Arctic 2010

[306 Cosworth]

Yes live timing is working again.

Only for SS5.

[306 Cosworth]

Osama Bin Laden

Now come on Daniel you're just being silly now, give the lad a break.

It was Felipe Massa driving that Citroen :up:

[Langdale Forest]

I never knew that Massa'as was moving into rallying. :rolleyes:

[Boudica]

1.( 1)Dani Sordo A18 13:34,6
2.( 3)Kimi Räikkönen A18 14:00,0 0:25,4
3.( 2)Juha Salo(M) SM1 14:09,6 0:35,0
4.(101)Ott Tänak A18 14:11,7 0:37,1
5.( 4)Jukka Ketomäki(M) SM1 14:15,3 0:40,7

Kimi lost the same about of time to Dani in the long stage.

[Boudica]

This is from Vers who is at the rally:

Man it was fun on stage 3. At least on the place where we were there was so much action. Of the top20 most cars hit the bank in front of us and some drivers hit a big rock that was inside the bank.

Kimi drove nice and cleanly, looked like that he was taking it quite easy.

I have to say that I was quite surprised to see him, we thought that he had retired.

[Tomi]

Salo seems still to be the man to beat, really nice speed, it will be interesting to see how Ketomäki manages in Sweden too.

[N.O.T]

we have a new challenger for this years sick dog crown in the WRC....

[306 Cosworth]

Has Stage 4 been cancelled?

[Boudica]

Has Stage 4 been cancelled?

They said it might be cancelled.

[JRodrigues]

we have a new challenger for this years sick dog crown in the WRC....

You are entering WRC?!?! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Langdale Forest]

I hope N.O.T!

[Boudica]

Kimi and Dani on SS1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJgFfB8avrk

[Boudica]

They put extra headlights to Kimi's car and they were installed too high which slowed Kimi down on the 3rd and 4th stage. Yet Räikkönen was the second fastest in the 3rd stage.

They got it fixed by the 5th stage.

[dimviii]

Pirelli seems to have the upper hand in snow tires in Finland?
Hardly i can see a private car without pirelli stickers.Why?

[Mirek]

Finnish championship has single tire suplier - Pirelli. Everyone has to use them.

[dimviii]

]Finnish championship has single tire suplier - Pirelli. Everyone has to use them.
Thanks Mirek didn t know that.

Any videos from day1?

[Boudica]

Rami Räikkönen blamed Kimi for his own crash because he used Kimi's pace notes from last year.

- It was Kimi's note from last year, left 6. It wasn't left 6. It was a pretty optimistically put left 6, Rami said.

- Kimi can blame himself for the car's condition, he joked.

Rami Räikkönen's Fiat-car rolled over three times.

- I had a speed of 172 km/h, Rami said.

The window from the driver's side was broken and Rami got a cut in his nose. He had to drive a long way without his window in -15 degrees.

- 100 km without a window, Rami said.

Does the car have bad karma when Kimi drove out the same way in Jyskälä?

- Well, let's see how it goes tomorrow, Rami grinned.

(Translation thanks to Nicole)

[Boudica]

Kimi Räikkönen took the blame on himself for driving out during the second stage.

- I heard the note wrong and we drove into the snow bank because of it, Räikkönen admitted to MTV3.

It cost Kimi about half an hour.

- There was a tree, about as thick as a leg, and we went through it. Those things happen. That's why we came here, so that we could screw up everything that can be screwed up and learn from that. So that we wouldn't have to do the same mistakes in the upcoming races, Räikkönen said.

On the dark stage Räikköen had problems with visibility.

- It was difficult because it was snowing so I didn't see well. Our lights were a bit too high.

- On one stage the crossroad went a bit far and we had to back.

Räikkönen has been about one second per kilometer behind Dani Sordo on stages without problems.

- I see it myself, that I pump up quite a lot and hustle this and that but the times are pretty OK. I think it will start to go better. I could probably go faster if I would drive seriously but the main thing is that we could learn all different things. We can destroy this car now, Kimi said.

