Rally Sweden 2025

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Date and time SS Information
16. 02. 2025 17:10 CET 18 Stage is cancelled.
16. 02. 2025 17:10 CET 18 Stage is stopped because car no 70 is blocking the road.
16. 02. 2025 17:10 CET 18 retired (70 - Martínez Jorge / Aros José Alberto): accident in SS 18
16. 02. 2025 17:09 CET 18 (35 - Sołowow Michał / Baran Maciej): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 17:08 CET 18 (40 - Mauro Alejandro / Pérez Adrián): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 17:08 CET 18 (27 - Zaldivar Fabrizio / Der Ohannesian Marcelo): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 17:07 CET 18 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's been a pretty good weekend, I made life difficult on that first stage this morning! It focused the mind, got a good run on those last stages and it's been a good fight. It's a stage where it is so easy to give three or four seconds away, even the tiniest mistake can cost that. Very happy to turn out with a clean run and win the Wolf Power Stage as well.
16. 02. 2025 17:07 CET 18 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I don't know what to say. Thanks to the team and many people sending messages last night, Séb Ogier and all the guys. We tried to stay on the road, we did quite well actually. Unfortunately I was not able to find the victory this time, Elfyn did a great stage time on the last one, so hats off to Elfyn. This time I wanted to stay on the road and bring her back. I wanted to do a good job for the team. I am disappointed I didn't win, but it is okay this timne.
16. 02. 2025 17:06 CET 18 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Definitely meant a lot, we have done a good rally. Some ups and downs but overall we can be pleased with our performance. We saw the road conditions changing over the whole weekend, so it is hard to know which is the best start position. Well done to Elfyn and Taka over the whole weekend, it has been a great fight.
16. 02. 2025 17:06 CET 18 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): This stage was like the rest of the rally. Complete disaster, first corner I already went in a bank, so hey-ho. Super frustrating yesterday driving all day and losing it all. When you come with high hopes and you get a rally like this it is very difficult to swallow.
16. 02. 2025 17:06 CET 18 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I don't think from our weekend there is anything to tell. Big disappointment but we need to go to the next one and hope that on gravel we have better pace. I have been following the battle in the front from today. I hope both drivers from our team bring home top points but I am really rooting for Taka, I am probably more nervous than him! I am proud of him no matter what the result.
16. 02. 2025 17:05 CET 18 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): This one was just to get through, we did everything in the morning that we needed to do to hold the position. It has been a good weekend, we managed to go through on the right pace where we needed, so I think I am more than happy for this weekend.
16. 02. 2025 17:05 CET 18 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): I feel it is quite a big disappointment what happened on Friday with the puncture, otherwise we have had really nice pace and movements. The feeling has been really nice. I enjoyed the rally but of course, it was frustrating to lose so much in the beginning. Really grateful for the team and of course, I guess we will just come back stronger.
16. 02. 2025 17:04 CET 18 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): We wanted to try and I think we had a really efficient stage except on a braking point. When the rut is so deep, the tyre cannot enter it so low, so even with the handbrake it is hard to get out. We need to be faster on the opening stage on Friday because it ruined the rest of the weekend, but that's how it is. It's our fault and we learn from it. At least from that one [stage], we did not overshoot a junction or stall the engine. It is better than last year.
16. 02. 2025 17:04 CET 18 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): I think it is the wind! We had a bit of time to prepare, but we enjoyed and improved every kilometre of the rally.
16. 02. 2025 17:04 CET 18 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I had a clean stage, the ruts are really tricky. I think it will be difficult to do a good time. There is a lot of sweeping in the beginning.
16. 02. 2025 17:04 CET 18 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): Today was a bit frustrating, but we have to be happy with it. It's been a big step forward since Monte Carlo. It's been a big positive to come here and match the times of the Scandinavians. Some big positives to take to Kenya. Big thanks to the team and the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy. And the fans who dug us out on the last stage.
16. 02. 2025 17:03 CET 18 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It is a fantastic relief, amazing. To win it three years in a row with a new car, being on pace and so fast and winning on snow is an incredible feeling. We have been working hard to get the feeling. It is quite a relief, new car and everything. I was quite nervous to see where the performance was, so thanks to the team and the mechanics.
16. 02. 2025 17:03 CET 18 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): Really nice and strong weekend for us. One mistake but otherwise good. Big thanks to the team, fans and everybody. Good start for the season.
16. 02. 2025 17:02 CET 18 flash info (25 - Heikkilä Mikko / Temonen Kristian): It's nice to be on the podium again, but the target was not to be third I wanted to be second. We all knew competing against Solberg, victory is impossible. We reached our target after Friday because I struggled a lot on Friday. Thanks to Škoda and TGS team, the car was driving like I wanted.
