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    Quote Originally Posted by jonkka View Post
    Rally Finland is run at summer and summer nights in Finland are subject to phenomena known as the Midnight Sun. Dusk, not dark at all. Come at winter and you won't see sun at all for months.

    https://www.visitfinland.com/en/arti...-midnight-sun/
    I’m aware, that’s why it would be nice that once every few years they’d run it in the Autumn like they did in 2021 and then have night stages there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonkka View Post
    Rally Finland is run at summer and summer nights in Finland are subject to phenomena known as the Midnight Sun. Dusk, not dark at all. Come at winter and you won't see sun at all for months.

    https://www.visitfinland.com/en/arti...-midnight-sun/
    Sunset is 22:10 on 30th July.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Some may think its dull but dry tarmac is a proper test of speed, skill, bravery and concentration.

    And as Solberg showed, it's not easy to do this flat-out driving where there's no margin for error.

    If you dont like it, dont watch it and wait for the next rally.
    9 out of 10 rc1 drivers made it to the finish without rally2. In croatia we had 3.

    It can't have been a rally without margin for error.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
    9 out of 10 rc1 drivers made it to the finish without rally2. In croatia we had 3.

    It can't have been a rally without margin for error.
    You cant assume that. Maybe they all realised how tough it was and kept within their limits as the risks were too high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flat_right View Post
    Many simply cannot justify maintaining two full sets of top-level racing hardware for a single event
    Maybe there's something inherently wrong in this sentence. Did they switch all the gear 40/50 years ago or have we just become used to it?

    A true rally should be one journey and you should finish it with the same parts as you left, excepting direct replacement and repair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by becher View Post

    Personally I never understood the sidways = spectacular thought process.
    Probably you are not in the right form of motorsport.
    Hillclimb could be good for you, but not rallying.
    Three gears are enough!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sal yet again View Post
    So far for some maybe it is but chuck some bad weather and punctures into the mix and the whole thing could change. Better consistent road surfaces than the lottery and shite on the roads of Croatia. Having driven the Gran Canaria roads and watched the event when it was part of the ERC, IMO its far from boring but each to their own.

    I'm more interested in the WRC 2 battle and its illuminating to see that the local Canary Islands championship leaders Lucky and Enrique Cruz are quite a bit off the regulars just goes to show how strong the pace is at the top of the championship
    I should add that it is more interesting to watch this rally "in real" than on TV. And with the second sentence - dont forget that Lucky and Enrique Cruz has never drove Hankook before...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAM View Post
    Probably you are not in the right form of motorsport.
    Hillclimb could be good for you, but not rallying.
    Hahaha. Statements like this are just stupidity.

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