MTV3 – Jani Merimaa ja Anette Latva-Piikkilä, Rovaniemi

(Translation thanks to Nicole)

[N.O.T]

so everytime that kimi kid is doing a mistake we get 2 pages of report.....nice....

[JFL]

so everytime that kimi kid is doing a mistake we get 2 pages of report.....nice....
Why do you bother then? Go to the pharmacy and get your medication instead..

[Tomi]

Well thiskind of forums are more places where everyone can express opinions, and should not been taken too serious.
But I have to say im really dissapointed in our own motorpress during this rally, to sacrifice a good rally and totally ignore real top drivers in favor of a "testdrive" shows very bad judgement. I have always tought our motorpress as high standard, this is the first time ever i actually feel ashame.

[pettersolberg29]

Well said JFL. You don't have to go on a thread if you're not interested.

[jonas_mcrae]

Why do you bother then? Go to the pharmacy and get your medication instead..

pwned

[Langdale Forest]

lol






Well thiskind of forums are more places where everyone can express opinions, and should not been taken too serious.
But I have to say im really dissapointed in our own motorpress during this rally, to sacrifice a good rally and totally ignore real top drivers in favor of a "testdrive" shows very bad judgement. I have always tought our motorpress as high standard, this is the first time ever i actually feel ashame.

The Citroen drivers have the right to be in the rally anyway. :)

[Tomi]

lol







The Citroen drivers have the right to be in the rally anyway. :)

has someone said that they dont have?

[cali]

SS4 has been cancelled due to communication problems.

[Rallyper]

SS4 has been cancelled due to communication problems.

SS4? Wasnt that one yesterday? :confused:

[Boudica]

It seems like something has happened with Tanak, and Sordo apparently said that there was someone riding a motorsledge on the road.

[cali]

SS4? Wasnt that one yesterday? :confused:

Yes, the organiser has decided to cancel that stage.

[Boudica]

Kaj said that the roads are very slippery, and Ketomäki has driven off the road.

[cali]

Still no info about Tänak?

[cali]

Tänak retired due to mechanical failure - no oil pressure.

[Boudica]

Still no info about Tänak?

Nope, no one has seen him appently.

Something must have happened to Juha Salo also, he was very slow on the last stage.

[Boudica]

Juha Salo had some problems with his engine.

Jukka Ketomäki drove out just before the finish line. He was able to continue but lost about 5 minutes.

[cali]

Nope, no one has seen him appently.

Something must have happened to Juha Salo also, he was very slow on the last stage.

Juha's car has lost some power - engine problems.

[Tomi]

SS 8 is cancelled from car 118 , there is some car on fire.

[Boudica]

Kimi said to the rally radio that he could have gone faster but he is just there to gain experience.

[Mirek]

He was driving faster yesterday but for quite a short time ;)

[Boudica]

- The difference to Dani is now 0,9 seconds per kilometer. It's completely 'Yes'. We can take a little out of that, Lindström said after SS9.

- We know where the difference comes from. Therefore it's a relief. It would be different if you would think yourself that you are going damn fast but still be behind. That would be worrying, Lindström continues.

- We are still setting the car up so Kimi doesn't yet have a 100% confidence in how the car behaves. It affects the way we go into corners. There's some too early brakings when there are shady places because we don't want to do anything stupid. That's how the differences in time easily come from.The note will also improve once we see how fast we can go with a car like this into certain places. We get more experience from that, Lindström said to MTV3.

[Boudica]

]He was driving faster yesterday but for quite a short time ;)

:D

[ProRally]

]He was driving faster yesterday but for quite a short time ;)

:D :D :D :D

[Boudica]

Erkki Kaikkonen with car number 37 was the car that started burning.

