Offical Uddeholm Swedish Rally Thread.

[miksu]

crap... and one stage to go, poor Garde!!

[WRC2006]

stupid rally radio playing music instead of end of stage interviews

It can't suprise me!!!

[DuncanD]

latvala 0.8 off bosse on first split :-)

[Halvis]

Loeb sneaked passed Henning again, by .8 secs, but Henning passet Garde, so he's still 4th. Wow, this rally is exciting!!!

[wacked]

Loeb is up to 3rd...

[J.Lindstroem]

Latvala is on fiiire!

[J.Lindstroem]

If Daniel Carlsson cannot get it right now, Latvala will pass him!

[jonas_mcrae]

Latvala is on fiiire!

indeed good run by him

[WRC2006]

Loeb is up to 3rd...


I told you Guys, wait he gonna finish the Rally today at the 2nd position. Petter is stepping down slowly and 7seconds he lost in 11 km is to much.

[leno]

when start stage 7

[White Sauron]

Is it true, that Pirellie were using the DGTC - dynamic geometry tires control system on Galli' car?

[GigiGalliNo1]

Well, hello!!
She can codrive me anytime ;)

And me too

My internet was like this close to crapping it self and not working for the whole weekend and now i'ts alllll good!

Now what did I miss, have to get the splits back up!

[Perra71]

Very good time from Carlsson :)
But Latvala passes!

[GigiGalliNo1]

I've so lost interest. Net was down, crapped my self and now Galli +0:14.0 slow. Ahhhh

[Perra71]

GigiGalliNo1:
Somethings wrong with my connection here earlier to :(
Seems like my IP is having maintenance work today and my modem have restarted a few times.
Talk about bad timing :(

[WRC2006]

when start stage 7

15h28 Local time

[Erki]

Is it true, that Pirellie were using the DGTC - dynamic geometry tires control system on Galli' car?

What's that? Some fancy name for "sideways car control"? :p :

[wacked]

Latvala passes Carlsson for 7th place


when start stage 7

in 3 minutes..

[padWRC]

10 SEC difference until the 8th position in 24 km stage!

[SubaruNorway]

when start stage 7



http://www.swrt.com/championship/itinerary.html

[padWRC]

10 SEC difference until the 9th position in 24 km stage!

[Perra71]

Seems like all air has gone out of Galli, to bad :)
I really like that guy and wish him all the best.

[padWRC]

10 SEC difference until the 9th position in 24 km stage!

[Whinlatter]

This is a great rally already - any one of the top 6 could still win this, last year we would already have been down to a straight fight between Loeb and Gronholm after just 6 stages......

[padWRC]

sorry !!!
10 SEC difference until the 11th position in 24 km stage!

[DuncanD]

Does anyone know if maybe Galli has some damage to his car?

[Tomi]

I've so lost interest. Net was down, crapped my self and now Galli +0:14.0 slow. Ahhhh

dont take it too serious, its only rally

[Halvis]

Another good stage from Østberg, +12.9, beating Sordo, Galli, etc.

Nice! :up:

[GigiGalliNo1]

dont take it too serious, its only rally

yeh i kno, not seriously but just a pitty he had to go down the leader board.

[ZequeArgentina]

Sweden has always been one of the rallies were differences between drivers have been smaller. A bit like tarmac some time ago (before Loeb dominance)

[WHITE WRC]

Hi peops just rushed in from work, how goes it with the swedish and is there a site as with the monte i can keep an eye on stage times cheers andy

[leno]

c4 is fast or i will rather say loeb is fast

[N.O.T]

Hi peops just rushed in from work, how goes it with the swedish and is there a site as with the monte i can keep an eye on stage times cheers andy

http://www.zone.ee/wrcmasters/analyzer.php?rally=2&stage=7&results=2&jwrc=

[WRC2006]

Hi peops just rushed in from work, how goes it with the swedish and is there a site as with the monte i can keep an eye on stage times cheers andy

http://www.zone.ee/wrcmasters/analyzer.php?rally=2&stage=7&results=1

[miksu]

lets see if Hirvonen will do huge jump, resulting damage in his car as i fear.

