[WRC] Rally Finland 2013

[pettersolberg29]

Where's Bouffier??

Anyone got any idea why Bouffier isn't present? His WRC3 drive looks a bit pointless now he's missed Monte and Finland.

[Arska]

Ok so there's almost a hundred entries. Is it possible to still update the list even though the time is up?

[Teme]

Ok so there's almost a hundred entries. Is it possible to still update the list even though the time is up?

At least Pajunen just appeared to the entry list. With Fiesta S2000. Tamrazov has entered with S2000 too, but the team has only one left now. Let's see if Tamrazov wants to drive himself or does he let Pajunen drive.

[vkangas]

Ok so there's almost a hundred entries. Is it possible to still update the list even though the time is up?

It seems that the time was extended from 6 to 8 pm.

[pucky54]

At least Pajunen just appeared to the entry list. With Fiesta S2000. Tamrazov has entered with S2000 too, but the team has only one left now. Let's see if Tamrazov wants to drive himself or does he let Pajunen drive.

Tamrazov has 1 Fiesta WRC and 3 Fiesta Super 2000 (he bought the third one just before Sardegna), one of them is written off now, so still two available for him and Pajunen and the WRC for PG

[Teme]

Tamrazov has 1 Fiesta WRC and 3 Fiesta Super 2000 (he bought the third one just before Sardegna), one of them is written off now, so still two available for him and Pajunen and the WRC for PG

Okay, this is good news

[Kielder]

Tahko will drive another Mini WRC again:

[Hartusvuori]

Looking at the registered entries as of now I'm both pleased and dissappointed at the same time. 14 WRCs is not much, but then again on another, if you take the driver pictured above out, we have a bunch of drivers that all can do top 6 stage times I firmly believe. It won't be good for the fight for victory, that's decided with other guys, but it should be fun for positions five to ten. Still, I hope that there would be 3-4 WRCs in the list when the first FIA stamped list comes out. For example, of last years regulars, where are Ketomaa and Rantanen, perhaps some plans there.

What I'm most pleased about is of course Hänninen's entry. I hope he gets it clean and shows what he's capable of. This is it now for Juho. Good to get comfirmation for Lappi's entry too. A little comfort. It'll nice see how it goes especially with him and Paddon, add to that Kubica, Pajunen, Evans, Kruuda. Juha Salo in TMR Subaru should be speed measurement for the rest like always. And how will Lukyanuk perform in his Finnish debut? Out of the new guys, this is definitely the one I will wait the most.

Out of 2WD crews, I would like to see Bouffier in there too. Vainionpää has shown good pace in FRC last year and this year too, so how he does in R3T is nice to see (is that Vihma's car?). He won't get it easy with Chardonnet and Gilbert in the race. Nice to Cronin in action after a while. R2s have some nice names too as an extra to the usuals, Kinnunen for example. But where is Joonas Lindroos? At the start of the season this was in his talks, but...?

So, after staring at the list for a while and some heavy pondering, I've decided I might go this year too.

EDIT: Meeke! I forgot Meeke. It's decided. I will go.

[Arska]

But where are Ari Könönen and Mikko Lehti, who both "promised" to drive NORF this year?

[WUff1]

Anyone got any idea why Bouffier isn't present? His WRC3 drive looks a bit pointless now he's missed Monte and Finland.

Probably lack of sponsors ...

EDIT: His Citroen Top Driver ambitions seem senseless, if he isn´t able to start.