26th Kennards Hire Rally Australia (16-19.11.17)

[Munkvy]

The RC servo with the joint? That's the butterfly valve for watersplashes

Thanks, makes sense

Great report Munkvy, keep up the good work! Andreas' nervousness makes him look very fast but he actually loses time with it, same thing from many years.

You make a good point, he looked quite on the limit. You could spot the guys that were ragged as they threw up a lot more dust as they were off line in the dirty bits of road.

+ air inlet temp sensor

Yeah I thought that might be the case, thanks for confirming

He may be the only WRC2 championship entry, but there are an assortment of local R5, AP4 etc also running as WRC2 entries aren't they? There are 9 non-WRC cars listed in the shakedown results anyway, and most them had been through before those 3 fastest times.

Yup, you can see them on the start list - https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...ember-2017.pdf
Seems if you are an R5 car you start in front of ASN cars, and fortunately in front of the Japanese gentleman drivers!

I hope Brendan Reeves gets a bigger gap between him and the R2 car in front of him, 5mins isn't enough on a long stage that's for sure!

Just getting up to go to first stage now, it's been raining in the night, but not currently, it's warm(ish) and calm here, some dark clouds on the horizon though.