Rally Sweden 2017

[Slipzen]

Did Henning do PET in the Skoda?
If not, will he drive it before shakedown?

No PET acc to article,
http://nwt.se/sport/motorsport/2017/...ntus-i-svenska

"– Jag sätter mig i på shakedown så kör vi."

[Slipzen]

That´s made from snowmachines.

Yes. Isn't it fantastic what efforts the organizers make in order for spectators and competitors to get the best possible conditions. It is simply great

[Ctesibios]

Are there snow banks in any of the stages? It is going to be very tricky if there aren't any!

[Myrvold]

Are there snow banks in any of the stages? It is going to be very tricky if there aren't any!

On some stages, yes !

[EstWRC]

There haven't been snow banks last two years so I don't think it's going to be so tricky

[Lundefaret]

Did Henning do PET in the Skoda?
If not, will he drive it before shakedown?

Knowing Henning, probably not.
We had a Fiesta ST Grp N some years back, and to do a story for the car magazine I worked for we let Henning borrow it in a round of the Norwegian Championship. He had never rallied a front wheel drive car before.
Only "test" he got was the 500 meters of driving from the trailer to the start ramp, and a bit of familiarisation on the transport to the first stage.
SInce it was very good competition in that class at the time people wondered how he was going to place in the class, first time in the car, never been in a FWD rally car, etc etc.
Well, he won the first stage, and continoued from there.
He won the longest stage with about 30 seconds. (This was a winter rally.)
On a long downhill stretch he went "balls out", and was equally as fast as Martin Stenshorne in a Mitsubishi EVO 9 Grp N (was the fastest Grp N driver in Norway at that time.)

Had Henning used as much time in prep (pace notes, video etc) as the young guys do, I really wonder how he had placed in WRC events Having seen his driving in his EVO 6,5 WRC, wow, he is just crazy!

[liposh]

11th january 2017 12:32 Just to show you I am not worse than bluuford: This year the temperature will be low and the conditions will be great for winter rally. Everything depends on precipitation, but I expect few centimeters of snowfall to keep on the ground because of low temperature, so it should be OK. I don´t expect decimeters of snow, but some snow should be there.

11th January 14:32 : I am afraid there won´t be any proper huge snow walls, but maybe on some of the stages there could be enough snow for snow walls here and there.

And the answer to question in your heads is: "No , it is not just good luck or coincidence, I am really that good in weather forecast."

[ELPE]

Are there snow banks in any of the stages? It is going to be very tricky if there aren't any!

Why?

The idea is that the driver will drive on the road and there are now snowbanks to lean against on other rallys either

[A FONDO]

And the answer to question in your heads is: "No , it is not just good luck or coincidence, I am really that good in weather forecast."

Great job. You are welcome to give your forecasts more often. It's not about competition, but usefulness.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

No snowbanks mean running wide can be terminal, stuck in a ditch...