16. 02. 2025 17:02 CET 18 Starting order: Heikkilä, Korhonen, Solberg, McErlean, Fourmaux, Serderidis, Munster, Pajari, Sesks, Rovanperä, Tänak, Neuville, Katsuta, Evans
16. 02. 2025 05:08 CET 18 Stage is shortened from start for 1,46 km.
16. 02. 2025 17:00 CET 17 (73 - Poizot Thibaut / Grand Marion): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:59 CET 17 (72 - Ribaudo Tony / Delorme Cyrielle): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:59 CET 17 retired (48 - Goto Shotaro / Lindberg Jussi): retired in SS 17
16. 02. 2025 16:58 CET 17 retired (49 - Lassila Leevi / Linnaketo Antti): retired in SS 17
16. 02. 2025 16:57 CET 17 retired (38 - Ten Brinke Bernhard / Woodburn Tom): accident in SS 17
16. 02. 2025 16:57 CET 17 (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:56 CET 17 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): I struggled a bit with the car, I understeered a lot. Let's see Heikkilä comes behind.
16. 02. 2025 16:56 CET 17 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Really tricky conditions in there, when you don't full attack it is difficult to get the flow in the ruts. I tried to drive smooth, will probably lose a lot of time but at least it was clean. Good fight in the WRC.
16. 02. 2025 16:56 CET 17 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I didn't know how it went to be honest. That's good. It felt better. I needed a big step.
16. 02. 2025 16:55 CET 17 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I was trying to be very clean, fortunately I have been doing a very good job, so let's see. I need to focus on Wolf Power Stage, too clean drive. Maybe I could push much more here.
16. 02. 2025 16:55 CET 17 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We had a small mistake on a junction where I hit a bit of a snow bank. It took time to get speed again so it took maybe one or two seconds out. The times are so close and we expect them to be close. I am happy with my stage.
16. 02. 2025 16:55 CET 17 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Cleaning massively. It's a Mickey Mouse stage now.
16. 02. 2025 16:55 CET 17 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): There is a small issue, but we will see what happens.
16. 02. 2025 16:54 CET 17 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I tried but then quite quickly I felt it would be really difficult. I think the stage will be cleaning a lot on the second pass, I felt I didn't have any good lines anywhere. Really difficult, not the best stage.
16. 02. 2025 16:54 CET 17 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): This one was really challenging! We enjoyed, these long stages with lots of changing conditions, changing of traction, was amazing to drive.
16. 02. 2025 16:54 CET 17 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Yep! Not perfect, I was hoping for something a little bit better. Anyway, a nice stage to drive. Really enjoyable. Some places again where I could improve. Safely through, really clean drive. Good feeling.
16. 02. 2025 16:54 CET 17 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The lines are really, really bad so I backed off as there is nothing to play for. We have a trouble-free event so far, not the performance we wanted to show but this is due to our first stage on Friday. We have a clean event and want to save the tyres for the last one.
16. 02. 2025 16:53 CET 17 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): A bit more snow at the beginning, then the grip was good. We enjoyed, we pushed more. We are still improving, it was a good stage I think.
16. 02. 2025 16:53 CET 17 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): There is a lot of sweepjng today, so the strategy is only Wolf Power Stage. We will see for the Wolf Power Stage. Big push? Big points.
16. 02. 2025 16:50 CET 16 (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:48 CET 16 (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:47 CET 16 (40 - Mauro Alejandro / Pérez Adrián): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:47 CET 16 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): We ran wide in a fast four right, got sucked into a snow bank and got beached. It was a big job to get the car out of the snow bank, thanks to all the spectators who got her out of there.
16. 02. 2025 16:47 CET 16 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): This was a fun stage, some places were quite slippery. There was loose snow on the road.
16. 02. 2025 16:47 CET 16 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): I had to follow the times, Katsuta is fighting hard and doing very well! Clean stage, nothing special.
16. 02. 2025 16:46 CET 16 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): No real issue, just struggling for confidence at the front end and then not carrying the speed. Not sure why it is feeling so different today but let's see.
16. 02. 2025 16:46 CET 16 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): That's good, I was very clean. A few places are quite slippery, more than expected. Still I can push but maybe I don't need to.
16. 02. 2025 16:45 CET 16 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I didn't have a good run to be honest, I am understeering all the way. I cannot do more at the moment. When I know the road, I can predict and engage before but when you discover it, it is not possible. It is a struggle all weekend, yesterday the grip was higher but in this condition, it is harder.
