[ERC] Rally Liepāja-Ventspils

Everything goes according to the forecast. Road temperature just dropped below zero. Road will be -3..-5 by Qualifying and air around -1..-2.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

If I recall there was no interest from Finnish organizers to join IRC so I guess it hasn't changed.

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And it's also logistically expensive for teams and drivers from central Europe. We have still NORF and that's imo enough. Give ERC rallies to countries that don't have a WRC event.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Just until sudden change of weather in this weak the conditions were perfect. That strange warm weather came even here in Prague. After almost a month of constant minus degrees we had -10 on Sunday but +12 on Tuesday. Of course it's not Latvia but the weather went same strange way.

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It has also been between 0 - 2 degrees plus here in south of Finland couple last days. The snow is melting.

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Originally Posted by Jeppe

I would take black and round ;) ;) But to be honest there is only one choice - Michelin. It´s still ahead of Dmack big time...

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Many crews using Pirelli too. They do provide 15" tyres too.

I think you only get Michelin GA (snow) in 15" and 16" but only GE (ice) in 16".
You get Pirelli to both ice and snow in 15 ".

The stop of SS1 last morning:

http://www.ralsys.com/irally_admin/n...1StageStop.jpg

Well, there won´t be an ERC round in countries which already got a WRC round. So no ERC round in Sweden and Finland.

And because of the weather: already Jänner Rallye was crazy from this point of view. But Winter in whole middle/western/eastern Europe seems to be crazy this year.


And yes, don´t forget the locals in their Group N-Mitsubishis or even S2000-cars. Just look at Baumschlager, Harrach or Orsak (who is, although a Czech driver, a regular participant there) at Jänner Rallye.

Update (5 min ago). Road between -3.8 and -4.6, air -0.4..-1.2, some fresh snow near Kuldiga overnight, but not everywhere. Low sun and some clouds.

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Originally Posted by Georgi

What are the dimensions of the 15' tire?
Is somewhere a photo for better impression?
I'm confused and uneducated :)

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Here you are New studding for the Michelin X-Ice North winter tyre Some very accurate information also..

Qualification round results online - LR?

SS1 all road on ice and with thin layer of snow
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