranteed accommodation.
- Rally will be held at week 5,6 or 7. RS organizers prefer week 6. Promoter wants week 5 or 7.
* Rally Sweden's Glenn Olsson have been in contact with hotels and other accommodation providers in Northern Värmland but he is disappointed
with the answers he have received. He wants to have control over accommodation in Nothern Värmland for the next three years to be able to guarantee
a large enough availability volume that is also reasonable priced. They were considering to move the rally and service park from Karlstad
to Torsby so that they could have a more northerly route of stages but due to the answers Glenn have received, the rally HQ and
service park is likely to remain in Karlstad for 2017.
So to summarize it, the accommodation problem in northern Värmland is the main problem that needs to be solved.
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16th May 2016, 10:51 #982
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But the areas of Falun/Borlänge for hosting and stages further north in Dalarna/Värmland could be a combination. Week 7 is probably more safe, maybe.
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16th May 2016, 11:09 #983
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16th May 2016, 13:29 #984
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16th May 2016, 19:22 #985
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17th May 2016, 00:11 #986
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i've heard that story before, but i find it hard to believe.
i doubt many drivers actually have hit that stone. it was not on the line, you could only hit it if you cut there.
perhaps it was bad luck, but if he would have stayed on the most used racing line, his damper most likely wouldn't have come through the bonnet.
if anybody has footage of other drivers on that same corner, feel free to share.
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17th May 2016, 01:32 #987
I watched several in-car videos at the time as well as a few different outside angles - it wasn't 'a stone', it was bedrock on the line which had been exposed by previous cars. Most drivers were on the same line, some had a bang or clunk as they went over it but nobody elses suspension broke.
Latvala certainly didn't think it should have been enough to break the suspension!
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17th May 2016, 09:20 #988
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17th May 2016, 09:53 #989
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I understand that, but the thing I keep coming back to is how rarely that ever happened to Loeb, and how rarely it happens to Ogier, and how frequently it happens to the more wildstyle drivers, especially Latvala. Maybe this is an explanation for an individual incident or two, but Latvala has 10 years career to look at now right? The man finds and hits stones, even those "in the road", consistently more often that some other drivers.
Even in this case, the lines are different. It could be that cutting harder as Paddon did, and Mikkelson seems to be farther right as well, helped them avoid the biggest impact. Maybe they were able to react to the changed road condition, or spot the bump coming in time, or whatever, and Latvala didn't. Or this could be the exception, but the rule is there in his long term results.
That said I agree that he's a very fast driver and deserves his place, but he's had a very long time to learn to improve his consistency so it's disappointing to see.
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17th May 2016, 12:08 #990
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I think it got debated a lot at the time of the accident but Latvala has to be considered unlucky. I do agree that the Loebs of this world do seem to float over stuff. And that wasn't down to chance - but still Latvala would have expected more from the Polo there.
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