WRC-Neste Oil Rally Finland 2012

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Originally Posted by AMSS

On my way back home. 10 stages behind us. What's there to say, Citroen has again found something interesting as the are visibly less sideways than the Fords at least all stages we were at.

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I heard Citroën uses very different differential settings to Ford but I don't know anything detailed. I think Mikko also said something like that after first DS3 tests.

I think it applies also for asphalt. From slow hairpins Citroëns exit straight with almost no powersliding.

Loeb awesome again... best driver ever?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Loeb awesome again... best driver ever?

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yes...by far.

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Originally Posted by bttmsport

unbelievable 13th place of Nikara brothers (aged Evo9, tyre brand Y... beating the whole S2000 group in some stages)

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I think that according to WRC regulations he could not use Yokohama tyres but only DMack or Michelin.

The tyres on the photo are without color logo which Yokohama ones have. Although the tread is very similar looking for both Michelin and Yokohama I would say it's Michelin what he was using...

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2012/wrc/fin/DSC_9666.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I heard Citroën uses very different differential settings to Ford but I don't know anything detailed. I think Mikko also said something like that after first DS3 tests.

I think it applies also for asphalt. From slow hairpins Citroëns exit straight with almost no powersliding.

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"smart" differentials? Is there electronics like ESP or something?

No, it's purely mechanical and there's no centre diff at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmMnauT-ReE

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Originally Posted by RAS007

Is it just me, or was this a really short rally? Glancing through the stage lengths, with the exception of the last 2 stages, the average stage length seems to be about 12kms. That seems ridiculous to me. I know Loeb is against returning to longer, endurance type rallies (ie: the true nature and original intent of the sport), but these stages are so short, you might as well be racing round a circuit.

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Yes, ridicolously short. The roads in finland are great, servicepark good. But to say it is the best WRC Rally the way it is organized now...

All WRC rallies have their special charasteristics and there is no way Rally Finland should be an endurance event - there are better ones for that. Rally Finland has always been known as tight high speed event, "the gravel grand prix", not an endurance event. It's great that WRC series has a variety of different type of events.

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Originally Posted by vkangas

All WRC rallies have their special charasteristics and there is no way Rally Finland should be an endurance event - there are better ones for that. Rally Finland has always been known as tight high speed event, "the gravel grand prix", not an endurance event. It's great that WRC series has a variety of different type of events.

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I'd like to disagree. The rally is around 100km shorter than it used to be, and that's compared with 2003. I agree with what K. Sohlberg said on the radio that the rally needs to return to the old format of 3 days and have 50-70% of new stages because the current ones have been used for ten years. Different directions and different bits, but still the same roads.