[N.O.T]

the battle of kimi and solberg will be interesting this year....i expect solberg of course to be a lot faster but both these kids have a lot to lose reputation wise from their lousy performances so i expect a lot of reports from these two with a load of excuses....lets see who finds the more absurd ones and who is the one to run out cash first....

its good to see that kimi has that personal relations kid to find the excuses for him and occasionally he will use this kid as co-driver i heard....

[Mirek]

So top ten in finish:

1. Sordo (C4 WRC) 1:38:29,1
2. Katajamäki (Evo X) +6:07,7
3. Miettinen (Fabia S2000) +7:16,1
4. J. Salo (Evo X) +8:06,9
5. Sohlberg (Impreza STI) +9:12,3
6. Vihavainen (Evo IX) +9:40,6
7. Alanen (Evo IX) +9:44,5
8. Luostarinen (Evo IX) +9:48,9
9. Ketomäki (Evo X) +10:45,8
10. Ipatti (Evo IX) +10:46,9

For Finnish championship without Sordo - Katajamäki wins.

[Boudica]

the battle of kimi and solberg will be interesting this year....i expect solberg of course to be a lot faster but both these kids have a lot to lose reputation wise from their lousy performances so i expect a lot of reports from these two with a load of excuses....lets see who finds the more absurd ones and who is the one to run out cash first....

its good to see that kimi has that personal relations kid to find the excuses for him and occasionally he will use this kid as co-driver i heard....

Well Sweden will be Kimi's 6th rally, ever, so I dont think people are expecting too much from him. He has obviously been hired by Red Bull for PR, not for performance. It would be quite hard for Kimi to run out of cash... :)

So you can relax there will be no problems over his reputation. ;)

[JRodrigues]

the battle of kimi and solberg will be interesting this year....i expect solberg of course to be a lot faster but both these kids have a lot to lose reputation wise from their lousy performances so i expect a lot of reports from these two with a load of excuses....lets see who finds the more absurd ones and who is the one to run out cash first....

its good to see that kimi has that personal relations kid to find the excuses for him and occasionally he will use this kid as co-driver i heard....

you seem to be more interested in their excuses than they are.. Have you started to imagine some.. Maybe you can give them some advices

[snellman]

the battle of kimi and solberg will be interesting this year....i expect solberg of course to be a lot faster but both these kids have a lot to lose reputation wise from their lousy performances so i expect a lot of reports from these two with a load of excuses....lets see who finds the more absurd ones and who is the one to run out cash first....

its good to see that kimi has that personal relations kid to find the excuses for him and occasionally he will use this kid as co-driver i heard....
you honestley believe kimi will run out of cash, that's a good one :champion:

[vkangas]

Kimi was about 2min 40sec slower than sordo on stages both drove without major mistakes. It means about 0,9sec/km to Sordo which is already faster than Wilson...

[morganmilan]

I can´t find general results for all classes. Who has won with 2WD? :confused:

[bluuford]

http://www.tenab.net/online.htm

Choose the stage..

Scroll down, It should be SM2
Pinomäki

[ProRally]

]So top ten in finish:

1. Sordo (C4 WRC) 1:38:29,1
2. Katajamäki (Evo X) +6:07,7
3. Miettinen (Fabia S2000) +7:16,1
4. J. Salo (Evo X) +8:06,9
5. Sohlberg (Impreza STI) +9:12,3
6. Vihavainen (Evo IX) +9:40,6
7. Alanen (Evo IX) +9:44,5
8. Luostarinen (Evo IX) +9:48,9
9. Ketomäki (Evo X) +10:45,8
10. Ipatti (Evo IX) +10:46,9

For Finnish championship without Sordo - Katajamäki wins.

Good for Kosti !!!!!

[Salist]

Congratulation for Dani and Marc.

[Tomi]

Good for Kosti !!!!!

I think a small surprise, but good for the championship.

[Langdale Forest]

you seem to be more interested in their excuses than they are.. Have you started to imagine some.. Maybe you can give them some advices

+1

[morganmilan]

http://www.tenab.net/online.htm

Choose the stage..

