I said podium, not win...Quote:
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I said podium, not win...Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
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https://itgetsfasternow.com/2022/01/...y-sweden-2022/
Could this be the fastest WRC event ever? The stages look mostly very fast with long straights, and there's not a proper super special to slow down either. Of course it will depend on the conditions as well...
Excellent work as always! Only one thing, for SS1/4, I think the street view camera needs to be rotated 180 degrees?
thanks Antti, great work as usual.
i think theres also a bigger chance to see more mistakes from drivers, the roads are unknown and also the cars. M-sport and Hyundai will have only 1 test day per driver before the event. Toyota already did their test but im 100% sure they will do more.
Thanks and thanks for the correction, indeed it is the wrong way :D Fixed now!Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
I think the test they did was their "Sweden test day" allocation since it was outside their normal test area, at least for Elfyn and Kalle.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I did some calculations and estimations and I think it won't be the fastest WRC event ever...maybe 123 km/h though. Difficult to estimate when conditions make a huge difference and we have completely new cars.
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Sorry, this image was from Lima and not Umeå.
Snow depth this morning. Forecasts says another 20 mm of precipitation is expected this week in the area (and 1 mm of of precipitation is equivalent of 1-3 cm of new snow)
but to stay a bit conservative side maybe 10-15 cm at least. The winter has been very mild so far, very few longer stretches of very cold weather.
However I think that means good road conditions with solid ice base, but someone more local can perhaps give a more detailed report?
https://i.imgur.com/VTXKwCE.png
It's not that much more snow than what it is around the planned 2021 route.
With the rally moving north, they are also needing quite a few new people running the event in 2023 if they keep it there. Many of the ones who have done it for years in the previous area are only doing it due to their contract this year.
Well, the mixed temperatures below and over zero degrees should mean ice surface will grow. Let´s hope for minus degrees when rally gets along though... Snow seems to be enough.
It´s for sure very much safer conditions than was in 2021 or years before in Torsby area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
im sure the most perfect conditions are one week before or after the rally like every year :p
Well when it's too much snow drivers start to complain that everything should be plowed (see 2018).
Anyway temperatures going up and down around zero are best for solid base, which should be there this year.
Not too much snow but fresh snowQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
We've had quite different Rally Swedens in the previous few years
2020 almost no snow at all, stages cancelled
2019 slushy conditions
2018 very much fresh snow, a lot slower stage times than in 2017
2017 little snow but much ice, no snowbanks
2016 warm conditions with water on the stages, stages cancelled
Arctic Rally Finland last year was also interesting with very much snow and heavy freeze just weeks before the rally but then close to zero and sunshine during the rally.
-10 right now, temp will rise tovards the end of the week.
https://www.smhi.se/q/Ume%C3%A5/602150
Still a month to go, but cold and 40 cm is good so far. Not sure if the ss roads are in regular use or not.
Feel free to drive and film any of the stages we don't have onboard of if anyone's in the area, like SS1,2,10 and the end of 8 especially.
Didn't find too many interesting spots so far but hopefully there should be something in SS1 on those technical and bumpy roads.
Nothing wrong to be sarcastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
But I was there (cannot remember which SS) and it was miserable when Ogier first went through. Literally plowing.
Go to the only corner on the fast section of SS1 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Ending of Röjden was left unploughedQuote:
Originally Posted by linni
EDIT: not Svullrya
Tänak was very angry at Röjden when the last bit had not been plowed in 2018.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/va...ljningen-pagar
No official decision has yet been made by the county administrative board. Decisions are expected to be made at the end of the week.
wait, what?
It's probably actually not such a bad corner if it's little more of a corner than it looks like with them coming in on the limiterQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Right.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTA
Just ridiculous.
No offence to any of the Swedish friends here, but if this would eventually get screwed up, the winter round of the WRC should be held somewhere else for the years to come.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTA
I don't understand how the promoter and FIA allow such thing.
Less than a month to the start of a event and organizers are only hoping and keeping fingers crossed that they will get permissions..
It would be a huge fail if it won't happen and next rally is almost 3 months away..
2. Arctic Rally Lapland?
One doesn't organize a WRC event on a few weeks notice. I'm still pretty sure Swedish round will run as planned. Even if this is a little crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Yeah, it would be too late to arrange a replacement anymore. Last year Arctic Rally and Rally Finland organizers were notified around christmas time.
It would be totally ridiculous to cancel the rally on these reasons after going through all the trouble of moving the event, and likely Värmland has plenty of snow this year?
However, I wouldn't still want to add Arctic as a permanent WRC event because it would mean likely the end of Jyväskylä Rally Finland
As far as I read the situation regarding Rally Swedens local approval, it is more formal than practical.
As written before, this is mainly regarding the Sami population feeling they need some form of refund for driving on "their land" We have the same issues on our side of the border, but mainly further north.
The rally organizers and the Swedish municipality are now in agreement with reps from the sami population, and based on that the politicians need formally to vote and sign the deal.
This is late, but normally these things take time, and it will be ok soon.
My feeling is same. It will be alright.
We have the County Administrative Board in Umeå, who has the final decision to make in end of this week. However the bureacracy is huge. Hundreds of people just turning written pages all day.
But hopefully they understand the importance of right decision.
Fingers crossed, I’ve already booked my flights and can’t wait ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/va...lingen-blir-av
The County Administrative Board has now approved and given permission for all 19 SS to be driven.
All corona restrictions will be removed in Sweden on the 9th of February, and all necessary permissions are now completed. Game on!
Anybody who wants to wear masks - fine, but they should live by the conviction of their morals all the time. Hopefully this means I won't have to see informal footage of folk putting masks on for formal interviews on camera. Very sick of it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by erikli2
Green light for Rally Sweden!!
https://worldrally.se/gront-ljus-for...aZ7T8rQhFgvTh8
I made decision to go there.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/va...mer-pa-en-gang
Heavy snowfall in Umeå. There may be up to 50cm of snow in the next few days in some areas.
The article is 2 days old and while more snow is expected it doesn't looks as much as 50 cm, but time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTA
https://www.smhi.se/vader/observatio...=vader,param=s
Couple of days ago the snow thickness was about 35 cm just the south of Umea. Now it`s 70 cm.