Rally Portugal 2016

Thx bluuford welcome information, just packing to come over tonight :)

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Dry weather until Saturday. Cloudy and Rainshowers are expected on Saturday, some might be strong, but it will be isoletaed to some locations, mostly afternoon. Saturday and Sunday will be relatively cold and Sunday morning should be without any wind, so dust+fog might be issue if there is not enough rain on Saturday. So, better to know Sunday stages by heart :P especially first one ;)

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It won't be easy, but I hope you're not totally right this time! Please no rain or fog, let's have another sunny and hot Rally de Portugal...even RP's dust tastes good.

Ott Tänak ‏@OttTanak

Foggy start to the recce this morning, but the rally starts today. Good notes = good rally


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Among the teams / riders who requested the organization of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal your application only for the recognition of this issue, figure, although not officially, Toyota. As is known, the Japanese manufacturer will return to rallying in 2017 and the team, as designated by Toyota Gazoo Racing, whose structure was delivered to the Finnish Tommi Makinen (winner of two editions of Rally of Portugal), has been conducting tests development of the new Yaris WRC.

Juho Hanninen, current test driver for Toyota and already admitted by Makinen as a possible starter in training that will line up three Yaris WRC next season, was entered by Tommi Makinen Racing to the recognition of this edition of the Rally of Portugal. In the same list of riders who will collect "notes" in the classifications without, however, align the test comes another Finn, the young Esapekka Lappi (25 years), former driver of Skoda and European champion 2014 which is touted as the future strengthening of the Japanese builder.
http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/conten...&eid=2266&bl=1

Guys what do you think about the stages of this year? This year will be hard for the tires like past year?


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In the same list of riders who will collect "notes" in the classifications without, however, align the test comes another Finn, the young Esapekka Lappi (25 years), former driver of Skoda and European champion 2014 which is touted as the future strengthening of the Japanese builder.
http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/conten...&eid=2266&bl=1

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Have I missed something?

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Have I missed something?

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thats why i post it. Maybe they know something,or bull$hit?

for me it is obvious that Lappi will go to Toyota next year. Why all the recces ? I cant see him in VW like many expect.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Among the teams / riders who requested the organization of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal your application only for the recognition of this issue, figure, although not officially, Toyota. As is known, the Japanese manufacturer will return to rallying in 2017 and the team, as designated by Toyota Gazoo Racing, whose structure was delivered to the Finnish Tommi Makinen (winner of two editions of Rally of Portugal), has been conducting tests development of the new Yaris WRC.

Juho Hanninen, current test driver for Toyota and already admitted by Makinen as a possible starter in training that will line up three Yaris WRC next season, was entered by Tommi Makinen Racing to the recognition of this edition of the Rally of Portugal. In the same list of riders who will collect "notes" in the classifications without, however, align the test comes another Finn, the young Esapekka Lappi (25 years), former driver of Skoda and European champion 2014 which is touted as the future strengthening of the Japanese builder.
http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/conten...&eid=2266&bl=1

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Is this saying that Lappi was entered for the reccy by Tommi Makinen Racing? If so that effectively confirms his for next year. It's quite unclear - especially from the translation. Or are they just speculating?

Reading in portuguese it is possible to understand that they only talk about Lappi as a possible Toyota driver do to recent rumours. However from the article it is plausible to say that Toyota entered him for recce so think what you like.