Rally Finland 2011

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Originally Posted by Singulus

Anyone noticed that Sordo outpaced Meeke on 4 of 6 stages so far? It wasn't something I personally expected ... not that Danny is a mediocre driver but there were predictions that he'll be 'destroyed' by Meeke. I guess the experience Sordo has helps a lot, I'm not sure how many times Kris has participated in Rally Finland before.

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Who predicted that?

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Originally Posted by wrc1600

Who predicted that?

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Well I did, Sordo is a fast driver and he has done wery well her in Finland last 3 years..

Therman´s Mini.

http://yle.fi/ecepic/neon3/archive/0...an_423023b.jpg

Tanak's commentary via Estonian news portal, rough translation - "i made few mistakes early on, so i eased up a bit. next stages should be more comfortable for me, no problems."

Really excellent times by Hanninen. It is surprising how good times they are putting in on such a high speed rally with the S2000 cars.

There must be something in the customer Fiesta spec being detuned. Ketomaa is barely faster this year with the WRCar than he was with the S2000 last year.

As for Meeke/Sordo I am surprised how close Meeke is to Sordo here with his lack of experience on what is quite a specialised rally.

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Originally Posted by rubla

Tanak's commentary via Estonian news portal, rough translation - "i made few mistakes early on, so i eased up a bit. next stages should be more comfortable for me, no problems."

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That was after SS4, but he has lost more time on the next two stages. But OK, his speed is very good still and it's problably wiser to drive more comfortable speeds and not to crash.

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Originally Posted by Miika

Therman´s Mini.

http://yle.fi/ecepic/neon3/archive/0...an_423023b.jpg

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Looks quite bad, but fortunately he is so called "gentleman driver" with funds enough to pay car´s restauration!
By the way, do you think that Kimi could also called gentleman driver because he is obiviously paying his driving from his own pocket?
My opinion is that first he must visit a barber shop.

now that everyone is pushing we see some normal times again.....Latvala controls the rally and if nothing serious happens i think he is going to win it relatively easy tommorow. The times rom hirvonen show that the citroen drivers cannot match the speed of the locals no matter what.

Hanninen is doing a very good job once again, now in front of Ott Tanak. Very interesting battle between those two and beating a lot of WRC drivers, including five year wonderboy Matt Wilson.

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Originally Posted by Barreis

It's lookin' good for Loeb on championship standings. Hirvonen is 15th and this rally was his chance to catch Loeb.

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Mmmmh...you mean last chance for FORD to beat Citroën this season :confused: