WRC-Neste Oil Rally Finland 2012

(Partial) Hirvonen onboard from Ouninpohja 2007. One badass stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZXU0b-Vcc

So shall we regard the whole Ouninpohja-stage as PS? Isn´t PS only about 4 K? :confused:

That is not mandatory. Last year some events had long power stage as well. I think Mexico or Portugal?

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Originally Posted by Mirek

That is not mandatory. Last year some events had long power stage as well. I think Mexico or Portugal?

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Not Portugal I think. I was there and was told that only the last part of the final stage was PS. But when you say this I´m become doubtful about that as well....even though I was at the last stage also.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

That is not mandatory. Last year some events had long power stage as well. I think Mexico or Portugal?

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Indeed, the first events had a PS more than 4 kms. Then, FIA thought that it was better to be short in order to broadcast all the effort of each crew. So, FIA said that the PS should be around 4kms. In last year's Acropolis Rally, the PS was scheduled to be 11 kms, but then FIA changed it to only 4 kms for the reason I mentioned.

In Portugal last year the PS was around 30kms long.

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Not Portugal I think. I was there and was told that only the last part of the final stage was PS. But when you say this I´m become doubtful about that as well....even though I was at the last stage also.

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i don t remember a so long power stage at last year.At Acropolis it was 4 or 5 km and was part of a bigger stage.

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Originally Posted by tolis

Indeed, the first events had a PS more than 4 kms. Then, FIA thought that it was better to be short in order to broadcast all the effort of each crew. So, FIA said that the PS should be around 4kms. In last year's Acropolis Rally, the PS was scheduled to be 11 kms, but then FIA changed it to only 4 kms for the reason I mentioned.

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was this the reason,or they wanted short ones to be broadcasted by tv?

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Originally Posted by dimviii

was this the reason,or they wanted short ones to be broadcasted by tv?

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That's what I said. They wanted shorter PS in order to broadcast each crew from the beginning till the end.

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Not Portugal I think. I was there and was told that only the last part of the final stage was PS. But when you say this I´m become doubtful about that as well....even though I was at the last stage also.

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Yes, it was Portugal. 31 kms, just checked it. Loeb's winning time was over 22 minutes ;)

This is the way to go with the power stage: iconic stages that show how great rallying is. Not just 3 times around the parking lot as in Hagenau, France. I hope other organizers will follow this example.