Wow, awesome job!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
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Wow, awesome job!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
14 February
BREAKING NEWS
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BREAKING NEWS:
New three year contract with WRC Promoter for Rally Sweden.
The negotiations have been going on for almost six months and today Rally Sweden can confirm that a new three year contract with WRC Promoter has been signed.
– One week ago we were more dead than alive and couldn´t see any future for the event.
Now, once again, we have managed to put on an amazing event and it is an amazing feeling to be able to confirm that we have agreed on a new three year contract.
We have an absolutely amazing organization that proves that we can pull through the hardest of times. Closer to magic, simply put, says a very pleased Glenn Olsson, CEO at Rally Sweden.
http://www.rallysweden.com/2016/02/breaking-news/
Must also congratulate Henning with a very good result.
Has not been driving rally for å year, no PET, and a quarreling gearbox, that he fixed banging on the air compressor :p
He still has the speed, and would be cool if he could get one testrally, full PET and a top notch car in 2017, that would be utterly cool. Maybe he should buy a R5 for the Norwegian series, but I guess the focus now is on Oscar and Pontus !
But all in all, not a bad result for an old man!! And his interviews are still epic!!
I know what happen, and that the nut brake was wrong word. Pontus couldn't do anything about it and there we end this discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
Well deserved three year contract for Rally Sweden!
Good news.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
My wishlist for the next three years:
- Service area in Hagfors with a smaller remote service on Friday in Norway
- Skip Karlstad altogether and have the entire rally in northern half Värmland/south western Dalarna + the current Norwegian stages.
The RS organizers + the promoter needs to realize that Karlstad is too far south.- At least two more stages on Saturday and two more stages on Sunday. Preferable at least one full "night stage". Would love to see Vargåsen
or Rämmen being used as "night stage". In general too few stages. Silly to have the final stage on Saturday to start at half past 3 in the afternoon.- No SSS in Karlstad, possible one SSS on the Rallycross track in Höljes and also one SSS in Hagfors, but at the most
two SSS in the entire rally. Three is too many.- A couple of more stage cams then just Colin's crest.
- Better dialogue with fans and drivers.
- If possible have one or two back up stages in case some stage cannot be run because of weather.
That said, I think it's very unlikely that any of this will happen but at least one can hope.
Quite awesome win for Ogier, even by his standards. To open the road here for basically the whole rally and still take a clear win is some feat.
The problems and mistakes by the others (Mikkelsen, Meeke, Latvala, Neuville) certainly helped but Ogier was going flat-out for the win despite the road conditions he faced.
If anything he is becoming even more dominant and I think he's now at his peak. The rest are nowhere.
Personally I think that he is yet to reach his peak. He's only 33 this year and I think he have another 4-5 years minimumQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
until his peak and then at least another 4-5 years on a very competitive level. I don't think Loeb had declined that much (if anything)
when he retired and unlike in many other sports, in motorsports in general and in rally in particular being 40+ isn't that much of a deal.
So in Ogier's case I think it's more a matter of motivation then age that will decide when he retires.
Great drives from Paddon, Ogier and Tänak.
Mikkelsen was totally lost at this one, so many mistakes!
Breen did better than i expected. Henning was pretty good too.
Camilli? i think WIlson has set him goals to just finish the rallies and get experience but he cant even do that at the moment.
Evans also suprised me at this one but imo we didnt get to see straight fight between him and Skodas.
Suninen and Bergkvist very good! Suninen especially!
Julian Porter @The_Rally_Guru
Save of the season? Vargåsen 2, @SebOgier near enough flat out, so around 190KPH in his Polo & it steps out of line!
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lol watch Ingrassias look
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbMRqtEWwAACV61.jpg:large
190 kph? wow. All-in-all very difficult win for him cleaning the fresh snow most of the time and going flat out, despite some drivers indeed eased him.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Positive surprises for me were also Breen and Suninen.... and Tanak - perhaps going in DMack team is doing him good as he seem more conscious about the conditions to handle, as in tyres in this case, job well done. Of course also Paddon did great rally as well with completely new car for him, this man is growing with each rally.
i am not sure if he had handicapped being first on the road,with the info we had about how much fresh snow was at all stages.For sure at some stages he had advantage,but cant know the percentage of kms for whole rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
That Polo, Ogier, at 01:15, it looked almost impossible that this car can go through the corner with that speed... wow:)Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
A little more info in this article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportblade...cle22263855.abQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
- When it comes the staging fee, it will be slightly higher for each year (sort of a step climb).
