Neste Rally Finland 2017

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Originally Posted by dimviii

We know that you are a Meeke hater.And we are TIRED to listen you about him.

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The big difference is that last year the road order on Saturday was same as on Friday, so Breen and other late starters benefited from that.

Breen (moved 2 places) and the other drivers that were close to their competitors on Friday and moved up/closed small gaps, like Østberg, Tanak and Paddon.
Meeke had good gap from friday and the differences vs Latvala on Saturday were too big to be only due to road postion.
Why do you have to see Meeke in everything I wonder.

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Originally Posted by jonkka

Which is not in the rules as a written hard limit - it's arbitrary as per FIA's recommendation case by case.

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Yet they cancelled the Sweden SS after 137 km/h average on first run.

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Originally Posted by mknight

Yet they cancelled the Sweden SS after 137 km/h average on first run.

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Point exactly, recommendation comes after the fact, not beforehand because there is no limit in the rules.

Exactly, unlike in lower levels WRC has no explicit average speed limit. It's up to the FIA stewards to decide whether such stage is safe or not.

https://www.ewrc-results.com/video/2...ijala-crashes/

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Originally Posted by BigWorm

Neuville is an asphalt driver (...)

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Honestly, it doesn’t make sense to still label Neuville as an asphalt driver. He started on it (like Ogier) but he’s in top level WRC since ’12 and has proven can be equally fast both on gravel and on tarmac. Hopefully this year title will be decided on Rally Australia last stage (fingers crossed) but Neuville has been the fastest guy around (more overall wins and SS’s wins) and Ogier recent results are showing he’s only at the front because of Neuville early season mistakes.

Btw, 3 Toy’s in the first 3 places: who would dream about it? Well done TGR!

Seven-tenths slower than Latvala on stage and the gap between them widens to 8.5sec. "I was fast and the time is bad. I can't understand it. I was fully on the limit and had no moments. That's why I am surprised the is so bad."

Maybe it's because Latvala has 10 years experience more than you Esapekka? Take that second place which is gold at your 4th event in a WRC.

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

but Neuville has been the fastest guy around (more overall wins and SS’s wins) and Ogier recent results are showing he’s only at the front because of Neuville early season mistakes.

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First part is exactly so - in the past seasons Ogier has led all statistics (wins, podiums, points, stage wins, stages in rally lead) with handsome lead. This season same honor rests at Neuville's lap or, at worse, he's tied with Ogier.

Red Bull began chatting live with Gronholm, cars should appear soon too.

https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1Q84G...y-championship

very smooth excursion by Tanak.