Hi guys, planning another trip to spain and notice the location of the shakedown stage is unconfirmed, anybody know where its likely to be or when it will be announced?
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Hi guys, planning another trip to spain and notice the location of the shakedown stage is unconfirmed, anybody know where its likely to be or when it will be announced?
Hello to everyone.
Firts time I am going to Catalunya for the WRC.
Could someone recommend good spots, if possible with videos, to watch the rally?
Thank you so much.
Loeb and Sordo with Neuville : https://twitter.com/HMSGOfficial/sta...558917121?s=19
It was pretty much in the cards since Loeb didn't drive Germany. Only way that could change was if Mikkelsen was much faster in Germany than Sordo.
The big question here is if Hyundai will introduce some changes to the tarmac car to suit Loeb/Mikkelsen before that. If not we might get another repeat of the terrible performance both showed in Corsica/Germany.
Neuville's performance in Germany was far from terrible...
Maybe you should read what I wrote one more time.
I am saying that Loeb (on Corsica) and Mikkelsen (in Germany) had terrible performance cause the tarmac car doesn't suit them.
If Hyundai doesn't actually change the car to suit them it won't matter much which one of them drives. The problem is that Hyundai does not have much reason to do that as long as Neuville and Sordo do well, they might even risk making the car worse for Neuville/Sordo to if they make it suit Loeb/Mikkelsen more.
Why changing the car. Can't they just setup the each car for their liking? OK the setup have a room for improvements but altogether they will not ruin it for others (I mean Neuville-Sordo). And if it's unproven that Loeb-Mikkelsen are not making results with ''best setup'' they have a job to do to find setup that would make something out of it. I mean We are talking about nine time wdc champion and a three time wrc event winner. I guess they have a little bit of knowledge now after so many years in wrc.
It seems they can't setup the car for the "smooth" driving style for some reason. But it is also true that until this summer it didn't look like they invested any serious effort to it. First with the two testing tarmac rallies for Loeb there seems to be some will to change things. Whether things actually change is another question.
They can't make drastic changes without homologation jokers, and that's always irreversible, so it could potentially take away the speed Neuville and Sordo have now. Citroen might have done the same to their tarmac speed (or then they've spent their effort on gravel and all the other teams have gotten better on tarmac)
whats the best car hire company to go with form Barcelona Airport?
Sunday itinerary changed. La Mussara is now the power stage, and it's driven in the opposite direction.
Where did you find it's driven in the oposite direction?
In rallyracc web doesn't tell nothing about changing the direction.
It's visible here : http://www.rallyracc.com/2019/descargas/etapa3.pdf
I believe things like this can be requested by the tv crew in order to get better sceneries for their shots and better terrain for making a live broadcast.
When run in this direction, La Mussara has a super fast ending section. Maybe they will cut that shorter as well, because 20 km is quite lot for a power stage these days.
Does anyone know the last time that the La Mussara stage ran?
Who can we all expect to enter?
So far Citroen - Ogier & Lappi, Ford - Evans & Suninen, Hyundai - Neuville, Loeb & Sordo, Toyota - Tanak, Meeke, Latvala, Katsuta.
https://www.rally-maps.com/Rally-de-...019/La-Mussara
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Tuesday 22nd Of October flight from Helsinki to BCN and then by car to Salou with my wife and son. Back 29th. A good holiday and Rally!
Second time in Salou and looking forward again!
This year will be my second RACC. I'll leave Nice after work, and then 7 hours of highway...
Whats story with rally passes etc for this rally?
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No Passes required in Spain .
http://www.rallyracc.com/2019/en/acceso_tramos.html
Also looking forward to my first Rally Catalunya this year.
Same here, going for the first time. I also combine a vacation with my family and a rally.
anybody planned their viewing for the Saturday stages yet?
Entry will close today 2PM
Route preview http://itgetsfasternow.com/2019/10/0...atalunya-2019/
Mostly same as last year, except no Barcelona super special, new beginning section and new title Horta-Bot on second gravel stage and reversed La Mussara as the power stage instead of Santa Marina. Three stages have remained from 1993, the first time the rally went to Tarragona area in WRC.
Also Jan Solans already in R5 Fiesta
http://www.rallyracc.com/2019/descargas/inscritos.pdf
with my iMac this one is easier to read, ewrc has good one also.