Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
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Here are the main points

- Rautiainen and Grönholm drove through the four northmost stages
- They thought rally is driveable under the conditions they saw - far from ideal but roads should withstand and it should be safe
- Studs will come off, drivers will need to have enough tyres
- Tyres should be changed in the middle of the day, either with tyre zone or return to service, otherwise he thinks it's not safe
- Frost is not deep but the surface is hard. There will be ruts on the second pass but the roads will withstand it
- If there's heavy plus degrees and rain, the second passes will be canceled, because the FWD cars can't pass through the roads
- Difficult to believe it would be canceled altogether anymore
- WRC rules article 3.3.3 states that the shortened rally points principle can have exceptions if the conditions are exceptional, and this a such case
If full studded rallytyres are allowed on recce (are they?) I would recommend standard winter tyres with ordinary studs instead.