[SubaruNorway]

**** Loeb is picking up the pace

[WRC2006]

c4 is fast or i will rather say loeb is fast

But now is the Boss!!!

[Tomi]

wonder how long Citroen boss will look on Sordo struggeling on loose surface, before they replace him.

[WHITE WRC]

http://www.zone.ee/wrcmasters/analyzer.php?rally=2&stage=7&results=1

thanks for that

[WRC2006]

But Hivronen is not allowed to do so now.

[WRC2006]

wonder how long Citroen boss will look on Sordo struggeling on loose surface, before they replace him.


Haaaa!!! I would wish to see that happen!!!!

[N.O.T]

wonder how long Citroen boss will look on Sordo struggeling on loose surface, before they replace him.

well it took peugeot years to replace that tomato can Rovanpera so you must bare with him...

[miksu]

Haaaa!!! I would wish to see that happen!!!!

Garde behind the wheel of C4... wet dreams baby :p

[leno]

damn petter is going to be slower

[jonas_mcrae]

good fight between loeb and gronholm

[Tomi]

well it took peugeot years to replace that tomato can Rovanpera so you must bare with him...

If Citroen is so serious to win the manu title, it will happen quite soon, after Mexico i guess.

[WRC2006]

damn petter is going to be slower

The Impreza 06 is a scrap car.

[xavier]

It looks like Seb will take the 2nd place from Peter. Too bad he lost 8 sec yesterday.

Good rally so far!

I am a bit disapointed by Mikko's performance though.

[WHITE WRC]

looks like loebs going to take that stage

[SubaruNorway]

The Impreza 06 is a scrap car.

No joking

[N.O.T]

the manufacturers title is locked for citroen....Grass will grow on spring the world will continue turning and gronholm will start crashing....its called the cyrcle of life....it happens every year.

[miksu]

damn Garde and his tyres!!!

[leno]

what about impreza 07 for mexico is ishe going to be any better??? i hate watcing gronholm and loeb always on top

[WRC2006]

It looks like Seb will take the 2nd place from Peter. Too bad he lost 8 sec yesterday.

Good rally so far!

I am a bit disapointed by Mikko's performance though.

He has a problem with his car. That is why and has to be carefull because the target is the maximum point as possible. As Marcus is leading the rally he can't push the car than Loeb and maybe he is waiting to see what will happen to Petter and Toni

[leno]

Petter lost 18.6 sec on this stage! omg

[GigiGalliNo1]

Top 4:

1. 3 M. GRÖNHOLM 1:03:21.3
2. 1 S. LOEB 1:03:32.1 +10.8
3. 7 P. SOLBERG 1:03:42.4 +21.1
4. 4 M. HIRVONEN 1:03:50.2 +28.9

[Finni]

Henning is coming extremely well..

[Perra71]

Garde is sinking fast now :(

[WRC2006]

what about impreza 07 for mexico is ishe going to be any better??? i hate watcing gronholm and loeb always on top

I am fed up too watching every time those Guys on top. In each rally I know that it gonna be Marcus or Loeb then others next.

The Impreza 07 looks better but still not convinced about it as the Impreza 06 have been here since last year and still have the same problems like last year. Where is the development?

[Corny]

Too bad Galli went off :(

[GigiGalliNo1]

I am fed up too watching every time those Guys on top. In each rally I know that it gonna be Marcus or Loeb then others next.

Must say the first 5 stages were the best of the season so far! Can't wait for tomorrow and Norway :D

[J.Lindstroem]

No splits for Carlsson?

[Haddock]

wonder how long Citroen boss will look on Sordo struggeling on loose surface, before they replace him.

I wouldn't write him off just because he's proving slow on snow - its as different from gravel as gravel is from tarmac really.

Lets see how he goes on the next few gravel rounds with the C4 first.

[N.O.T]

Latvala lost 45 seconds on split 2...oh..snap.

[GigiGalliNo1]

I think Galli will do good in this stage (SS7)

[WRC2006]

Anyone knows what happened to Petter?

[SubaruNorway]

To long studs

[N.O.T]

he was slow....

[WRC2006]

Even the Kid did well than Petter? Something wrong here?

[Christina]

anyone know what happened to JM?

[Finni]

Galli has obviously found top-gear again..

