Ketomaa´s facebookpage says that it is EYE-problem, he had problems with his "vision" in Poland. It´s OK now but not fully healed for jumping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
It also says that Nikara is driving with Kaj Lindström
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Ketomaa´s facebookpage says that it is EYE-problem, he had problems with his "vision" in Poland. It´s OK now but not fully healed for jumping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
It also says that Nikara is driving with Kaj Lindström
Shame for Ketomaa as Finland was surely a big part of his WRC2 campaign.
Nice platform for Nikara. I think most people probably forgot he entered Finland last year. Over before it had even begun.
Do you know is it old or new Ford Fiesta RS WRC in Neste oil rally Finland for Lukyanuk and Hänninen?
old for Hänninen and Henning I believeQuote:
Originally Posted by satukata
The field parking P5 at Ouninpohja does that have some kind transport to junction D or something?
And does anyone know if this road just under the purple doted line at the top of the lake coming from the right is open at Päijälä? No stop sign there...
I was a bit further north last year by the next stop sign on the right but can't remember if the one south of it was open, had to leave the car at a junction just north of Aulusjarvi last year and walk more than 2km to the stage because of a farmer blocking the road so not too eager on doing that again.
http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/s...ayout_2015.pdf
Service park layout.
A which team's car is Henning Solberg using?
Vetomies info anywhere?
http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/vetomies/
and competitors list (choose top- osallistujat-)
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Kiti/Competition/CompetitionOpen.aspx?id=3966&edit=0
www.vetomiehet.fi
There’s bus transportation to the stage. Its nonstop transportation, the bus leaves when it’s full or nearly full. If you go there keep few euros in your pocket for bus ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I don’t know how it is. I had a look at the last year guide and no stop sign last year either.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Direct link to Vetomiehet regulations. Schedule on page 15 onwards.
http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/s...15_saannot.pdf
Thanks! Think I've got a spot on the narrow road closer to the finish but good to know anyway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
Figured it out now, the road is not completely connected like it says on the rally map but you have to walk through the woods a bit, shorter than walking from where i had to park last year anyway. Road ends where i started the 1.9km measurement. Map by gulesider.no
Maybe with adapta motorsport...Quote:
Originally Posted by samWRC
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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Zoom in each page for a maximum, right mouse click and you will get menu "Save picture as..." then ;)
His place is right beside Hyundai, not were all other Ford´s are...Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaggelis27
I was thinking could it be one of those two Fiestas from Swedish Team Tätab Hyrliftar.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
You’re right, good finding. Another map shows that there’s a path between the roads so you don’t get lost in the forest.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...kakauppa&l=SAT
I found also another spot on the same stage that doesn’t match with the spectator guide and Google maps.
Fonecta map
https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...rq=Ruokakauppa
Google maps
https://www.google.fi/maps/place/179...bf747007056cda
Ok cool, got some options there then. I always bring the GPS if walking in the forest ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
You mean the road to south of the quarry i guess, to the spot where Prokop and others went off at the jump into a combination, good spot but hard to film there due to the spectator taping being quite far into the forest and lots of people i think.
What do you think about the new Jukojärvi jump, should be about the same lenght as the first Ruuhimäki jump there right? Bit hard to film it maybe, might have to stand all the way on the outside of the lefthander after it...
John Kennard's first WRC event was 1000 Lakes 1985. Rally Finland 2015 will be John's 50th WRC start exactly 30 years after his debut. You can read more about John's story inn this article http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=11486439
INTERVIEW: Jari-Matti Latvala, 'I want to fight in Finland'
It's been an up and down season for Volkswagen Motorsport's Jari-Matti Latvala; taking second place in Monte Carlo, followed by three zero point finishes in Sweden, Mexico and Argentina. He took home a win in Portugal, before finishing in sixth at Sardegna and fourth in Poland. But we're off to WRC Finland, Latvala's home event, where he soared to a triumphant victory in 2014, and Jari-Matti is hoping for a repeat performance there this year. He made some time for us to have a chat with him the day before his Finland test, and at the time, was off for a game of golf with his co-driver Miikka Anttila!
iR: Jari-Matti, we’re fresh off the back of WRC Poland, which proved to be a fairly treacherous event for almost every driver competing. Looking ahead to your home event, can you give us an idea of how you’re feeling and what you’re planning to achieve in Finland?
