Tomi Tuominen says now that Latvala went home https://twitter.com/T_Tuominen/statu...28121981685760
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Tomi Tuominen says now that Latvala went home https://twitter.com/T_Tuominen/statu...28121981685760
Ah. I was righe before the next hairpin, at the end of the fast area. Latvala spun 2 corners after that hairpin.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I was surprised about how well the ice held through the red house hairpin and out of it. The stage would've held two runs today and prob. one more tomorrow!
Of course BIG disappointment for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
We should all feel very sorry for him.
70% discount on hiring that Toyota...?
Andolfi rolled on the fast right hander near the end of Torsby Sprint, replay shown at the end of the AllLive coverage.
I went to your place first and then changed my mind. At my spot I could see the flat out corner on the straight which was cool. But there indeed was too much (snow) dust from WRCs to see the following 2 ice corners. R5s and slower you could see fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
And yeah in the whole area the ice and gravel barely had any scratches in them after whole field passed. I drove the first section of the stage between spectator area 1 and 2 afterwards and that one had some nasty ice-ruts, but still should be no problem to run it tomorrow and could have been driven one more time today. But I get the organizers can't change around so much on short notice.
Holy cow, hate to see side-impacts, glad that they are 'okay' and getting checks at the hospital. https://twitter.com/JonArmstrong84/s...97019531366405Quote:
Originally Posted by bennizw
This video is not very artistic but actually very good as it is exactly the same pass for all drivers/cars it is easier to compare them.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Fiesta WRC looks a little ponderous in direction changes compared to the others IMO.
Hyundai R5 pretty impressive now, new Fiesta R5 still looks/sounds a little down on power to me (or maybe it's the gearing?) Work to do for M-Sport anyway it seems judging by stage times alone.
M-Sport's Rich Millener interview
https://youtu.be/KAIGzQT69dI
"We are satisfied with our morning, we managed as best we could. The result is not what we expected ... but we expected it. Our position as an opener is a disadvantage, especially on the part "earth". Each car is a little faster than the previous one. We can't do better than what we did. We have to settle for the position, but we can be satisfied with the loop made this morning ", the Belgian explained to our microphone this afternoon.
"It was a lot colder than expected so the tires did not overheat. The studs held up more or less. There is a special today and we will not start first normally. We must stay focused on Ogier. just behind us, its position on the road is more or less equivalent. The gap is small, we will try to get the five seconds missing. It will be better tomorrow ... ", also analyzed the Hyundai driver.
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...-KGZhYPPjrvxtI
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2020/phot...r_dsc_1892.jpg
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https://www.ewrc.cz/foto/60140-rally-sweden-2020/515/
Identifying the Toyota driver's is really frustrating...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQvmLa3X...jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQv31wSW...jpg&name=large
I needed to look up the number plates !
"Knowing that we opened the road, I think it's a good day. There is little snow so we find the same complications as on a classic land rally. With each restart, we feel that we are losing a little traction. Ogier is a good benckmark: when I see the gap between us, we can be satisfied with our day. In terms of difference, we are not very far from the podium. game during the 2nd day ", explained Nicolas Gilsoul, co-driver of Neuville.
"It froze quite a bit last night, between -10 and -12 degrees. The road was freezing, it made it possible to have a floor adapted to the tires used. The organizers had the good idea to let us put four new ones tires before each stage, it allows the rally to be in good conditions. The podium is still possible. Victory? We are very early in the rally, even if the event is short. We are not there to be second ", concluded our compatriot.
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...dSaB4vkZ3bTMzo
I wonder, is Ogier feeling any pressure by Evans perfomance? Pressure that can ruin all season?
He'll certainly not be happy he's so far back, considering similar road positions. He also won't be happy that Kalle was quite a bit faster as well (until his stall).Quote:
Originally Posted by P.T.L
Ogier won't have envisaged Evans having (near enough) the measure of him in terms of speed across two events so far. But it's result that matter, and it's upto Evans to actually make his speed count this time. His final few stages in Monte were very lame, after his superb drive upto that point.
Rovanperä, SS4, about 6 minutes in
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQwH3KUX...pg&name=medium
Probably it’s not just about his team mates speed but the whole series increasing competitiveness; besides all champs have their way up, until starting their way down…Quote:
Originally Posted by P.T.L
One thing is sure, he can’t blaim Citroen this time.
still to soon to tell because Monte and Sweden are so specific events but yeah, the biggest surprise for me this far has been his lack of speed compared to Evans and today he was even the slowest Toyota (the main team). and you cant blame starting position because Evans started right after him and the gap between them is 18 secs after 63km only
i wrote this already in Monte thread but i see it again at this rally, he just doesnt look happy at all, looks like last year with baffled and worrying face all the time.
but lets see how the situation is couple of rallies later.
I don't think Ogier is a guy who would crumble under pressure. From what we seen in past championships he's usually the one who can kick it up a gear when he needs to and come on top of most in the end. If anything, I believe if Evans keeps his pace in few more rounds, we will see Ogier getting quicker as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by P.T.L
Nice photo.👌Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I'm struggleling to find a nice spot for tomorrow with a decent amont of "snow"
Whereabouts is that?🤔😬
Thank you very much in advance.
Have a nice rally🤗😊
ogier knows when to be fast and when to be safe.
remember 2017, he won only 2 rally's but yet the championship.
ogier will feel the pressure from evans right now, but the big question is if evans can keep that pace up for a whole year without crashing.
yep, thats the question from me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
and so far he has been doing it brilliantly
One theory about Latvala retiring for good instead of going to Rally2 - now there will be one less cars sweeping the road for Breen and Neuville. Tommi probably offered him Sardegna for the same price if he packs up and goes home now.
Happy to see Lindholm Jr leading the R5’s
And Huttunen doing also so well.Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
In the competitors section under WRC notice board on the Rally Sweden webpage there are onboards from the sweeper car opening each of the Friday stages after they were run.
Nice idea, sure you can watch onboards if you have WRC+, but this vid is free and it is much easier to see the conditions.
There is a story on dirtfish that Tommy has already offered him another rally (Sardinia) to compensate for this one. Also stated that the power wire damaged that caused the cut outs had been routed wrongly, so was their fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Not that it counts for much as there is a small risk that the weather gets a tiny bit warmer and it changes, but right now it has started to snow at a point in the Finnskogen stage!
Some pictures from Friday: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...eden_2020.html
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/5.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/11.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/9.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/13.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/16.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/22.jpghttp://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2020/schweden3/23.jpg
Yeah but in any case, Latvala could have continued tomorrow, but chose not to. Maybe Tommi made him an offer he cannot refuse?Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
Well i think he was pretty upset and upset Jari-Matti isn`t at his best...and paying for it (opening and cleaning the road for a place far-far from his plans) himself probably made him think.
at the end of video Andolfis roll from different angle
https://www.ewrc-results.com/video/3...day-1-best-of/
Q&A: Evans on taking control of Rally Sweden
After another superb performance, Toyota's Welsh star talks to DirtFish
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/q...-rally-sweden/
They could have kept latvala and stopped him on the liason so he would have ended up behind lappi and Neuville.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
But they know it's not necesary. They have the best car here by a big margin, they don't need to play games to win.