WRC Rally Sweden 2020

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Dirtfish report
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/t...-rally-sweden/

[HKSjbg]

So long as no one needs to go to hospital they'll be fine
[Hit the speech button on the translation if you don't know]
https://translate.google.com/#view=h...&text=hospital

Ah, skälvklart 😁 When I asked my Svensk friends why they call ice cream ‘glass’ not ‘is-grädde’ they said why do you call it ‘hospital’ not ‘sick house’ 😅

[BleAivano]

Time to move north or another country to guarantee a snow rally ?

I should say Östersund or Umeå.

Both are big enough cities hosting the rally. No lack of snow and absoulutely stunning stagematerial. (Östersund doesn´t really compete with Åre on hotelbeds)

I agree. Both also have have good connections with Stockholm by air and train. Umeå is a quit large city (130'000 in the municipality) while Östersund is about half the size of Umeå and quite a bit smaller then Karlstad.
Östersund is a bit closer to Stockholm by car and mighty attract more spectators from Norway. Umeå might attract less Norwegians but more Finnish spectators with the ferry between Umeå and Vasa (Finland).
Umeå probably have more hotels/restaurants in the actual city while Östersund probably have hotels in the vicinity although many of those are more skiing resorts.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Do either of the places mentioned above already have rallies in the nearby forests ?

[denkimi]

If roads are soft and wet, the area will look like a Battle of Bulge after the rally.
If the roads are at least frozen, then no harm will done and studs can be used. On gravel.

Are those gravel roads or earth roads?

If they are gravel, i don't see why they would be more destroyed than on any other gravel rally.

[tommeke_B]

If they are gravel, i don't see why they would be more destroyed than on any other gravel rally.

Maybe you also don't see that other gravel rallies are not driven with studded tires.

[BleAivano]

Time to move north or another country to guarantee a snow rally ?

Are those gravel roads or earth roads?

If they are gravel, i don't see why they would be more destroyed than on any other gravel rally.

In the summer on dry hard roads I would agree but there is a reason that no rallies in Sweden are driven on soaked defrosted gravel roads. The roads are too soft and thus also undriveable.

[Tauri_J]

Maybe you also don't see that other gravel rallies are not driven with studded tires.

And during winter.

[BleAivano]

Do either of the places mentioned above already have rallies in the nearby forests ?

Yes Umeå/Vännas has a Swedish championship round at the end of this month. Östersund have hosted Swedish championship round in previous years.

Some road pics from Vännäs area.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/4700...0057328134079/

[AnttiL]

Are those gravel roads or earth roads?

If they are gravel, i don't see why they would be more destroyed than on any other gravel rally.

Ask the organizers of Hankiralli 1990. They went bankrupt afterwards. They should have done like Rally Sweden the same year.