[WRC] News & Rumours 2018

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Wales second leg was one of the most entertaining days of recent years (for fans at home and even more for those spectating, like the luckiest of you mentioned). Leg started at 6am and finished after 8pm, breaking the boring 9 to 5 WRC routine; no service between first and second loop, saving drivers from long travels to service park and shortening time gaps between stage passes; at the end, no pointless SSS but two real night stages, adding fantastic excitement to the event!

Let's look at this closer

SS 8 Aberhirnant 1 13.91km 07:55
SS 9 Dyfnant 1 17.91km 08:47
SS 10 Gartheiniog 1 12.61km 09:59
SS 11 Dyfi 1 25.86km 10:28
SS 12 Gartheiniog 2 12.61km 12:08
SS 13 Dyfi 2 25.86km 12:37
SS 14 Cholmondeley Castle 1.80km 15:48
Service E (Deeside) 16:55
SS 15 Aberhirnant 2 13.91km 18:55
SS 16 Dyfnant 2 17.91km 19:47
Service F (Deeside) 22:26

Actually there were stages from 7:55 to 12:37, then a long gap with just one super special (yes, a pointless SSS), and then again two stages from 18:55 to 19:47. And there was a service between the two legs, before the two night stages. In the end it's just a normal day of 2x4 stages just divided differently.

A better example of a proper day of rallying was the Friday of Rally Finland, with continuous stages from 7:12 to 11:42 (basically as long as the first part of the Wales Saturday) and then from 15:00 to 20:30, 12 in total.

SS 2 Halinen 1 7.65km 07:12
SS 3 Urria 1 12.75km 07:45
SS 4 Jukojärvi 1 21.31km 08:48
SS 5 Halinen 2 7.65km 10:06
SS 6 Urria 2 12.75km 10:39
SS 7 Jukojärvi 2 21.31km 11:42
Service B (Jyväskylä - Paviljonki) 13:37
SS 8 Äänekoski ‐ Valtra 1 7.39km 15:00
SS 9 Laukaa 1 11.76km 16:13
SS 10 Lankamaa 21.68km 17:11
SS 11 Äänekoski ‐ Valtra 2 7.39km 18:09
SS 12 Laukaa 2 11.76km 19:22
SS 13 Harju 2 2.31km 20:30