[leno]

is anything wrong with petter?

[N.O.T]

yes his speed...

[Finni]

It's common phenomenen with current Impreza that at some point it starts to loose much time, no consistent speed. I am sure that they are again fighting with Grönholm and Loeb when their new model comes.

[padWRC]

Forza Galli!!!

[animrallye]

is anything wrong with petter?
Yes, his car !

[euskalteam]

Galli continues. Lost 4mins but continues in the rallye

[Finni]

Citroens are coming well in that stage..

[leno]

It's common phenomenen with current Impreza that at some point it starts to loose much time, no consistent speed. I am sure that they are again fighting with Grönholm and Loeb when their new model comes.

probably you' ve got right

[SubaruNorway]

Yes, his car !

He chose the wrong tyres

[animrallye]

Gigi loose on split 3 :mad:

[N.O.T]

Hirvonen and Gardemeister will have a battle with the Solberg Brothers tommorow

[WRC2006]

Yes, his car !

That is right

[Perra71]

Carlsson 3:rd best on this stage :)

[WRC2006]

Hirvonen and Gardemeister will have a battle with the Solberg Brothers tommorow

Don't expect Petter in the battle tomorrow. He doesn't have a power with his car to battle with the rest. Maybe in the first 2 stages.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Gigi loose on split 3 :mad:

Yes, it's true

[J.Lindstroem]

Daniel Carlsson says that he will have some benefits going to the super special because he got studs left in the tiers!

[WRC2006]

In super special, Henning gonna take the place of Petter and finish the day on the Podium?!

[animrallye]

News about Loeb's engine on 3 cylinders ?

[GigiGalliNo1]

Well then one more stage till the end of the day! How will it go guys?

[Corny]

News about Loeb's engine on 3 cylinders ?

To be honest, I think that'll be good news for championship

[padWRC]

News about Loeb's engine on 3 cylinders ?

Ironie or not?
With this time?

[Perra71]

My god will it be cold on the stages tomorrow!
The forecast says -23 for tomorrow morning :)

[animrallye]

Ironie or not?
With this time?
No, it's not ironie, seen on a french forum...

[Perra71]

He said something about it on radio to.
Was running on 3 cylinders in some short parts of the stage!

[GigiGalliNo1]

What major City is Karlstad closest to? Goteborg? Linkoping? Malmo? Stockholm or Uppsala?! Just wanted to get my weather gadget correct :)

[Perra71]

Linköping probably

[animrallye]

Hagfors MMS started

[J.Lindstroem]

Loeb finished. 2:00.3 min.

Is'nt that slow?

[HaCo]

Loeb finished. 2:00.3 min.

Is'nt that slow?

That is half a minute slower than yesterday! GREAT!

[padWRC]

Is Galli S Xsara Active?

[Perra71]

Haco:
This is not the same stage mind you!

[animrallye]

Loeb finished. 2:00.3 min.

Is'nt that slow?
Yesterday best time 1:31.9 !

[xavier]

That is half a minute slower than yesterday! GREAT!

that's a different stage than yesterday, isn't it?

[Perra71]

Karlstad sss yesterday and Hagfors sprint is not the same stage!!

[animrallye]

Is Galli S Xsara Active?
Think so, Ph Sport car used last year in french rally championship...

[J.Lindstroem]

Oh excuse me ur right of course! :P

[White Sauron]

Stage stopped or what? WHy it's only Loeb for 7 minutes already?

[xavier]

anyone knows why results are not coming, either on wrc.com, or the estonian sites ? I hope it's not a problem on the stage.

[HaCo]

OOOPS... disregard last message ;)

Sorry :S

No new times are coming true, what is going on?

[Perra71]

No times but the stage is running and P.Solberg has just finished.

[J.Lindstroem]

some problems with the server they say on the swedish radio!

[CABAIO E'LONA]

No more results?

[GigiGalliNo1]

Sordo's time is threw

[GigiGalliNo1]

Yup all times are through now.

[N.O.T]

Gronholm fastest 0.3 grom Loeb

[CABAIO E'LONA]

Gronholm win the SS8... Loeb + 0.03, Petter +1.5 y Sordo +1.9....

[White Sauron]

BFGoodrich site lies...

