Rally Sweden 2022

[Rallyper]

All respect for PG Andersson, he was a top WRC driver, who had his peak at the wrong moment (when nearly all manufacturers left). But for me it would be surprising if he can fight against guys like Mikkelsen and Gryazin who are spending time in a rally car pretty much every week.

I said podium, not win...

[AnttiL]

Route preview

https://itgetsfasternow.com/2022/01/...y-sweden-2022/

Could this be the fastest WRC event ever? The stages look mostly very fast with long straights, and there's not a proper super special to slow down either. Of course it will depend on the conditions as well...

[ouvreur]

Excellent work as always! Only one thing, for SS1/4, I think the street view camera needs to be rotated 180 degrees?

[EstWRC]

thanks Antti, great work as usual.

i think theres also a bigger chance to see more mistakes from drivers, the roads are unknown and also the cars. M-sport and Hyundai will have only 1 test day per driver before the event. Toyota already did their test but im 100% sure they will do more.

[AnttiL]

Excellent work as always! Only one thing, for SS1/4, I think the street view camera needs to be rotated 180 degrees?

Thanks and thanks for the correction, indeed it is the wrong way Fixed now!

[AnttiL]

thanks Antti, great work as usual.

i think theres also a bigger chance to see more mistakes from drivers, the roads are unknown and also the cars. M-sport and Hyundai will have only 1 test day per driver before the event. Toyota already did their test but im 100% sure they will do more.

I think the test they did was their "Sweden test day" allocation since it was outside their normal test area, at least for Elfyn and Kalle.

[AnttiL]

I did some calculations and estimations and I think it won't be the fastest WRC event ever...maybe 123 km/h though. Difficult to estimate when conditions make a huge difference and we have completely new cars.

[MTA]

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Sorry, this image was from Lima and not Umeå.

[BleAivano]

Snow depth this morning. Forecasts says another 20 mm of precipitation is expected this week in the area (and 1 mm of of precipitation is equivalent of 1-3 cm of new snow)
but to stay a bit conservative side maybe 10-15 cm at least. The winter has been very mild so far, very few longer stretches of very cold weather.
However I think that means good road conditions with solid ice base, but someone more local can perhaps give a more detailed report?

[Myrvold]

It's not that much more snow than what it is around the planned 2021 route.
With the rally moving north, they are also needing quite a few new people running the event in 2023 if they keep it there. Many of the ones who have done it for years in the previous area are only doing it due to their contract this year.