[IRC/RUS]Rally Russia 10.07-12.07

[Xsara Fan]

I`d like to present you 'Rally Russia' in Vyborg.

Website:
http://rallyrussia.com/news

12 stages

4th round of IRC series
5th round of Russian Rally Championship
2th round of Citroen Cup (Russia)
4th round of Ford Cup (Russia)
6th round of Rolf (Mitsubishi) Cup (Russia)

For the moment - 76 entries.
Take a look at the entry list here: http://afspb.org.ru/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,125/Itemid,28/

[Tom206wrc]

Nice entry ;)

Let's hope Evgeny Novikov will chose the 207 S2000 :bounce:

[jacko]

Rossetti won't start in Russia, next rally looks Madeira and then Barum (Czech)

[Tom206wrc]

But at least Rox still go on running in IRC/ERC that's still good news :)

[HaCo]

Guy Wilks and Kris Meeke in 2WD battle, awesome!!

[Tom206wrc]

Guy Wilks and Kris Meeke in 2WD battle, awesome!!



Don't forget Simon Jean-Joseph !! :p :

[PLuto]

Jan Kopecky will miss in Russia.

[Tom206wrc]

Interesting rumour, Manfred Stohl could be present in entrylist in a 207(from Munaretto ??) :)

[PLuto]

Manfred was talking after Portugal he think about Russia.

[Tom206wrc]

Manfred was talking after Portugal he think about Russia.



Yes but the rumour I write about is even more recent(Ypres last week-end) :p :

[White Sauron]

Jan Kopecky will miss in Russia.

Because of the roll in Ypres??

[Mirek]

White Sauron: Probably yes. The concrete block on the road unfortunately broke il sump guard and damaged engine.

[Tom206wrc]

When is the official entrylist published ?? :confused:

[N.O.T]

Meekes car is an R3 clio ??

[wwbroe]

I see that D. Sola is on the entrylist with a Grande Punto JTD, i find this a little bit strange. Is this true or is it just a mistake by organisers? ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Novikov finally chose a Subaru Impreza GrN... :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

Novikov finally chose a Subaru Impreza GrN... :mark:



I made a confusion between Vertunov and Novikov :mark:

Novikov has not chosen his car yet ;)

[Andrey]

Entry list & start numbers: http://rallyzone.ru/.db/Spisok-RRussia-08.xls

[Tom206wrc]

No Manfred Stohl at all, despite rumours and his own wish :confused:

[HaCo]

I see that D. Sola is on the entrylist with a Grande Punto JTD, i find this a little bit strange. Is this true or is it just a mistake by organisers? ;)

Hmm, I was wondering the same thing. Also Simon J-J with his R2 on Nr 1. Hope there isn't to much dust for the second car!!

[noel157]

Meekes car is an R3 clio ??

Yes, Clio R3 from Munaretto Group in Italy and arranged by Renault Sport France. Kris got a call after an outing in an older Clio S1600 in Ireland.

[Andrey]

Simon J-J with his R2 on Nr 1. Hope there isn't to much dust for the second car!!

Don't worry. In first day we will have only four short SS (longest is 15 km), and all priority drivers will start with 2 min. intervals

[wwbroe]

I see that on the official entrylist Sola is still listed with Punto JTD (diesel car). Does anybody know more about this or is it just a mistake of organisation? :confused:

[Mirek]

Probably yes. Because what is important, is class. And there is N4. It doesn't matter which car You use but what matters is class which You can't change. Therefore I think it is Punto S2000.

[c4]

Sola will be in the Punto S2000
http://www.rally-live.com/en/headlines/news/detail/080702182926.shtml

[PuddleJumper]

Does anyone have the Rally Guide 2? If you do, please can you tell me what time the shakedown begins?

Thanks.

[White Sauron]

Does anyone have the Rally Guide 2? If you do, please can you tell me what time the shakedown begins?

Thanks.

It's available in supplementary regulations. Shakedown (or Training Section as it's called in Russia) starts on Wednesday, July 9th, at 18:00 for the crews of IRC Priority.

As for another question above, the list of start numbers in Russia isn't the same thing as the start list. The start list will be available only after technical comissions before the start of Leg1. I don't think that Jean-Joseph will run first on the road, so no worries, mates.

Igor Chervonen, Russian Championship press-officer IRC Rally Russia 2008.

[Mirek]

But Jean Joseph has FIA A priority as the only one. You can't give him another number than 1.

[LP]

start numbers may differ from starting order :)

[White Sauron]

]But Jean Joseph has FIA A priority as the only one. You can't give him another number than 1.

Of course he will have #1 on his car. What I mean is that probably he won't run first on the road.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Novikov will start with Dale Moscatt, (2005 Australian Rally Champion) on Subaru N14. Today the team goes to Estonia, and for 2 days they will test both Mitsubishis (N12 and N14) and will try to drive with new co-driver. Evo9, which was broken in Turkey, will be repeared in Estonia. And 207 Super 2000 was just test of a new car for Evgeny Novikov. He liked the car, but said "Oh, and if to put turbosharger to this car - it would be the best rallycar!" :)

[wwbroe]

Novikov will start with Dale Moscatt, (2005 Australian Rally Champion) on Subaru N14. Today the team goes to Estonia, and for 2 days they will test both Mitsubishis (N12 and N14) and will try to drive with new co-driver. Evo9, which was broken in Turkey, will be repeared in Estonia. And 207 Super 2000 was just test of a new car for Evgeny Novikov. He liked the car, but said "Oh, and if to put turbosharger to this car - it would be the best rallycar!" :)

Don't you mean that they will test both Subaru's (N12 and N14), because i have never heard of a Mitsu N12 or N14. So you confused me here a littl bit? :D

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Of course, Subaru's.

