Rally Finland 2015

[Vaggelis27]

http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/s...ayout_2015.pdf
Service park layout.

A which team's car is Henning Solberg using?

Maybe with adapta motorsport...

[sindroms]

I did, after Hartusvuori's guide you just go to the bottom and press Visa, not sure what the paytrail login at top is.
Unfortunately it seems like you can't save it or print it directly, screenshots work though.

Zoom in each page for a maximum, right mouse click and you will get menu "Save picture as..." then

[pantealex]

Maybe with adapta motorsport...

His place is right beside Hyundai, not were all other Ford´s are...

[samWRC]

His place is right beside Hyundai, not were all other Ford´s are...

I was thinking could it be one of those two Fiestas from Swedish Team Tätab Hyrliftar.

[OldF]

Thanks! Think I've got a spot on the narrow road closer to the finish but good to know anyway

Figured it out now, the road is not completely connected like it says on the rally map but you have to walk through the woods a bit, shorter than walking from where i had to park last year anyway. Road ends where i started the 1.9km measurement. Map by gulesider.no

You’re right, good finding. Another map shows that there’s a path between the roads so you don’t get lost in the forest.

https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...kakauppa&l=SAT

I found also another spot on the same stage that doesn’t match with the spectator guide and Google maps.

Fonecta map
https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...rq=Ruokakauppa

Google maps
https://www.google.fi/maps/place/179...bf747007056cda

[SubaruNorway]

You’re right, good finding. Another map shows that there’s a path between the roads so you don’t get lost in the forest.

https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...kakauppa&l=SAT

I found also another spot on the same stage that doesn’t match with the spectator guide and Google maps.

Fonecta map
https://www.fonecta.fi/kartat/P%C3%A...rq=Ruokakauppa

Google maps
https://www.google.fi/maps/place/179...bf747007056cda

Ok cool, got some options there then. I always bring the GPS if walking in the forest

You mean the road to south of the quarry i guess, to the spot where Prokop and others went off at the jump into a combination, good spot but hard to film there due to the spectator taping being quite far into the forest and lots of people i think.

What do you think about the new Jukojärvi jump, should be about the same lenght as the first Ruuhimäki jump there right? Bit hard to film it maybe, might have to stand all the way on the outside of the lefthander after it...

[KiwiWRCfan]

John Kennard's first WRC event was 1000 Lakes 1985. Rally Finland 2015 will be John's 50th WRC start exactly 30 years after his debut. You can read more about John's story inn this article http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=11486439

[Fast Eddie WRC]

INTERVIEW: Jari-Matti Latvala, 'I want to fight in Finland'

It's been an up and down season for Volkswagen Motorsport's Jari-Matti Latvala; taking second place in Monte Carlo, followed by three zero point finishes in Sweden, Mexico and Argentina. He took home a win in Portugal, before finishing in sixth at Sardegna and fourth in Poland. But we're off to WRC Finland, Latvala's home event, where he soared to a triumphant victory in 2014, and Jari-Matti is hoping for a repeat performance there this year. He made some time for us to have a chat with him the day before his Finland test, and at the time, was off for a game of golf with his co-driver Miikka Anttila!

iR: Jari-Matti, we’re fresh off the back of WRC Poland, which proved to be a fairly treacherous event for almost every driver competing. Looking ahead to your home event, can you give us an idea of how you’re feeling and what you’re planning to achieve in Finland?

JML: The season has been a bit tough for me. It’s not been exactly what I was hoping for. Now, coming to my home event, which is one of the most important events of the year, I’m really looking forward to it – i'm just so motivated. The feeling is good; I want to fight for the top places! It’s a place where last year I managed to win it, and it’s a really great rally. Probably the greatest event of the season, from both a driver's perspective and a spectator's perspective.

iR: WRC Finland is renowned for being a tricky rally for co-drivers to master. The pace notes have to be spot on, the speeds are high and there are some pretty technical sections as well as some big jumps. How are you and Miikka planning to bend these stages to your will, and what will be the toughest thing for you both out there?

JML: There's not too many changes for the stages this year, maybe 30% are different, but most of them are old sections which have been done before. There are a couple of new stages, for instance the power stage. It was last featured in the event back in 84/85, so none of the top drivers have done it this way. There are also some new sections in another stage: Jukojärvi. In Finland, on the recce, the most important thing is to look at the jumps very carefully, see which side of the road you will take the line – do you go on the right side or middle, and of course, how you will brake. This is so important. Overall, in Finland, you have to think a lot more about the lines than other events – big wide roads, lots of crests, lots of jumps. You have to really concentrate on the recce. I’ve been watching old videos from the past to get a good idea as well!

iR: Friday will be a test for every driver, but you know these roads well. Since it’s the longest day of the rally, can you give our readers an idea of how you will prepare for it, how you intend to charge and how you will manage the pressure and the stress of it all throughout the course of the day?

JML: Friday is a really long day. There isn’t a proper service during the day, just a remote tyre zone, where the driver crew must change the tyres themselves for the car, but nobody from the team is allowed to be there! All the changes you do yourself, and if you need to do repairs, you have to work yourself. Overall, the Volkswagen Polo R WRC is a strong car, but you never know, something could always go wrong. It’ll be a tough situation, because Finland is such a high speed rally, so you have to be committed from the beginning. There’s no chance to just find your speed, you have to be on it from the first stage onwards! Friday’s stages are the most demanding; they are very nice big wide roads, but when you go over the jumps constantly, that’s asking a lot from the notes. The co-driver is giving the notes in the right time, but then you have to be really focused on keeping the speed up in the right places, and slow down in the slow corners or the notes will be off. Besides, in Finland, you just want to keep going fast everywhere, so control is key!

iR: You’re a fantastic and incredibly driven athlete, but one of the things you’re perhaps best known for is your great sportsmanship, as well as your encouragement and appreciation of all the other drivers in this championship – you’re somewhat of a role model for almost everyone in this sport! What do you think makes someone a great athlete in rally, and how do you maintain a positive outlook when things don’t always go your way?

JML: First of all, thank you, very nice to hear your comments! For me, it’s so important, when you explain about rallying, I want everyone to understand it! It’s a complicated sport, there are so many regulations and things to explain, so I try to say things simply. Everyone in this sport is a great athlete, but also, rally has become more and more like a real accepted sport. You prepare for the events like every other athlete, doing fitness training, taking serious fitness tests every year. When you drive the car, it’s a long day. You start at 7am and finish at 7pm if you’re lucky, and if it’s over 30 degrees outside it can be 50 degrees in the car. You start to question your physical fitness when you do 3 to 4 days, and that’s why it’s so important to work with yourself.

iR: Finally, we would love to know a little more about your goals for the rest of your season, and what you are hoping to achieve next year.

JML: I really hope that this end of the season I will find the consistency; this year has been up and down. Consistency is the most important thing for me. By next year, I hope to be on the level where I was at the end of 2014 – if I can have that same speed and consistency, then 2016 will be great. That’s the thing, if you have events that you score zero points on, and I got three in a row this year, and then you’re almost out of the championship. You can’t afford that.

[AL14]

Thanks Fast Eddie, where did you find it?

[stefanvv]

Thanks Fast Eddie, where did you find it?

seem to me iRally