[WRC] WRC Rally Sweden 2018 - February 15-18:

[AnttiL]

https://motorsport.hyundai.com/swede-dreams/

Hyundai preview

[AnttiL]

Toyota: https://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/en/toyota/21072103.html

[Rallyper]

I can swear the beginning of Hagfors stage was different on the early maps on the official Rally Sweden website.
Now I recognize the start better. Been there once. Good places about 1,5 K but also after only 500m there´s a tricky one.

[Teme]

http://rallysweden.com/wp-content/up...ation-no-1.pdf

CoC Includes Service Park lay out picture (how teams are placed)

So no Ralfs Sirmacis or have I missed something?

[Rallyper]

Forecast today says quite a lot of snow Rally Sweden weekend ....

[AnttiL]

Accuweather says now no snowfall for the whole event in Torsby (including Thursday) except for little snow on Saturday morning. Also some snow on Svullrya on Friday.

Yr.no says a bit snowfall on the night between Thursday and Friday.

Foreca does indeed give snowfall from Thursday to Saturday, but I don't trust it so much.

I'll add it myself so you don't have to make a reply: it's too early to say.

[STI69]

SMHI.se forecast, I know it's early but it looks scary. 19cm of extra snow Th-Su...
Most likely the parking at stages will be big issue this year, access roads are narrow and fields have 60+ cm of snow. Thank god we rented 4X4 Volvo for this year.

[Rallyper]

Forecast today says quite a lot of snow Rally Sweden weekend ....

This is according to swedish https://www.smhi.se/vadret/vadret-i-...#tab=0,chart=1

Let´s wait and see. Forecasts as you say often changes dramatically in a week.

[er88]

Well I said Toyota really should be winning this event due to the huge testing advantage they've had on the other teams (and the fact they won the event last season too), however the road order on day 1 seems like it could be a massive factor in the result. So Mikkelsen is in a superb position to take advantage, and we know the Hyundai was supremely fast here last season. Difficult to tell what Paddon can do and where his mind is, but he also has a great start position. After losing places on the last stage in Monte, Lappi could be a dark horse as well and along with Mikkelsen, will be thinking he could make a bit of a gap on day 1 if things go well.

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[AnttiL]

Yeh, if it's very snowy, Ogier, Tänak and Latvala may be in trouble, whereas Neuville will have an advantage. Østberg, Suninen and Paddon are starting as last WRC cars, but will they have more or less advantage from the road position?

Starting order should be:
1. Ogier
2. Tänak
3. Latvala
4. Meeke
5. Neuville
6. Evans
7. Lappi
8. Mikkelsen
9. Breen
10. Paddon
11. Suninen
12. Østberg