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You have a timemachine?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Glad that there was atleast some running. But, I feel like the nice tight and surprising results gave this rally some sort of a pass.
But, due to weather I must say it was pretty much bullshit. Sorry, but a horrible event this year.
Hope they fix it somehow next year, as I love my swedish rally but this year was unacceptable.
Yeah. It was horrible regarding lack of snow. Otherwise it was an average rally for the drivers, however a bit short. Organizers succeded in playing all their aces.
Next year, I´m sure they will have plan B. Glen Olsson indicated in swedish Television they have to have such solution for 2021, keeping Torsby/Karlstad concept. And may it will be blessed. Rally Sweden is here to stay. That´s for sure.
and their asses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
My video from Rally Sweden, still lots of good driving and the weather made it interesting in another way.
Shame about the 1st run of Likenäs being cancelled but it wouldn't have been so nice staying in the forest for that many hours in the rain anyway, lucky we didn't get the craziest rain I've seen in a long time and trees faling over the road everywhere on my way home.
https://youtu.be/_dUgFxrqayY
Bunnings video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrmbxCg3aA
Transcript of the post-event press conference organised by the FIA for the 2020 Rally Sweden.
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-e-evans...onfidence-push
Adamo to Huttunens tent
https://twitter.com/SaariJarno/statu...14438902517760
watch how dad look to his son.Very emotional photo!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ62KonX...name=4096x4096
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ62KovW...name=4096x4096
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ62KogW...name=4096x4096
Harri Rovanperä looked pretty proud too. That makes 2x ex-SEAT drivers who are very proud tonightQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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Evans and Rovanpera already scored same number of podiums as JML and Meeke for whole last season.
Sorry, if stupid question, but who is in the picture, seriously?
Elfyn Evans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Rally Fan
Stupid question indeed, sorry, I've already answered myself. Forget it.
winner Elfyn with his father Gwydaf Evans,former rally driverQuote:
Originally Posted by Old Rally Fan
yes, yes, of course. I just missed the description, I don;t know why. Yes, winner of British Championship, sure.
Elfyn Evans
@ElfynEvans
When you win your first @OfficialWRC
event... @scottmartinat
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ7LZMSW...jpg&name=large
Reigning World Rally champion Ott Tänak has revealed to DirtFish that he wasn’t even sure he would be starting Rally Sweden.
Ahead of the event, Tänak had found it difficult just sitting in a rally car with the belts done up.
He said: “I was a couple of times sitting in some local rally cars trying to tighten the belts and in the beginning it was not really possible but in the end was good.”
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/t...ZKKVBS4wBdw4Lg
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
bruised ribcageQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Interesting record, what might be the comment?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I have two ideas.
1. Apart from Rovanpera, all drivers, who won their first Special Stage “under 20”, belong to the generation, that was born circa 1990. I lost sight of this generation a bit, I had a “gap” in watching WRC. It seems that there is some tendency: drivers reach some level of their careers quicker, than it usually happened in the past (of course there are exceptions). Looking from this perspective, this spectacular activity of young Rovanpera can be seen as the next step of the process.
2. And, for sure, second conclusion: spectacular, early “kick-off” doesn’t guarantee the really great achievements in the next years. So, oki, maybe the fascination with Rovanpera Jr. and his speed should be combined with skeptical reserve.
Anyway, will be great to watch next round in March, probably the first “normal”.
Also notice that Mikkelsen, Wilson and Østberg won super specials. Kalle was 0.1 from doing that in Germany 2018, with an R5 car!
Does anyone have a video clips of a toyota zero car in action?
Gardemaister was at podium at his first outing with cordoba wrc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Rally Fan
Strange but exciting rally, i'm glad they didn't cancel it. Without going overboard I think the decision to dump JML and Meeke over Rovanpera and Evans was the right one. Evans kind of reminds of Tanak career trajectory. Also I notice that Rovanpera so far learns and adapts within the rally. This could be a very interesting season indeed!
Thoroughly impressed with Elfyn, last time someone was this quick out of the box and with respect to their previous season they became world champion and, even then, it took them a few years to dominate the timesheets in such a fashion. Kalle too shone this weekend, showing the speed he's known for and really sending out a warning to the rest of the crews. That said, I expect his first shunt to come soon.
