https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S9bs4YWNug
Printable View
Re SS1 - they have put tarmac on the slope up to the gravel section so the cars should be faster on that part. :)
https://i.imgur.com/YB4u9sc.jpg
And no tractors for the chicane - its now DHL sponsored tyre barriers... :(
https://i.imgur.com/cQIcNZH.jpg
michelin video
https://youtu.be/cLdddOLqGgA
Tanak shake onboard
https://youtu.be/Q9-ljfRXzxo
Is start now or in 1 hour? Live maps say in over 1 hour while itenary says now?
new medium compound from Finland
https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/july...7--12-12-.html
very reverse start order. Stage start 19:00, but WRC cars will start near 20:00Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Hirvonen view about spots
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/mikko...c-finland-2018
nice clip with Mads
https://twitter.com/EpicRallyTribe/s...04613411155968
my first pic to kick off the weekend!
https://i.imgur.com/TAU4IZG.png
really cant understand whats the reason to film at the fastest rally of the season at spots with 20km/h average.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
excellent video as always from Ziggysony
https://youtu.be/I-TBvW7P8kQ
Really looking for the battle of WRC2, hence so many drivers in there
M-Sport Ford agrees for Ogier to switch to old VW damper supplier
M-Sport has agreed for World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier to switch to the same dampers he used at Volkswagen for his Ford on this week's Rally Finland.
In addition to the significant aerodynamic revisions at the rear of his car, Ogier will swap from Reiger dampers to Sachs in an effort to find further performance on a rally he has not won since 2013.
Team principal Malcolm Wilson told Autosport the change was "something Sebastien has been talking about and pressing for a while. It's really just a part of our ongoing development."
Ogier feels he knows the Sachs suspension better than the Reiger version.
His team-mates Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen will continue to run Reiger on their sister cars.
"Seb has done some testing with the new suspension, which gives us another set-up option," Wilson added. "He's happy with it."
Autosport understands the dampers are likely to remain on Ogier's car for the remainder of the gravel rallies, but he will return to Reiger for the asphalt events in Germany and Spain later this season.
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...on-for-finland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW55WKKeY1o
Shakedown Vesala
Huttunen warming tyres before ss1
https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...27089726173185
Paddon warming tyres for ss1
https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...32277014810624
Suninen
https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...33266115633152
small clip from ss1 with Rovanpera
https://twitter.com/HennaVirkkunen/s...30738451869696
Regretting the fact I overlooked Citroen in the pickems!
same 1-2-3 as last year in this stage
you not believing the Citroen hype wagon? what wrong now.. still the car.. or the drivers?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Fast straight or corner it's too not enough to make good video. For compare same place, but first video is so booooring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFGn-c5Ws4 , and this (with 20 meters ahead) looks much better https://twitter.com/akikojmlfani/sta...50889313619968Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Really can't understand why official photographs are still allowed to be posted in dangerous area... must be super human thingQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
M-Sport more and more splits for two independent teams, M-Sport Ogier Team with new aero, new and more expensive suspention and for M-Sport others. No setup sharing, no tips and so on... run two different specification of cars at one rally is it what M-Sport looking for? hmQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Hyundai were doing the same for Neuville for a long timeQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Wasn't the aero a question of spare parts availability? otherwise all 3 cars would have been fitted with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
What i can sense from this change of damper is Ogier starting to feel the pressure and seeing the title sleeping away... Going all directions now to get a faster car as he cannot beat Neuville purely on driving.
Plus several other drivers and teams in the past and in the future...
I actually think it's quite risky for M-Sport to put new aero and dampers on Ogier's car with little testing (he said so in post stage interview). More downforce in the back can upset the balance/behavior of the car and it might not be easy to quickly change rest of the car to compensate.
Might even interpret it as a sign of desperation. (Same for Neuville with new aero in GB last year)
Jari Ketomaa had very true comment tonight in Finnish TV's broadcast, finding that when other drivers are red, exhausted and somehow lost in the end of state while Tänak does not sweat at all and is always totally fresh and relaxed even while doing fastest times in tight fights - it just comes so easy from him.
penalty for Ogier for touching the tires chicane at SS1?!
Ogier getting SACHS on the car is a big deal. I'm very surprised.
why neuville was desperate last year at GB ?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Yes, he will start after Neuvile tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Very little logic this year with regards to touching chicanes...
;). Well it's not power stage, yet, where completely different rules apply, it's like a rally in the rally, we just don't know these rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem
Hyundai have never got a podium here so I think Neuville will play it very safe and hope the others take points off Ogier. He certainly wont want a DNF and let Ogier back into the Championship race.
Toyota are very strong here and Mikkelsen could push hard and have Paddon as back-up for Manu points.
Ogier's fight-back has to start here and his new Ford Performance aero needs to produce the goods.
Pietarinen is my bet for a surprise thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Mise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYshyPv1aYg
Shake + SS01 video with Guerra and Ciamin hot moments
Michelin Motorsport2 minutes ago
#tyre info - Day 1 Morning - All the Michelin @OfficialWRC drivers with 5 MICHELIN LTX Force M6
Good morning guys! Hope to have a tight battle till the last stage!
Ciamin i20
https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/...uxwsaa_vrt.jpg
wow Tanaks first split!
FRI 08:26 - SS2: LAPPI
We're hearing Lappi briefly stopped at the 2.9km mark.