Anyone got any idea why Bouffier isn't present? His WRC3 drive looks a bit pointless now he's missed Monte and Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teme
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Anyone got any idea why Bouffier isn't present? His WRC3 drive looks a bit pointless now he's missed Monte and Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teme
Ok so there's almost a hundred entries. Is it possible to still update the list even though the time is up?
At least Pajunen just appeared to the entry list. With Fiesta S2000. Tamrazov has entered with S2000 too, but the team has only one left now. Let's see if Tamrazov wants to drive himself or does he let Pajunen drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arska
It seems that the time was extended from 6 to 8 pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arska
Tamrazov has 1 Fiesta WRC and 3 Fiesta Super 2000 (he bought the third one just before Sardegna), one of them is written off now, so still two available for him and Pajunen and the WRC for PGQuote:
Originally Posted by Teme
Okay, this is good news :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
Tahko will drive another Mini WRC again:
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2012/wrc/fin/_B2O0617.jpg
Looking at the registered entries as of now I'm both pleased and dissappointed at the same time. 14 WRCs is not much, but then again on another, if you take the driver pictured above out, we have a bunch of drivers that all can do top 6 stage times I firmly believe. It won't be good for the fight for victory, that's decided with other guys, but it should be fun for positions five to ten. Still, I hope that there would be 3-4 WRCs in the list when the first FIA stamped list comes out. For example, of last years regulars, where are Ketomaa and Rantanen, perhaps some plans there.
What I'm most pleased about is of course Hänninen's entry. I hope he gets it clean and shows what he's capable of. This is it now for Juho. Good to get comfirmation for Lappi's entry too. A little comfort. It'll nice see how it goes especially with him and Paddon, add to that Kubica, Pajunen, Evans, Kruuda. Juha Salo in TMR Subaru should be speed measurement for the rest like always. And how will Lukyanuk perform in his Finnish debut? Out of the new guys, this is definitely the one I will wait the most.
Out of 2WD crews, I would like to see Bouffier in there too. Vainionpää has shown good pace in FRC last year and this year too, so how he does in R3T is nice to see (is that Vihma's car?). He won't get it easy with Chardonnet and Gilbert in the race. Nice to Cronin in action after a while. R2s have some nice names too as an extra to the usuals, Kinnunen for example. But where is Joonas Lindroos? At the start of the season this was in his talks, but...?
So, after staring at the list for a while and some heavy pondering, I've decided I might go this year too.
EDIT: Meeke! I forgot Meeke. It's decided. I will go.
But where are Ari Könönen and Mikko Lehti, who both "promised" to drive NORF this year?
Probably lack of sponsors ... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
EDIT: His Citroen Top Driver ambitions seem senseless, if he isn´t able to start.
Bouffier is on the list now... Lindroos didn't have a money and Vainionpää uses Vihma's car... 99 entries is great but it still can be more. Regulations said that AKK can invite some driver's to take apart in WRC2 or WRC3 as a guest drivers but I don't know who they can be... All possible young gun's are already there...
Anyway... Our name's are in that list and that is most important... I can feel the heat...
E: 100 entries... Ketomaa Fiesta R5...
He is in !Quote:
Originally Posted by pettersolberg29
Full provisional list: https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Ki...d=3368&state=1
It's going to be a cracker of a rally, isn't it?
Good to see Meeke, Cronin, Barrable and Fisher along with Juho, P-G, Evans and many others.
Also good to see Yazeed Al-Rajhi back after his crash in the Hummer
Nice battle in class 2, 23 cars
5 x R5
Ford: Barrable, Brynildsen, Evans, Ketomaa, Kruuda
7x 1.6T RRC
Citroen: Kubica
Ford: Al-Rajhii, Bertelli, Bresolin, Protasov
Mini: Gorban, Kikireshko
7x S2000 2.0
Ford: Gryazin, Hämäläinen, Pajunen, Tamrazov
Peugeot: Shaymiev
Skoda: Lappi, Paddon
4x R4
Mitsu: Virtanen
Subaru: Burger, Lehessaari, Salo
Some are tourist/gentlemandrivers but few are faster than WRC!
Do you think that WRC2 is now wreaked due to the car differences, judging by Ypres R5 are significantly faster than RRC which is faster than s2000, or am I talking crap? Perhaps s2000 and RRC are similar but it does sound like R5 are faster?Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Even so, this lineup should provide plenty of entertainment!