I do want to give Lappi an honorable mention however, for having picked himself out of his recent slump. Last year he was either on the podium or off the pace but now it looks like he's regained some confidence. Solid performances so far in a car that seems like it's starting to lag behind the competition.
As for Ogier, we'll never know if it would have paid off to stick with Citroen and trust their upgrades rather than jump ship to a new team where either he's getting no preferential treatment at all, where his age has begun to show, or where maybe he's just not fit for the machine.
Thanks, I didn't realize. it is important.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
No point in writing off Ogier.
Gardemaister was at podium at his first outing with cordoba wrc.[/QUOTE]
It was New Zeland, wasn't it? 1999 - what a wonderful season was that. Toni finished 3rd behind two much more experienced compatriots... Yes, that was impressive. If I remember well, the opinion this time was that Gardemeister is most promising. And than he was rather in the shadow of his peers...
That's kind of the normal process, that the new guys first show speed but then start crashing a bit cause they don't have the experience and take some time to get more stable. Kalle kind of already did that last year with Skoda, but might happen again. The only driver that I remember not having such a crashy period after first succeses is Loeb.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
I agree Lappi deserves praise for the two outings, decent speed (especially compared with Suninen) and no big moments. It's just a shame it's really hard to tell how much is the car limiting him or not. Here he said a few times he had perfect stages and still was around 5th place in SS. Does that mean the car can't go faster or Lappi can't go faster? The car led here last year, but Lappi also did well here both in Toyota (4th) and C3 (2nd).Quote:
I do want to give Lappi an honorable mention however, for having picked himself out of his recent slump. Last year he was either on the podium or off the pace but now it looks like he's regained some confidence. Solid performances so far in a car that seems like it's starting to lag behind the competition.
In case you haven't seen it yet, some body language from press conf:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQ57uCiX...name=4096x4096
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"We are losing the lead in the constructors' championship (note: 73 points for Toyota against 63 for Hyundai), so I am not satisfied. In these types of situations, we have again shown a performance limit. Only the performances of Tanak and Neuville have managed to deal with the disadvantage. If we think that it is not possible to compete with Toyota here, it is better to stay at home. What will I say to my team? What will I say to my team "I'm not going to tell you. We already have homologations ready and tests to be done for Mexico. We can't always say that the next rally will be better. In which area should we progress? In that of the car "I said from the first day of taking office that we would not talk about technique. We will not talk about it today even if I am disappointed," said Andrea Adamo, a Hyundai boss who doesn’t was not happy.
https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...PpyRssBViBqd_M
Kalle has always seemed well aware of his limits (let's conveniently forget Argentina 2018), so perhaps he won't find himself in the trees too often, but when I heard him say his times weren't good after being third on the stage in tricky asf conditions I kinda raised an eyebrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
As for Lappi, surely Suninen's lack of pace is making him look good in the same car, and maybe if he had someone quicker than him in the team hed still be struggling with confidence, but he looks at ease in the fiesta. We'll know for sure after the engine upgrade whether it's lacking in pace or whether Lappi can't get the pace from the car. He's got the speed in him for sure.
Rally swedens Glenn olhsson confirms today that next years stages going to be located further north next year.
Probably area of Mora-Trysil-Elverum-Lima?
Godbye to colins crest then.
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Sprint Rally... but sprint is always faster than endurance :D
https://youtu.be/3gZgx0ECPXQ
Evans's winning average speed was 124.3 km/h, it's the fourth fastest WRC event ever. Also fastest rally which is not Rally Finland. The fastest Rally Sweden before was 2017, with 115.4 km/h.
To be honest, it should have an asterisk next to it....with barely half the stages run it's hardly the same as a full event.
In a way it's true, since the super fast Hof-Finnskog now made up 25% of the rally route, whereas normally it would have been something like 13%. Then again, the slow Torsby Sprint made up now about 4% of the route whereas normally the three super specials would have made like 2%.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
But still the fact is that these conditions were fast.