16. 02. 2025 16:45 CET 16 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We could run the map we wanted today, so it is working much more normally. Unfortunately, we couldn't do it yesterday.
16. 02. 2025 16:44 CET 16 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): We had to scoop quite a lot of of snow. It's a really nice stage, I think at least the last part should clean quite a lot. I really tried to push, it was faster from me. But it is cleaning. We tried everything we had.
16. 02. 2025 16:44 CET 16 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): In the morning we had a handbrake problem. My handbrake is not working with all four wheels. I almost stalled two times, we were cautious and then we saw McErlean. We were alarmed, so I backed off. It is good to see McErlean and Treacy are both safe, just stuck deep in a snow bank, really sorry for them. It is speculation, but of course I would have more feeling and confidence but it is not that bad without handbrake, you just need to be more precise.
16. 02. 2025 16:43 CET 16 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): We saw McErlean out, so we slowed down to make sure it is fine. Otherwise, really smooth run. I was thinking if I should push at some point but just tried to be clean and efficient. I guess it is always like this.
16. 02. 2025 16:43 CET 16 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Really nice stage with a bit of everything, bit fast and quite narrow in the beginning. It gets way faster at a T-right junction. The end is a bit slippery, lots of loose snow so really slippery for the last 4km.
16. 02. 2025 16:43 CET 16 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): For a start, second on the road, I think the grip was not so bad. I don't know what Fourmaux said. Clean stage, very nice. Fast as usual.
16. 02. 2025 16:42 CET 16 (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:42 CET 16 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): There is not much I can do now with the road position, there is a lot of sweeping today. There is a lot of fresh snow on top of the ice, the conditions are bad. I had a good stage, it was good fun to drive. We'll see for the Power Stage but the Sunday is going to be hard. Neuville and Tänak should try things and have fun.
16. 02. 2025 16:37 CET 15 (66 - Baudet Lyssia / Sam Caw Freve Léa): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:37 CET 15 retired (39 - Kołtun Jarosław / Pleskot Ireneusz): accident in SS 15
16. 02. 2025 16:36 CET 15 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): Could have been, should have been. It is what it is. There are fine margins between shame and glory in this sport. This is what happened on this one, hopefully in future we can get it back.
16. 02. 2025 16:36 CET 15 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): Looking at the bigger picture, it has been quite solid. When we have been feeling okay it has been going in the right direction. In the end, I can't complain too much.
16. 02. 2025 16:36 CET 15 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): Quite tricky for us, we did a mistake on the previous one but otherwise, okay.
16. 02. 2025 16:36 CET 15 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): So far so good! It has been a tricky day for sure, the stages are a completely different characteristic to yesterday. It is a day of learning. I tried to pace myself today. It has been good fun.
16. 02. 2025 16:35 CET 15 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): You need to ask the engineers, I'm sure they can enlighten you much more on the issues. We are trying to do what we can. Let's see.
16. 02. 2025 16:34 CET 15 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Really the gap is three seconds? Everyone was quite quick in this one, I don't know what to think. I just wanna finish. Let's see. For sure, I am very hungry for many things but I have seen myself many times too hungry.
16. 02. 2025 16:34 CET 15 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I was just coming into the junction, lost the rear and it stalled under braking. Not ideal.
16. 02. 2025 16:34 CET 15 (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): stalled engine
16. 02. 2025 16:33 CET 15 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We have to prepare well tonight. I am happy with the day to be honest, we did what we should do and we had a good rhythm managing the race. I tried to preserve the tyres as much as I could. Slightly increase the rhythm bit by bit. Go flat out tomorrow.
16. 02. 2025 16:33 CET 15 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I don't think we are close to opening a battle now. Today was much better than yesterday, some of the lines cleaned a lot. we tried our best, still some quite nice fights and some points, tomorrow we need to be fast. It is not available anymore where I want to be, so we just need to go fast.
16. 02. 2025 16:32 CET 15 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): It was a heavy landing after the jump! I backed up a little, neck hurts! The cars can really fly. So far it has been okay, took this one quite steady. Now we get the service, long stages to go.
16. 02. 2025 16:32 CET 15 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): I think it is nice to be mixing it with some of the best in the world, it has been a big step up and it is good to know we have the strength this year. Monte Carlo was a struggle from a performance point of view, but it's nice to show some good pace on our second time in Sweden. When it gets dark it is hard to see on the stages with glasses.
16. 02. 2025 16:32 CET 15 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Quite tricky, another tricky stage. Still quite a solid day, especially the morning was really nice and enjoyable for us. Clean day, full of learning and clean conditions. Lots of good things to take from here.