[Mirek]

It looks like Kopecký will be in Russia. Video from testing:
http://www.mediasport.cz/multimedia/videa/wrc/08russia_kopecky_test.wmv

[CEORacingLions]

Good news. And Mirek , it's possible to see Kopecky in Madera ?

The first informations or ..rumour.. is Kopecky out and back with Skoda to do last rallys of Championship.

But something change...... and go to Russia.

Will be a pleasure to see Kopecky third time this year if he goes to Madeira.

[Tom206wrc]

]It looks like Kopecký will be in Russia. Video from testing:
http://www.mediasport.cz/multimedia/videa/wrc/08russia_kopecky_test.wmv



Video doesn't work...

With 207 or Fabia ??? :confused:



Edit: OK I found the right link to the video ;)

[PLuto]

Good news. And Mirek , it's possible to see Kopecky in Madera ?

The first informations or ..rumour.. is Kopecky out and back with Skoda to do last rallys of Championship.

But something change...... and go to Russia.

Will be a pleasure to see Kopecky third time this year if he goes to Madeira.

He wanted from beginning go to Russia, but after Ypres he wasnt. But it looks his good position in championship changed his mind and persuaded him to Russia. About Madeira I dont know, from beginning they wasnt go there. I think most important for this fact will be result in Russia.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Rally Russia presents a holiday to the town of Vyborg.

On the eve of the start of a single on Russian territory international auto sport competition - fourth round of the Intercontinental Rally Championship (“Russia” rally) - the town of Vyborg will get a lot of surprises

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215519490&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&
http://www.bestpics.ru/full/018-3.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

On the eve of the start of the "Russia 2008" rally Evgeny Novikov's team has held a full scale tests in Estonia. They were not only tests of a car - it was necessary to take several serious decisions and they had been taken.

http://e-artteam.com/content/view/113/38/lang,en/

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/nov-russia08-001.jpg

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/rallyrussia2008.jpg

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/novikov-005-smallll.jpg

[wwbroe]

So the decision is taken that Novikov will drive the older Subaru N12 instead of the newer N14, and will have Australian Dale Moscatt as a codriver. :)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Yes - the same car that he driven last year, when he was leader of the rally before he'd broken the engine on the huge jump. Yesterday I told to Alexey Shchukin - Evgeny and Dale found the comfortable way to write notes in English and they both are ready to fight for the victory. We'll see :)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

IRC Rally Russia 2007 in photos of Alex Nakhapetov and Andrey Chursinov (RallyRUS)

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=263

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/russia-001.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Three Russian drivers - participants of P-WRC series:
Evgevy Vertunov, Evgeny Novikov and Evgeny Aksakov

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/bn-itogi-3zenki.jpg

Vertunov at "White nights 2007" rally:

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/bn-itogi-vertunov.jpg

Novikov at rally "Gukovo 2007":

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/novikon-008.jpg

Aksakov in Turkey 2008:

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/aksakov.jpg

[Tom206wrc]

So Kopecky's team managed to repair the car after Ypres or will it be a new one in Russia???? :confused:

[Mirek]

We don't know, maybe Alex can take photo of registration plate.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Papparazzi?! In service zone, shooting registration tables and checking engine numbers... :) No problem - I did so want to play some time in Bond. James Bond. ;)

[chryby]

yes, jan kopecký is in vyborg and he will go

[wwbroe]

Any news about shake-down times, because i don't see anything on official web-site. Shake-down should be finished in about 20 minutes, if my timing is exact. :D

[Alex Nakhapetov]

It will take a little time. RallyRUS works on RusRC stages closely with Russian site, devoted to the national championship (rrch.ru). I've call them - the shakedown is finished, but journalists are on their way to press-center. As soon as RRCH will publish the info, we'll translate it and publish in English.

[wwbroe]

It will take a little time. RallyRUS works on RusRC stages closely with Russian site, devoted to the national championship (rrch.ru). I've call them - the shakedown is finished, but journalists are on their way to press-center. As soon as RRCH will publish the info, we'll translate it and publish in English.

Ok, thanks Alex, hope to see it soon. :D

[Mirek]

So, Kopecký is driving the same car as in Ypres. It is repaired ;)

[wwbroe]

Still no times of shake-down? From what i heard the conditions of the special stages are really bad, with big rocks all over the place, it looks like they are tougher then the stages of Turkey rally and Acropolis, so that should be hard for mechanic. If somebody have any results of shake, please let us know. I hope tomorrow stage results will come quicker, if not it will be difficult to follow rally. :)

[Madeira]

Does anyone Knows where is the time table of rally??

Thank You!

[White Sauron]

Shakedown was a 1.5 section of SS1.

1. Sola 52.8
2. Alen 53.0
=. Kopecky 53.0
4. Hanninen 53.3
5. Vouilloz 53.5
=. Loix 53.5

All timing is unofficial. Tomorrow you can follow the rally on-line

[wwbroe]

You can find it at official website of Rally Russia, under the competitor button.

[Madeira]

You can find it at official website of Rally Russia, under the competitor button.

Ok, here is:

http://rallyrussia.com/doc/itinerary120608.xls

What a strange rally!!