[GigiGalliNo1]

1. 3 M. Grönholm 1:05:21.3
2. 1 S. Loeb 1:05:32.4
3. 7 P. Solberg 1:05:43.9
4. 4 M. Hirvonen 1:05:52.3
5. 18 T. Gardemeister 1:05:56.2
6. 8 C. Atkinson 1:06:30.1
7. 2 D. Sordo 1:10:13.7

:)

Or just look in my signature! :D

[Perra71]

I absolutely love that it is so tight in the top after day 1.
I mean there are a lot of drivers who can still win this rally.
Can´t remember when it was this tight :)

[animrallye]

Gronholm fastest 0.3 grom Loeb
Fronholm gastest 0.3 from Loeb :p ;) :D

[GigiGalliNo1]

Goood nite from me! 1:30am see you guys tomorow =)

[Perra71]

GigiGalliNo1:
Where are you living?

[COD]

Top 4 in group N from Finland

[A.F.F.]

Top 4 in group N from Finland


:bandit:

Barely a newsflash.





:p :

[edacurf]

GigiGalliNo1:
Where are you living?

australia

[White Sauron]

I think Marcus will stretch his lead tomorrow... He was in the same situation last year and pulled a good lead...

[janvanvurpa]

What major City is Karlstad closest to? Goteborg? Linkoping? Malmo? Stockholm or Uppsala?! Just wanted to get my weather gadget correct :)

Karlstad is where it is, and its really closer to Oslo than any Swedish city, except Arvika (many many might argue that Arvika isnät really Swedish) but the stages are all straight north, north of the metropolis of Sunne and Gräsmark.
For ideas of weather, check FALUN, its at the similar elevation and in the same rand of hills that the stages are.

[Corny]

I think Marcus will stretch his lead tomorrow... He was in the same situation last year and pulled a good lead...

But the difference is that Loeb was still testing today I think.. He could be getting more confidence tomorrow

[xavier]

I think Marcus will stretch his lead tomorrow... He was in the same situation last year and pulled a good lead...

That's whishful thinking. Considering the problems Loeb had (1st on the road, problem with the helicopter, stall in SS1, still learning the car on snow), 10 second behind is not bad. I can see him passing Marcus by the end of the 2nd day.

But again, that's gonna be between Seb and Marcus...

[jonas_mcrae]

hope garde gets some speed tomorrow

[Helstar]

Oh bummer, lost to follow the second part of the rally and what we have, Bosse and Loeb 1-2 ... and Gigi in a ditch. It was too good to believe :'(

[White Sauron]

Considering the problems Loeb had (1st on the road, problem with the helicopter, stall in SS1, still learning the car on snow),

...

Hm... But what about Marcus last year? 1st on the road too. Still learning the car not only on snow, but overall, cause he hadn't been testing his car for a year like Seb did...

[Viktory]

Some pics me and my brother took today, have more though. Taken with a crap compact digital camera. Torntorp the first two, then Vargåsen the rest:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/ViktorL/SwedishRally2007001.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/ViktorL/SwedishRally2007003.jpg

Vargåsen:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/ViktorL/SwedishRally2007018.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/ViktorL/SwedishRally2007027.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/ViktorL/SwedishRally2007029.jpg

Now I have to sleep, have to get up at 3:30.... :p

[Buzz Lightyear]

Can i ask a question.... Is it possible that Wilson is actually going slower than last year....??

The ultimate embarrasment would be to go off at this pace.

Looks like the doubters are proved RIGHT. Wilson is not good enough.

[bowler]

stupid rally radio playing music instead of end of stage interviews

that is a very ungracious comment.

How much do you pay for this service?

nothing,

so anything that you get that is ahead of that is a gain.

We are lucky they are there at all.

If you don't like, don't listen, but don't be so critical when you have no knowledge of the reasons or background

[Tomi]

that is a very ungracious comment.

How much do you pay for this service?

nothing,

so anything that you get that is ahead of that is a gain.

We are lucky they are there at all.

If you don't like, don't listen, but don't be so critical when you have no knowledge of the reasons or background

Why dont you think its ok to critic the "rallyradio", after all its quite crap it does not matter if it is free or not.