- RS have received allot of instructions/pointers (pekpinnar) for next year that they have to solve before the summer.
I.e. accommodation and making sure that they rally is held in snow conditions. According to the article, Glenn Olsson at RS
says that week 6 normally is the snow safest week in the rally's region.- Very avoiding answer on how the are going to make sure that the rally is held in snowy conditions. Basically all of Europe suffered from southerly winds.
- RS says that they have a plan each year that FIA, WRC promoter and the teams have to approve first.
RS Will evaluate this year's rally before deciding if there is anything that needs to be moved.- "The drivers want to keep it in Värmland", but the "only" one quoted is Pontus Tidemand. ;)
Yes we don't know the percentage, but I was particularly impressed on Saturday stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Just to add that the great winners of this Rally Sweden are the organizers. They’ve done a terrific job! The contract renewal it’s great to them and to WRC, as RS is one of the most iconic events of the season. Like some of you already said, let’s hope they can get more northern ss to avoid weather risks.
It’s also great to see that this year the VW’s aren’t so far away from competition (Meeke at MC and now Paddon, they both put Ogier under real pressure!) and that WRC2 it’s full of young talented drivers.
One final note about Lappi: probably there’s too much criticism on him; Ok, he did a mistake (like so many others, including Ogier), but he got some extra pressure because of the silly start position that was given to him at first leg (like in MC). To me he’s the only one capable to fight Evans for the WRC2 title.
P.S.: terrible season start for Camilli. Hope he can get over it and start to show all his potential!
Gallery Rally Sweden 2016 - Day 1 - 3:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_best...eden_2016.html
http://www.ir7.at/d4g.jpg
nice work,but imho it would be better if you could make some sections with day1 day2 day3 photos.I think that photos from all 3 days are mixed,and i am searching to find which photos i haven t seen from the previous 2 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by hari
WRC new onboard view=the left side onboard..
Good job, WRC..(sarcasm)
Something changed on Polo's rear suspension?
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2016.../bestof4/1.jpg
Grea places, as usual!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Utterly superb sir, thanks very much. Much better than the official channels.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
lol again? Here we go Seb, let's go for it next year again
That's a smart approach. Rather than penalising him once and him paying a fine, this way he knows if he cheats again on recce (which is what he is doing by speeding that much) he will start the rally with a big penalty.
did you see some difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
yeah it looks different from original one:Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
http://performancedrive.com.au/wp-co...suspension.jpg
first photo is far away and too much dirt to watch differences.
Thanks! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Thanks! Very appreciated getting such nice comments after the hard work :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
Yeah that was insane, shame there was so much snow on the road. Had it been like Torsby with just ice you would have seen how close he was to binning it :p (Not possible to see the straight from inside the corner)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
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Originally Posted by dimviii
Well that was from 2015 and it says recce so he did not violate the suspended penalty by speeding on the transport.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
I expect Tidemand to have more points than Lappi at the end of season but I also expect Kopecký to have even more (if plans didn't change).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
Ouh, yes you are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
I totally misunderstood it. I thought Ogier was caught again speeding in recce during Sweden's recces but this is the same document.
Need some rest :)
may be You're right, still it looks more tidy to the chassis, but may be it is misleadingQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
he was caught, but not during recce, but during the rallyQuote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Seems that Ogier is regular "tax" payer in Sweden, aound 1,5 k Eur each January :P But this is narrow escape indeed. If the stewards would have written about speeding during the "rally", and not specified it as "recce" then it would have ended with 5th place for him. Interesting that it always happens in Sweden.
Not really, 1 year has passed since this.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
The decision is stated as 2015-02-14 which is year ago today and Ogier's speeding this year happen two days ago whichQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
is the 12th so it was within the time stipulated in the jury decision.