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Strange to see how many of you predict that Tanak or Evans will fight for the win. I'd be surprised to see any other result than Kalle easily controlling and taking the win. Of course, happy to be proven wrong, it would mean this championship is not set in stone as I think it is.
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Originally Posted by focus206
Also i think many of you are forggeting Breen, if he clicks well with the new Hyundai as he has a similar driving style with Neuville, i think he may be dangerous aswell.
Let's not forget Lappi either.
Of course Rovanperä is biggest favourite but hard to predict. Tänak and Puma on snow is a big question mark, as are Lappi and Breen with the Hyundai Rally1. And then we don't know what the conditions will exactly be, will Rovanperä lose time first on the road or not.
If the conditions stay as they are right now i dont think he will lose too much on first loop, second pass tho he will lose more i think since the R5 and smaller cars ruin the tracks for Rally1 and there will be more "cleaning"Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
That's what I assume as well, and the second loop is relatively short, but it's difficult to know the exact conditions. I heard already that Brattby is more packed snow than ice so not good for Kalle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
Recce interviews https://youtu.be/6DI1Ody6sbs
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
"will be quite a drag race" so looks like toyotas will have a little edge over everyone else
And stage 2 and stage 10 not looking the best (road soft already) according to drivers but overall conditions looking good .
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Italian drivers Mauro Miele and Luciano Cobbe test their Skodas in Sweden. It seems there is enough snow this time :)
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Hey guys. Just 26 hours until closing time for Pickems tomorrow at 1900 hrs CET.
Make your Pickems for the very exciting Rally Sweden now!
Cars in service park https://youtu.be/loq6n9oxD5g
Bertelli livery looks quite ugly IMO
The Yaris has longer gearing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
Thierry Neuville @thierryneuville
Here we go for Round 2 ! Recce is done and conditions are looking ok all in all. I got sick during the pre-event test and I couldn’t work on the set-up like I would have wanted but I will try to get that right on the shakedown tomorrow.
That might help him in a weird way, considering how often he seems to start rallies with the wrong setup (before getting faster and faster)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
true but there is a chance he will screw it up during shakedown tomorrow :DQuote:
Originally Posted by er88
No - ditch it because the roads are really boring for the most part. You can't even compare the roads here to the ones around Karlstad and Torsby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
The championship calendar isn't going to expand to 16/18/20+ races like F1, yet the WRC needs to visit new markets (Canada/ USA/ Middle east/China etc etc and historical events like Argentina and UK will hopefully want back in soon enough as well).
I only mentioned Canada because they have 2 current events held on snow + it adds a new market for the WRC.
Sweden has been a heritage event with great stages for decades, and its a real shame we have lost that due to lack of snow. However this new event won't be missed in the same way and it is replaceable. I'm not meaning to offend Swedes or people who travel to Sweden regularly for this rally, but I can't be the only one who thinks these stages lack character. If it wasn't for it being a winter wonderland it wouldn't even be considered WRC standard. It was a panic move.
Driver interviews. Lappi sounds so down already while Breen sounds way more confident
https://youtu.be/oAHfEy1SZLk
Interesting comments from Neuville about the route.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Pretty much conforming what's been said here (& in your route preview if I'm not mistaken), pretty (for the most part) boring stages. I wonder if the reason why the cars don't have Umeå written on the side of them is because the organizers of the rally know we won't be here for much longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
You wrote exactly in my words. This was a panic move and which municipality was ready to pay more in a rush - it was nothing about the rally, just business....Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
The first 9km of Botsmark is closed due to ice falling from the windmills i was told by the recce marshall, there's 1 or 2 close to the road..
So since 2017 Toyota has won all Rally Sweden events apart 2018 when Thierry won
Thierry, Ott, Kalle and Elfyn have all won the event once since 2017 and Ott also won the Arctic in 2021
Let’s see who will win this year
Different winners every year since 2016: Ogier, Latvala, Neuville, Tänak, Evans and Rovanperä. Will it continue like that?
Funny how different people hear different things 😃 I actually thought it was just sort of Lappi being Lappi? While on the otherhand I thought Breen sounded a bit flatter than usual, even before the M-Sport questions. He is almost always positive and smiling but I thought it just wasn't quite as convincing this time for some reason. Really hope he has a good weekend because his confidence must be not far off of rock bottom at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Also while the podcast can be quite annoying at times, credit where its due, Clark/Dirtfish are good at these types of interviews
Yeah agreed, some decent questions thrown in from Colin Clark. Not the usual wrc tv questions we get that are so samey or very, very safe. The reporters aren't paid to be drivers best mates or tippy toe around them. Sometimes you have to ask questions that a driver might not like or get irked by (Clark asking Breen about Msport, and specifically about comments made regarding "how Msport now have a winning driver" /asking why Breen felt he had to end the 2yr deal, etc. Or last season when Clark kept pushing Thierry and Hyundai about the lack of team orders in Greece).Quote:
Originally Posted by Corcaíoch
CC should've rephrased his questions about the rally being too fast though. The speed isn't the issue the drivers have which he should've picked up, it's the long long straights and lack of proper driveable/interesting corners.
To be fair Lappi being Lappi usually sounds down like that, Happy Lappi is a rare occasion. Guess he is just a Finn :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Corcaíoch
It’s not just how his mood is
There isn’t confidence in his answers at all and says the the same thing what Ott said in betsafe interview that the car starts to surprise when you push it
I wish him the best and hope there isn’t problems for him during the rally
He is one of my favorite characters in the series and it’s sad to see his confidence so low in the beginning of the season already.
He has great comments, but something must be slightly wrong in the head of a guy that leaves Toyota while they are dominant on his own... two times!
I think Lappi is making little gestures like coughing, touching his face and blinking which kinda hints that he's not comfortable answering the question. But I might be reading into it because I had read EstWRC's comment before watching the video.
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
Okay, i now get what you are saying after watching this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHfEy1SZLk&t=1559s
Lappi looks like he is about to cry
Poor getaway by ott? Or just trying to find better traction?
Nevermind, time is good
Ott "this is probably the best stage of the rally" :D
Stage starting to get quicker after first 3 cars
It has to be cleaning a lot
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Originally Posted by er88
It obviously gets quicker with every car not only after 3rd lol
Not the only one to share this opinionQuote:
Originally Posted by er88
Are the organizers the same as for Karlstad area event or new team for new area who cant plan and make more interesting stages, or are the roads boring in that new area in general?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndersX
Well technically, its not even part of the rallyQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I know its only Shakedown, but amazing speed by Oliver 3s Faster than Veiby and Teemu, both guys who should know how to drive on snow