Rally Sweden 2023

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

So what are the expectations for the afternoon loop

I have a feeling Breen will lead maybe at the end of the day. It all depends how much time he will gain with the first stage right away.

Tänak maybe could hold Rovanperä behind him but that also depends a lot of the first stage

Will be interesting anyway

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https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...L-SOoet5iy_38o

Tänak not so confident going to afternoon loop, could be some kind of mind play he is known to play maybe? not sure

Lappi on the other hand says he can put out more, hope he doesnt bin it on the way

SS5 and SS7 will be difficult for Rovanperä. SS6 maybe a bit easier. Breen and Lappi could indeed well lead the rally. And what will Katsuta do? And how will the conditions differ on the Umeå Sprint stage, will Rovanperä get time back?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

So what are the expectations for the afternoon loop

I have a feeling Breen will lead maybe at the end of the day. It all depends how much time he will gain with the first stage right away.

Tänak maybe could hold Rovanperä behind him but that also depends a lot of the first stage

Will be interesting anyway

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Breen will perform worse is my bet. Ott and Kalle under 5 sec. Someone from Rally1 will crash.

I think stages are quite more rutted, so more difficult...

I think 2nd loop is more difficult to Rovanperä (and Neuville, Evans, Tänak) compared to Lappi and Breen, as now they need to cleanup the road from smaller car excursions and tracks.

Tänak is more down to the Earth. Breen is more "PR-driver".

It is interesting as it stands at the moment and as it may happen that both Breen and Lappi are taking points away from the lead Hyundai driver. But, they Both need to finish first.

Hint how bad it is: Rovanperä 1st split this time 3:14. On 1st run his 1st split was 3:08 and best one was 3:01.

As Neuville is 5.3s faster, maybe some extra mistake from Rovanperä.

So rutted. Look how Neuville is bouncing that car, like pinball lol

Traction has left the chat :D

Neuville is crazy

Ogier would be going apeshit if he was driving first here