Scroll down, It should be SM2
Pinomäki
Thnx Bluuford :)

[FF-fan]

Kimi Raikkonen in action:

http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/ralli/2010/01/1045451

[Ucci]

Well done Sordo!
But especially big congratulations to Kimi, he surprised me with so small gap behind Sordo-and we all know, Kimi was today not going flat out!! Imagine yourself-fifth time on a rally, first time in a WRC car-and already less than 1 sec/km behind Sordo !!! Well, this is a miracle!!

[Rallyper]

Kimi Raikkonen in action:

http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/ralli/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/ralli/2010/01/1045451


And it looks so good, so good!!!! :) :) :)

[ttiirika]

]So top ten in finish:

1. Sordo (C4 WRC) 1:38:29,1
2. Katajamäki (Evo X) +6:07,7
3. Miettinen (Fabia S2000) +7:16,1
4. J. Salo (Evo X) +8:06,9
5. Sohlberg (Impreza STI) +9:12,3
6. Vihavainen (Evo IX) +9:40,6
7. Alanen (Evo IX) +9:44,5
8. Luostarinen (Evo IX) +9:48,9
9. Ketomäki (Evo X) +10:45,8
10. Ipatti (Evo IX) +10:46,9

For Finnish championship without Sordo - Katajamäki wins.

Actually Katajamäki didn't win. There was two Finnish championship rallies, one for Friday and one for Saturday. Juha Salo won the first event on Friday and Kristian Sohlberg won the second event on Saturday. Kosti Katajamäki leads the championship though. Standings: http://www.rallism.fi/sarjapisteet/

[Mirek]

Thank You

[RICARDO75]

DAY 1
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ft7TgGoxwak/S2RblcLwGlI/AAAAAAAAEcQ/Dhi3-xrGUpY/s1600-h/alr+dia+1.jpg 01º #02 Juha Salo MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 42m 49,4s
02º #04 Jukka Ketomäki MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 + 08,4s
03º #09 Kosti Katajamäki MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 + 23,8s
04º #16 Jarkko Miettinen SKODA FABIA S2000 + 01m 16,3s
05º #08 Joni Nikko MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 01m 31,4s
06º #25 Ari Vihavainen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 01m 55,7s
07º #10 Tommi Luostarinen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 10,9s
08º #47 Michal Solowow PEUGEOT 207 S2000 + 02m 17,0s
09º #27 Atte Alanen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 28,1s
10º #21 Marko Ipatti MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 34,7s

DAY 2
01º #05 Kristian Sohlberg SUBARU IMPREZA STI N15 1h 01m 03,1s
02º #09 Kosti Katajamäki MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 + 20,5s
03º #16 Jarkko Miettinen SKODA FABIA S2000 + 36,4s
04º #27 Atte Alanen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 01m 53,0s
05º #07 Marko Kakko MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 + 01m 53,2s
06º #10 Tommi Luostarinen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 14,6s
07º #25 Ari Vihavainen MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 21,5s
08º #18 Mika Hirvikangas SUBARU IMPREZA STI N15 + 02m 40,9s
09º #02 Juha Salo MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 10 + 02m 43,5s
10º #21 Marko Ipatti MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO 9 + 02m 48,8s
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ft7TgGoxwak/S2Rbq9w00pI/AAAAAAAAEcY/zypUiXNFowo/s1600-h/alr+dia+2.jpg

[DonJippo]

Video from Arctic 2010 http://www.cricketsfilm.com/arctic/

[CricketsFilm]

Online our first Video from Arctic Lapland Rally 2010: Kimi Raikkonen vs Dani Sordo, with interview to Juha Kankkunen, to:
http://www.cricketsfilm.com/eng "Arctic Lapland Rally Channel" and "CricketsFilm TV Channel"

[Rallyper]

Nice summary from Cricket Films. :)