Rallye WRC Monte Carlo 2019

Studs are not allowed in Germany, in France however, they are. Bought studdless tires for going there... List of winter gear allowed/banned/needed in different EU countries.
https://www.mytyres.co.uk/winter-tyre-obligation.html

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Chains are really mandatory at some roads. There is a traffic sign showing where they are mandatory. For sure You will encounter such roads when You visit RMC.
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos...KzigZsY3EUCKs=

You can buy the chains for around 20 Euro so it might be easier to buy them than to try to rent them.

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What about studded tires?

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Originally Posted by pucky54

What about studded tires?

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Good luck finding a rental car with studded tyres ;)

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Originally Posted by Franky

Those bastards, the studs, are only allowed in the north. Nowhere else

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That's not true. Studs are allowed in Austria, France and some other countries during winter.

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Originally Posted by skarderud

Here in Norway we never use snowchains, but it's mandatory to have real wintertyres of course.
Is studded alloved in the alps? Thru germany?

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See the list from Tarmop. They are allowed in some countries, in others not ;)

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Originally Posted by Franky

Those bastards, the studs, are only allowed in the north. Nowhere else

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Here in Austria studded Tires are allowed as well!! ;)

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Originally Posted by WRC1

Here in Austria studded Tires are allowed as well!! ;)

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Just drive reeally fast thru germany

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Originally Posted by skarderud

Just drive reeally fast thru germany

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Just go with the studless ones then as you'll kill far too many studs.

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Originally Posted by Franky

Just go with the studless ones then as you'll kill far too many studs.

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Have Nokian hakkapeliita 9 suv on my Volvo XC60, throwed away the studless ones when i byed it, not suitable in the mountains around Lillehammer:)
If we do the trip, we'll find some other options then:)

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Having studded tyres in anywhere around central/western/southern Europe is pointless imho (even if it's somewhere allowed). Most of the winter You drive on dry or wet asphalt and for driving 130 km/h on a motorway it's pretty stupid choice (50% of my trips). Much better to have normal winter tyres and fit the chains if once per winter You get into difficulties (I have myself needed to use chains only once in last ten years).

I believe if you have a 4wd AND winter tires, the french police cannot stop you.

FYI, as of 1st of January, petrol and gas price will be even more taxed and price significantly increase (thats why you may have seen protest in France last week end called "gillet jaune"). To be kept in mind for those driving / renting, budget can be high to just going to places unfortunately.

- Ketä se sitten suosii, jos on lunta?
- Totta kai suomalaisia

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Originally Posted by skarderud

Have Nokian hakkapeliita 9 suv on my Volvo XC60, throwed away the studless ones when i byed it, not suitable in the mountains around Lillehammer:)
If we do the trip, we'll find some other options then:)

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You should have kept the studless tyres then you could have put the stuuded ones on the roof like competitors did in the 1950's.

well, all i can say is that i am pretty jealous of those who will be attending MC... Had to cancel my plans because of work :(

Please enjoy as much as you can, having loeb, ogier, tanak, neuville, latvala, meeke and co battling will be absolute epic! especially if we have good monte conditions, with Loeb bringing tire wise choices, Ogier road knowledge, Tanak crazy speed, etc

video of SS3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUIxd_tKZo

Beautiful stage but the onboard is reversed compared to the stage. I checked it on google maps and it's run from Siggotier to Valdrome (as the title says) but the official AMC website places the start into Valdrome, i.e. to the opposite end.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

video of SS3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMUIxd_tKZo

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I think it is incompleted and reversed. This video starts in La Piarre, and it's 14km long. From Siggotier it is 19.9 km, like the rally route.

Here it is ! The first one of 2019 ! Google Earth Map #MonteCarlo19 is online ► http://bit.ly/2JEUqhz

Crew 🇮🇹

Mauro Miele - Luca Beltrame (Citröen C3 WRC)
Pedro - Emanuele Baldaccini (Hyundai I20 R5)
Davide Riccio (Ford Fiesta R5)
Alessandro Gino (Škoda Fabia R5)
Claudio Marenco (Ford Fiesta R5)
Manuel Villa (Škoda Fabia R5)
Paccagnella (Ford Fiesta R5)
Rachele Somaschini (Citröen DS3 R3T)

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Originally Posted by jbmarcus21

Here it is ! The first one of 2019 ! Google Earth Map #MonteCarlo19 is online ► http://bit.ly/2JEUqhz

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Great work, like usual;)

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Originally Posted by salvadorpv

I think it is incompleted and reversed. This video starts in La Piarre, and it's 14km long. From Siggotier it is 19.9 km, like the rally route.

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He mentioned under the video that it's on reverse direction
"Spéciale parcourue en sens inverse pour Lessentiel"

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Originally Posted by Bartolbia84

Crew ����

Mauro Miele - Luca Beltrame (Citröen C3 WRC)
Pedro - Emanuele Baldaccini (Hyundai I20 R5)
Davide Riccio (Ford Fiesta R5)
Alessandro Gino (Škoda Fabia R5)
Claudio Marenco (Ford Fiesta R5)
Manuel Villa (Škoda Fabia R5)
Paccagnella (Ford Fiesta R5)
Rachele Somaschini (Citröen DS3 R3T)

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A gentleman driver with a C3 WRC? PH Sport?

