Rally Finland 2010

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

Is there a list of times the roads close to public?

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http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/a...0-51-53253.pdf

Kiitos :)

I would imagine they close shakedown road at midnight on wednesday night/thursday morning also?

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Originally Posted by driveace

Take some Mosquito repel ant with you!
Friends of mine up in the Artic circle tell me they are VERY HUNGRY this year!!

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No worries. There were a lot of little flying *******s in middle Finland in June, but when I was there this weekend, basically none. And if the sun shines, like it's predicted in the forecast there's basically no mosquitoes at all.

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

Am pretty much sorted, arrive in Helsinki at 8.15pm on Wednesday evening, and plan to stop at first neste station to buy passes and of course some OFF

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Remember to buy some sugar as well :p

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Those biting bugs are the kind that sticks to animals right? Won't roll around in the grass much then :s

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the biting bugs mentioned are horse-flies, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly
Nasty animals. Few weeks ago I was waiting for a support truck after a puncture in my rear bicycle tire ;) and two of these noticed me, it took me 10 minutes of to get them, for some reason they conciously try to get behind you. And you can't run away from it.

The "sticks to animals" isn't as bad, but still annoying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoptena_cervi
They shouldn't yet be a problem

Weather should get worse by Friday and Saturday, is now forecasted. It'll stay warm, well above 20 degrees, but rain showers should come.

I'm curious about what people expect from Ogier?

Last year on his first outing in a WRC he started slow, then got a bit faster and barely lost to Rantanen to claim 6th - so still not really fast. 4 minutes behind Sordo in 4th to be more exact.

This year he's much faster on other rallies. Most probably also due to car since last years "client" C4 seemed much slower than factory one.

Anyway I read some people think he'll fight with Loeb for the win? To me that sounds a bit too optimistic, though if Fords lack of pace isn't compensated by drivers here it might not be that far from truth. Still my bet would be he'd end 4th at best if nobody crashed/punctures etc.

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Also note how seemingly little Loeb improved in Finland from 2003 to 2004. In 2003 he was 5th 2:48 behind, in 2004 (where only PS was faster than him on gravel trough the year) he was 4th 2:20 behind.

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Originally Posted by J4MIE

Kiitos :)

I would imagine they close shakedown road at midnight on wednesday night/thursday morning also?

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Official Programme says: Shakedown road is closed 29.7 (thursday) 8.00 - 12.00

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Originally Posted by fugu

Official Programme says: Shakedown road is closed 29.7 (thursday) 8.00 - 12.00

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That can't be true because shakedown starts at 08.00 so it must be closed earlier...

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Originally Posted by ridder

I'm curious about what people expect from Ogier?

Last year on his first outing in a WRC he started slow, then got a bit faster and barely lost to Rantanen to claim 6th - so still not really fast. 4 minutes behind Sordo in 4th to be more exact.

This year he's much faster on other rallies. Most probably also due to car since last years "client" C4 seemed much slower than factory one.

Anyway I read some people think he'll fight with Loeb for the win? To me that sounds a bit too optimistic, though if Fords lack of pace isn't compensated by drivers here it might not be that far from truth. Still my bet would be he'd end 4th at best if nobody crashed/punctures etc.

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Also note how seemingly little Loeb improved in Finland from 2003 to 2004. In 2003 he was 5th 2:48 behind, in 2004 (where only PS was faster than him on gravel trough the year) he was 4th 2:20 behind.

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its amazing how easily you an spot a disappointed peter solberg fan these days....

judging a driver improvement on the overal difference at the end of the rally is childish.

And as far as the customer cars of citroen Ogier has a different opinion...

Loeb will not win because he doesn't have to....he will fight for 1 day and if things are optimal he will win...but there is no way he will go to war with mikko/latvala as in previous years.

Ogier will be lucky if he finishes the event...i see a crash for him if he goes for the win if he settles for 5th and lower the he has a chance to drive for 3 days.