[Mirek]

Kopecký on shakedown, onboard: http://www.mediasport.cz/videa/rok-2008

[wwbroe]

First stage should be live in a couple off minutes, but i don't see any site where i can see live results? Does anybody have any idea where we can follow the rally live? :mad:

[White Sauron]

http://www.rally-online.ru/stageresult. ... 8&RouteID= (http://www.rally-online.ru/stageresult.asp?db=RUSSIA2008&RouteID=){322A8AF1-A579-43BD-9289-1C58F302D100}&PenID={2D61C605-6406-42CE-A6A1-1B5E55DF8AF2}&lang=ru

[wwbroe]

http://www.rally-online.ru/stageresult.asp?db=RUSSIA2008&RouteID={322A8AF1-A579-43BD-9289-1C58F302D100}&PenID={2D61C605-6406-42CE-A6A1-1B5E55DF8AF2}&lang=ru

Thanks White Sauron :D :D :D

[wwbroe]

Allready big time-differences on first stage, where Alen makes fastest time for the moment, second Basso, third Kopecky, but Voullioz and Loix loosing a lot of time.

[wwbroe]

Any news about Hanninen, he has startnumber 11, but i don't see any time for him on stage 1, stage 2 is live and Vouillioz fastest for the moment. :mad:

[wwbroe]

Anton Alen is really flying, on stage 2 wich is only 10 kms in lenght he is 5.6sec faster than second fastest Vouilloz. Great pace of Anton so far, he is flying Finn off-course. ;)

[N.O.T]

the results page is strange..in ss1 they don;t have hannines times and in ss2 they have him as winner but still they don;t include him is the general classification....

[LP]

they fixed Haninens time, but there is still a problem with SJJ :)

but i guess our Russian friends are working hard :)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Dear friends.
Sorry for the work of the official rally site, maybe they have some difficulties there in Vyborg...

But. I took the decision to collect all news about the rally in Russian and to translate them into English. Please, check RallyRUS English pages.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php

The online results tables:

http://www.rally-online.ru/stagelist.asp?db=RUSSIA2008&RouteID={322A8AF1-A579-43BD-9289-1C58F302D100}&lang=ru

The startlist:

http://rallyrussia.com/doc/Spisok-RRussia-08.xls

The results of shakedown:

http://rrch.ru/content/view/472/62/

Thank you.

[N.O.T]

very interesting battle between Meeke and Wilks also in the R cars....

Alex you are always doing a fantastic job when it comes to russian rally thank you.

[wwbroe]

Dear friends.
Sorry for the work of the official rally site, maybe they have some difficulties there in Vyborg...

But. I took the decision to collect all news about the rally in Russian and to translate them into English. Please, check RallyRUS English pages.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php

The online results tables:

http://www.rally-online.ru/stagelist.asp?db=RUSSIA2008&RouteID={322A8AF1-A579-43BD-9289-1C58F302D100}&lang=ru

The startlist:

http://rallyrussia.com/doc/Spisok-RRussia-08.xls

The results of shakedown:

http://rrch.ru/content/view/472/62/

Thank you.

Thanks again Alex, at least we have some info, thanks to your usefull work. ;)

[[Madeira-Rally]]

It looks like Auriol his having big problems on his punto...

[N.O.T]

Novikov is doing a very good job given his car .... and wilks seems to build a good gap over meeke...

[N.O.T]

still though results are inconsistent...where is sola ???

[N.O.T]

Alen loses 55 seconds on stage 4 !!!!!!

[White Sauron]

Sola out, Alen off, front damaged.

[Tom206wrc]

Great pace from Kopecky :)


But fantastic from Hänninen who discovers the car :D

And Loix not so far whereas his gravel experience is already a quite long time(Turkey and Portugal wheren't fast gravel) ;)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Mastering three days’ race.

The time-table of the present “Rally Russia” is far from what we have been used to during last seasons. Technical check ups compressed into one day, test section till late at night, in the morning – an early “virtual” start, transient first day and driving to a gala start … Besides everybody is in an agony of suspense – whether skies will be clear or the race will be the same as the last year when it was held mostly in bad weather? This issue can seriously affect the condition of the track. But let us start from the beginning …

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215685485&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/0709-15-500-mm_i_kronos.jpg

[CEORacingLions]

I'm sorry mates , but this is a real rally ?

4 stages and first round finished.

Tomorrow is the same.

Very very strange rally !

I have never seen anything like that before.

[Buzz Lightyear]

Novikov is doing a very good job given his car .... and wilks seems to build a good gap over meeke...

i think meeke has some pucture problems, and broken sump.

http://krismeeke.blogspot.com/

[N.O.T]

I'm sorry mates , but this is a real rally ?

4 stages and first round finished.

Tomorrow is the same.

Very very strange rally !

I have never seen anything like that before.

its a 3 day event....4 stages on each day.

[andre93]

photo of hanninen????

[wwbroe]

photo of hanninen????

There is a small video on Belgian site pitstop.tv where you can see the livery of Hanninen's Pug. It is the car Snijers used in Ypres and Campos in Portugal. ;)

[wwbroe]

Well, it is a pity that those guys wont be there, but the entrylist still looks pretty decent to me. ;)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Talks at a test section. Part 1. Ours.

We failed to talk to the most part of Russian crews before the start. The time-table proved to be very packed. But at a test section we got a chance to get together with a part of our leaders. However even in this narrow circle opinions varied …


http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215687835&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[Alex Nakhapetov]

12 stages - too little? But what are these stages!!

81 started.
On SS1 only 65 finished (15 off)
On SS2 63 finished (2 off)
On SS3 54 finished (9 off)...

