Finnish rallying championship news

[Hartusvuori]

At 5'20" you'll have an external view how the car performed after the accident. Official reason for retirement was technical, radiator :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y63P...tailpage#t=318

[Hartusvuori]

Time to exhume this thread.

Finnish rallying championship continues this weekend in Joensuu, Itäralli is the name of the event. During last years Itäralli has been run during the winter, but now it makes return as a gravel event. It's a much-anticipated return as the area is well-known for it's rollercoaster-like roads. A lot of jumps and dangerous bends ahead. Personally I will make my first trip to event. It's over 600 km of travelling one-way, so no wonder it've taken time to get there.

Entry list didn't provide anything surprising. Most of the regulars are in, but there's no interesting one-offs. Fredrik Åhlin had this event in his plans with R5, but he didn't enter explaining the mileage of the engine didn't allow it into their schedule. Anyway, 113 crews entered: http://www.itaralli.fi/wp-content/up...hyvaksytyt.pdf

Normally there will be results page, GPS tracking and internet rally radio, but those links will update later in the week. There's also some sort of broadcast from the super special stage (horse trotting course) for anyone interested.

There has been a handful of gravel events already since mid-May, some of which have served as test ground for FRC drivers. Kaloppi-ralli included for example Juha Salo, Jussi Vainionpää (debuted in DS3 R5, self-built from the kit, #21) and Kristian Kiviniemi (crashed). Teemu Asunmaa and Joni Nikko had a close head to head battle last weekend in Toivakka-ralli. Toivakka-ralli included also the most famous part of SS Ruuhimäki, the jumps, but this time in reversed version. It was refreshening to see old historic cars having air time over the jumps. One Corolla crew however jumped too far, SOS and ambulance was needed for the hurt driver. There were also few very bad corners in the event, take a look at this video if you enjoy Finnish Runki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JXIdP4f95M

[OldF]

BILLIOT Jérémie ‏@planetemarcus 11h11 hours ago
Kalle Rovanperä Test Days Skoda Fabia S2000 [VIDEO] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrwZmuugqNQ&feature=youtu.be …

Can someone please do some analyse on Kalle’s (14 yo) driving. I can see that the car is moving forward, turning and sliding sometimes but that’s about all. Only thing I noticed was at 1:25 why he was not cutting but that got an explanation at 1:28. A long turn.

[tolis]

I am just wondering if we have any news about Mikko Pajunen's plans for this year...

[Jeppe]

I am just wondering if we have any news about Mikko Pajunen's plans for this year...

Unfortunately no news to publish for the moment. We´ll see later this year if something come up...

[Hartusvuori]

Finnish rallying championship 2015 have its ultimate round this weekend in Tampere. Stages are renowed old 1000 Lakes stages like Västilä, Sahalahti and the most legendary of them all, Savo. This year's speciality is that SS Savo will be run twice but in both directions. This will for sure give new experiences for drivers and spectators.

Rally will start tonight with a super special stage in a trotting track after which they will run one proper stage tonight as well, SS2 Pengonpohja. That will start 18.30 CET, 19.30 local time so most of the crews will drive it in darkness.

Championship-wise Juha Salo in his privately-built 208 R5 has a stronghold on the title, but it's not certain yet. Jussi Vainionpää in his privately-built DS3 R5 has a chance too. If Vainionpää wins, Salo must be 3rd or 2nd.

There will also be four special stages with simple live broadcast, a couple of cameras in the forests. I've liked that thing in the previous event. First broadcast is tonight from SS Pengonpohja.

All the necessities here:

Entries: http://www.rallism.fi/content/fi/3/3...3%B6lista.html
Live results: http://www.rallism.fi/content/fi/3/2...etulokset.html
Live TV: http://www.rallism.fi/content/fi/1/2...20SM%20TV.html
GPS: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/15R15_1/?v=m3
Splits (beta): http://gpspekka.kapsi.fi/rally/?id=15R15_1
Ralliradio (Finnish): http://www.ralliradio.fi/

[Tom206wrc]

Good start for Juha Salo after tonight's two first stages

[Hartusvuori]

Interesting in-car from FRC Pirelli-ralli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=19&v=Szax6GXA2zk

360 degrees video. Now one can hardly complain about the angle!

[dimviii]

lol

[pantealex]

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That would be very good!