[Micke_VOC]

Pics from Ss3-SS6 i up on :
http://www.motorsport4sale.com/sv_bilder_2007_070209_svenskarallyt_1b_12345.asp
more pics from the other stages this night...

[jonas_mcrae]

just seen todays review, big off for Pons(the second one) he looked VERY scared, gigis pace looks great until the off (which miracously didnt become a roll), conditions look more gravel than snow in the afternoon stages, hope everything goes nicely tomorrow

[jonas_mcrae]

that is a very ungracious comment.

How much do you pay for this service?

nothing,

so anything that you get that is ahead of that is a gain.

We are lucky they are there at all.

If you don't like, don't listen, but don't be so critical when you have no knowledge of the reasons or background

I apreciate very very much what they do, and i know that their resources are not the best but I recon that if the service was better I would pay for it, as for WRC+ which is getting better but needs improvement

[jonas_mcrae]

by the way the music is crap most of the times and i dont think many will airgue with that LOL

[SubaruNorway]

If everyone would start paying to listen maybe there would have been more stage end reporters and maybe they could buy the right to newer music

[miksu]

I think the music is ok, its only good that its different and not only new stuff, which you can see from MTV if you like. I dont see many things to complain about the rally radio. Its good, reporters are good, they give a nice humorous perspective once in a while, and the rest i see from the live timings. 8+ from me!

[ST205GT4]

Errmm I get up this morning to have a look at http://www.crash.net for some rally news and what do I see? This.

http://wrc.smugmug.com/photos/128576654-O.jpg

For those of you that can't see it, someone has hacked the site and put owned by someone or other along all the links.

[bowler]

Why don't you think its ok to critic the "rallyradio", after all its quite crap it does not matter if it is free or not.

critic is fine, but must be from a position of knowledge.

In this case I suspect that there were technical problems, and that the Radio people would have preferred to be getting the messages from the stages rather than playing music.

My reaction is one of seeing criticism without gratitude or appreciation for what has gone before.

Seeing comments later from the person I commented suggest that it may have been more a figure of speech than anything else.

Rally fans do need to support and pay for what they have to a greater extent than some of them do now.

I can't stand people who complain and do nothing to fix things.

[GigiGalliNo1]

GigiGalliNo1:
Where are you living?

Yes Australia, home of Rally Australia. Well it was.


But the difference is that Loeb was still testing today I think.. He could be getting more confidence tomorrow

Yes I think Loeb will come out on top, but a fight with Marcus but something is hinting to me that Petter will do great this weekend and so will his brother. A fight against Sordo and Galli as well but lower down the board.

It was incredible to see Gigi as high as 2nd place. But you never want to support a driver too much it might just jinx him! Ahhh but when I hear this (on radio) "Gigi has stopped on stage.......His GPS has stopped.." could not believe this! What I was hoping was that Sordo I think might have blocked the stage. It's all that was in my head and then Gigi yelling at him after and there being a time given out due to stage being canceled but I was wrong and the worst happened. 4 minutes he can catch up on right? I hope so.

Yeh I'm paying for WRC+ and really like it. Not that I don't have a problem with getting the free version. I have WRC+ splits in one monitor and ee. in the other. WRC+ radio up as well which gets annoying with the music! But they've began to repeat the interveiws, and they make up some funny stuff, but it's a small price for me, I don't know others but I'm enjoying it and again I missed the SSS LIVE Broadcast on day 1! :( But might miss it again on the last day. Watched MONTE's SSS but the first 10mins then had to go! :( Bummer. It was great though! :)

Now watching daily round up on WRC+ from SWE

[jparker]

that is a very ungracious comment.

How much do you pay for this service?

nothing,

so anything that you get that is ahead of that is a gain.

We are lucky they are there at all.

If you don't like, don't listen, but don't be so critical when you have no knowledge of the reasons or background

I agree, but if something is stupid ............ it's just stupid, no matter how you put it. I don't feel lucky at all, and I don't listen it.

[xavier]

Hm... But what about Marcus last year? 1st on the road too. Still learning the car not only on snow, but overall, cause he hadn't been testing his car for a year like Seb did...

That's my point, last year on day 1, Marcus was 1st and still learning the car. The next day he was much faster. You can expect Seb to do the same as he is in the same situation.

