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Weather forecast for the rally is tough! It is warm until shakedown and it will be very hot from then on. +30 degrees and a bit more in the shade is forecasted. Another hot rally!. In our climate zone, such temperatures might lead to very rapid and unforecatsted thunderstorms. Usually in the afternoon. I have experienced it a bit further west in Poland. Take a lot of drink and sunshade with you again!
any news about closed roads and anything?
Paddon will be the one to watch for sure. Do you think he will confirm a top level performance?
I don't think Sardinia was a One Off, I've been convinced of that on saturday when he kept his very good rythm. But at the same time I think that in Poland his expectations are very high and it will be very risky for him. I think it's very unlikeable that he will stay in the road for the whole weekend. I hope to be wrong of course.
What do you think about?
this year poland has mostly completely new roads, that none of drivers has competed before. there can be many surprises, let's hope positive this time.
btw - there are stages in google earth, but does someone have plain gpx/plt. files for garmin?
If you send me PM before this evening i might be able to help you, but i am leaving for Poland tomorrow very early. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Martins Tolks
Just a little hint boys. Check stages on googlemaps and look for other roads into stages cause I can tell you that these are not all of them and surely there are many other opened. Or buy precise maps on petrol stations and do it an old school way :) Happily that's not my problem cause I chose 'tent' way and sleeping in the forest. See you on stages :)
i dont think too that it was just a one off. His Saturday performance in Sardinia was very impressive. But yeah, he may be too confident now and push a little too much. i think Mikkelsen and Tänak will be very strong here. Tänak won in WRC2 last year here and in Sardinia on the faster stages he showed TOP3 times and was quickest on the fastest stage of the rally and he likes these fast rallies. So, i hope to see Paddon-like performance here from Tänak but theres always something against him, the car breaking down or the starting position or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Tanak has not been the luckiest one indeed but I think he has his faults even if he has paid too much for them. He seems determined this time. Let's hope for a good outcome.
Hayden Paddon: “Yes, our good result in Sardinia gives us more confidence and people maybe expect more from us now, but we won’t get carried away. Our plan and approach remains the same, taking each event as it comes.”
Sounds pretty level-headed to me and the last thing he will want is to go off early and people to say Sardinia was a fluke.
Starting behind is not much benefit in Poland, roads get very easily rutted there and you have to use the ruts.
And it is not fully new stages.
Powerstage (ss18,19 - whole Sunday) is almost the same stage as last year, partly shakedown),
SS1, 9, 17 is the same arena.
Almost the same is SS4,6,
Nearly 50% the same is Ss3, 8, 11, 15.
New and very difficult stage will be 5,7, it is 39 km long and this is among the favourite places in Poland, nearly no forrest, small hills and lakes. I drive through this region at least once every year:-)
new spec i20 for Sordo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIxIxv2WoAAFw6l.jpg
I told you that there will be big ruts in some stages.. ride height is pretty impressive ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Nasser also looking for increased ride height
Is it Zetor in the picture with Nasser? Or is it URSUS which is in fact copy of Zetor? Zetor is the best tractor brand in the entire world, it is without any doubt. :)
World Champions drive Valtra (Vatanen, Kankkkunen, Mäkinen, Grönholm ...)Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
Nice comment & photo by Hayden Paddon today:
' The roads here in Poland are the fastest in the WRC and we LOVE THEM !!!
And of the 2086 corners we noted - 1125 are flat!! ' :eek:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI1sKHIXAAA0wuC.jpg:large
Hell yes, i love these kind of rallies!!! :D...shakedown in a couple of hours!
Test Tidemand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMz8N5GWea8
Test Lappi: https://youtu.be/VlRS99QOSZ8
Looks like Michelin reads motorsportforums threads... :) http://en.best-of-rallylive.com/News...lin-WRC2-tyres
Meeke has crashed in first corner one of our user is saying in estonian forum.
confirmedQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Citroën Racing @CitroenRacing
#WRC @krismeeke and @paulnagle1 went off the road. Both are ok! More to follow...
yep, rolled 5 times.
"These tyres were originally supposed to have been available for the first time in Finland but the French firm pulled out all the stops to have them in Poland for its most loyal WRC2 partners, like Nasser Al-Attiyah, Pontus Tidemand, Esapekka Lappi and Stéphane Lefebvre."Quote:
Originally Posted by AMSS
...I don´t know whether to laugh or cry. It sounds like: "If there would be no factory and one billionaire we will not move our asses, but because they pay us a lot, finally we decided to do something to shut their mouths. " :D
And moreover it sounds like Animal farm from George Orwell. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Today's not a 'happy birthday' for Meeke then ! :(
why ? because his mechanics will work overtime ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
@krismeeke : I might as well get this out of the way before the action starts.. “Happy Birthday to me.. Happy Birthday to me !”
https://twitter.com/krismeeke/status/616484035557261312
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI5iLZ2UsAAQOUE.jpg
Meeke roll video:
https://www.facebook.com/WRC.News.1/...type=2&theater
Final SD times:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI5nZpzWUAATRGO.jpg
Another angle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB23oHLvxNk
Looks like quite smooth roll, if you could talk about smoth crashing in well over 100 km/h. But nothin heavy standing in the way for the bodyshell so to speak.
People afraid of spectator zones should be afraid indeed. They're like 50/80 metres from the road and not even outside the corner. That's not rally.
FIA inspection passed on Meeke's roll-cage and he is ok to compete ! :)