Yes! Mauro Miele win's various rally in Nord Italy. Finish 16° in TdC 2017.

Other crew
Gasperetti- Ferrari in Clio RS R3T

Pavlidis from Greece again with 208 R2.

Grégoire Munster - Fabia R5
Bernard Pierrat - Polo R5
Expect Guillaume De Mevius - C3 R5 too

Ds3

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Originally Posted by dupanton

a gentleman driver with a c3 wrc? Ph sport?

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Yes ds3 🙈

Andrea Nucita - Hyundai i20 R5 (Team Bernini)
Enrico Brazzoli - Fiat 124 Abarth (Team Bernini)

Dionisio 208 r2

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Originally Posted by 4Regioni

Andrea Nucita - Hyundai i20 R5 (Team Bernini)
Enrico Brazzoli - Fiat 124 Abarth (Team Bernini)

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Riccio Fiesta R5 bernini

Alessandro Gino (Skoda Fabia R5 - Miele)

Possibility Italian crew

Pedro (Hyundai R5),
Riccio (Fiesta R5)
Marenco (Fiesta R5)
Patera (Fabia R5)
Miele (Ds3 WRC),
Somaschini (Ds3 R3),
Paccagnella (Fiesta R5)
Gasperetti (Clio R3T)
Caffoni (Fabia R5),
Coti Zelati (Ds3 R3T),
Brazzoli (124)
Villa (Fabia R5)
Nucita (i20 R5)
Covi (208 R2)
Arengi (R5) ?
Dionisio (208 R2)
Gino (Fabia R5)

this link says Monte is the target and proton had to be homologated at 1st of december. anyone knows more about this??
https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...type=3&theater

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Originally Posted by Barreis

this link says Monte is the target and proton had to be homologated at 1st of december. anyone knows more about this??
https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...type=3&theater

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re Proton Iriz R5 - highly unlikely to be seen in Monte Carlo
According to Martin Holmes article Homologation now expected to be January 1st with first event likely to be in Rally Whangarei in New Zealand which is second round of APRC for 2019 https://rallysportmag.com/feature-up...roton-iriz-r5/ It is well worth paying a subscription to get access to RallySportMag's feature content if you have not already done so

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Originally Posted by Barreis

this link says Monte is the target and proton had to be homologated at 1st of december. anyone knows more about this??
https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...type=3&theater

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I believe those are old news; check this: https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1202616

Does anyone who's going have a plan of how to get to the Col du Turini on the Saturday night? What time do they close the roads, because having to go south and drive up to it from that side would be a major detour.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

If it's mandatory it's mandatory. In France winter tyres are not mandatory but chains are (on certain roads). Don't ask me why.

Secondly yes, You need them in the mountains from time to time. Driving from a tight hairpin in a steep uphill with FWD can make You stuck very easily. Also don't forget that there is a lot of traffic on these roads which means that plenty of times what You could get through, if You were alone there, is undriveable because the traffic is too slow or because You must stop in uphills because of others. That's why in all Alpine countries chains are mandatory on some roads (in Austria they use digital traffic signs and activate them only when the weather requires so). Don't know how is that in France but in Austria if You have 4x4 You can go without chains I think.

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Even if chains were not mandatory, police can enforce the use of them if required. I can confirm what Mirek said, in case of icy steep uphill roads police will not let you in without chains, and there is good reason for this. Sometimes 4x4 with winter tyres will not help you if you have to constantly stop and go on a steep icy uphill. Only option in such conditions is chains.

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

I believe those are old news; check this: https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1202616

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I think it were old news, before exact WRC2 Pro rules were known...

Gecchele (Škoda Fabia R5)

Finally my route preview. As a new feature, I've included automatically updating 48h weather forecasts for each stage. Once the rally gets underway, you can just go to my blog to check the current weather for each stage

To summarize quickly. Thursday stages and 2/3 of Friday are new stages, only bits of them driven before in the last decade. The rest are same as last year. Piegut - Urtis looks like a really tricky stage!

https://itgetsfasternow.wordpress.co...te-carlo-2019/

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Finally my route preview. As a new feature, I've included automatically updating 48h weather forecasts for each stage. Once the rally gets underway, you can just go to my blog to check the current weather for each stage

To summarize quickly. Thursday stages and 2/3 of Friday are new stages, only bits of them driven before in the last decade. The rest are same as last year. Piegut - Urtis looks like a really tricky stage!

https://itgetsfasternow.wordpress.co...te-carlo-2019/

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Wow, it seems like a hard work. Very nice job!
p.s. You should use wordpress.org and chose a more customizable theme maybe. Are you familiar with it? Because I think that with a dedicated design your guides would be even better.

Antenucci (R1)