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    Quote Originally Posted by Hartusvuori View Post
    Do I understand the train of thought here correctly: Ongoing demand for new events > Rally Swedes practically becomes a new event > ditch it because it's not the old event.
    I want new sweden every year instead of uninterested rallies in Saudi Arabia and the other shit-countries with lot of money and zero of everything else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hartusvuori View Post
    Do I understand the train of thought here correctly: Ongoing demand for new events > Rally Swedes practically becomes a new event > ditch it because it's not the old event.
    Rally Sweden becomes a new event > The new roads are not good > Demand for new snow rally which fits ongoing demand for new events

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    Quote Originally Posted by skarderud View Post
    Yeah, i think so.
    Rovanpëra and Evans too, close race all weekend i hope!
    Neuville/Hyundai's is not close sadly.
    I have to say it's nowadays impossible to predict which team/driver got the setup right or wrong and who can get the stage wins coming easily and who drives at 120% but still cannot win a stage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    I have to say it's nowadays impossible to predict which team/driver got the setup right or wrong and who can get the stage wins coming easily and who drives at 120% but still cannot win a stage.
    I was not impressed by Tänak at Otepää. Or the Tänak/Puma combination. Something is visibly off looking at the cars behaviour and Tänak's input. The late stages during darkness again were more promising so maybe they finally found something. At the beginning of the rally it was very sluggish. Though he cleaned the roads as there was overnight snowfall and in the afternoon again started to snow.

    Different conditions and roads in Umea so again very hard to tell but I predict Toyota 1-2 with maybe Evans getting the win. For Tänak at best he fights for 3rd position.

    That's my gut feeling and this what I have seen on stages so far.

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    I'm too scared to pick Tänak in my predictions, the probability of a technical fault is too high

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    Quote Originally Posted by cali View Post
    I was not impressed by Tänak at Otepää. Or the Tänak/Puma combination. Something is visibly off looking at the cars behaviour and Tänak's input. The late stages during darkness again were more promising so maybe they finally found something. At the beginning of the rally it was very sluggish. Though he cleaned the roads as there was overnight snowfall and in the afternoon again started to snow.

    Different conditions and roads in Umea so again very hard to tell but I predict Toyota 1-2 with maybe Evans getting the win. For Tänak at best he fights for 3rd position.

    That's my gutfeeling and this what I have seen on stages so far.

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    I think it was because of the fresh snow like you said.

    The afternoon stages looked better and Martin said that the last two stages were already quite good and it seems they found something.

    But we will see. Everything is possible
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    Expectations shouldn't be too high even for Tanak when coming in to a new car.

    Remember Ogier took time to find the best set-up for the "great out of the box" 2017 Fiesta WRC. He only won 1 of the first 5 events and that was in Monte after Neuville's mistake. In fact he only won 2 events all year... but became Champion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Expectations shouldn't be too high even for Tanak when coming in to a new car.

    Remember Ogier took time to find the best set-up for the "great out of the box" 2017 Fiesta WRC. He only won 1 of the first 5 events and that was in Monte after Neuville's mistake. In fact he only won 2 events all year... but became Champion.
    Yes i think also that consistency and reliabilty is key to Tänak this year, but as monte showed, that could be a little bit of a problem with Puma

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rallyest View Post
    Yes i think also that consistency and reliabilty is key to Tänak this year, but as monte showed, that could be a little bit of a problem with Puma
    Dear Estonian fans
    You can't just move the discussion to Tänak in every topic. He has his own thread 😉

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    Quote Originally Posted by bandit12 View Post
    Dear Estonian fans
    You can't just move the discussion to Tänak in every topic. He has his own thread ��
    Yeah. And Serderidis deserves own thread as well, it seems...
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