rally Finland

hi_sir

day one over bar the super spiceal stage later on this evening,its been a big battle all day with mikko and seb and just 4 seconds between,not so good of day for petter solberg got two punctures and had to retire.
the man that is suprising is kimmi raikkonen 17th over all 38 sec behind the his team mate anton alen and fourth in N4 behind Juho HÄNNINEN, alen and Janne TUOHINO,credit has to go him first gravel rally having to adjust to pacenotes and the sheer speed of the finish stages

day 1 results










1.Mikko HIRVONEN 1:02:51.4

2 Sebastien LOEB 1:02:55.4
3. Dani SORDO 1:03:11.7
4. Jari-Matti LATVALA 1:03:20.9
5. Matti RANTANEN :04:04.1
6 Henning SOLBERG 1:04:07.2
7.Mads ÖSTBERG 1:04:27.0
8. Jari KETOMAA 1:04:28.4
9. Sebastien OGIER 1:05:04.6
10.Matthew WILSON 1:05:08.5
11.Conrad RAUTENBACH 1:06:27.6
12.Khalid AL QASSIMI 1:07:16.1
13.Federico VILLAGRA 1:07:52.4
14.Juho HÄNNINEN 1:08:20.2
15.Anton ALÉN 1:09:11.9
16. Janne TUOHINO 1:09:35.4
17.Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN 1:09:48.8
18.Patrik FLODIN, 1:10:07.0

De Hipster

RÄIKKÖNEN not doing too badly so far!

hi_sir

HÄNNINEN, ALÉN, or TUOHINO are no slow joes and prob better cars after all kimmi only in a TMR run punto while alen in a full works car hanninen in a works skoda and tuohino in a 207 prob the best s2000 car about

two other drivers having a great drive is Matti RANTANEN in the focus and Jari KETOMAA in the S12

homer simpson

very surprised at hanninan doing this as the IRC is on this weekend too and i thought he was a works skoda driver,then again skoda aren't entered for this weekends IRC at all. all very strange

itarumaa

Rally Finland is 4th rally to Kimi and first one driven in the gravel.

And what he does, drives almost the same times or even faster than the drivers like Tuohino, who has been driving rally cars since 1993!

Just amazing drive, what more can you say.

Lets see what happens tomorrow:)

hi_sir

homer_simpson wrote: »

very surprised at hanninan doing this as the IRC is on this weekend too and i thought he was a works skoda driver,then again skoda aren't entered for this weekends IRC at all. all very strange

i think skodas intrest lies more with the wrc than the irc in the future,and the skoda has been we represented on the wrc this year with sandell and the greek lad that won the production on the acroplis

hi_sir

mikko still leads after ss13 gap now out to 10.9 over loeb

kimmi is 16th had a few probs there in service may have got a small time penealty for getting out of service late but the TMR boys sseem to have done a great job to get him out near to time

hi_sir

Mikko now leads by 26 loeb lost time with a puncture but seb reckons he's taking huge risks and just cant get on mikkos pace

kimmi now 15th and 3rd production car he's holding his own out there

vectra

Kimi on SS11 >> SS11 <<

vectra

Live Stream >> HERE << :cool:

h3000

Mikko Wins :):D

I am delighted he won again. I really think he deserves it, he is such a great driver with a better attitude than Loeb. I really hope he(Hirvonen) takes the championship but it will be a tough task. Loeb is still going to be a huge challenge. Unless Loeb really foooks up in Spain(tarmac rally) he will take the win there and Sordo will most likely take second, the Citroen's are very strong on tarmac. So I have my fingers crossed the Hirvonen will beat Loeb in Australia and GB. Should be a really close and exciting finish to the year.

De Hipster

Some great footage, spectacular action as always.

Nice to see Loeb look under pressure for a change! Miko deserves the win hands-down. Shame Jar-Matti couldn't achieve the 1-2 for Ford but at least kept it on the stages!

hi_sir

top marks to mikko great drive loeb had nothing left in reserve to beat him id nearly say that if J-M hadnt fuc.ked up in poland he would have bet loeb as well but he had to put in a controled drive,other good shows were Matti RANTANEN proved last year was no flash in the pan and could be the next finn also Jari KETOMAA in the S12.

But head banger of the weekend has to be Evgeny Novikov
Off friday morn back superrally on sat then decides to go flying then down the road off in the trees and out of the rally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycy75vcdcT4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nynkMCUYomc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPq413sks0

the in car clip kinda tells you how mad it was

rotinaj

Can Ferrari stop Kimi from doing rallys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMoIt_T8ekM

yungb

well done craig breen 32o/a 1st in class. first time in finland not a bad result for a young fellow. well able to stear

vectra

JimBob85 wrote: »

Can Ferrari stop Kimi from doing rallys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMoIt_T8ekM

Yes they can.
But why would they?

vectra

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Because he could injure himself.

Would be important if he were challenging for the title but as he is not then why not

I have a funny feeling that Ferrari ( Fiat ) may be starting a Rally team and that is why they are letting him do this as a feeder>

afatbollix

vectra wrote: »

Would be important if he were challenging for the title but as he is not then why not

I have a funny feeling that Ferrari ( Fiat ) may be starting a Rally team and that is why they are letting him do this as a feeder>

fiat allready have a rally team with the s2000 in the IRC

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Because he could injure himself.

prove it :pac:

wouldent f1 be more dangerous sence the speeds are higher and you can get hit in teh head :pac:

just watch out for teh trees :mad:

h3000

yungb wrote: »

well done craig breen 32o/a 1st in class. first time in finland not a bad result for a young fellow. well able to stear

26th overall actually. Great drive from him.

h3000

vectra wrote: »

Would be important if he were challenging for the title but as he is not then why not

I have a funny feeling that Ferrari ( Fiat ) may be starting a Rally team and that is why they are letting him do this as a feeder>

Abarth(Fiat) have been rumored to enter the WRC in 2011 when the new car specifications are in place. It will be great to get more manufacturers on the scene.

vectra

afatbollix wrote: »

fiat allready have a rally team with the s2000 in the IRC

Didnt know that

afatbollix wrote: »

prove it :pac:

wouldent f1 be more dangerous sence the speeds are higher and you can get hit in teh head :pac:

just watch out for teh trees :mad:

Didnt want to say that

h3000 wrote: »

Abarth(Fiat) have been rumored to enter the WRC in 2011 when the new car specifications are in place. It will be great to get more manufacturers on the scene.

Just as I suspected
kimi out of F1 contract 2010