16. 02. 2025 16:31 CET 15 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): For sure it was a tricky afternoon. We felt it is our best loop so far on Rally Sweden. We did not have the start position to do anything. If anything, our driving has changed. I said yesterday I didn't know where to find the seconds. We have worked with the engineers, so some positives.
16. 02. 2025 16:31 CET 15 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): The grip is zero! First on the road, small snow on the trees. First hairpin it was on the limit.
16. 02. 2025 05:04 CET 15 Stage is changed to "sprint" version.
16. 02. 2025 16:30 CET 14 (50 - Grahn Adam / Bengtsson Maja): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:30 CET 14 (72 - Ribaudo Tony / Delorme Cyrielle): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:29 CET 14 (35 - Sołowow Michał / Baran Maciej): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:28 CET 14 (36 - Kohn Filip / Whittock Ross): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:28 CET 14 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): I guess the junctions were a little more messy. We messed up one but otherwise we were quite clean, so not too bad a run.
16. 02. 2025 16:28 CET 14 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): We have done some changes to the car and the feeling has improved quite a lot. A bit disappointing that we didn't find enough earlier in the test, but it is a good thing for learning.
16. 02. 2025 16:27 CET 14 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): We spun. Extremely difficult for us, not good.
16. 02. 2025 16:27 CET 14 (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): spun
16. 02. 2025 16:27 CET 14 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Horrible feeling, a lot of small mistakes everywhere. Really slippery, really difficult. Not too good stage at all.
16. 02. 2025 16:27 CET 14 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's not been a fantastic day today. One more to go. We are hoping for a good night sleep. I am not sure I need resetting, the car needs resetting.
16. 02. 2025 16:26 CET 14 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Of course a bit disappointing on the first stage of the loop to stall. We expected Thierry to be quick on this one but I did a quick one also. Let's see what we can do tomorrow. We need to find something more than today. I will try to do my best and that's it.
16. 02. 2025 16:26 CET 14 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It wasn't a big hit with a bank, pretty low grip and I lost the front on the way in. The speed wasn't so wrong, just the angle of the car was wrong. It hurts a bit down the next straight.
16. 02. 2025 16:26 CET 14 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I just said to Martijn Wydaeghe, finally a good stage. I enjoyed that one, it was getting a bit dark, not easy to find the braking points. I was early on a few, a bit late on the others. I tried to keep the speed, all okay.
16. 02. 2025 16:25 CET 14 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is nothing else to give. I am pushing, I do not have any mistakes, I am flat out everywhere I can. The road might be better for the guys behind. I cannot do anything more, I am still not one hundred percent with the car, I'm trying to push on.
16. 02. 2025 16:25 CET 14 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): I had to reverse in a junction with the braking. At first it felt good, but when you get into the ruts, it doesn't stop. I'm thinking maybe I should have kept it more wide, it was too narrow to drive into a snow bank and reverse. I tried but I think we dropped at least five seconds.
16. 02. 2025 16:24 CET 14 (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): spun
16. 02. 2025 16:24 CET 14 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's not too bad, we stalled in a junction because you're carrying second gear so much round squares. It is all to do with grip changes and being on the limit.
16. 02. 2025 16:23 CET 14 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Really twisty at the end, pretty okay drive. I must say that there was a lack of traction at the end of the stage. In the circumstances I thought it was quite fine. Maybe we lost a bit on a bank, but quite slow corners so it is not so bad.
16. 02. 2025 16:23 CET 14 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It is super loose, I am really enjoying the driving and so on, but we want to compete with one another but the starting position makes it impossible. without the 20sec time loss on Friday we would not be opening the road today.
16. 02. 2025 16:23 CET 14 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): Nice stage, less grip than the first pass. Some tricky parts. You think the grip is steady but it is not. Quite a tricky one as well.
16. 02. 2025 16:21 CET 13 flash info (26 - Joona Lauri / Vaaleri Samu): We are gonna play safe, of course we try to fight for third position but here I have so much understeering that I do not know how it is possible. We'll try to figure it out for tomorrow, long day and today is two stages.
16. 02. 2025 16:21 CET 13 flash info (25 - Heikkilä Mikko / Temonen Kristian): Luckily no more time lost to Virves, I am struggling with the understeering so happy to hear we did not lose more. Let's try to keep up.
16. 02. 2025 16:21 CET 13 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): Felt quite dramatic, we are experimenting now but things haven't really worked. It was quite funny, I have never really driven a car that doesn't do anything that I want, so really interesting. We are trying to find mechanical grip, but I cannot place the car anymore, can't do anything.
16. 02. 2025 16:20 CET 13 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): I was driving fast but I decided to keep not the best tyres in front. In the first corner, it was quite a big surprise. I tried to make the most of the situation. Some quite good hits to the banks, but that's the rally.
