About weather, now it looks Thursday will be mostly dry, but Friday definitely some rain in the south. Thunderstorms are possible since temperature will stay around and above 25c during the days.
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About weather, now it looks Thursday will be mostly dry, but Friday definitely some rain in the south. Thunderstorms are possible since temperature will stay around and above 25c during the days.
Interesting to look at the Pickems. Generally people seem to rate Ketomaa much lower than Rantanen. I'm expecting Ketomaa to fight for the podium. Even for the win if some top guys hit trouble. In my opinion there is no question that Ketomaa is faster than Rantanen with equal machinery. He is also the only top driver in WRC who knows the friday stages like his pockets.
Me too! Yes, he is faster and also Fiesta is better than Mini. Rantanen knows also the friday stages and his knowledge is better than Ketomaa´s, because he lives in Lammi region. It is time to beat top five drivers, but top three or close to podium is also enough to secure his future...Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Rantanen has used his chances to show at NORF brilliantly last years. If only there would have been more teams, he surely was under consideration. Ketomaa is pure fire. Tell's something about his attitude ( or sense of humour ;) ) when he said couple of years ago with that old Subaru that he aims for podium and anything below that is a disappointment :D
I personally think that Ketomaa is the best we have to offer for work teams :up: He is crazyfast !!!
I really don't know what to expect from Ketomaa. I know he is fast in Finland, but is he fast enough to challenge the Citroens? I don't know why, but I feel like he isn't (but I hope I'm wrong!)
Rantanen is fast in Finland too, he was pretty fast with the Focus last years, but now he drives a Mini so it's not easy to say how fast he will be.
Oh well, I can't wait for the start of the rally! :)
What about s2000 competitors? I d like to listen some predictions from our Fin mates.
I'm expecting a tough battle between Hänninen and Tänak. Lindroos most likely to take it pretty easy because of the "must get to the finish" orders. I'm expecting Brynildsen and Kruuda to provide "small surprises" when the rally progresses. Nothing big though.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
From three to five S2000s ending up upside down in Finnish forests.
Lindroos is fast and has fresh experience of these roads but after hearing too many times from different sources that he "must finish the rally" I'll thing he's going to take it quite easy in the beginning. My money on Hänninen, he seems to have "Loeb-like" speed reserve always available when needed which is a sign of a world class driver.
Juha Salo could provide a surprise with his Evo R4. There's not many guys in the world who match his speed with Evo. In Rally Estonia's fast roads we saw that Ketomaa was able to match Prokop's s2000 times with his R4 for the short amount of time it held together.
Nice Lindroos analysis Juha! ;)
I don't think Ford will let Ketomaa fight for a podium place, instead the Ford's are in the first 2 places. I hope so though. About Rantanen, I don't think his car is good enough to fight for top 6.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Let's see!