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First stage should be all snowy, no snowfall but temperature -7..-12 and no wind
Second and third stages will be pretty warm already. Ss12 +4..0 and Ss13 +3..0. So, there will be definitely camble with the tyres (as there was snow before but it should start to melt very quickly.
Perfect conditions in stage 11:
https://twitter.com/The_Rally_Guru/s...860416/photo/1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA4FcYNCEAAlSKX.jpg:large
It's the most famous place of SS Labatie d'Andaure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinke1979
This video of Novikov's off is from there (already posted few pages back).
Crash Novikov ES5 Rally MonteCarlo 2013 - YouTube
Also in 2009 crash of Sarrazin, 2011 crash of Arzeno etc. was same place.
Judging from the splits I'd say Mikko and Novikov have the same tyres and Jari, Dani and Sebs have the same.
This stage is largely on a wide road (maybe all length but I don't know whole route of this version). Could be extremely spectacular there!
magic place ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
eColin Clark answered my question. He reckons the guy could lose 'buckets load of time, even to the 2nd car, if it is snowing...' I missed if he was talking about today's stages or tomorrow's. He wasn't talking about this stage, which has about 9km of wet tarmac before they reach the snow and ice.
Edit: The guy siad he was driving cautiously amd may lose a little time to other cars, but didn't complain he was 'ploughing' the road. He said it was the best stage of the rally so far.
When we came there in 2009 in a convoy of fire-brigade vehicles it was extremely slippery just after the crest. A police car crashed just as we get out of the car. After a while they managed to pull the car back on the road but we know something is going to happen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by uranium
Heavy snow/rain expected for tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
times are incorrect again
edit: corrected now