Still researching, and gaining a solid understanding of this sport day by day.....In preparing for Monte Carlo, I have heard references to teams sending a passenger car out on the course to assess conditions. In Monte, specifically looking for ice/snow. Does this happen daily during any rally, or is this practice exclusive to ice/snow races?
yes their are called gravel crews, in most cases they are ex-rally drivers, all of the manufacturer teams have them and they are different for each of their drivers and some of the rich privateers also. They are used on every rally.
Ha - mere youth!
I'm old enough to remember when you had to wait until Thursday, before the advances in printing technology let them change to Wednesday and for the RAC Rally you only got the first...
The start list for shakedown ;
https://app-cdn.sportity.com/df10ff55-0f1e-4319-bd4e-e850b47f2886/0b4908c9-ad7d-4ecb-8e51-eb5c75a47c23_Start%20List%20for%20Shakedown.pdf
The Sportity code for Estonia is WRCEST25
Always a good idea to have this as any updates will always be on there.
There's been a few fines for speeding on recce already
For those without the app, or who wish to access with a PC you can use this link: https://webapp.sportity.com/channel/WRCEST25
[WRC] Delfi Rally Estonia 2025