And they didn't see TOPOLKI yet. Last years we lost up to 30 teams on this violent special stage!

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/IMG222-1.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Talks at a test section. Part 2. Debutants.

Yes, yes. The Open Championship of Russia has a substantial reinforcement. Favorites of an international qualification – debutants of our national series. Almost half of them are debuting on Russian tracks. These crews can rather seriously prevent our favorites to score “national” points, to influence the standings in our championship. So, let us listen to opinions of these “debutants” …

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215694133&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[Alex Nakhapetov]

It's rather funny - as if I'm talking with myself... SMILE

[wwbroe]

It's rather funny - as if I'm talking with myself... SMILE

Hey Alex, don't think we are not interested, i for sure am following the rally over there as much as i can, but we have to relie most on you and Sauron to have any info, as the official site don't bring us too much information, so thanks again for your effort. ;)

[CEORacingLions]

Yeah for sure.

Thanks a lot Alex , cause if we don't have your effort we don't know anything about the rally.

[Tomi]

Hänninen says he has difficulties to drive the s2000, because it has to be driven in so high revs compaired to a grN car, because of that he has problem to choose what gears to use.
Also he says that the roads are very soft, and tomorrow even softer, and expect many drivers to have flats tomorrow.

[wwbroe]

I think Freddy Loix is doing good rally untill now, considering he had a puncture on very first stage and was only 13th in overall classification after first stage. Good pace and fastest time on stage three, Hanninen is also doing great in third Kronos Peugeot. Let's hope we don't see too many puncture's tomorrow, as the stage's are even worse than today. :)

[karlzoro]

I'm sorry mates , but this is a real rally ?

4 stages and first round finished.

Tomorrow is the same.

Very very strange rally !

I have never seen anything like that before.

San Remo :rolleyes: ;)

[HaCo]

Great battle between Wilk and Meeke, and the Honda is performing great, it's actually faster than the Renault!!

[Madeira]

Brice Tirabassi had some troubles with the clutch.

Dani Solà was retired due engine troubles

Didier Auriol hit a stone and had problems on the suspension.

Some Eurosport videos from Leg one are now available:
http://www.ircseries.com/html/Video.asp

[noel157]

Great battle between Wilk and Meeke, and the Honda is performing great, it's actually faster than the Renault!!

Not unexpected considering the Honda has maybe 30 more BHP than the Clio and Meeke hadn't driven the car until SD whereas Wilks did an Australian national rally and has tested his car a few times. Think they are both doing well despite Meeke's 2 punctures and loose sump guard. Tomorrow and Sunday whould be interesting for all crews.

[ProRally]

It's rather funny - as if I'm talking with myself... SMILE

Hi Alex, thanks for keeping us updated. For most of us it is TOO hard to find our way through the Russian websites, specially with your alfabet :D

Keep up the good work

[Alex Nakhapetov]

The story with Oriol and the stone:

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/ss1-001.jpg

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/ss1-002.jpg

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/ss1-003.jpg

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/ss1-004.jpg

By the way, the main problem for competitors today were stones and the road condition. Nearly all cars, that went off the race, were damaged with stones. There were just few crashes. Stones are the mystery of Vyborg rally - they appear on the road from the wheels of the previous car. Just lottery.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

I'm preparing some galleries from the first day - SS2, SS4 and the start ceremony. It will take one or two hours.

RallyRUS - it's 5 persons, working in different cities, and we are very glad to see that our work is useful. Thank you.

By the way - the same stone and Evgeny Novikov's car:

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/ss1-005.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS-1: “Supers” are advancing.

As it could be expected from the very first special stage an army of the IRC crews rushed to attack. However the best of ours were relatively not far behind. At this special stage in the absolute qualification on the first places were four “Super-2000” - Hänninen, Alen, Basso (both from Abarth) and Kopecky in Peugeot. The fifth time was shown by Evgeny Novikov. At that his gap was less than a second on a km from the leader. On 15 kilometers of the special stage “Yashino” it summed up to 13.5 seconds.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215705883&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS-2: Three of ours in the ten.

At the second special stage the foreign crews continued to press the haunters of the Russian championship. This time the “troika” of ours have broken into the first ten and occupied three last positions: Novikov, Zhigunov, Zimin. In the best traditions of the Russian championship the gaps among them are minimal – all the three “squeezed” in 3.5 seconds at a special stage. The gap from Juho Hänninan who won the first run of “Kutuzovo” special stage was not so much this time, all the first ten are in 16 seconds.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215711005&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[Tomi]

the spectators should move the ground stones away from the road soon as possible.

[CEORacingLions]

San Remo :rolleyes: ;)


Didn't say that in relation to quantity but cause of the first day has already finished and we don't know nothing about the rally like nothing happened If it wasn'tt a member Alex

[Alex Nakhapetov]

There are thousands of them - I mean srones, and fery few spectators. Wait some minutes - I'll show you why 12 stages is enough... Today were the best stages from all three days. This roads consists from stones. You can take away one, two, ten - no result. But of course if there is huge "bul'nik", its better to take it away.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Photos from the SS2, if you please:

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=510

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/016-3.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS-4 gallery. WOW!

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=511

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/035-3.jpg

[playmo]

Thanks for the info Alex! keep on rockin'!
kudos for you from Mexico.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Thank you!

One more gallery from the beginning: Shakedown.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=512

[wwbroe]

Great work Alex, thanks to you we keep informed about Rally Russia, keep up the great work, hope to see more info of you the coming days. Thanks again. :D

[[Madeira-Rally]]

If everything goes normal... Hanninnen is unbeatable ... he is rally showing is potential against IRC top competitors..