[Bruno Portela]

Good Moning everybody, let's get started!!!!
What's the time difference between Sweden and Portugal / UK????

[Erki]

Sweden is +1GMT, UK is GMT

[jparker]

critic is fine, but must be from a position of knowledge.

In this case I suspect that there were technical problems, and that the Radio people would have preferred to be getting the messages from the stages rather than playing music.

My reaction is one of seeing criticism without gratitude or appreciation for what has gone before.

Seeing comments later from the person I commented suggest that it may have been more a figure of speech than anything else.

Rally fans do need to support and pay for what they have to a greater extent than some of them do now.

I can't stand people who complain and do nothing to fix things.

Radio broadcasing is business for people who have money, know how is done, and are professionals. By doing that they make money and don't ask group members to pay so they can get better. I'm sick of insider people that are trying to cash out from the WRC, they can't do it, but don't want to let others do it for them.

[Bruno Portela]

Sweden is +1GMT, UK is GMT

Thank you Erki. It seems that I've got up an hour erlier!!! :(

[Bruno Portela]

Who was for you the "first leg man of the rally"??

[jparker]

Who was for you the "first leg man of the rally"??

I think Gigi Galli did a good job, but don't know what problem he got into.

[A.F.F.]

Good morning folks :wave:

Let the battle begin :up:

[Tomi]

1)Grönholm, 2)Loeb, 3)Solberg

I would had put Galli as first, if it would have not been so obvious that the forest department would call him sooner or later, he would have a bright future in rally if he could change his attitude a bit, this way he will never get a works seat.

[jparker]

1)Grönholm, 2)Loeb, 3)Solberg

I would had put Galli as first, if it would have not been so obvious that the forest department would call him sooner or later, he would have a bright future in rally if he could change his attitude a bit, this way he will never get a works seat.

True, but that doesn't stop him from chalanging the works teams.

[Micke_VOC]

Time to go...
For me i gonna be on Vargasen today..

[jparker]

Time to go...
For me i gonna be on Vargasen today..

Did you get your digital camera?
Have fun

[A.F.F.]

1)Grönholm, 2)Loeb, 3)Solberg

I would had put Galli as first, if it would have not been so obvious that the forest department would call him sooner or later, he would have a bright future in rally if he could change his attitude a bit, this way he will never get a works seat.

I disagree. I think it's better to burn out than fade away.

[Tomi]

True, but that doesn't stop him from chalanging the works teams.
the truth is also that the teams needs the cars to the finish, and the truth is that if every privateer from the top 10 rises the risk level to the same where Gallis is the times would be about same too.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Good afternoon nearly evening here! haha waiting sooo long till the start of the rally! How are you all!

Vai Gigi!! :D

[Tomi]

I disagree. I think it's better to burn out than fade away.

Me too, cant stand drivers that lives on others problems, but it would be good to secure somekind of future first.

[jparker]

the truth is also that the teams needs the cars to the finish, and the truth is that if every privateer from the top 10 rises the risk level to the same where Gallis is the times would be about same too.

Yes, that's what I ment by my term "true" too. But as A.F.F. it's better.

[Tomi]

schie on the road

[A.F.F.]

Watching Flodin on stage, I can't help but thinking how cool it would have been to see Anton Alen behind the wheel of WRC :D

[tribefiend]

Good morning everyone.

[Bruno Portela]

the truth is also that the teams needs the cars to the finish, and the truth is that if every privateer from the top 10 rises the risk level to the same where Gallis is the times would be about same too.

All in all, i my opinion it was an impressive pace that Galli manage yesterday on the first 3 ss.

Apart from that, where's Pino?

[DonJippo]

I disagree. I think it's better to burn out than fade away.

The burn yesterday was helped by the road position, and with wise drive he would have been in top 5 for today having the perfect road condition again but no...

Greetings from SS10 where the weather is cloudy and the temperature is -9C :wave:

[Tomi]

[quote="

Apart from that, where's Pino?[/QUOTE"]

in sweden now

[GigiGalliNo1]

Reverse order on stages?

[A.F.F.]

Apart from that, where's Pino?


My guess is he is standing over a snowbank somewhere on the stage 10.