JML: The season has been a bit tough for me. It’s not been exactly what I was hoping for. Now, coming to my home event, which is one of the most important events of the year, I’m really looking forward to it – i'm just so motivated. The feeling is good; I want to fight for the top places! It’s a place where last year I managed to win it, and it’s a really great rally. Probably the greatest event of the season, from both a driver's perspective and a spectator's perspective.
iR: WRC Finland is renowned for being a tricky rally for co-drivers to master. The pace notes have to be spot on, the speeds are high and there are some pretty technical sections as well as some big jumps. How are you and Miikka planning to bend these stages to your will, and what will be the toughest thing for you both out there?
JML: There's not too many changes for the stages this year, maybe 30% are different, but most of them are old sections which have been done before. There are a couple of new stages, for instance the power stage. It was last featured in the event back in 84/85, so none of the top drivers have done it this way. There are also some new sections in another stage: Jukojärvi. In Finland, on the recce, the most important thing is to look at the jumps very carefully, see which side of the road you will take the line – do you go on the right side or middle, and of course, how you will brake. This is so important. Overall, in Finland, you have to think a lot more about the lines than other events – big wide roads, lots of crests, lots of jumps. You have to really concentrate on the recce. I’ve been watching old videos from the past to get a good idea as well!
iR: Friday will be a test for every driver, but you know these roads well. Since it’s the longest day of the rally, can you give our readers an idea of how you will prepare for it, how you intend to charge and how you will manage the pressure and the stress of it all throughout the course of the day?
JML: Friday is a really long day. There isn’t a proper service during the day, just a remote tyre zone, where the driver crew must change the tyres themselves for the car, but nobody from the team is allowed to be there! All the changes you do yourself, and if you need to do repairs, you have to work yourself. Overall, the Volkswagen Polo R WRC is a strong car, but you never know, something could always go wrong. It’ll be a tough situation, because Finland is such a high speed rally, so you have to be committed from the beginning. There’s no chance to just find your speed, you have to be on it from the first stage onwards! Friday’s stages are the most demanding; they are very nice big wide roads, but when you go over the jumps constantly, that’s asking a lot from the notes. The co-driver is giving the notes in the right time, but then you have to be really focused on keeping the speed up in the right places, and slow down in the slow corners or the notes will be off. Besides, in Finland, you just want to keep going fast everywhere, so control is key!
iR: You’re a fantastic and incredibly driven athlete, but one of the things you’re perhaps best known for is your great sportsmanship, as well as your encouragement and appreciation of all the other drivers in this championship – you’re somewhat of a role model for almost everyone in this sport! What do you think makes someone a great athlete in rally, and how do you maintain a positive outlook when things don’t always go your way?
JML: First of all, thank you, very nice to hear your comments! For me, it’s so important, when you explain about rallying, I want everyone to understand it! It’s a complicated sport, there are so many regulations and things to explain, so I try to say things simply. Everyone in this sport is a great athlete, but also, rally has become more and more like a real accepted sport. You prepare for the events like every other athlete, doing fitness training, taking serious fitness tests every year. When you drive the car, it’s a long day. You start at 7am and finish at 7pm if you’re lucky, and if it’s over 30 degrees outside it can be 50 degrees in the car. You start to question your physical fitness when you do 3 to 4 days, and that’s why it’s so important to work with yourself.
iR: Finally, we would love to know a little more about your goals for the rest of your season, and what you are hoping to achieve next year.
JML: I really hope that this end of the season I will find the consistency; this year has been up and down. Consistency is the most important thing for me. By next year, I hope to be on the level where I was at the end of 2014 – if I can have that same speed and consistency, then 2016 will be great. That’s the thing, if you have events that you score zero points on, and I got three in a row this year, and then you’re almost out of the championship. You can’t afford that.
Thanks Fast Eddie, where did you find it?
seem to me iRallyQuote:
Originally Posted by AL14
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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Yeah, it must be that one. The junction is about 17,5 km into the stage. Liehuntie is the stage.
