[WRC] FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023

[NoFear85]

Steward decision about SS9
https://app-cdn.sportity.com/5848cc9...cision%204.pdf

[Rallyper]

And here the thread faded out like dead meat.
Like the whole rally...

[meh]

And here the thread faded out like dead meat.
Like the whole rally...

Yes, rally was kind of over after SS6. I guess for Toyota team the 1-2-3 was so important to deliver, that Ogier and Rovanperä were quite on the cruise/safe mode. Boring to watch, but smart driving.

[Mirek]

One thing I noticed about rally Japan - zero punctures for rally1 and top rally2.

I guess it's because on most of the road it was impossible to cut. Even in the forests there were very often kerbs along the road.

[WRCStan]

And here the thread faded out like dead meat.
Like the whole rally...

Like the season...

Like the series...

Like the sport...

Like the car...

Like life.

[Rallyper]

Like the season...

Like the series...

Like the sport...

Like the car...

Like life.

Not life.

[SubaruNorway]

It's the same every year, i manage to stay awake the whole weekend and then i fall a sleep before the powerstage...

[CeskyOndra]

It's the same every year, i manage to stay awake the whole weekend and then i fall a sleep before the powerstage...

Exactly

[WRCStan]

Not life.

I don't mean a human's life, just general apathy in life. Politics, war, economy, sport, human relationships... nothing sustains our attention and efforts. Sign of the times, lots of change happening at a fast pace, we've no longer got mass/common identities to bind us, and in our own bubbles there's too much information and content to consume or act upon; everything just fades like dead meat as you say. Hopefully it's just my observation.

[seb_sh]

I barely saw anything live but watched the end of day retrospectives. The changing conditions and leaves and so on could have made an interesting rally but unfortunately with so many of the few cars hitting trouble soon and the rest having nothing to play for there was not much to follow to be honest. Katsuta seemed fast but nobody was pushing when he was. Tanak obvously didn't give 2c if he finished 4th or 6th.

Congratulations to Toyota and Evans. They really had the best team and car this year overall. Also Evans wins another of those "unusual" rallies with difficult conditions and trobule for others.