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Originally Posted by pantealex
I heard that there would be all 6 R5 Fiesta's on start. 6 are ready at malcolm factory am I right?
The provisional list is awesome!
Colin Clark said there would be 6 in NORF, so 5 is close enough I guess. Maybe the Sykora (CZ) car is the 6th that is ready or others to be ready shortly..Quote:
Originally Posted by HarriK
What is Kangur's car then - six or seven R5s out there, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I don't think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Hard to know what has been collected already or waiting to be collected, paid for etc. Papa Wilson says 20 deposits so far so.....
Are the 5 NORF cars owned by the drivers or some rented from another company?
Not one of the apparent 6 that are ready??Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Nono, the car is already with the team here in CZ but I don't think it will be used in NORF.
I didn't think it would be, just assuming it was one of the 6 that are ready.
My bad, wasn't Clark, was Fernando Albes.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
Lappi news at his pages:
Esapekka Lappi : Welcome to Esapekka Lappi websiteQuote:
Rally Finland is something special, especially for Finnish drivers and fans. Lappi will be entered as a privateer in WRC2 by Even Management's Skoda Fabia Super 2000 run by well-known Austrian BRR-team.
Says: "Lappi will be entered as a privateer in WRC2 by Even Management's Skoda Fabia Super 2000 run by well-known Austrian BRR-team."Quote:
Originally Posted by HarriK
Speaking about Clark, I remember a tweet a month ago...
Colin Clark @voiceofrally 28 May Hearing from a very well placed source that Ott Tanak will do at least one WRC round this year. Probably Finland and probably in a Ford WRC
Where can we find start list for Vetomies in NORF?
2 for Markko Martin MotorsportQuote:
Originally Posted by noel157
https://akk.autourheilu.fi/Public/Ki...id=3304&edit=0 then click "Osallistujat".Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Hi;
I´m new at this forum. We are going to Finland Rally next month from Spain, and I have got some dudes about tickets and maps for rally.
When we buy the tickets, can We buy a guide for rally? with maps and spectacle zones like Germany rally?
Which zones you recommend for the rally? We want see overjumps and drift.
Thank for the support, Jose.
Yes. You can buy rally passes from many Neste Oil stations (here's a list which stations sell those tickets), it costs €65 and is valid for qualification stage and all special stages + service park. You can buy spectators' guide from Neste Oil stations or any other shop with a decent news stand. This year official guide is with magazine Tuulilasi (costs around 10€). Vauhdin Maailma magazine also makes an unofficial guide, last year it had better maps and tips, but nothing in English. Also, official is official, very valid info about parking and those spectator zones (or spectacle zones, that should be the feeling at least afterwards).Quote:
Originally Posted by chosse_1
There are several iconic and well-known places in the rally, as well as many equally great but not as well-known. Of the well-known places, qualification in SS Ruuhimäki, jumps near the end of the stage. On Friday, SS Palsankylä, huge jump near midstage. On Saturday, SS Ouninpohja, 150 jumps bloody everywhere, out of which most well-known, The Yellow House jump, at around 5 kms. Those places are no secrets and can be very crowded early on.
Hello and welcome to the forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by chosse_1
You can buy a guide from R-Kioski, which are located all over the town. The logo has blue and white stripes with ''R-Kioski'' reading on it. The rally guide is published by Vauhdin Maailma (VM on the cover of the magazine) and it includes some maps, driving instructions, entry list and also some tips about where to go.
If you want to see jumps I'd recommend you to go to the legendary Ouninpohja stage, which is driven twice on Saturday, though you might have to be there very early before the stage starts due to traffic jams. The Ruuhimäki shakedown is also a great place to see big jumps. If you want to see some show and drifting then you should go at least to Killeri super special. It's driven on Thursday evening.
Hope that helped :)
101 entries now (WRC-3 driver Parli is latest new)
From Italy:
Bertelli - Dota (Fiesta RRC) - WRC2
Bresolin - Pollet (Fiesta RRC) - WRC2
Frisiero - Peruzzi (Lancer EVO 9)
De Santis - XXX (Lancer EVO 9)
Gini - Lunardi (Subaru STi)
Campedelli - Fappani (Citroen Ds3 r3T) - WRC3
S.Tempestini - Pulpea (Skoda R2)
Wow, rumours are that Makinen will drive Al-Attiyah's Fiesta, and even Colin Clark said this on twitter: "I heard he will definitely be in a WRC car, paid for by the organisers!"
Let's see...
I'm very skeptical about this...Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear