Interesting now to see if any of the WRC1 guys go out with the snow tyres today, or even if Lappi leaves them on.
In the brief shot of his rears, they looked to be overheating (as you'd expect). The next pair of stages are longer, though % of mud versus high speed tarmac would be a significant factor.
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Steve McQueen
You mean about new 2027 cars? Or involvement of new manufacturers? Or about new promoter? I also have some contacts and I am very sceptical about future...
I haven´t been to Umeå for Rally Sweden, but still can´t think of why it is questioned.
Having said that ddoesn´t mean the rally could move. Östersund should be the place or why not Falun? However...
Speaking of weather, my usual site for checking how miserable the rain will be in Britain today has a forecast for the start of the rally, cold with a chance of moderate snow:
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For me a snow rally depends on what weather you get. Will it be "hard clean ice + spikes = tarmac" like Sweden last year (my favourite rally of last year)? Or will it be inches of snow to clean, like...
I don't find the live video on Youtube about the presentation of Lancia Corse at the Racing Meeting in Italy(scheduled for today) :s
There are plenty of live videos for the event, but not this one...
You mean about new 2027 cars? Or involvement of new manufacturers? Or about new promoter? I also have some contacts and I am very sceptical about future...
WRC mainclass from 2027