Rally Sweden 14-17 FEB 2019

[AL14]

So now Neuville is second also on glasses trendsetting lol

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So now Neuville is second also on glasses trendsetting lol

Lappi definitely beats him in the retro look.

[AnttiL]

Just had a quick look at the Historic results and 81 years old Rauno Aaltonen is in 10th place in a Mini!

That's because only 11 cars have gone through so far. After SS1 he was 39th. But kudos for still competing!

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"I'm satisfied with the morning, it went well for us," the leader of the Hyundai team told Olivier Gaspard, RTBF's special correspondent in Sweden, "We're still fighting for the victory, it could have been much worse being in second position on the road, but we drove well, we did not let go, the Toyota are going very fast again, but we're not far away. afternoon, the conditions may be a little worse for us, but we hope to stay in the fight for the victory.When the second passage in these special, we may end up on the ground often The first cars on the road will have to make the tracks, especially after the passing of the cars of the historic rally which will be passed between our two loops, that complicates the things, but it is the case each year, we know it, we have to do with it! "

Already the fastest on the stages of the Monte Carlo (only one puncture deprived him of the victory), Ott Tanak seems to be again the man to beat in Sweden ... as very often in the second half of the last season. And the many test sessions organized by his team, Toyota, are probably for something.

Each team is entitled to 42 test days during the season as well as "unlimited" testing on a test basis near their factory. The "Finnish-Japanese" team of Tommi Makinen being installed in Puuppola, about ten kilometers from Jyväskylä, high place of the Rally of Finland, it can carry out tests whenever it seems to him on ideal routes for the practice of the rally. , especially to prepare the Swedish and Finnish events. This is not the case for Hyundai Motorsport, whose factory is in Alzenau, Germany, or Citroën Racing, a team based in Satory (Versailles).

"We have already talked enough about it, the regulations allow it, but some teams do not have the possibility to choose their annual base," said Vice World Champion Hyundai Motorsport is based in Germany, and we have many opportunities It takes a small change in the rules to make it a bit more fair, and I think that Toyota has, in all, done fifteen days of testing before that event, and we, three, and their quota of 42 days of annual testing has hardly moved! "

https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...h4G6rfSN2SyB44

[Myrvold]

Rovanperä corner(and one JWRC, two Historic Kadetts and almost two more JWRC's)



Road is holding up pretty good. Looks fine for run 2.

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Tyre info - Day 1 - Afternoon All Michelin @WRC drivers with 6 MICHELIN X Ice North

[KKS]

interesting. 5tyre for loop1 and 6tyre for loop2

[TypeR]

interesting. 5tyre for loop1 and 6tyre for loop2

less ice and snow, deeper ruts and more gravel