It look's like something strange happened with Basso on SS5... he lost a lot of time

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Big problems for Kopecky :(

He lost about 4 min. in SS6...

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Some photos from the start ceremony. All teams. Who was lucky to come to the start ceremony...

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=514&sessionid=4575b71918aeb45e5883eb2d69857cf7

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/162-1.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru - rally news and photos from Russia in English and Russian..

Welcome! :)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Novikov won the SS6 and became second in overall!! Fantastic!

[wwbroe]

What was the problem for Kopecky, loosing almost four minutes at stage 6? Also some problem for Vouilloz who lost almost a minute, and Basso who lost some time on stage 5 and Loix wasn't very fast on first stage off the day. Does anybody have any info on what happened with them? I also don't see any cars like Auriol who started again under superally, are they not in classification? Can somebody help me out? ;)

[karlzoro]

Hi wwbroe,

I don't know nothing about Freddy "lost time"...
I found a narticle on a russian site about his 2nd scratch of the rally on the first stage but when I see the times?????
Whatever, Hanninen & Novikov are the fasted men on the track...
1 Hanninen
2 Novikov
3 Alen
4 Basso
5 Loix
6 Vouilloz

[Alex Nakhapetov]

I think the problem is the same - broken wheels...

One more article: "Ours: As equals! Alen: Any chance?"

At the concluding stage of the day the last year winner of the “Rally Russia” Anton Alen sustained a punctured wheel and lost about a minute. The next special stage had been won by his fellow countryman Hänninen who improved his leadership up to 21.5 seconds. For the first time in this rally Russians gained half of the places in the first ten! The second half …

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215765653&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/0710-05-abs-500-hann.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Results online: here, please

http://www.rally-online.ru/stagelist.asp?db=RUSSIA2008&RouteID={322A8AF1-A579-43BD-9289-1C58F302D100}&lang=ru

[karlzoro]

Hi wwbroe,

I don't know nothing about Freddy "lost time"...
I found a narticle on a russian site about his 2nd scratch of the rally on the first stage but when I see the times?????
Whatever, Hanninen & Novikov are the fasted men on the track...
1 Hanninen
2 Novikov
3 Alen
4 Basso
5 Loix
6 Vouilloz

This is the article that i talk about wwbroe:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215725127&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[wwbroe]

This is the article that i talk about wwbroe:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215725127&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

Hey Kevin, thanks for the article, but i allready read it this morning, but it is concerning yesterday, where Freddy made fastest time on stage 3. He lost time on first stage yesterday due to a puncture (again!). On first stage this morning he lost time again, but i don't know why yet. If he continues his good pace on second run trough todays stages, i think he might be on the podium. ;)

[chryby]

jan kopecký´s car was not damaged after ss6, it means - probably puncture

i hope, he will be on pointed positions before leg 3

[Tom206wrc]

What action on this rally :p :

[Tom206wrc]

Any news about SS7 or has the stage not started yet ??? :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Ouch !! There were some results for SS7 but now "service unavailable" :(

[N.O.T]

Novikov is a true star i think....he can easily cut in in the wrc....no matter the knowledge of the roads he is doing fantastic in an inferior car.

Where is Meeke ?? why he is out?

Wilks setting some very good times....

The rally must be very nice to watch some very interesting average speeds :D

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Now it works... Hanninen, Novikov, Kopecky.

[Tom206wrc]

Yes it works ;)

What a disappointment Nicolas Vouilloz !!! Even Fast Freddy and more again Brice Tirabassi were faster with a big margin on SS7 !!! :(

Where's Vouilloz of last year rally Russia ??? :mark:

[wwbroe]

Loix and Kopecky had probably punctures on stage 7, that's why they are loosing so much time. However i think the Finns and Novikov are by far the fastest men on the stages. Kopecky is rather fast too, but unfortunally his puncture costed him a lot of time. Good pace of Wilks in the 2WD category. One more stage to go for today. :p

[Alex Nakhapetov]

What an interesting times!

12th in overall is Aleksey Sokurenko on standart Lancer Evo9. On the 13 place after 6 stages - Andrey Evdokimov on Evo5. And on the 6th stage Zvagolskiy (national R11 class) looses 22 MINUTES, but, leading with 23 MINUTES in his group, still is the 1st with 1 minite difference...

[[Madeira-Rally]]

What an impressive job by Juha Hanninnen... he is the unique guy keeping is pace since the start of the rally..

[wwbroe]

Another fastest time by Hanninen on last stage of the day. Nothing changes in overall positions. Novikov doing great job, making second fastest again and staying second overall, in front of Alen, Basso, Loix and Vouilloz. let's see if tomorrow it will stay the same.

[Buzz Lightyear]

Novikov is a true star i think....he can easily cut in in the wrc....no matter the knowledge of the roads he is doing fantastic in an inferior car.

Where is Meeke ?? why he is out?

Wilks setting some very good times....

The rally must be very nice to watch some very interesting average speeds :D

Kris Meeke is out according to his blog.

there must be a problem that the clio is running too low. he had the same problem yesterday.

http://krismeeke.blogspot.com/

rally over for us on the first stage of day 2. impossibly rough. on a slow 2nd gear corner, the road was only the width of the car, we struck a rock the size of 2 footballs, right in the middle of the road. With nowhere to go, the rock cut thro the sump guard and holed the sump.

elsewhere in the rally i am surprised at the big gaps now..

[Buzz Lightyear]

Wilks is out now too it appears....

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS7 is stopped because of the crash on the road. Nobody wounded, but the car blocked the road. Evgeny Vertunov (www.vertunov.com (http://www.vertunov.com)) broke the engine with big stone (out of the rally), also on this stage Alexander Gavrilov (http://gavrilov.rallyrus.spb.ru/index.php), also one of Russian quick pilots, destroyed front suspension on his Subaru. We are waiting for futher information.

[Tom206wrc]

Simon Jean-Joseph what FANTASTIC result for his C2-R2 Max after second leg !!!!! :D :bounce:

[HaCo]

What a disappointment Nicolas Vouilloz !!! Even Fast Freddy and more again Brice Tirabassi were faster with a big margin on SS7 !!! :(

What do you mean with 'even', Loix is in another class than Tirabassi and I think in the same class as Vouilloz. Let's see when Loix is out of bad luck!

Loix was 5x in front of Vouilloz, Vouilloz 3x in front of Loix.

[Tom206wrc]

I meant both drivers having less experience than Vouilloz on fast gravel events are though in front of him ;)

Of course I know Loix is on another level than Tirabassi :p :

[HaCo]

Loix has a lot more experience on fast gravel than Vouilloz (he did some WRC seasons), although he not a specialist.

Kopecky, Basso and Alen are showing better pace than the Kronos pugs (except Hanninen of course)!

[White Sauron]

Please don't forget about the official web-site http://www.rallyrussia.com, as it has more official and correct information.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Excuse me, friends. May I put some news? :)

Triumph and disasters of Russian favorites …

Evgeny Novikov has continued his ascent at the famous “Topolki” special stage - he credited to his account his first victory (and first “Russian” victory) at the special stages of ”Rally Russia-2008” and at the same time ascended to the second line of the general Protocol. Andrey Zhigunov and Boris Zimin ceased the struggle while Alexander Zheludov fell far back because of a punctured wheel …

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215793636&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

***
Breaking news: SS-7 stopped but …

According to the news from the track because of an accident with one of cars in the middle of the channel (the crew didn’t suffer but the car blocked the road) the SS-7 “Taiga” has been stopped and opened only in a road mode.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1215793987&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&

[noel157]

Thanks for the update Alex. Wilks and Meeke to do Superally for remaining stages.

[RS]

Yes it works ;)

What a disappointment Nicolas Vouilloz !!! Even Fast Freddy and more again Brice Tirabassi were faster with a big margin on SS7 !!! :(

Where's Vouilloz of last year rally Russia ??? :mark:

I think it just shows how much IRC has moved on in the last year. But Nico has had some problems with punctures too.

It's interesting that former JWRC Champion Tirabassi has been quite slow on all his IRC events so far.

[wwbroe]

So, the first stage of this last day is about to start in 5 minutes. Let's see what happens on this final day of Rally Russia, i still find it a strange rally with a very strange timing, almost as strange as San Remo Rally :D . But anyhow, let's see if punctures will be there again or will Hanninen just be cruising to victory on his first event in S2000 car? :rolleyes:

[wwbroe]

I also see just now that second stage off the day (and fourth one) is shortened from 22,96 to 19,9 kms. What is the reason, stage in too bad condition? :mad:

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Good morning :)
I came to Vyborg. Morning service, if you please:

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=515&sessionid=9f8f27680fdf36ffa677ff025df39430

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/017-3.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

The second stage off the day (and fourth one) is shortened because of the roed conditions...

[wwbroe]

The second stage off the day (and fourth one) is shortened because of the roed conditions...

Ok, thanks Alex. Fastest time on stage 1 for Freddy Loix, no major changes in overall classification. Kopecky loosing 35 seconds, so probably puncture? :rolleyes:

[HaCo]

Loix starting well this morning. :)

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Roads, roads... Photos are taken with mobile phone camera.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=516&sessionid=b6de0881e5c50a860fe97df1e3ba484f

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/006-6.jpg

[wwbroe]

Fastest time for Basso on stage 10, so he reply's to Loix being fastest on stage 9, no major changes in overall classifications. Same two stages to be run again in a couple off hours. With this results Vouilloz will equal Rosetti's point-total in championchip (26), with Loix third(16), Kopecky fourth (15) and Basso fifth(14). :D

[Tomi]

Roads, roads... Photos are taken with mobile phone camera.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=516&sessionid=b6de0881e5c50a860fe97df1e3ba484f

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/006-6.jpg

Alex, dont you have any ditches by the roads there?

[Tom206wrc]

What's the problem with Kopecky this morning ??? I was expecting him to take Vouilloz' posistion today... :confused:

[wwbroe]

What's the problem with Kopecky this morning ??? I was expecting him to take Vouilloz' posistion today... :confused:

Tom, i think he preferres to take the 3 points off his current position, instead to take unneccessary risk's to overhaul Vouilloz. :D

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Some photos from midday service (nearly online, I'm the quickest there! :) )

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=517

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/005-9.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Tom! We have different roads there: with ditches, without ditches, with ditches along and across the road... :) Different roads.

[HaCo]

Pugs are in trouble. Hanninen and Loix are loosing oil, so hectic service for Kronos.

[wwbroe]

They are making first and second on the penultimate stage, so i guess they are still ok?

Edit: small mistake, because Kopecky was fastest on the stage.

