[WRC] Arctic Rally 2021

Tuohino not starting today, fell down yesterday night when coming out of sauna and hurt his shoulder

Tuohino wont start today, dislocated his shoulder.

so this power stage sounds like a total Toyota stage with mostly flat-out, like yesterdays SS4

i have noticed the Toyotas kind of struggle on second passes this weekend so it could be very interesting fight between Kalle and Thierry with one gaining on first pass and the other on second pass

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Good morning from #Rovaniemi where we’ve just completed morning service ahead of the final two stages of #ArcticRallyFinland!



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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Remember again that top speed is not the thing in rallying.

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So if putting cars side to side on let's say 2km flat out section.. one going 185 and other passing it at 195khm, getting to finish earlier is not a thing..?

But okay, let it be..

Hyundai's guys did a great job w Breen's car.
In 15min service they managed to take the gearbox off and put it back with 3sec spare :D

Mechanics took breen's car transmission out and back in within 15minutes morning service.

regarding Breens gearbox was a problem,or a change to a longer final drive to stage character?

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Originally Posted by TypeR

So if putting cars side to side on let's say 2km flat out section.. one going 185 and other passing it at 195khm, getting to finish earlier is not a thing..?

But okay, let it be..

Hyundai's guys did a great job w Breen's car.
In 15min service they managed to take the gearbox off and put it back with 3sec spare :D

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ok, did the math, it’s not a lot, but the differences are so small between winning and losing nowadays.

1km:
@ 190 km/h = 18.94 s
@ 185 km/h = 19.45 s
@ 180 km/h = 20 s
@ 170 km/h = 21.17 s


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Originally Posted by dimviii

regarding Breens gearbox was a problem,or a change to a longer final drive to stage character?

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oil leak apparently


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+4 in the afternoon, probably favours Hyundai

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

so this power stage sounds like a total Toyota stage with mostly flat-out, like yesterdays SS4

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It's even faster. SS4 had slow sections and junctions as well...well this has two junctions and one 800m slow section.

lol pure straight this first part

Some wonderful static cameras out there :)

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Originally Posted by dimviii

regarding Breens gearbox was a problem,or a change to a longer final drive to stage character?

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I think gear ratios are fixed since many years ago iirc.

Incredibly impressive work to change the complete gearbox in 15 min. High fives all around the Hyundai team.

all with 5 tires except Kalle with 6

Doesnt look like a very interesting stage.

lets see Olivers splits now, he drove the stage a month ago

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Originally Posted by TypeR

So if putting cars side to side on let's say 2km flat out section.. one going 185 and other passing it at 195khm, getting to finish earlier is not a thing..?

But okay, let it be..

Hyundai's guys did a great job w Breen's car.
In 15min service they managed to take the gearbox off and put it back with 3sec spare :D

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So you consider rallying as some one mile drag race :D wow

EDIT: and yet still Tänak who has scored one of the lesser top speed leads the rally...wonder why...

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Originally Posted by Lead

Doesnt look like a very interesting stage.

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This is how the Arctic stages typically are. For the four others they've picked out some more technical sections. Also all the military range stages were unavailable so they didn't have a lot to choose from on a quick notice.

Katsuta faster than Ogier on splits :)

Suninen too wide all stage. Loosing time on that.

fastest stage till now ss 5 SS5 Siikakämä 1 with 132,8 average
Ogier clocked now 131,5 average.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Katsuta faster than Ogier on splits :)

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keeping tyres for power stage probably for Ogier

Katsuta lost 0,5 secs to Ogier on last K. Even him going too wide...

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Originally Posted by dimviii

keeping tyres for power stage probably for Ogier

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Yes, likely so. Still nice driving from him.

Hyundais loose time between spl1 and spl2

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fastest stage till now ss 5 SS5 Siikakämä 1 with 132,8 average
Ogier clocked now 131,5 average.

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132,44 for Solberg now

Oliver!!!!

Breen 3.4 down on Evans in spl2

remember the gap is just 10 secs

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Breen 3.4 down on Evans in spl2

remember the gap is just 10 secs

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3,6 between them before the last stage.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

132,44 for Solberg now

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133,2 from Evans now

Neuville lost 1,1 from Evans.Seems Kalle will be faster?

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Neuville lost 1,1 from Evans.Seems Kalle will be faster?

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yep, 0.1 seconds.

now its just a matter of who has saved his tyres best.

Lappi again fastest, but just by small margin now.

Some big fights coming up in the power stage, especially between Thierry and Kalle, but also between Craig and Elfyn.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Some wonderful static cameras out there :)

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Yes! First time ever? :D

What a beautiful rally this has been.

Would be pefect to keep it on the calendar, just a few weeks after Sweden.

We deserve two winterrallies on the calendar!!:roll:

shame about Kaurs penalty yesterday, would lead the WRC3 class without that

also turned out he had some turbo problems yesterday or friday

to kill time till Power Stage - analyse this :)
https://youtu.be/K3WWhlWCKBc

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Originally Posted by drive

to kill time till Power Stage - analyse this :)
https://youtu.be/K3WWhlWCKBc

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another one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhXSkOS5374