[WRC] FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023

[EstWRC]

Taka was lucky there was a barrier otherwise he would have been in the ditch

But his speed at this rally is a mystery to me. Almost feels like he is cheating somehow

[CeskyOndra]

This is absolutely disaster from Tanak, 19 sec behind Katsuta

[WRCStan]

This is absolutely disaster from Tanak, 19 sec behind Katsuta

He's passed caring , there's nothing particularly wrong.

[Steve Boyd]

Good to see the Dirtfish Live Centre now integrated at the bottom of the ewrc.com results pages...

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2023/?s=437143

No it isn't - it's a PITA!

Every time I click on a stage to get the latest times & classification it jumps straight to the bottom & I have to scroll all the way back to the top to see what I want to read. It's even worse with autorefresh - it goes back to the bottom of the page at every refresh.

Please somebody take it away!

[PLuto]

Munster crashed...

[Danny0405]

Munster crashed...

It benefits to Hiroki Arai (ex-Junior Toyota driver as competitor of Katsuta) who should finish in top 10… with a 2WD Rally4 car.

[WRC1]

Taka was lucky there was a barrier otherwise he would have been in the ditch

But his speed at this rally is a mystery to me. Almost feels like he is cheating somehow

I think the others are just cruising, as Evans said in one stage end interview: If someone wants to make a really big push, they can take a minute in there.

So Taka is on his normal speed, but the Big Boys are just holding position

[Negaiss]

Taka was lucky there was a barrier otherwise he would have been in the ditch

But his speed at this rally is a mystery to me. Almost feels like he is cheating somehow

Katsutas times are very good - too good for him. I would say maybe he knows some roads by hearth. It helps.

[Negaiss]

One thing I noticed about rally Japan - zero punctures for rally1 and top rally2.

[EstWRC]

This rally summed up the whole season pretty much IMO

Toyota - dominating once again with the best car(at least reliability wise) and with a very good lineup who doesn’t do mistakes often (except Taka)

Hyundai - able to take the fight to Toyotas more often but the drivers mistakes (Neuville in Croatia and Japan, Lappi in Mexico and more) and some reliability problems (Portugal, Kenya, Greece) have given the wins to them.

Msport - well, nothing to say here