50th Rallye Sanremo 2008

[HaCo]

This was btw in the rally programme of Rally Del Friulli y Alpi Orientali:

[Tom206wrc]

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I don't expect big thing from Fast Freddy unfortunately. I have the impression he is not fast enough on mountain roads, but of course we have to wait and see.

Another event to look forward too!!!

Don't tell me you'd rate Bernd Casier higher than Fast Freddy on this event !!! :

[HaCo]

Hmmm Tom, that's a hard one. I think Casier in raw speed is slower than Loix, but he is still growing so he might surprise. Of course a lot depends on the Polo. I remember in Ypres it has a problem of gear ratio, that it is too short, so if San Remo doesn't have to much long straight lines, it might perform well.
What I meant about Loix is that I don't think he will be fighting for victory, but of course we will have to wait and see, top 5 should be possible of course.

[wwbroe]

Does anybody have the gps-coordinates of the start and finish-places of the stages. If you do can you send them to me, so that i can prepare the stages in Google Earth. Thanks in advance.

[chryby]

I take it the Fabia S2000 is not starting as zero car? Maybe on Valais?

jan kopecký will go on san remo with fabia S2000, for 99%

[Tom206wrc]

jan kopecký will go on san remo with fabia S2000, for 99%

Great news

I hope some of the spectators will have chronos/GPS for his times :

[RS]

jan kopecký will go on san remo with fabia S2000, for 99%

Cool, they keep it as quiet as ever!

Good news for the spectators and good for Skoda.

[Wim_Impreza]

Hmmm Tom, that's a hard one. I think Casier in raw speed is slower than Loix, but he is still growing so he might surprise. Of course a lot depends on the Polo. I remember in Ypres it has a problem of gear ratio, that it is too short, so if San Remo doesn't have to much long straight lines, it might perform well.
What I meant about Loix is that I don't think he will be fighting for victory, but of course we will have to wait and see, top 5 should be possible of course.

In Ypres, the topspeed from Casier was 171 km/h, but now it is 178 km/h. The Polo is now not slower in topspeed than the other S2000's. I don't think Loix will have a good result in Sanremo, even a top 5 is probably not possible with all the strong Italians and Vouilloz. Don't forget that the French rider was on the podium last year. Casier will be even more struggling and after his accident in Barum, he must absolutely finish now.

[Mirek]

Wim_Impreza: I don't see any sense in using medium gearbox on twisty Sanremo. They used medium on Barum as first time because Barum is very fast rally. Sanremo is totaly different and top speed is good for nothing there.

[karlzoro]

Does anybody have the gps-coordinates of the start and finish-places of the stages. If you do can you send them to me, so that i can prepare the stages in Google Earth. Thanks in advance.

you're going to San Remo wwbroe???
I hope that Valais is also OK???