Thread: WRC event Rally Estonia 2020
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23rd August 2020, 20:11 #221
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23rd August 2020, 21:52 #222
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24th August 2020, 04:22 #223
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24th August 2020, 04:27 #224
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PGrally video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQv...ature=youtu.be
#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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24th August 2020, 06:24 #225
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I actually heard the interview and this is interpreted wrongly or at least one word is left out which was "the most competitive rally I've ever had here (in Estonia)". Which was a direct shot against Urmo Aava and his RE team.
The he went on to say "everybody in Estonia including Rally Estonia crew tried to shut this rally down. Good rally without these fancy concerts. The organizers have worked hard for this rally." And then he went on to compare the different budgets of these 2 rallies (RE and RedGrey Rally).
It's well known fact that before RE got WRC status there was a meeting in Auto24 Ring where Ott confronted Urmo in a big way in front of a 80-90 people and I think he was right to do that as Urmo was undermining the planned Dirtfish rally by trying to convince the local landowners to forbid the use of their roads.
The hatchet still is not buried and I doubt it ever will as seen by this weekend.
Here's the original story, one can us a google translate if interested: https://sport.delfi.ee/news/auto/lou...de?id=90817769Last edited by cali; 24th August 2020 at 09:16.
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24th August 2020, 07:59 #226
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Rally was awesome - not too crowded, easy to spectate, in compacted area etc.
But aftertaste from "Lõuna-Eesti Rally team" vs "Rally Estonia team" is bitter. If Tänak-Märtin-Gross(?) will not co-operate with Aava-Hõbe-... (and vice-versa) then we can see some weird shit in the future also. Like originally cancelled Rally Estonia 2020 and working against South-Estonia Rally. That's really sad.
From South-Estonia rally itself - most of the thinks were kind of as expected:
* Tänak was fast
* Rovanperä was fast and fastest Toyota
* Really nice and intense fight in R5 category
Not that expected:
* Neuville just can not handle really fast roads (or had some technical or setup issues). When others went quite straight and smooth from really fast "curve", then Neuville was there side-ways.
* Lappi was too much off the pace but here we clearly don't know, how much it's caused by rental-car and how much driving
Clad that Evans-Martin didn't have any injuries from that crash and hopefully he can get some better emotion from this year Rally Estonia (back injury from last year Rally Estonia, crash in South-Estonia Rally).
Have you ever had some random national rally with this line-up?
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24th August 2020, 08:16 #227
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24th August 2020, 08:31 #228
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24th August 2020, 08:39 #229
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I did not expect that Ott would beat the Toyotas, actually anyone of them.
And these roads are not for Thierry, just another proof in the long run.
And it's rather early to make any conclusions based on this rally alone. Even though these rallies are quite close to each other, roads in RE are slightly different and still this was a testing event, not the real one.
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24th August 2020, 08:45 #230
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I made pickems for RE on a Finnish forum already before LE Rally and I put Tänak as the winner. In fact the whole top 6 that I put there was same as LE Rally overall after SS4...
It's true that this testing event is like a long shakedown, you might try setups, techniques etc, warm up or go for it at 100%. Impossible to make conclusions.
I haven't watched all onboards from LE Rally but based on what I've seen, LE Rally is closer to Rally Finland with more crests and crests over bends, RE is closer to Rally Poland with more flat terrain and longer straight sections. Of course both rallies have both kind of sections, but in different percentages.
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I suspect that if FIA continues down this route, then Hyundai won't need to develop a new car, because they won't be in the WRC> It really is a stupid strategy of the FIA to spend more money on...
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