This was our sixth consecutive visit to Rally Germany, so I think it's safe to say we really like this event. I would rate this visit as the second best - as nothing will challenge the what-the-fakkedness of 2014. We appreciated the new HQ and liked the fact of having new stages to recce for runki places.

We arrived early Tuesday. We recced three stages and visired shakedown recce start. On Wednesday we did Mosel stages as well as Losheim, Wadern und Freisen + rerun of Römerstrasse. On Römerstrasse we noticed a junction to a main road that made a jump. There were marks of a recce crash on the ditch. Later we learned crews were stopped at the junction and they queued to cross for the mainroad. This must've made it difficult for getting the pacenote correct. This proved correct on Saturday as two Adams rolled and four cars managed to shoot over the ditch without rolling. Highly entertaining place with over a minute view of the cars, four runki places, a bar, a live band and a swimming pool. This will be a future crowd pleaser.

On Thursday we sneaked 1 km into shakedown to two muddy and slippery corners. It was faster than expected and thus very nice. A few moments from Bonato and Pieniazek. Even if we stayed some 15 minutes walk from service park, we didn't feel like visiting it. Instead taking it easy before heading to Saarbrücken where we had a table waiting and the city stage. It might have looked utterly pointless on telly, but live amidst a crowd of thousands, a bit tipsy, it was full on entertainment. I like laps on city stages and many cars at one look. I did saw Meeke's runki from the distance.

Friday was the only day not that special. Mainly due to that biblical rain and secondly due to not much of action for us. We stayed at Mittelmosel. First a two times left after a long flat out section. Nothing. For second run I walked to the vineyards, but when it kept raining heavily, I chose to go for the last left in the woods where Paddon had his high speed spin last year. Nothing.

Saturday's actions I already described. We did Platte 2 shortly between Römerstrasse runs, met no traffic.

On Sunday we went to Sankt Wendeler Land to a fast right that tightened behind a bush. Our new best friend Jon Armstrong had a heavy spin and one Adam shot the field, otherwise that was it. For second pass, we parked the car at our fewo and walked to the final jump for a quick exit to the airport.

All in all very pleasant six day visit to the event. Maybe next year I would like to see some other events, but for a rallying fan, Germany is always a good option.

My friend's gallery: https://rallirinki.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Rally+Germany+2017/