WRC Rally Sweden 2020

What I made up, which would be the absolute minimum for the event to count for maximum points.

Friday:
SS2 - Hof - Finnskog 1
SS3 - Finnskogen 1
SS4 - Nyckelvattnet 1

SS5 - Hof-Finnskog 2
SS6 - Finnskogen 2
SS7 - Nyckelvattnet 2

Saturday:
SS9 - Torntorp 1
SS11 - Vargasen 1
SS14 - Vargasen 2 (WRC and WRC2 cars only)

Sunday:
SS17 - Likenäs 1
SS18 - Likenäs 2
SS19 - PS Torsby

= 225,79km SS (75,05% of the original route)

The historic part are cancelled.

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Originally Posted by Franky

If the road is soft/mushy, it really doesn't matter what tyre exactly.

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Yep, it's true but how many those type of road have Rally Sweden? It's been more common to EastEurope stage, and I guess all Sweden stages was on hard base with rocky surface.

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

When is the last time Wales Rally GB has had any snow? The tyre regulations in the 90's were completely different, options were endless.

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2008 for example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DvzwHX2Cg

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

What I made up, which would be the absolute minimum for the event to count for maximum points.

Friday:
SS2 - Hof - Finnskog 1
SS3 - Finnskogen 1
SS4 - Nyckelvattnet 1

SS5 - Hof-Finnskog 2
SS6 - Finnskogen 2
SS7 - Nyckelvattnet 2

Saturday:
SS9 - Torntorp 1
SS11 - Vargasen 1
SS14 - Vargasen 2 (WRC and WRC2 cars only)

Sunday:
SS17 - Likenäs 1
SS18 - Likenäs 2
SS19 - PS Torsby

= 225,79km SS (75,05% of the original route)

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Hard to see Vargåsen being run with no snow. Torntorp should have the same problem. Torsby probably driven once anyway.

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Originally Posted by KKS

2008 for example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DvzwHX2Cg

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Just a small bit of snow on the side of the road. I don't remember the history of the tyre regulations, when did we start regulating the tyres like we do today? Maybe they had more compounds back then?

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Just a small bit of snow on the side of the road. I don't remember the history of the tyre regulations, when did we start regulating the tyres like we do today? Maybe they had more compounds back then?

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That was the first year of the Pirelli single tyre supply.

The had the choice of 'black and round' only.

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Hard to see Vargåsen being run with no snow. Torntorp should have the same problem. Torsby probably driven once anyway.

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It all depends on the conditions on the day itself. If the road is frozen, it could be ok to run. I think running 75% is going to be the absolute minimum to get an agreement with the FIA and manufacturers. But with the current forecast I expect it to be completely cancelled. Sad for all those who booked, including myself.

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

That was the first year of the Pirelli single tyre supply.

The had the choice of 'black and round' only.

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If I remember correctly, they picked the tyres a long while before the event, which ran in early December. So when the snow arrived in the week before, the tyres allocated were unsuitable - a lot of the first day was cancelled, though Sweetlamb was run, and Ogier set his first WRCar fastest time. I was at Hafren, it was quite icy and they came past in the morning as a 'road section'....
Saying that, it wasn't just the wrong tyres that caused the cancelled stages - the various safety vehicles were unable to get through the stage because of ice. The Sat & Sun were a lot better and ran okay.

it seems that we'll have

Friday:
SS2 - Hof - Finnskog 1
SS3 - Finnskogen 1
SS4 - Nyckelvattnet 1

Sunday:
SS17 - Likenäs 1

and 28% and 1/3 points