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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Yeah, it was only Finnish car manufacturers, teams, film crews and spectators. And FISA didn't care either, so it was just a national event.

    Seriously, most of the top drivers back then were Scandinavians. Röhrl never dared to try Finland, whereas Mouton rolled her Audi a couple of times. Saby got through the rally in a Renault 5 Turbo in 1984, but it was not a competitive car on gravel.
    Brits won the 1000 Lakes a number of times in that era as co-drivers Richards, Davenport and Liddon. Russell Brookes in the Chevette was 6th in 1982 - against the quattros, asconas, nissan turbos etc
    I see the fastest stage in 1973 1000 lakes was an average 147.54 km/h SS32 Kaitainen, that is pretty good for a Mk1.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeakiwi View Post
    I see the fastest stage in 1973 1000 lakes was an average 147.54 km/h SS32 Kaitainen, that is pretty good for a Mk1.
    That's a mistake in the length of the stage. It was shortened in the actual race, but the original length has remained in stats

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeakiwi View Post
    Russell Brookes in the Chevette was 6th in 1982
    His Gp4 Chevette lost 5 minutes to the private Gp2 Talbot of Antero Laine. Six of the first ten entries retired, including Alen, Vatanen, Mouton and Toivonen.

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    I come here to read news and rumours, this is page 28. The last real news and rumours i saw in this thread were on page 23, before that page 20...dont you guys wanna take your sweet memories to some other thread?

    like here http://www.motorsportforums.com/show...Thread/page111
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post

    Having PS televised, plus a proper recap of each leg (like RB is doing), always at the same time makes sense, but there’s no need for similar routes and schedules on all events.
    Agree. But that goes against everything they believe in. Standardisation is king!! It's easy make an event viable with the 'WRC format'.

    Personally, I've always been against it - it's fine in theory, and it worked for F1 (and other series), but it goes against what made the WRC unique.

    Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???

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    Skoda has announced drivers for 2018. Tidemand, Kopecky, Veiby, Rovanperä and Nordgren.
    So many drivers, didn’t find info on programs yet

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    1) For what do they need five drivers? Even for WRC2/APRC/Czech republic it's more than enough.

    2) For what do they need so many young drivers? There is no VAG WRC now but maybe they count with it again in the future?

    Not saying it's wrong. There just has to be a reason for so large team.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    1) For what do they need five drivers? Even for WRC2/APRC/Czech republic it's more than enough.

    2) For what do they need so many young drivers? There is no VAG WRC now but maybe they count with it again in the future?

    Not saying it's wrong. There just has to be a reason for so large team.
    maybe ERC too?

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    There are no ERC plans mentioned in the press release, only WRC2 which for me means "we need to do all events", "we need to get a lot of data" and "we need to work on new generation of drivers".
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    I think many of us have not realized that WRC Wales is before WRC Catalonia next year, so which rally will be title decider ?
    Wales? Catalonia? or last one Australia?
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