Red line = the difference
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...psbpxroayi.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...psvwuc8mea.jpg
If you mean the jump at about 4,9 km it could be a spectacular jump. About 200 m straight road before take-off. And then there’s another jump after this one. I would say it’s more similar to the yellow house jump at Ouninpohja, uphill and then a jump.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Start of the straight at 4:55
http://www.rally-maps.com/Neste-Oil-...Jukoj%C3%A4rvi
Looking at the street view you don’t see the both jumps if you don’t stand about at the take-off off the second jump. But I think you have already figured out that, right? Pity that the trees there doesn’t look so strong.;)
View at the beginning of the lefthander.
https://www.google.fi/maps/@62.33685...7i13312!8i6656
View where the first jump approximately take-off toward the start of the stage.
https://www.google.fi/maps/@62.33674...7i13312!8i6656
View at the take-off off the second jump toward start.
https://www.google.fi/maps/@62.33676...7i13312!8i6656
View after the second where the first jump is still visible.
https://www.google.fi/maps/@62.33677...7i13312!8i6656
To me it looks similar to this from 50 sec with a bit more lift at the 2nd jump maybe. I will recce it on wednesday and check where they have put the taping anyway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMRP...ature=youtu.be
Yes it is when taking into account the both jumps. One thing I start to think about could the cars be visible even though the jump is not visible. Would look nice on a video when cars are jumping up from nowhere.
Last time the test was run to its full length in 2013, Sebastien Ogier’s Volkswagen took off 77 times in 33.01 kilometres. Data from the fastest Polo R WRC down the road showed it spent 30.4 seconds in the air on a stage which only took 15m08.9s.
Air time’s a common feature of Ouninpohja; Markko Martin recorded Rally Finland’s longest jump ever when he sent his Ford Focus RS WRC ballistic for 57 metres at the famous crest alongside the yellow house, mid-way through. The Estonian’s take-off speed of 171 kph was the reason for his long leap and his victory on the 2003 event.
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/july/...medium=twitter
Is there Itinerary for Vetomies?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarriK
Which stages they drive this year?
Anyone knows some good places on SS5 (Himos) and for Power Stage on Sunday?
Making my plans at the moment. Can't decide which stage to go on Saturday, horkka or surkee? 2 days left and them I'm off to Finland :)
Will the accessroad from Sappentie marked with red be available for spectators?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
Yes, there is no sign of it being blocked.
P2 is there I think.
Tidemand with water temp problems from broken radiator?
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8f&oe=565636F3
First I need to correct what I wrote earlier. The junction is at 17,5 km but the distance is from finish. From start it’s 5,9 km. Amazing how these (distance from start cannot be correct) things just suddenly leaps into one’s mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Maybe there’s no stop sign because there’s no road either on the spectator guide. But anyway it’s spectator are B and parking P2 are there. It’s a field parking with possibility to stay overnight.
Nice post on Julien Ingrassia's facebook-page:
"Home work :
Julien and Seb are testing in their Polo WRC.
This one runs the 5,4km long finnish stage in 2min09sec.
Questions :
- What is the average speed ?
- Do they need to meet Brain Doctor ?"
If I'm not mistaken that's some 150,7kph average? And some people are asking for faster cars..
Could anyone that's been by the finish line of Philajakoski tell how far it is to walk from parking P1 to area C
Is it really all the way up in the top left corner of this pic by the lake?
Looks like it could've a very wet rally. Plays into Ogier's hands
Yep, it looks like Friday will be rainy and then it is rally over for other guys besides VW guys who are amongst the first starters. I hope it won't be the case.
Maybe 1,5 km. But please don´t go there. Nothing to see at all. We were there last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Forecast to Jämsä
http://www.foreca.com/Finland/Jamsa
To Jyväskylä:
http://www.foreca.com/Finland/Jyvaskyla
But do not count to any forecasts... it has been VERY WET and poor whole summer here in Finland. Almost every day just rain.. only 2 days has been over 25°C.
Roads are not dry and may play a role in rally...
But it seems it is the best place to leave to ouninpohja?
So maybe 2.5km to the spot i was looking at then, was hoping it was field parking next to the finish line. Yeah i know the "jump" they talked about was nothing to see, but i got a better spot a bit before where Meeke had a 2 wheel landing. And yes it seemed like a good spot for going to Ouninpohja after EstWRC, might have to come up with a new plan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper