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Rally GB 2007 - official thread

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Magnus

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I take the freedom of opening this thread, since there is only three days to go, hope you do not mind!
The championship is probably settled. Reading the news on mgr.fi certainly makes one hope for a wonder, but I guess it is not to happen. If you search for Marcus Grönholm on wikipedia there is some interesting links in the end of the article, one of them describing Grönholms dominance as almost like Schumachers... Well, those were the days (feb 2003)
Anyways it will be a very exiting rally, with really treacherous conditions. I´ll keep my fingers crossed! As AFF has pointed out, Loeb should ease on the gas now when he is a father, anything else would be unresponsible!
 
http://www.walesrallygb.com/52_411.php?PHPSESSID=2dae456aa539e24aa27b23528f384f7e
well, they certainly aren´t making things easy for people who want to stay out of the crowds... It is a little bit sad that you can not enjoy many rallies in your own way anymore. The security aspect is of course important, but for me it very much ends up in a money related question... this is certainly the backside of high-level rallying!
To take the snow-mobile to far-away places on the swdish rally is a fantastic thing. I hope they do not forbid that aswell :(
 
Probably because people are fed up with up with the 'Sheep pens', we've all said it before and will say it again, but these have ruined the Rally for most spectators, if you don't get there 3 hours before the first car you won't get a good view, Ridiculous!!!
 
I look forward to this rally as I think the fight for the title isn't over yet ;)
 
Magnus said:
http://www.walesrallygb.com/52_411.php?PHPSESSID=2dae456aa539e24aa27b23528f384f7el :(
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This article is incorrect. For one, it was David Higgins, not Mark, and two, it was a tractor with a bail fork on the front. Granted, the situation was very serious and could've led to a fatal accident, but it looked to me to be a pi55ed off farmer driving his tractor on the track, because it was blocked off for a rally!

Either way, safety is of course the most important thing, and I have seen motorcyclists riding down stages before! I hope they arent going to be even stricter with the spectator pens though...
 
If pens are an issue for anyone just get there nice and early and walk on the stages to a good bit. The marshalls aren't going to reccomend it because it's not in their interests to. Just dont stand in a stupid place and it's fine.
 
I posted this in another thread, and no one could answer me.

Is this rally a paired event for engines or chasis?
 
Minke said:
I posted this in another thread, and no one could answer me.

Is this rally a paired event for engines or chasis?
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Not sure about chasis, but it's not paired for engines.
 
Entry questions:
#41 Leszek Kuzaj is marked with co-driver Craig Parry but he on the list twice, also with his regular driver #32 Stuart Jones. Who co-drives Leszek?
#51 Martin Rauam doesn't have a car marked, what does he drive?
#64 Barry Clark doesn't have a car or co-driver, will he start and with what and whom if he does?
 
2005 Loeb crashed out while testing for the GB rally, then he crashed out in Australia, but thats another story...
If I want loeb to crash out? Uh... no, not really, but a flock of punctures or a pile of bad selfesteem would at least be something to hang in the X-mas tree.
Besides I would like for mäkinen to keep his record with four straight championships (at least in the last years of rallying)
 
same i want makinen too! i miss that guy haha

and monte carlo streak too! thank goodness gronholm cracked it! :D hehe

not that i dont like loeb :p
 
jonkka said:
Entry questions:
#41 Leszek Kuzaj is marked with co-driver Craig Parry but he on the list twice, also with his regular driver #32 Stuart Jones. Who co-drives Leszek?
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Kuzaj will be codriven by Parry. Its long term agreement. Jones will drive with new codriver - Andy Bull, as he did already in Ireland.
 
Hopefully making the trip to Crychan as there are two runs, anyone seen any good maps of the stage? or recomendations for any good spots?
Thanks,
Paul
 
Paul.G said:
Hopefully making the trip to Crychan as there are two runs, anyone seen any good maps of the stage? or recomendations for any good spots?
Thanks,
Paul
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I was on Crychan last year and had an awesome spot.
http://www.walesrallygb.com/308_395.php
I'm pretty sure we were in what they are calling car park F. If you aim for the areas marked V1 and V2 and keep going. Get there early and walk along the stage and through the hairpin left tight section. It's a fair walk along a farily straight section until it comes to a 90 left and the valley sort of drops away and the cars follow the road around clockwise. There's a hairpin which you cant stand at but if you follow the next straight there is a good bank which people were standing on last year. So you end up facing the direction you've walked in but because the place is like a bowl you see the cars for about 30 seconds or so. The cameras were there last year and a large group of santas. I think Atkinson lost it at the corner we stood on the year before. Probably the best place I've ever spectated at purely because you see the cars for so long. It's about a 20min walk but well worth it.
 
If you walk against the direction of traffic at V1 (i.e, turn right when you get to the hairpin), walk up the stage for about 10min and you will come to a 90 right (as the rally cars will see it!!) where PG Andersson went straight on into a ditch in 2004. About 150 yard after this is a great right hander, where Henning Solberg lost it in 2005! Its very quick and sideways. My favourite spot ever! However I find the quarry futher into the stage is a bit naff......but generally Crychan is very good for spectating.

I'm doing Halfway on saturday, as i've never been there and the second run is in the dark :)

Looks like Rheola 2 is also in darkness!?
 
Completely no idea where I'll be going but will be cheering Marcus all the way... hopefully he won't make a stupid mistake like last few events :s
 
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