2012 South African Rally Championships

If I'm not mistaken, it is in the area of the Total Rally. Not sure though.

These roads haven't been used for any rallies since the last Rally of SA in 2007. If we get a WRC version then we'll use the roads used on the Total Rally as the third day. Unfortunately it means this event will also have very few spectators as it's all in rural areas that are not considered safe.

I must admit the crazy thing about this event is that many people say stage 2 & 3 are very bad ideas and the rally shouldn't be running in the area. Can't say I disagree with them, and have to worry that everyone survives through those 2 stages. My father is the "route director" (I say that in "s because he was actually just shown the route and told to draw the road book, rather than have a say in the event) and he has told me that if you go off the mountain on any of those stages you will not be recovering the car with anything other than a helicopter, if you survive the crash. :s

Off to a brilliant start. Due to using mobile phone technology to transmit timing data, the stage 1 results are delayed by well over an hour and stage 2 has been cancelled for unknown reasons at this stage.

SS2 & 3 cancelled due to number of taxis and buses in the stage.

Doesn’t look good for a WRC candidate rally. How in he** have busses and taxis got to the stages. Aren’t the stages closed properly?

You've got no real chance of stopping them in the rural areas, it's their homes and they want to move around. SS3 is actually running now, Poulter and Damseaux have gone off the road which is a bit worrying because this was the dangerous stage that many said shouldn't be run because of the drops off the mountain side.

It seems a disaster so far

Just watched Habig's times from Walles, pretty destroyed.

Final round of our championships happening in just under 2 weeks in Knysna Western Cape.

We have had massive rains over the last while so looking to be a tricky event on narrow forest roads.

Championship is still up for grabs, both Johnny Gemmel/ Carolyn Swann Castrol Toyota and Mark Cronje/Robin Houghton Sasol Ford have a chance to grab the title with a number of scenarios that could play out.

Personally we will be pushing to secure 5th in my championship and JP just 2 points behind 5th and Charl Wilken still to drop his worst result.