16. 02. 2025 16:20 CET 13 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): This one I tried to drive really clean, it doesn't feel so good. We'll see how the other guys are coming.
16. 02. 2025 16:20 CET 13 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Little bit more gravel than expected on the first one. Conditions are very nice, tyres are moving a lot. Not easy to understand the tyres yet.
16. 02. 2025 16:20 CET 13 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Quite a struggle but we are here. We struggled.
16. 02. 2025 16:19 CET 13 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay, tricky in places. Loose snow. Nothing special. The car is okay, it could be better. In this condition, I didn't drive a second pass through the stages last year so I was not sure how tough it was going to be.
16. 02. 2025 16:19 CET 13 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): OK run, quite difficult conditions. The grip was not as forgiving as the morning, tough to stay in the line. I am just trying to drive well and that's it.
16. 02. 2025 16:18 CET 13 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It felt okay, as always struggling with the balance at some point, but overall not a bad one. Tried to give it a bit more speed. The lines are getting cleaner so not so easy to fight with the guys behind. It's a shame for Fourmaux, we need every car at the finish. The risk is there with the speed we are going.
16. 02. 2025 16:18 CET 13 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Maybe slightly better than the morning but of course second pass condition is always very different. Even here the line is cleaning a lot when we go sideways. We try our best.
16. 02. 2025 16:18 CET 13 retired (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): accident in SS 13
16. 02. 2025 16:17 CET 13 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): It was really tricky, in some places you can find some grip but under the braking it is like wheewww. Today we are having a really nice battle with Sami Pajari. Brings back some Junior WRC memories. At that time we get a point for a stage win.
16. 02. 2025 16:17 CET 13 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's okay, the grip is honestly a lot lower than expected. I think it is the same for everyone, loose snow on the edge of the road. It makes an interesting experience, with the fast corners. Good fun.
16. 02. 2025 16:17 CET 13 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): It's quite a tricky one, quite narrow line in many places so we should stay in the line. Some places I manage it and some not so well. The cuts are quite small in the afternoon. There was one left corner in halfway and one right corner close to the end where he came out of the line.
16. 02. 2025 16:16 CET 13 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): No grip so when you are driving quite fast, it is crazy. Hit some snow banks, probably not the most efficient, but because of the road position not a lot we can do. There is no grip on the rear, loose snow. Initially you are in the ruts and the rear is just on vacation.
16. 02. 2025 16:16 CET 13 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): I thought it was better than the first pass. For me it is good, we have a clean stage. So fast, but enjoying.
16. 02. 2025 16:15 CET 12 (63 - Martens Thomas / Freeman Max): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:15 CET 12 (42 - Granados Miguel / Martí Marc): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:13 CET 12 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): All okay.
16. 02. 2025 16:13 CET 12 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I overshot and backed up, I don't know how much I lost. It was a stupid mistake but this is the first time I made a mistake this weekend so it is okay. I want to continue on. I feel very confident we can get the time back and will try not to make a mistake again.
16. 02. 2025 16:13 CET 12 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Seemed to be an okay run, stage is pretty messy, tried to be clean. Bit of a worry, but always the case in the second pass through.
16. 02. 2025 16:13 CET 12 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I had two places if you went a little hard on the line there was no grip. I had a clean stage, I lost two or three seconds on this stage in some places. We will see along the loop.
16. 02. 2025 16:12 CET 12 (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:12 CET 12 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I got the message we were slower than Rovanperä, let's see it is a long loop. Generally happy with my drive, at the beginning you can attack a bit more, but at the end there is no mistake.
16. 02. 2025 16:12 CET 12 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It did not feel the best, I don't know if some of the setup things for the second pass are not as good on this technical road, we have to see on the next one if it is better. The road will clean a lot so I don't think we have a chance for a good time.
16. 02. 2025 16:11 CET 12 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): The first half, we overshot the junction. The first one was really slippery under the braking. I think we found a good rhythm on the second half of the stage.
16. 02. 2025 16:11 CET 12 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): It's quite obvious it is really different condition to the morning. Lots of grip change so not so easy in the snow, few places I was too wide. Not really fully happy but not too bad.
16. 02. 2025 16:11 CET 12 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): For me it was everywhere. You have a bit of a rut to keep the front in but the rear is always getting in the loose stuff, the lines are quite bad.I had a really good stage. I was quite happy with my driving, I think we were really efficient out of the corner, the rear was sliding a lot but there was a balance. I felt it was good.
16. 02. 2025 16:11 CET 12 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): We almost stalled in a hairpin, conditions are not steady, so sometimes you have a lot of grip compared to the first pass. Other parts more difficult, lot of ruts. Not so easy.
