Rally Sweden 2016

[Simmi]

Oy oy oy that Kirkenaer stage looks brutal. I guess of all the stages that's the one where it's going to look the worst.

[AndyRAC]

Take gravel tyres and run it as a gravel event if need be. It's 2016 - you can't be relying on the weather to ensure an event goes ahead.

[EstWRC]

Looking at the pictures it will be a miracle if the rally takes place. i guess they will decide it tomorrow or it would have been cancelled already?


But im still opitmistic.

[EstWRC]

Great conditions for Ogier in the test

https://twitter.com/patriksandell/st...73708156506112

[tommeke_B]

On Paddon's fb page I asked about the road conditions on their test, and how they changed during the day. Paddon: "The road is staying more consistent then we thought. Of course there is gravel but the road underneath seems quite hard so no ruts."

[tc10a]

Great conditions for Ogier in the test

https://twitter.com/patriksandell/st...73708156506112

Yes, but thats some hundred Kilometers more North than the Rally region

[hype]

Snow from Thursday, but around +2 degrees... wet and cold, brrr.

[EstWRC]

Yes, but thats some hundred Kilometers more North than the Rally region

but isnt this the solution? to move the rally somewhere more north? its been years now that we have this weather problem.

[BleAivano]

Take gravel tyres and run it as a gravel event if need be. It's 2016 - you can't be relying on the weather to ensure an event goes ahead.

It's not the lack of snow itself that is the biggest problem but weather or not the roads will be frozen or not. Rally Sweden are not allowed to run it if the roads have become unfrozen/too soft.

• Finns det någon säkerhetsaspekt? – Vi ska leverera en frusen väg som är säker för tävlande och publik. Är vägen för lös och spårig drar man i nödbromsen,
det är det vi använder föråkarbilarna för. Det är ”nollbilarna” som tar beslutet i slutändan.

http://www.vf.se/sport/bilsport/oroa...derlage-rallyt

When the roads becomes unfrozen, driving rally cars (heavy/lots traffic in general) on them will ruin the roads completely and that would mean no more rally
Sweden since RS would have to pay for the restoration of the roads and I also doubt that RS would be allowed to use the roads again if they would be ruined.

To organize a rally event on public roads, the organizers need approval from the road owners but also from authorities like the county administrative board for Värmland,
this permission usually contains allot of different areas like safety and environmental effects.

So frozen gravel = not good but doable.
unfrozen gravel = not allowed.

[bluuford]

Current forecast promises at least -5 degrees for Thursday night and up to -20 degrees for some locations for Saturday. That is more than enough to freeze the roads, moreover, road base is still very well frozen because very low temperatures a few weeks ago (that is the reason of a lot of water on the road-nowher to go). That water on the roads dissapears in hours when temperature drops below 0, it is expected to happen on Wednesday. Some light snow is also axpected for most locations after the temperature drops below zero. So, It will be very difficult for drivers because there will be frozen gravel on open sections, ice and snow in the forrest.

Kirkenjaer stage is one ugly place, it is almost like lake, it is in depression and all water flows into this place after melting. This and Karlstad SSS are in danger I belive, but both stages are relatively pointless short sprints totalling a bit over 15km of rally.

So, it will be proper challange for drivers and very fast rally (more cutting) and no room for mistakes.