But Szombathely roads lead almost all the time straight ahead ;) Sorry, just joking. I'm looking forward to his performance, he is spectacular to watch :)
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But Szombathely roads lead almost all the time straight ahead ;) Sorry, just joking. I'm looking forward to his performance, he is spectacular to watch :)
OK, I say it some other way then. :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
He was a Group N champion in 2005. Last year, he was participating only 3 rally. In Miskolc and Fehérvár he was leading the Group N class, but he retired because of technical problem. On the Veszprém Rally he was leading the race with a Focus WRC, but he got a puncture. :(
Privet Alex,Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Nakhapetov
Problem is a new legislation, from june 1, 2007, not exist Fast Visa for Russia (from Italy) .... and we don't have necessary time for that....
I have tried but I think not possible to leave for me.
Last weekend Evgeny Novikov won Viru rally in Estonia in N4 class. At the 1st two super-specials in the town he lost 3+4 sec, as he told me after the rally "The road coming through the small streets was very nice, and I run in nice way for spectators" - but he was only 8th in the 1st day evening. And on the 2nd day he started winning second by second from Marko Martin's team drivers Egon Kaur and Rainer Aus (they run at the same top-N4 Subarus Spec C N 12) - and he won! 30 seconds at the finish of the rally!
It was very nice rally to look on.
At rally Russia Novikov will drive the same Subaru Impreza Spec C N12, and it is very interesting to see how this 16-years old pilot will fight with S2000!
Could 16-years pilot win IRC stage on N4 car? I think if YES, then we see new World Champion birth! :)
It;s not OFF: Congratulations from Russia to all rally journalists - today, July 2, is International Day of Sport Journalist! (By the way, marks from 1924 - when in Paris the International Assiciation of Sports Press was founded).
Best wishes and... "show must go on"! :)
No more entries since several days ??? :confused:
Why so?
http://www.rallyrussia.com/info/spisok2-07.xls
69 teams for today.
OK, and what are the roads on rally distance?
I can show you some pictures from 2006 Vyborg rally (the same special stages as this year):
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/c....php?cat_id=85
and 2005 rally Vyborg:
http://rallyrusmedia.com/gall000/cat....php?cat_id=90
and again 2005
http://rallyrusmedia.com/gall000/cat....php?cat_id=86
And in 2005 there was 3-car crash:
http://rallyrusmedia.com/gall000/cat....php?cat_id=85
Thank you!
Thanks for the photos Alex!
The roads look interesting, are they very rough?
The roads are quite rough. Many stones on the roads. Some drivers say it is a russian Acropolis, though I doubt it.
The roads are very "3-D" at most of the distance and the quality of the pacenotes is vital here.
My last time at those roads finished with a big rock just on my pace after a crest, so I just could not avoid the impact. The sump was broken and we had to stop.
The tyre choice is also very important as the soft compound will lead to a high risk of puncture and hard compound will make the roads very slippery.
It is a really challenging rally and I am very excited to compare the russian drivers to the european ones on these roads.