[WRC] Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2019

[Allez Andruet]

This is Latvala's last chance to win a WRC rally this season. The last year he never won a WRC rally was 2007 !

And the last - and only - time Finns didn't win a single rally was in 1995. Mightily embarrassing.

[mknight]

In addition the highest placed Finn is 7th in the championship.

Might this be the reason why Kalle gets so much hype and possibly drives full season as 3rd driver from the start?

[Allez Andruet]

In addition the highest placed Finn is 7th in the championship.

Might this be the reason why Kalle gets so much hype and possibly drives full season as 3rd driver from the start?

I don't think it's THE reason, but it might play a part in it. While it's true the Finns (and the Finnish press) have been waiting for a new Mäkinen or Kankkunen for a while, Kalle (due to his unique story) would have always had that something that makes someone a household name.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Not sure if it’s been shown

[GigiGalliNo1]

Also

[GigiGalliNo1]

Just cancel the event, for both the safety of the crews and to attend the fires which are way more important at this point of time, as previously mentioned, they pretty much wrapped the championship back in Spain, I honestly don't know how can you run such an event when your country is literally on fire.

The whole country isn’t

Coffs isn’t

Just west and south of the town.

Many people have committed and flown to Australia. Yes, I’d cancel it if every single stage was dangerous to drive to and from (for spectators) let along drive on for competitors.

[SubaruNorway]

Looks like it's burning just 5km from Argents Hill?
https://sentinel.ga.gov.au/#/

Use the bar at the bottom to see how fast it goes from day to day
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov...ance_TrueColor

[T16]

No way this is going ahead:

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...-yet-cancelled

[CahunaKiwi]

Here's the predicted fire spread for today. If the predictions do play out in reality then Coffs Harbour is basically isolated. I can't see how they could possibly run the rally, either physically or morally.

https://twitter.com/NSWRFS/status/1194031586150211585
http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/ass...ction-1000.pdf (higher res pdf version)

[Andre Oliveira]

Cancelled