16. 02. 2025 16:11 CET 12 (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:05 CET 11 retired (59 - Smart Max / Fair Cameron): retired after SS 11
16. 02. 2025 16:04 CET 11 (71 - Thoral Didier / Brouze Olivier): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:04 CET 11 (59 - Smart Max / Fair Cameron): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:04 CET 11 (58 - Johansson Mille / Grönvall Johan): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:03 CET 11 (41 - Soylu Uğur / Güray Şener): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:03 CET 11 (32 - Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 16:01 CET 11 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): Not much we can do, try to enjoy.
16. 02. 2025 16:01 CET 11 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): Overall an okay stage, but for some reason there is some unnatural stuff on some places. Makes it quite uninteresting.
16. 02. 2025 16:01 CET 11 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): This was difficult, we had not so good pace notes. Let's see how the other guys come.
16. 02. 2025 16:01 CET 11 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It was okay, some places a lot of loose snow and difficult to feel the lines of the WRC, but other places okay. I am just trying to keep the lead and not drive any faster.
16. 02. 2025 16:00 CET 11 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Liquid on windscreen? I don't know what the spray is, snow maybe.
16. 02. 2025 15:59 CET 11 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay, need to fix the feeling. Better than the last one but still not a good feeling. Tell me why I don't have the feeling. You can ask everybody, please tell me when you have a correct answer!
16. 02. 2025 15:59 CET 11 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It didn't feel like a good stage for me, it is quite messy in some of these junctions. Need to drive better next time. I still wouldn't say the time is good, but let's see.
16. 02. 2025 15:58 CET 11 (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): stopped in stage to adjust his helmet
16. 02. 2025 15:58 CET 11 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We have to try and keep Rovanperä at bay, thye have been pretty fast this morning. Not much more I could have done, we kept trying things to gain some speed. Let's see on second pass, it will not be first pass conditions.
16. 02. 2025 15:58 CET 11 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): The previous two was okay, I don't think this one is so good. On the high speed and in these places, I feel not so comfortable so I am not good enough, but on the technical sections we are really nice.
16. 02. 2025 15:57 CET 11 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): They're so different these stages today, compared to yesterday,. We found a really good feeling yesterday and these stages are really fast in some places, like you are driving on the limit. I am still struggling to keep the fast pace in the fast corners, today is all about fast corners! There are lots of unknown things, the road getting wider, getting narrower, snow. It is really cool and I am really grateful for this opportunity that we get to drive here and everything, it is really cool and an a really cool car.
16. 02. 2025 15:57 CET 11 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's a fun stage, a lot on the limiter, the time isn't too bad. Not too bad to be battling with last years WRC2 champion. Not a bad weekend, I tried to be neater in there than the previous two stages, don't want to try something silly. It's been a good morning other than the overshoot. These stages are awesome.
16. 02. 2025 15:57 CET 11 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Not so bad, still not perfect. I like to do some fully new stages and some nice places on this stage. Some room to improve. We need to be quicker, to make the time less.
16. 02. 2025 15:57 CET 11 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The first pass was quite slippery, still a lot of loose stone. Did one third of the stage then it is a bit better, then we exited the stage to do a gymkhana. It is not my favourite one, it is very fast corners. But it is a mix of everything.
16. 02. 2025 15:56 CET 11 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): Much more grip than expected, very nice. Super fast and also the tricky part here, had some fun. That's why we are here, for the tricky stuff. And some fun.
16. 02. 2025 15:55 CET 10 (59 - Smart Max / Fair Cameron): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 15:53 CET 10 retired (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): retired after SS 10
16. 02. 2025 15:52 CET 10 retired (38 - Ten Brinke Bernhard / Woodburn Tom): accident in SS 10
16. 02. 2025 15:52 CET 10 (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 15:51 CET 10 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): We made some really poor setup changes for this stage, the car became quite undriveable so I had to drive super-aggressively, so I had to pull on the loose. Big thanks to the spectators.
16. 02. 2025 15:51 CET 10 flash info (26 - Joona Lauri / Vaaleri Samu): I was too careful on this stage. There was a bit of understeering, but conditions are nice so we are expecting a proper snow rally. The next one is new for everyone, let's see on the second loop.
16. 02. 2025 15:50 CET 10 flash info (25 - Heikkilä Mikko / Temonen Kristian): Car is so much better than yesterday, thanks to the guys in the service we found a good setup and now it is enjoyable. I think I lost a bit of time because of Linnamäe and not so clean run. Not too bad.
