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I give up, Who's the guy on the left?
Araujo
time schedule for europe
Programme du Rallye Wrc de Nouvelle-Zélande 2012
France is CET so for Greece/Finland ects add 1 hour for the UK subtract 1 hour
some looong nights ahead.
The opening ceremony parachute display team?
JML, are you REALLY sure you want to be doing this with the luck of Ford so far, and yours in particular?.....
The top guys have crews however that drive through the stages between the recce and the competition part to check the roads / notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by MJW
Who says anyone was interested in cutting costs....?
Gravel crew is only on the tarmac ralliesQuote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
What I meant was will Kris be in NZ assisting Dani during the shakedown etc?
No, they have other guys too. The top guys will have guys driving the stages throughout Thursday checking the notes they have done during recce. Not during the competition part like happens on tarmac events.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Paddon's service area has a bigger tent than Proton :D
A few more photos from Tuesday - Somewhat better weather today
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Still are not allowed into the Ford and Citroen areas properly yet and that may not be until Thursday..
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Originally Posted by Plan9
No.
Managed to get a tour of the service park today - Citroen again looking super professional. Bring on the rally!! :)
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The service park is a bit silly. Only place that makes sense is the MINI. Looks good with city back drop!
In the middle of the building will be a Fanzone which is good, Skoda, Ford, Subaru and Citroen cars are in there with other official stands... tomorrow early start for me as I'm out at qualifying and shakedown!
How did you get into the other area 6789? I went their earlier today and a fat ginger told me to stick it and that it would open tomorrow?!
Greetings! My wife and I have traveled from the U.S. to spectate Rally New Zealand. This is the first WRC event we have been to, so I was wondering if anyone has any advice for us. Should we stick with one spectator spot all day, or try to hit multipe spots? Looking at the rally maps it seems there are some you could go between, but I don't have a good feel for the amount of time it takes getting around. Also, any suggestions on spots we should make sure not to miss? Should we try to go to one of the service parks, or is it best to stay in the forest.
We have good rain gear so we should be prepared for any weather. Would it be worth it to pick up a pair of folding camp chairs?
We fly to Auckland from Christchurch in the morning, after having spent the last week touring around the south island. The scenery has been amazing, and the locals have all been very friendly. Looking forward to experiencing the north island next!
Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance!
You should do what I did in Greece last month. Meet your friends from this forum on a spot and get some help from the NZ rallyfans or others attending. I´m sure you get help as much as I got from my greek friends in Loutraki!!Quote:
Originally Posted by EWC
Make sure you go to Raglan!! Im a surfer so im biased but its my favorite place in the whole WRC, And i have been a lot of places, ss2/ss6 whaanga coast is a must. ngarunui beach is well worth a look if your down there anyway too.
What time is the Qualifying Stage ?
00h33 in France, 11.33pm for u
Programme du Rallye Wrc de Nouvelle-Zélande 2012
Weather in NZ:
I must say that I am really bad in souther hemisphere weather. All cyclones and everything is spinning in opposite direction and I tend to forget it.. continiously!
However. It looks like qualifying stage has not experienced any rain in last 12 hours. Probability of rain is increasing and most probbly it will be run with soft tyres (risk of rain is increasing with every minute). Temperature is very low. Somewhere around +10 degrees.
Some rain is expected on Friday stages today but nothing significant for Friday itself. The wind decreases for Friday morning. So, maybe some fog, maybe some very light rain in the morning stages. Most probably the rain stays on the sea and stages stay dry. I quess they are still using hard tyres tomorrow.
We should live without rain until Saturday evening. Wind picks up and rain should arrive by the evening, probably after the stages. Temperature is still very low, still around +10 dgrees.
Sunday is too far away. Looks like heavy rain is coming on Sunday.
Free practice results available here: Free Practice
Small video of Ketomaa : Inland Rd | Facebook
Small video of Mikko: http://www.facebook.com/video/video....50909437468036
QS Start list: http://www.chrissport.co.nz/results/...qstartlist.htm
QS times live here in 6 minutes: RNZ - Qualifying
just got back from shakedown.. muddy but thankfully it didnt rain. certainly looked like a fun stage :)
now to have lunch and look through my pics
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tried to embed as an image.. might come back to this once I have finished all of them :P
I'd suggest moving around. On the Saturday and Sunday there are a good few hours between stages while the cars go to service, so staying in one spot might be boring. Allow a decent amount of time to get between places, as most of the roads around the stages will be windy, sometimes quite narrow, and unsealed. I can't give you more specific instructions than that without knowing what you've got in mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWC
You can check out most of the stages on google maps. They've even got streetview! On Saturday I recommend the Mititai stage, particularly the intersection of Birch and Lusk roads (Prime B on the spectator map). Generally, the prime areas marked by the organisers are good. There are some interesting places on the Girls High School stage as well, but be prepared to walk about to find them.
And on that note - definitely try to walk around, but be prepared to cross a few fences. Wear clothes you don't mind snagging on barbed wire, and try to avoid electric fences. Folding chairs are your call. If you plan to move around a lot, they might be a pain to carry around. I'd recommend gumboots as being most essential.
Shakedown was good. The rain stayed away.
Road seemed to stay in good condition, even with 2 or 3 days of rain previous, and 39 passes of the WRC cars. Will be interesting to see what positions the drivers pick tonight. My prediction is that they will treat it as a dry rally.
Tanak was the best to watch, hanging it out on the corners.
At the service park, Loeb's car came in and the marshall yelled "Car coming, get out the way", so I stepped under an ezy-up that was placed on the side of the service area. Loeb drove straight through the open sides of the ezy-up missing the poles my centimetres and me by millimetres!!! Funny in hindsight.
First win for Dani and Mini hopefully.
Latvala fastest! Great start.
Latvala looking like a bowss, must say that Solberg looked quick as well. Hirvonen didn't look so quick, but his time was there. Has been a bit of rain this afternoon. Try and get some pics up later
Shakedown results for the other crews:
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NB! They were runing different route, so you cannot compare the results!
JML picked 13th place to start day 1
Mikko just picked to run 1st on stage!