[A.F.F.]

Reverse order on stages?

Is this all new to you Matt?

[jparker]

Good time for Latvala, nice

[jonkka]

This may already been asked but I'd like to know if #22 Mats Jonsson is THE 1992-93 winner of the event?

[Bruno Portela]

My guess is he is standing over a snowbank somewhere on the stage 10.

Colin's crest?

[Perra71]

Jonkka:
Yes, it is!
+50 years old and still going in the swedish championship :)

[A.F.F.]

Carlsson still sleepy. Very slow first split compare to his rivals.

[jonkka]

Thanks Perra. I had already assumed so but just wanted to be sure... :)

[GigiGalliNo1]

Is this all new to you Matt?

No but maybe I dunno

Tired perhaps?! Hahahah it's 4:25pm my time. Just eager for Gigi to get on stage!

[Jaanus]

This may already been asked but I'd like to know if #22 Mats Jonsson is THE 1992-93 winner of the event?

Yes he is the same driver! I know because there was a lot of talk about it when he visited Saaremaa rally in Estonia few years ago with his old Escort WRC.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Pons has retired.

[A.F.F.]

Young Atkinson attacking very hard. :up: Got pass Stohl, Carlsson next on trigger.

[Erki]

Jonkka:
Yes, it is!
+50 years old and still going in the swedish championship :)

He's actually "just" 49.
http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=84

[Perra71]

My bad, 49 years young ;)

[jparker]

One position change, Atkinson is in front of Stohl

[Bruno Portela]

Radio: Solberg is going to put Loeb under pressure!!!! hahahahaha

[GigiGalliNo1]

lol

[GigiGalliNo1]

Gronholm just swore on RADIO!! LMAO

"Loeb wants to win, F%cking hell!"

[Bruno Portela]

Radio: Solberg is going to put Loeb under pressure!!!! hahahahaha


Solberg +4.5 sec => What a pressure

[jonkka]

Further two questions:
Co-driver of #76 Jennie-Lee Hermansson, given as M. Kangas, is he Markku?
Co-driver of #82 Andreas Eriksson, given as P. Svensson, is he Per-Ola?

[Bruno Portela]

Ladies and Getlemen, what a fanstastic rally we going to watch!!!!

Difference between Bosse and Loeb: 9.9 sec

[GigiGalliNo1]

Galli on stage :D

[Bruno Portela]

Galli on stage :D

Should that not be "Galli still on stage" :)

[Bruno Portela]

Bosse: "He was so crazy (Loeb). He wants to win."

[animrallye]

Gigi sleeping !

[A.F.F.]

I hate to admit but seems like Gigi totaly lost his brilliant drive after that ditch diving :(

He is slow.

[Bruno Portela]

I hate to admit but seems like Gigi totaly lost his brilliant drive after that ditch diving :(

He is slow.

Strangly slow, I would say

[Mauri A]

I hate to admit but seems like Gigi totaly lost his brilliant drive after that ditch diving :(

He is slow.
+27 secs!!!

[animrallye]

Gigi + 27.7 :eek:

[GigiGalliNo1]

Bosse: "He was so crazy (Loeb). He wants to win."

He also added: "Loeb wants to win, F%cking hell!" right after!

[Mauri A]

I have a feeling that after SS 10 the positions will change a lot.

[Tomi]

I have a feeling that after SS 10 the positions will change a lot.
yep, a long stage, with a good rythm you can make big difference.

[Corny]

I've seen Marcus crashing under pressure few times in the past..
Hope that's not the case today

[sollitt]

yep, a long stage, with a good rythm you can make big difference.

and who has good rythym?

[animrallye]

No split for Carlsson ???

[jonkka]

Or Latvala?
EDIT: Having written that, it appeared... :eek:

[Mauri A]

Latvala, Carlsson, problem with GPS or??

[Bruno Portela]

and who has good rythym?

I think he speakes french!!

PS: Don't forget that Marcus during his Peugeot times could had learned a lot of french :)

[animrallye]

Both are OK now !

[A.F.F.]

I've seen Marcus crashing under pressure few times in the past..
Hope that's not the case today

Marcus having pressure in Sweden ???

Not likely. Somewhere else, maybe but not in Sweden.