[HaCo]

You probably are wwbroe. :)

[Tomi]

Tom! We have different roads there: with ditches, without ditches, with ditches along and across the road... :) Different roads.

the roads are really in terrible shape, and when you look that there is growing only pine you know its all the way sand and stones.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

On SS 11 Novikov brakes the door and the suspension arm. In overall he's still second, but we don't know what happened... On SS12 some spectators put on the road stones... made from foam plastic and painted in orange color... Stupid people... Now police is cheking the situation.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

On the last stage: Novikov goes without one wheel...

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Novikov - lost right rear wheel. It is 40 km from the SS finish to service park...

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Organizers gave to Alen 5 minutes interval to start SS12 - because of Novikov's problems.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Tomi! If you see pine, it means, that somewhere near is RallyRUS! Someone have cats, someone - dogs. And in our Chevyvan lives real pine-tree! It feels very good and travelled with us 15000 km this year from one rally to another.

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/rus08-pine.jpg

[wwbroe]

Axel, the results-site doesn't work anymore, and this with last stage running. Can you inform us with latest results please?

[Alex Nakhapetov]

SS12: wins Hanninen. 10,6 Alen 16,9/6,0 Basso 34,9/18,0 Loix 46,3/11,4 VOUILLOZ

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Kopecki 1:04,1/17,8
Trabassi 2:02,1/58,0

[Alex Nakhapetov]

online works...

[Alex Nakhapetov]

JEAN-JOSEPH finishes between Kopecky and Trabassi

[wwbroe]

Great work Alex, so Novikov did retire on last stage, because i don't see any time for him? :confused:

[N.O.T]

Great victory for hanninen and a very good comeback from Alen as well....Pity for Novikov :(

The roads were terrible !!!

[Tomi]

good training for Hänninen and a relatively good drive considering no test time and first time in the car at the shakedown, the best is that he did beat his teammates without bigger problems, someone might think the roads are simular to Finnish roads, well they are not.
He made also a mark in Peugeots book incase the consider to come back to the WRC.
About Alen, I think very little driving lately shows in lack of speed and confidence, this shows how important it is to make right decissions about what to drive and when.

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Really pity for Novinikov..

[Alex Nakhapetov]

39 crews on the SS12 finish (40 km to go to the service). From 71 started in the rally 30 teams continued the rally with superrally, some of them twice. Time interval from Hanninen (1st) to Gorchakov (39th) is 1 hour 38 minutes and 21,1 seconds.

[N.O.T]

someone might think the roads are simular to Finnish roads, well they are not.


the average speeds though indicate that the rallies look alike.....i think if the organisers did fix the roads before the rally then the similarity would be even bigger

[Tom206wrc]

Marc van Dalen did an excellent choice with a third car, without that, first big victory with 1-2 for the Grande Puntos :mark:

Can't wait for Vinho da Madeira :bounce:

[Tomi]

the average speeds though indicate that the rallies look alike.....i think if the organisers did fix the roads before the rally then the similarity would be even bigger

Thatkind of surface can only be fixed with tarmac, its all loose sand and stones, there is nothing to bind the sand with, you can easily see after a few cars that the road is gone, our roads has clay mixed with the sand and gravel, that makes the groundstones not to come up so easy, and makes the roads much faster too. The difference is really big.

[N.O.T]

http://www.mediasport.cz/videa/rok-2008

i watched Kopeckys incar and i really cannot see many differences between this and finland......the roads were destroyed in parts but the majority were really fast and smooth

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Novikov fighted up to the end - he flyed on three wheels through the stage and stopped only when all gasolin went out through the broken fuel tank...

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Novikov fighted up to the end - he flyed on three wheels through the stage and stopped only when all gasolin went out through the broken fuel tank...
So...
he had a serious off in the last stage.. am I right?

[Tom206wrc]

With Vouilloz and Rossetti "tight leaders" after this rally that looks promising for Vinho da Madeira ;)

[RS]

http://www.mediasport.cz/videa/rok-2008

i watched Kopeckys incar and i really cannot see many differences between this and finland......the roads were destroyed in parts but the majority were really fast and smooth

I agree. There were some sandy and bumpy sections but generally they were fast and flowing forest roads and this was reflected in the results favouring the Finns.

Hanninen was great, it's a shame Alen had his punctures because it meant there was no real battle for victory.

Regarding Alen, this was his third gravel event in the Punto this year so he ought to have done better (although he didn't get any real mileage in Portugal) Also the 207 generally has the edge on the Punto, but boy does Anton need to cheer up, he is a bit unexcitable like other Finnish drivers, except without any of the humour!

[Tomi]

Regarding Alen, this was his third gravel event in the Punto this year so he ought to have done better (although he didn't get any real mileage in Portugal) Also the 207 generally has the edge on the Punto, but boy does Anton need to cheer up, he is a bit unexcitable like other Finnish drivers, except without any of the humour!

Maybe the marriage with the budget ferrari is not so happy as they tought it might be at first, too many restrictions perhaps.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

What happened on the SS11 I don't know yet, but this is photo from SS12, where Novikov drive without wheel with fantastic speed...

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/nov-crash.jpg

[Alex Nakhapetov]

I'm at home in Saint-Petersburg, Chevyvan... also at home, rally-pine-tree - in Chevyvan... We did it!

