Rally Liepaja 2015

[RICARDO75]

Plangi, Butvilas, Vorobjovs, Svilis - Nr. 18-22 !?

#12 to 17 are correct, because they have scored points on Jänner for ERC2
#15 is the most strange. 2WD car amd not registered on ERC

[sindroms]

#15 is the most strange. 2WD car amd not registered on ERC

Just for marketing reasons. #15 is number by whitch Nitišs starts in World RX. I don't think he will be 15th on the start line.

[RICARDO75]

Just for marketing reasons. #15 is number by whitch Nitišs starts in World RX. I don't think he will be 15th on the start line.

No he's not going on the road on this position. I Didn't know about is number on the World RX
Now it's clear but it was really just for being a special request because there are clear rules on the assignment of the numbers in the ERC

[PLuto]

[RICARDO75]

Does anyone know if there's going to be some tests today in Latvia?

[RS]

Looking forward to this event, snow or not.

For me, Lukyanuk is favourite. This is his type of event, and now he has an R5 car..

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Kajto - testing before LVRally

[Fast Eddie WRC]

BREEN AIMING ONE STEP HIGHER IN LATVIA...

Fresh from his second place finish at WRC Rallye Monte Carlo, Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen heads back to the European Rally Championship this week for round two “Rally Liepāja” (6th-8th February) in Latvia. Having twice previously finished on the second step of the podium using a Peugeot 207 S2000 here before it’s going to be a great opportunity for Craig and his co-driver Scott Martin to notch up their second ERC win for both themselves and the Peugeot 208 T16.

It will be Craig’s third time to compete on the rally it will be the team’s third winter rally already this year so confidence all round is high ahead of the event.

As customary on the ERC the Peugeot Rally academy crew will have the opportunity to choose their road order position first for leg one if they can guide their 208 T16 over a short 3km qualifying stage in the fastest time against their championship rivals on Friday. Last year Craig posted second fastest time and the chose to run fourteenth on the road as he felt this allowed him the best grip before the gravel surface beneath the snow began to deteriorate.

Before leaving for Latvia Craig said, “I’m really looking forward to the rally this year, with the confidence our second place in Monte Carlo has given me and our experience on the rally, we are determined to take a another win.”

[Jarek Z]

Looking forward to this event, snow or not.

Judging from the photos from Pieniazek's tests, the conditions are good
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/gallery/show/id/1422793008

[Jarek Z]

For me, Lukyanuk is favourite. This is his type of event, and now he has an R5 car..

Yes, I also think that Lukyanuk will be hard to beat. I think he likes such stages and he is crazy
In the case of Breen, everything depends on the car.
And Kajto doesn't seem very confident about tyres with long studds:
I am not used to driving on tyres with over 1500 long studs. It looks like just another winter rally but these tyres work in a completely different way to those we used on our way to victory in opening round of FIA European Rally Championship. Long studs give good grip on ice and after many years of driving my brain was programmed in completely opposite way. I was used to avoiding ice. This is why during Rally Liepāja I will exceed the limits of my knowledge and experience. When you drive on long studs, you have to change your thinking, habits and reactions. It is not possible to learn these things while driving on other types of tyres. We drive at high speeds so the margin for error is very small and my Latvian experience from last year for sure will help. I have to give everything in order to think about victory.