[Perra71]

Now Carlsson split appeared and it is good :)

[Perra71]

Marcus sure sounded like under pressure after the last stage, thats for sure!

[GigiGalliNo1]

I think marcus might just win this rallye :)

[A.F.F.]

Petter and henning have the exact same split :D talking about Bros. Solberg.

[Mauri A]

Looks like Mr Wilson has told Latvala something about finishing the event.

[HaCo]

Isn't a fin supposed to be fast out of the box? :)

Marcus in front in the first split, but it is a loooooong stage, so we will have to wait and see... Tires and the condition of them will be VERY important!
Hope Loeb lands in a ditch! :D :D :D

[GigiGalliNo1]

Petter stopped in stage :(

[jonkka]

Petter stopped in stage :(

What? Why?

[GigiGalliNo1]

Petter is stuck in a ditch and trying to get!

[A.F.F.]

Isn't a fin supposed to be fast out of the box? :)



Latvala is fast. Consistent, that's a whole other thing ;) :D

[Bruno Portela]

Radio: "Petter went into a ditch"

[Mauri A]

Look at Mikko´s, Garde´s and Hennings splits! Amazing.

[jonkka]

Dang!

[HaCo]

Look at Loeb splits: he is beating Marcus :( :(

[Perra71]

No, he isn´t, learn to read.

[GigiGalliNo1]

No, he isn´t, learn to read.

hahaha

[GigiGalliNo1]

Galli not doin good in 2nd split and P. Solberg still on stage (stuck)

[HaCo]

No, he isn´t, learn to read.

Diff is going up and down all the time: hope at the end there will be a big crest at the end!!! ;)

[Tomi]

lol, close in the front

[Bruno Portela]

Bosse won 0.6 of a second in a total of 38,54km!!!! What a drive from both of them

[jonkka]

Over 38km's of full flight stage and difference is only 0.6secs?! Amazing...

[Bruno Portela]

Loeb: "Marcus (gronholm) likes a lot Sweden and he wants to win. I tried my best but I think he is a little bit faster."

[A.F.F.]

Petter must whip himself. For a very long time he was having a good rally and now his own mistake :mark:

[Bruno Portela]

Galli still sleeping. Hope that Pino wakes him up!!!!

[Bruno Portela]

Marcus: "I think we are both crazy (loeb). I lost a little bit of time on the first stage this morning."

[A.F.F.]

Galli still sleeping. Hope that Pino wakes him up!!!!

Or that carzy guy Giorgio who tend to have a posse of fans and a megaphone with him :D

[A.F.F.]

Anton Alen having a great first split :up:

[GigiGalliNo1]

Or that carzy guy Giorgio who tend to have a posse of fans and a megaphone with him :D

See that is what your ment to do at a rally!!! :D :D

Perhaps throw snow balls at Gigi to wake him up! Funny story, Gigi didn't know I was going to be in NZ for the rally and I was at Recce at SSS and he saw me and instead of stopping his recce car, he pushed the gas and was driving towards me! hahaha then stopped and jumped out and was happy to see me :D

[Bruno Portela]

Radio: Wilson is the slowest so far on this stage"

Is there any novelty in that??????

[Mauri A]

I was wrong, no big changes exept Petter.

[A.F.F.]

Henning, Mikko and Toni having a fierce fight for the podium.

[animrallye]

Petter's running (+14')

[A.F.F.]

Sordo is probably just testing for norway now but how com Galli has put a Wilson jr.-mode on ???

[GigiGalliNo1]

Gigi says: "ok not good passing the first part having a spin, this stage is almost new and ah ok. not a lot but what i;m trying to do is trying to find a good pace with the car and it's quit difficult and I'm sorry about what happened yesterday."

[GigiGalliNo1]

Petter says: "We have to go quick... I got stuck in a ditch...(says something in Norwegian)"

Just in case some are not on radio :)

[animrallye]

Problem for Arai, loose 6 min before split 1

[A.F.F.]

Look at Alen !!!

[Perra71]

Yes, fantastic time from Alen and Svedlund is going very well to!

[A.F.F.]

Service break. Cool. Now I have over an hour to do actual work since that's what I should be doing here at work :p :