Neste Rally Finland 2017

[tommeke_B]

Had a great Rally Finland. Great action from the new WRC cars, in Finland the difference becomes even more clear. A lot of spectators on some places. Especially on Ouninpohja it was crazy, I've rarely seen so many people on a rally.

A few photos:











Small album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/rallyima...89430137735530

[wrc2017]

That car is running on the sump guard..

Meeke at 4,25

[dimviii]

but this rally seems to show he is able to judge more dangerous and less dangerous. In the end he was overdriving a lot, imagine he achieved 2nd place, which wasn't that far away just 2 stages to the end, he wasn't that lucky after all.

yes he wasn't lucky as you said, he was able to judge dangerous and less dangerous places.
This place for example he was able to judge it as ''not dangerous''




yea he wasn't lucky at all.

[BigWorm]

yes he wasn't lucky as you said, he was able to judge dangerous and less dangerous places.
This place for example he was able to judge it as ''not dangerous''




yea he wasn't lucky at all.

He seems to be on the limit all the time. Many moments in both Poland and Finland, v lucky to get to the finish as he could very well have retired in both, but in the end he got nice results.

[dimviii]

When that was put to him by Autosport following Meeke's Finland result, Matton replied: "There is nothing which shows me it was not the right decision.
"We expected more from this weekend.
"At the beginning of the rally he had the right pace, but his approach was different here.
"I can understand his frustration, but he came to the finish and he brought back a lot of information.
"For a driver like Kris, who is a real competitor, it is frustrating, but I think this is the right approach."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-being-benched

[mknight]

He seems to be on the limit all the time. Many moments in both Poland and Finland, v lucky to get to the finish as he could very well have retired in both, but in the end he got nice results.

Well his goal for both these starts was to show he could be fast... not that he could be reliable... or reliably fast.

In Poland after the stage win on Friday which had a lot to do with starting position he was good, but not "wow" fast.

So he went to Finland with same approach, show speed at any cost and he managed that. Even if he crashed say on Saturday afternoon his goal was still achieved.

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@Meeke

Obviously it's exactly as I wrote a month ago. Depending on your angle you can say that benching in Poland ruined his Finland (that's what he says), or that Finland showed it was right to bench him cause he actually made it trough all 3 days now and it was the only choice (Matton).

If he won/did very good you could do the same, say that it shows it was correct to drop him cause he finally made it to finish (Matton would say that), or that it shows it was wrong to drop him cause look how good he is .

[Rallyper]

for sure huge potential ,but he has to fine tune his driving,and we don't know if he is able to do it.He will not be lucky every time to spin with 5th gear into the trees and continue without damage.
See Meeke for example.

But let´s see how he gains experience. Have to wait. Suninen new chapter.

[stefanvv]

yes he wasn't lucky as you said, he was able to judge dangerous and less dangerous places.
This place for example he was able to judge it as ''not dangerous''




yea he wasn't lucky at all.

Well on Sunday after some time loss missing a chicane on Saturday he said "I had to try", didn't he? That usually means taking more risks in which his luck might fail.

[dimviii]

Well on Sunday after some time loss missing a chicane on Saturday he said "I had to try", didn't he? That usually means taking more risks in which his luck might fail.

we didn't discuss if he ''tried'' but if he was lucky when he ''tried''

[N.O.T]

its always the same story... after a specialized event the autism of some people kicks in and they see future champions everywhere...

dogs full of flees have more value that all of you in society...