WRC Promotional event Shell Helix Rally Estonia

[EstWRC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Tt_6-v244

[EstWRC]

TOP5 fastest stage win average speeds in @RallyEstonia all by @OttTanak

SS14 141,4 km/h
SS8 138.8 km/h
SS6 135.2 km/h
SS10 132.1 km/h
SS12 132 km/h


credit https://twitter.com/AnttiL_WRC/statu...40598245191680

[AnttiL]

I want to see some onboards. Judging by the recce video of SS14 you need lower gears than 6 only in the two junction turns. Did any of the forest stages have chicanes?

[mknight]

As I wrote before if Estonia aims to be a WRC rally at some point these kind of avg. speeds will never go past FIA.

Can something be done with the stages that does not involve chicanes?

[Indreq]

I believe these speeds are partly to lure wrc teams to participate - all of them have had enough opportunities to practice slow stuff, now they needed to test fast roads for Finland. So fast roads they were provided. I am sure that if actual wrc event even becomes a topic, then organizers can easily bring speeds down just enough to match requirements.

[Sulland]

Drivers issue i guess. Lets go of gas too early.

[Franky]

I believe these speeds are partly to lure wrc teams to participate - all of them have had enough opportunities to practice slow stuff, now they needed to test fast roads for Finland. So fast roads they were provided. I am sure that if actual wrc event even becomes a topic, then organizers can easily bring speeds down just enough to match requirements.

Think Aava mentioned in some interview that they'd like to create more of those big spectator zones, where the cars are on a twistier section. Those areas would also work in favour of average speed reduction.

[Indreq]

That would be actually interesting to see what kind of challenges could be invented for drivers on these artificial sections? Banked roads, negative camber switching to positive and back, loooooong bend with ever tightening radius - basically spiral, with bridge leading out from center etc - of course it is easy to go silly with these artificial things but then on stages which are otherwise boring, could use some (artificial) fun somewhere thrown in. And of course - much easier to manage spectators in such place.
Just thinking, i know it is terribly expensive to become widespread practice :P

[KKS]

As I wrote before if Estonia aims to be a WRC rally at some point these kind of avg. speeds will never go past FIA.

Can something be done with the stages that does not involve chicanes?

Estonia, as Latvia, it's a country with a thousands roads for special stages. If organizers want - they can use roads a bit far from service what ever configuration you want. Yep it still be fast, but not that blind fast as SS14. It's not as they have one stage and must deal with it.

[dimviii]