Can someone of the Finnish members tell me where I can find wifi along the route of the rally? Maybe Neste stations? Kiitos
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Can someone of the Finnish members tell me where I can find wifi along the route of the rally? Maybe Neste stations? Kiitos
Nice photos, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
Maybe some Neste stations sell those but like some others told earlier best place to find those is R-kioski. You can find those almost every city.Quote:
Originally Posted by General Prim
Kiitos!
Rene Kuipers off @ Recce today :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4VwE...&feature=share
Guys,
Here's my preview for Rally Finland. There's a very obvious mistake in there which i apologise in advance for!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJhraca730
Good Preview.
Great work from Colin again, nice preview of Rally Finland. Can't wait to get it started. ;)
Great work from Colin again, nice preview of Rally Finland. Can't wait to get it started. ;)
Nice job Colin...thanks :up:
a bit embarrassing spinning in the recce and at low speed
Not embarrasing at all, that corner is a very very tricky one. Information from the forest tells that nearly all crews stopped after that corner to fine tune their notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
At what Friday's stage is this place?Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
hope no one crashes in the rally there then!
Some more footage of Joonas Lindroos testing the VW Skoda, plus thoughts ahead of the rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rM9OgqOS0
(Team has said to him that the mileage done is more important than the result, but a Finn in Finland can´t drive like a wilslow so we´ll see)
Can You give a short summary of what he said?
About the rally, he said he didn´t really believe that VW would choose him for this test event, since there were "whole bunch of others waiting in line". And he says that the result of this rally has a big impact on what the future will look like for him, but then again the bosses from VW have underlined that he has to bring the car to the finish. And they also want him to progress during the rally, the stage times have to improve as the event goes on. But they don´t expect him to beat Hänninen or Tänak, so no such pressures on him.
Thanks. Now I'm going to pack. My plane leaves at 6 a.m. :)
Have a nice trip Mirek!
About weather, now it looks Thursday will be mostly dry, but Friday definitely some rain in the south. Thunderstorms are possible since temperature will stay around and above 25c during the days.
Interesting to look at the Pickems. Generally people seem to rate Ketomaa much lower than Rantanen. I'm expecting Ketomaa to fight for the podium. Even for the win if some top guys hit trouble. In my opinion there is no question that Ketomaa is faster than Rantanen with equal machinery. He is also the only top driver in WRC who knows the friday stages like his pockets.
Me too! Yes, he is faster and also Fiesta is better than Mini. Rantanen knows also the friday stages and his knowledge is better than Ketomaa´s, because he lives in Lammi region. It is time to beat top five drivers, but top three or close to podium is also enough to secure his future...Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Rantanen has used his chances to show at NORF brilliantly last years. If only there would have been more teams, he surely was under consideration. Ketomaa is pure fire. Tell's something about his attitude ( or sense of humour ;) ) when he said couple of years ago with that old Subaru that he aims for podium and anything below that is a disappointment :D
I personally think that Ketomaa is the best we have to offer for work teams :up: He is crazyfast !!!
I really don't know what to expect from Ketomaa. I know he is fast in Finland, but is he fast enough to challenge the Citroens? I don't know why, but I feel like he isn't (but I hope I'm wrong!)
Rantanen is fast in Finland too, he was pretty fast with the Focus last years, but now he drives a Mini so it's not easy to say how fast he will be.
Oh well, I can't wait for the start of the rally! :)
What about s2000 competitors? I d like to listen some predictions from our Fin mates.
I'm expecting a tough battle between Hänninen and Tänak. Lindroos most likely to take it pretty easy because of the "must get to the finish" orders. I'm expecting Brynildsen and Kruuda to provide "small surprises" when the rally progresses. Nothing big though.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
From three to five S2000s ending up upside down in Finnish forests.
Lindroos is fast and has fresh experience of these roads but after hearing too many times from different sources that he "must finish the rally" I'll thing he's going to take it quite easy in the beginning. My money on Hänninen, he seems to have "Loeb-like" speed reserve always available when needed which is a sign of a world class driver.
Juha Salo could provide a surprise with his Evo R4. There's not many guys in the world who match his speed with Evo. In Rally Estonia's fast roads we saw that Ketomaa was able to match Prokop's s2000 times with his R4 for the short amount of time it held together.
Nice Lindroos analysis Juha! ;)
I don't think Ford will let Ketomaa fight for a podium place, instead the Ford's are in the first 2 places. I hope so though. About Rantanen, I don't think his car is good enough to fight for top 6.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Let's see!
What about Andreas?
For WRC, I think it's so hard to predict. Ogier or JML to win, but Mikko, Loeb, Solberg all in the fight. Ketomaa is fast, but he has to finish the rally!
I had lengthy discussions about the rally and I realised I haven't said it in here.
This year Ogier will either win or crash.
So who is going to be faster,Hanninen or Tanak?
LOL, I forgot him totally. Clearly when talking about the rally for 3+ hours nonstop, I tend to forget some things. If he has received same orders as Lindroos, he'll be most probably take it easy. Should be somewhere around 2nd-4th in SWRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
Hänninen for sure, but I don't know have they fully sorted out EVO2's "problems" on gravel. If not, then Tänak might win SWRC. Watching Tänak's test footage, he's definately not lacking any attacking. But I'll believe Juho will show how it's done.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Mas vazeis diskola vradiatika! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Gooooooo Juho!!! :)
Yeah I have to agree about Ogier, win it or bin it attitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Tanak looked fast in the testing video, maybe he was oversteering the car alittle too much?
Hope you guys are excited! Wish I was in Finalnd, such a beautiful country and loved the atmosphere
you overestimate Ogier about his capabilities in Finland.
I sure as hell expect Ketomaa to record some top 3 stage times, even fastest times, in this rally. He has to make some kind of mark in this rally and that can only happen by humiliating the factory duo in some stages - even if the rally end upside down in the woods. If Rantanen gets top 3 times that would be totally bonkers, even if he knew friday´s stages better.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Latvala is paying $34 for the win at my betting agency!! YEAH BUDDY!
Sebastien Loeb 1.35 http://www.sportingbet.com.au/images/blank.gif
Sebastien Ogier 3.25 http://www.sportingbet.com.au/images/blank.gif
Mikko Hirvonen 6.00
http://www.sportingbet.com.au/images/blank.gifPetter Solberg 34.00 http://www.sportingbet.com.au/images/blank.gif
Jari Matti Latvala 34.00
I think Ketomaa (even more so if it's dry), will be in top3 after thursday stages, but unfortunately he will be the "Solberg of Ford" and drop down friday-saturday...