16. 02. 2025 15:50 CET 10 (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 15:50 CET 10 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): This one felt quite a lot better. Overall, the conditions are looking much more durable than yesterday.
16. 02. 2025 15:50 CET 10 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): Nice stage but rear is so slippery, in some places a difficult drive. Otherwise, clean run.
16. 02. 2025 15:49 CET 10 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Difficult to find the rhythm this morning, not really in the mood. Quite slippery out there, finding the line in the snow behind the WRC car is difficult. First time for me with the car on these types of roads, trying to explore.
16. 02. 2025 15:49 CET 10 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): All okay.
16. 02. 2025 15:49 CET 10 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I really struggled to drive this car in this stage, it was very bad. Massive understeer, so bad.
16. 02. 2025 15:49 CET 10 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's a fast stage, pretty committed run in places, not always but perfect in terms of carrying the speed. Always good fun when it's [pressure], it's great to see.
16. 02. 2025 15:48 CET 10 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): The stage is different, it is much faster now and the car seems to be working well on the fast bits. I did a few small mistakes which are quite frustrating for everybody. Fancy glasses? I'll have different ones on the next one, you will see.
16. 02. 2025 15:48 CET 10 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I did some setup changes and we are struggling with the same problem of the first pass, the understeer. I need to always be a bit slow on the entry of corners, that's where we lose time. The driving is good but we need to find the balance on the car that gives us more speed.
16. 02. 2025 15:47 CET 10 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It didn't feel as good as the first one of the loop, on this one you need a bit more appreciation from the car and I am still lacking that in the high speeds. Could've been better but not so bad.
16. 02. 2025 15:47 CET 10 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): The first stage was quite fast and we took it quite steady, this one had some places where we were like 'we were gonna end up somewhere', then we back off. I still need to find the perfect balance. You just turn the wheel and hope for something! I am scared but when Renārs is scared... normally 90 percent of the time he isn't but that five percent means big trouble.
16. 02. 2025 15:47 CET 10 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): I'm really annoyed I made that mistake because it was quite simple how it happened, it is such a nice stage to get into the flow of. We go again this afternoon. The junctions are the trickiest part of the rally, you're braking left full balance into a square right, so hard to predict braking areas. One small mistake has big consequences here.
16. 02. 2025 15:47 CET 10 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Today has been quite nice to drive and also yesterday was not so bad from the feeling. It was not a perfect run from this stage, I feel I left some time on the stage. If not one then many specific places, but it is not perfect.
16. 02. 2025 15:46 CET 10 (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 15:46 CET 10 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I was trying a bit, some corners I was a bit too gentle and some others a bit too fast. It is top three favourite stages in the calendar. It is some damn fast. You have a lot of crests, you need to find the limit of the speed and carry it into the corner.
16. 02. 2025 15:46 CET 10 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): Extremely fast, the grip is not so bad. We enjoyed that one as well. Today is better. We are not flowing a lot but we have fun.
16. 02. 2025 14:27 CET 9 retired (53 - Martinez André / Aranguren Matías): retired in SS 9
16. 02. 2025 14:26 CET 9 retired (46 - Vatanen Ville / Ottman Jarno): retired in SS 9
16. 02. 2025 14:24 CET 9 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Just slippery, quite okay feeling with the car today.
16. 02. 2025 14:24 CET 9 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's a very strange stage, I expected grip in places but they are creating ice in places. Traction is very poor. Quite nice run, but still could be cleaner.
16. 02. 2025 14:24 CET 9 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Reasonable. There is a bit of loose snow about, didn't carry the speed I wanted in a few places. Let's keep going.
16. 02. 2025 14:24 CET 9 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's a lot of loose, the lines are not so easy to take. Sometimes we gain, sometimes we lose. I tried to have a clean stage but I am not really happy with my driving and setup of the car for now. Let's see if we can improve, but the grip is definitely worse than yesterday.
16. 02. 2025 14:23 CET 9 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I didn't go too bad, I just lost two or three seconds in a half spin in a fast corner, where I hit the snow on the inside. It nearly spun me around, other than that I had a good stage.
16. 02. 2025 14:23 CET 9 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I don't know if we can stage a fight-back, at least today it feels I can trust the car a little bit and try to do something. Many things have been done to the car.
16. 02. 2025 14:23 CET 9 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): It wasn't that bad, there was predicted a lot of snow but it was not bad at the end. We were a bit steady. Not the best run I would say.
16. 02. 2025 14:22 CET 9 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It wasn't so bad, bit messy in some places. The grip is sometimes quite good, but there is loose snow on top. It is just about judging the braking, it is a fine balance. In the exit of the corners that's where we were most on the brakes, I don't know how the grip will deteriorate, obviously it will get messy in places.
