Rally Poland 2014

[dimviii]

It is not their mistake... probably the rain softened the roads.... the stages are perfect and very fast.

plenty of fans have stated before rally,that stages at Lithuania will not cope at wrc cars pass for 2nd time.If i remember right i had read already here something like that.
That organization cant keep fans inside safe zones is again their fault.
That fia choosed Poland to organize a wrc event is their choice after they asked the entry for 3 years.

[bluuford]

It is not their mistake... probably the rain softened the roads.... the stages are perfect and very fast.

I think that mistake was to inclue such a stages from Lithuania. There are much better roads than these but somehow they chose the roads that locate nearly in the middle of nowhere and have never seen such a pressure by cars.

[dimviii]

only the shoot out will save our sport.

Rally @Official_iRally · 3 δευτ.
Ogier came into Service at 0700. Assuming no reseed ahead of SSS, he'll have spent over 15 hours to complete 59.17km of competitive stages..

[Mirek]

Maybe they should have kept Poland as Tarmac.....??

Poland was tarmac ten years a go. The gravel roads are great. They are soft especially when wet but why not? It's a kind of challenge. Anyway have a look on the footage from last years ERC editions. There were heavy rains through the rally and I am pretty sure it was much worse than today. Those Lithuanian stages seem to be a mistake though.

From 2013 ERC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVSuvEq5MQE

[makinen_fan]

only the shoot out will save our sport.

Rally @Official_iRally · 3 δευτ.
Ogier came into Service at 0700. Assuming no reseed ahead of SSS, he'll have spent over 15 hours to complete 59.17km of competitive stages..

44km actually

It is the organisers' fault to use roads that have not been proven in the past. Did the FIA push them to include the Lithuanian stages, or was it their own decision?

[Langdale Forest]

Would it have been impossible to run SS7 & SS8?

[rallyfiend]

Maybe they should have kept Poland as Tarmac.....??

They should have just kept Poland in, you know, Poland......

[Nornbugger]

Would it have been impossible to run SS7 & SS8?

Impossible is a big word, I'm sure it would have been possible, I'm also sure it would have been silly

[Mirek]

Would it have been impossible to run SS7 & SS8?

Usually the limiting factor is emergency cars. If ambulance can't go through You can not risk to hold the stage even if rally cars can do it.

[dimviii]

Mikkelsen cut from onboard,also Evans missed the junction where Kubica rolled

http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/media/vide....html?v=199974