it will not be easy winning it...Quote:
Originally Posted by bretddog
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it will not be easy winning it...Quote:
Originally Posted by bretddog
Specially if you're not Loeb.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
You're such a joke.. Even when you agree with my first statement you have to argue.
Both spin and puncture happened after the last split and before the finish on both stages so we can see directly the time loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
SS12: 14.7 loss (spin)
Loeb 5:34.8 7:50.2
Novikov -0.5 -15.2
SS17: 11.8 loss (puncture)
Loeb 8:22.8 10:40.8
Novikov +5.0 -6.8
Total loss: 26.5, subtract from 44.4 = 17.9 the difference should have been at the end of day 2.
(Day 1 diff) 56.8 - 17.9 = 38.9 on 117.76km (leg 2)
38.9 / 117.76 = 0.33 per km (cutted a few decimals to shorten the number)
(Leg 3 distance) 84.84 km * 0.33 = 27.9
44.4 - 27.9 = 16.5 the (estimated) difference at end of day 3
Elena already said after day 1, they would put everything on powerstage, Loeb doesn't like Sweden at al.
Thanks for your funny answers. I am happy that you are back. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
i think he does like it since his times are very competitive, he just cannot avoid mistakes...Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Any chance of live streaming for the power stage guys?
This is Paulo Nobre!!!! :D
Pigs History on Vimeo
just got home from a day at Vargåsen. First we were at Colin's crest which wasn't particular interesting.
Especially not when you have to get at 2 am. I was out voted thought by 1-3 so
that is why we went to Colins crest.
For the second loop we moved to Spectator area 1 at Vargåsen named Älgtjärn (my choice).
Found a very nice spot at the top of the ridge (to the right from where you enter the stage
from the acess road, which was well worth the climb. Will definitely go there again. :)
About the videos and pictures, i agree that its not a good idea to post embedded pictures and videos since
if you're out in a forest the mobile network connection can sometimes be a bit limited.
Then all these videos and pictures will give you a lot of headache when you try to load the thread.
Didn't we have separate threads last season? one for discussion about the rally and
then another for for posting pics and videos? Anyway that is how i would like it to be.
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by tolis
Paulo Nobre - the unpolished diamond of world rallying! Tourist yes - but a lovely part in the bouquet of WRC drivers...
Interview Kees Burger in English, the Dutch driver that lives in Finland and is also doing this rally: Case Story Rally driver Kees Burger and RDF Rally Drive Finland'
some nice photos from Colins crest
Pictures fom the 2nd leg of the Rally Sweden | Best of Rally Live
Now Motors TV highlights: Motors TV em directo no Tvdez.com - ESTADIOFUTEBOL.COM
It looks that flood of stupid comments from some super-duper "specialists" is more relevant here and are not interpreted as spam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
Forum goes in "right" direction. Sad...
Nice coverage.
slide that bitch on tha snow!
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...33565702_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...07620774_n.jpg
http://www.almrally.ru/imageModul/no...4760/24777.jpg
and some sparkling studs :p
http://www.almrally.ru/imageModul/foto/24859/24869.jpg
anybody know the reasoning behind the relatively wider tires on the WRC cars vs the very skinny tires I am used to--and have used?
Yeah its a rule but what's the idea?
Anybody know the size?
It is about cost saving. Before the wider 15" snow tyres they used narrow 16"s, so they needed special 5.5x16" wheels. Now teams can put studded tyres to gravel wheels. Size is 15".
But why can´t htey use narrow 15" tyres? It used to work back in the 70`s. Maybe they can make them fit the 15" rims as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by wrchirek
because the gravel tyre rim is not so thin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
edit... old 16'' tyres were 145 width and required a 5,5'' rim
gravel tyres are 205 width and require a 7'' rim
This short SS when there's little snow in Sweden and they only drive on artificially made ice somehow fit S2000 a lot.
In 2010 6 out of 10 first cars were S2000, including 1st and 2nd place: eWRC-results.com - results Swedish Rally 2010
this stage is always at the end of long forrest stages. S2000 are driven less agressively and therefore less pressure on the tires. So,by the ice-sheet SSS, most of the WRCars are running on very worn studs while the situation should be much better with S2000?
thats because S2000 crews have more tyre saveing driving style and that means that they had more studs left there.
probably but not because they driven less agressively, but from less torque than wrc cars.Wrc cars if you watch at a corner they are continuesly spinning their tyres even at high speed corners.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Fantastic video by SubaruNorway-Day 2!!!
Swedish Rally Day 2 2012 on Vimeo
You beat me to it! Thanks for all the nice comments on my previous video's!Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
I feel the pressure of finding some good places on sunday too now :p
I think there is some confusion in sizing...traditional road car sizing vs Michelins competition size nomenclature...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Way back in '93 I was at Swedish WRC and first thing I looked at was the tires....Michelin snows were called 14/65 x 15 or 14/65 x 16, and since I used michelin gravel tires on my Saab I was familiar with the numbers---I used 14/62 x 15.
The 14 is 14 cm across the tread, and 62cm diameter and 15 inch wheel.. Normal road tire numbers measure "section width" across the fat part of the tire, then the "80" or 65 is the sidewall height in percent....My 14/62 x 15 were equivalent to 185/65 x 15, and those snows back then were more or less same as my old Saab came with: 155 or 165/80 x 15...
That is what got me curious...
So the old skinny ones weren't really 145 in the 145 section width way....more like about 165 or even a bit fatter, but the FOOTPRINT was 14cm or so... The 15 inch or 16" it was explained by Finnish Tire maker Black Rocket it was when you wanted a little less sidewall for snappier response, and I guess we all know that 65cm is max diameter allowed for rally since maybe 1990.
Maybe somebody there can look at some tires and say what they are marked...
Club och DM guys still use 15 tum, that's why seems odd that the rule is to save money for teams by using same wheel, clubbies somehow manage to have skinny wheel for winter and wider for summer....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Oh is that right? And you would know what he likes? Never knew you were Sebastien LoebQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
video-trafic jam after SS5:
: : RallySport.hu - Rally Sweden: Dugó az 5. gyorsaságin : :
pics from saturday:
rallysport.hu - Rally Sweden 2012 - szombat
video from friday and saturday:
: : RallySport.hu - Rally Sweden 2012: :
SS19 running ;)
good morning guys!! Lets see a nice battle till last km.
is it ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
http://www.ascania-racing.com/Pirelli_rally.pdf
First drivers are reporting quite slippy conditions on this stage - some snow cover + mostly narrow forestry trails
Hope Latvala can pull off the win today!