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Thread: WRC Rally Sweden 2020
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16th January 2020, 19:21 #71
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I live in Norway, about 1,5 hours from some of the stages running on this side of the border, and where I live we have green grass. As mentioned, things aren't looking good. Right now the organizers of Rally Finnskog (the second round of the Norwegian rally championship) are looking for a plan B to run the event as many of the stages are pure gravel. Part of this event runs in the same area as the Norwegian stages just two weeks before Rally Sweden.
With no snow or cold temperatures forecasted for the next ten days for a majority of the area where Rally Sweden is to run, I'd say we're in trouble right now.
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16th January 2020, 19:26 #72
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Wouldn't it be more closer to rally gb than just pure gravel rally? Here in neighbour country it just has rained, rained and kept on plus temps for pretty much the whole winter.
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16th January 2020, 20:16 #73
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is it possible to go even more north or it doesnt make a difference?
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16th January 2020, 20:25 #74
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On the long term you can do that, if the possibilities are there. But now you cannot quickly move the rally, there's more work than that...
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16th January 2020, 20:27 #75
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i didnt mean this year
i mean they have to do something, the situation aint gettin better...#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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16th January 2020, 20:29 #76
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It depends on a lot of factors I think. At this moment they are sponsored by the Varmland region, and they are already driving in the Northern part of that region... You need the accommodation, money and roads to organize a rally...
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16th January 2020, 20:38 #77
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16th January 2020, 22:16 #78
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I think we could be in a position where this rally is cancelled, and cancelled in decent time (before teams travel to Sweden etc). That's if things don't dramatically improve weather wise.
Some years we have had stages binned and routes altered at the last minute, but this could be an easy call to cancel the event in advance due to the state of the weather. Would be a disaster to lose another event, but we also don't want a situation of uncertainty where everyone has travelled there in the hope we might get some last minute weather change before Reece begins.
As for the future, either Sweden finds a way to make this event work further north or it dies (imho).
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16th January 2020, 22:33 #79
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17th January 2020, 05:16 #80
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I don't think its suitable to move rally sweden, because all the clubs, people and valenteers live in this area.
It has been discussed lots of times in both countries and the main problem is to get a new organisation to run the event.
In the mountains North of Lillehammer it is lots if snow, but we cant even get an organisation to run a smal rally here.
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About the last one "Opening for teams with support from a manufacturer, but not a official manufacturer." - isn't this OK already now? I mean M-sport is not an official manufacturer. Or what did you...
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