Rally Sweden 2016

[GigiGalliNo1]

So when there is no snow on roads in Sweden and no snow no one can drive on the roads? Are these magic roads?

[drive]

Should hold Sweden around South Swedish Rally Time.
https://youtu.be/QBOzFPb0Sxo
Are gravel tyres less expensive than studded snow/ ice tyres?

yes, studded winter tyres cost a bid more than gravel ones

[MTA]

The ground is frozen a bit down so the water has nowhere to go.
Therefore it becomes a loose surface on top of the ice, which is a bit below ground and it does not require many cars to the road will be completely destroyed.
In Swedish it is called "tjällossning".
Googling this so you'll understand why you can not drive on the roads if it occurs.
Only it gets colder and freezes again so it is no problem to drive on the roads.

The weather report says it will be cooler on Thursday and then it can have enough time to freeze again.

[BleAivano]

So when there is no snow on roads in Sweden and no snow no one can drive on the roads? Are these magic roads?

Read again what I wrote and read the RS press release.

The issue isn't the lack of snow but that the previously frozen roads now have been warmed up so that they have become unfrozen. When the frozen roads become
unfrozen it will take a while before the roads surfaces "settles" and the roads become usable again. All the rain the last couple of days have also made
the situation allot worse. Usually many roads will closed for heavy traffic during this process.

Running a 100+ cars rally on roads that have not yet been stabilized will cause the roads to be completely ruined.
It's fairly common, during the border period between winter and spring, that rally competitions are cancelled because of this.

So as I said in a previous post, if the roads are solidly frozen there wouldn't be a problem even if there wouldn't be any snow but since the road are unfrozen
they have become unusable in their current state. Luckily colder weather is expected and I think that is what will save RS2016 from being cancelled.

This article describes some of the basics of the phenomena: https://translate.google.com/transla...%2F&edit-text=

[tc10a]

So when there is no snow on roads in Sweden and no snow no one can drive on the roads? Are these magic roads?

It was already more than often explained what is the Problem. Stop trolling ....

[tommeke_B]

Anxiously waiting for the press release. Everything was already booked and paid many months ago. I think that if the organizers cancel this event, it means the end of Rally Sweden in WRC... So many people (including drivers/codrivers) have been telling it since over 10 years, that the event should move more up North. Last years they were always lucky with very bad (rally-)conditions one week before or after the rally, this time it's in the rally-week... It was only a matter of time and luck before they would have to face this.

[BleAivano]

Press conference will be broadcasted live here: http://www.svt.se/sport/motorsport/s...venska-rallyt/

[hype]

But in Swedish, right?

[BleAivano]

But in Swedish, right?

I don't know but I would assume they will use both Swedish and English.

[tommeke_B]

@BleAivano, it would be great if you could translate the most important of what they are telling there.