Few days after the rally we'll publish some news and galleries on RallyRUS site. I'd like to welcome you to visit our site... Of course I see, that meanwhile Russian rally is interesting for foreigners as exotic, but today you could notice new Russian names - Evgeny Novikov (www.e-novikov.com (http://www.e-novikov.com)), Andrey Zhigunov (www.pro-sportrally.ru (http://www.pro-sportrally.ru)), Evgeny Vertunov (www.vertunov.com (http://www.vertunov.com), archive English version avaliable at http://vertunov.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php), but this rally for him (Russian Rally Champion 2007) was very unlucky. Here in Russia we have 9-round national championship, 15-rounds rally cup, few monocups (Mitsubishi, Fiesta, Renault Logan, Citroen). Maybe we are somewhere studuing to drive fast, somewhere our pilots are faster Finns... But it's life. Very interesting life in rallystyle.

By the way - 2008 rally season will finish in the end of September in Novorossijsk with rally "Novorossijsk Russia 2008" - the candidate to WRC stage in 2010. WRC in Russia, on the Black Sea? Sounds good!

***

Thank you for your attention, now few hours to sleep - and everything from the very beginning :) ...

[Alex Nakhapetov]

And, of course. Big thanks to members of RallyRUS team:

Pavel Nizkin (Moscow) - reporter, photographer, web-master;
Vladimir Perov (Moscow) - translator;
Ilja Fedorov (Saint-Petersburg) - reporter, photographer;
Kostya Poltyrev (Saint-Petersburg) - web-master

Nothing could happen without efforts of these talant people. I'll hope, you'll hear about us very soon :)

[wwbroe]

Alex, i would like to thank you and the rest off the team for the fantastic work that you have done. You were the reason we could keep up to date with what was happening during Rally Russia. We saw indeed a great drive of your countryman Novikov, it was a real pitty that he didn't make it to the finish, he surely did deserve it. Keep up the good work and keep us informed of the Russian rallychampionship. Cheers and thanks. :D

[Tom206wrc]

Yes thanks for the live of Rally Russia Alex :D

[Mirek]

good training for Hänninen and a relatively good drive considering no test time and first time in the car at the shakedown...

You are not right. Hanninen had a pre-event test together with Kopecký. If You watch an onboard from Kopecký's test, You can see Hanninen's car at the end on the right side.

http://www.mediasport.cz/multimedia/videa/wrc/08russia_kopecky_test.wmv

Thanks, Alex, for info. I was out for a rock festival so as last year, I again missed Russia...

[Tomi]

]You are not right. Hanninen had a pre-event test together with Kopecký. If You watch an onboard from Kopecký's test, You can see Hanninen's car at the end on the right side.

http://www.mediasport.cz/multimedia/videa/wrc/08russia_kopecky_test.wmv

Thanks, Alex, for info. I was out for a rock festival so as last year, I again missed Russia...

you are right 70km test before the rally, not a big surprise then, quite expected.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

Thank you, friends!

I think, one of the best pictures of the rally: Novikov on SS12...
(Photo by Alexander Shapovalov, RallyRUS)

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/novikov-ss12.jpg

[noel157]

And, of course. Big thanks to members of RallyRUS team:

Pavel Nizkin (Moscow) - reporter, photographer, web-master;
Vladimir Perov (Moscow) - translator;
Ilja Fedorov (Saint-Petersburg) - reporter, photographer;
Kostya Poltyrev (Saint-Petersburg) - web-master

Nothing could happen without efforts of these talant people. I'll hope, you'll hear about us very soon :)

Alex, many thanks to you and all your team for the hard work over the past 3 days. You all did a find job, thanks again.

[Alex Nakhapetov]

“Russia 2008” rally. Evgeny Novikov.

http://www.bestpics.ru/full/nov-russia08-small.jpgTo make a forecast in a rally is an ungrateful matter. The experience of the last year performance when Evgeny Novikov really challenged foreign plant’s teams but had to retire because of an engine’s damage at a landing after a jump prompted that this year we are awaited by a stiff and hard-edged struggle.

http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1216044013&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&

[Alex Nakhapetov]

IRC Rally RUSSIA 2008 (RallyRUS reports archive page):
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?category=1

2008 galleries:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=505

***

IRC Rally RUSSIA 2007 (RallyRUS reports archive page):
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?category=3

2007 galleries:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=263

***

Thank you!

[c4]

IRC Rally RUSSIA 2008 (RallyRUS reports archive page):
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?category=1

2008 galleries:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=505

***

IRC Rally RUSSIA 2007 (RallyRUS reports archive page):
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/eng/index.php?category=3

2007 galleries:
http://www.rallyrus.spb.ru/gall000/categories.php?cat_id=263

***

Thank you!


Superb!

Well done

[katxal]

i need basso´s car reg plate...anyone could help me...also dani sola...

[HaCo]

This is the rear of the car of Sola...
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2008/irc/russia/pl_a_150_basso_2.jpg

;)

Can't find it on any pictures...

[wwbroe]

This is the rear of the car of Sola...
http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2008/irc/russia/pl_a_150_basso_2.jpg

;)

Can't find it on any pictures...


Very difficult to read the registration plate, isn't it? :D

[Xsara Fan]

i need basso´s car reg plate...anyone could help me...

Basso DK-077gt http://rallyrussia.com/cms-data/item_006/photo_0001464.jpg

Sola - only this for the moment... http://rallyrussia.com/cms-data/item_006/photo_0001310.jpg

[katxal]

Basso DK-077gt http://rallyrussia.com/cms-data/item_006/photo_0001464.jpg

Sola - only this for the moment... http://rallyrussia.com/cms-data/item_006/photo_0001310.jpg

thanks is more than i need :) ...you´re great!

[Xsara Fan]

thanks is more than i need :) ...you´re great!
You welcome! :)

bump the thread up.

I'm going to bump the tread up.