16. 02. 2025 14:22 CET 9 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Quite nice feeling, quite tricky conditions. The grip is changing quite a lot, not so easy to find the perfect flow in every place. Still quite nice and enjoyable.
16. 02. 2025 14:22 CET 9 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It's tricky, yesterday I think being in front in the morning was an advantage but here you have 4-5cm of overnight snowfall. With Serderidis line, sometimes it is there, sometimes it is not.
16. 02. 2025 14:21 CET 9 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): The stage is really beautiful, quite technical. Little bit of snow but I think with the ploughing we are doing, it will be a clean stage and improve a lot. The lines are very nice.
16. 02. 2025 05:03 CET 8 retired (44 - Chatillon Mattéo / Cornuau Maxence): accident in SS 8
16. 02. 2025 05:03 CET 8 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): It was good. Day is done and not so bad. I hope tomorrow is better.
16. 02. 2025 05:03 CET 8 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): This was quite difficult. I didn't find the grip at all.
16. 02. 2025 05:03 CET 8 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): Pretty much the same as yesterday, it was okay. The grip is kind of expected. It was the same last year, so no surprises I think.
16. 02. 2025 05:02 CET 8 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Still there, really difficult to drive, doing different things all the time and really difficult to control the engine. Not easy to drive, just trying to keep the lead. Tomorrow should be a good day with fantastic stages and just trying to protect the lead. The issue could be anything.
16. 02. 2025 05:02 CET 8 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): This stage is okay, compared to the day. It was a difficult day for us. We can stay positive for tomorrow.
16. 02. 2025 05:02 CET 8 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Well, it was very slippery to be honest! We were like ducks on ice. Each leg is on each side! Of course it is amazing... driving this fast in cars like this on these kind of roads. We gave some show for the spectators and it is amazing.
16. 02. 2025 05:01 CET 8 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Of course I am trying to enjoy all the stages with this beast! Still some really good things about today, really disappointing to lose 40sec on the first stage of today, but I hate to say 'what if?' We have to take the positives and there are two more days to drive.
16. 02. 2025 05:01 CET 8 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Honestly, I had a good stage, really efficient. didn't overshoot anything. I don't know how they get that much traction, there is no clue how they gain 6.9sec.
16. 02. 2025 05:01 CET 8 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Long way to go. It's good, tomorrow we will start in quite similar places. It will be interesting, I try to keep like this and we will see if I need to push or not. No drama, no pushing, we will see.
16. 02. 2025 05:01 CET 8 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): A bit less grip than last night, all in all a good day. Boss will be happy! It's very cool.
16. 02. 2025 05:00 CET 8 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): A little bit too much, I missed the first braking. The speed was good, I just couldn't get out of the ruts. I hit the snow bank and lost a bit of time. We had good tyre management this afternoon and a clever run through some challenging stages with not a lot of information about how the tyres would survive. I followed my feeling and it's been a good afternoon.
16. 02. 2025 05:00 CET 8 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's all okay, we just had quite bad tyre management for this afternoon.
16. 02. 2025 05:00 CET 8 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): The jumps are surprisingly rough, they are not small. It is not so comfortable. It is nice to be at the end of the day, not the best day for us but sometimes it is like this and we need to be pushing for tomorrow.
16. 02. 2025 05:00 CET 8 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I am happy we have the service just after, it was really difficult. We didn't have much ice. The jumps are really aggressive. I am happy with our day, it was good pace. We will see after this one. We are in the fight close to the lead, so it is a positive for tomorrow.
16. 02. 2025 05:00 CET 8 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): No grip at all, so messy in there. I guess it will clean a lot in the junctions, lots of loose snow. Let's see.
16. 02. 2025 04:58 CET 7 retired (38 - Ten Brinke Bernhard / Woodburn Tom): accident in SS 7
16. 02. 2025 04:58 CET 7 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): This has been decent. New tyres in this stage. Not best driving, but this is a good stage.
16. 02. 2025 04:57 CET 7 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): The speed is better but I lost the rear in many places, I lost time.
16. 02. 2025 04:57 CET 7 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): It was a little bit better than the first run, we changed the notes a bit so it wasn't as dangerous. A bit cleaner. We had to make the notes slower, in one or two categories. very optimistic.
16. 02. 2025 04:57 CET 7 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Previous stage, half the stage, no power! Now it is completely undriveable. I don't know what it is. Everything is going on all the time. I don't know. It should not break anything but it just undriveable.
16. 02. 2025 04:56 CET 7 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): Fred is not happy! Difficult stage, there is some ruts now. Still enjoy it.
16. 02. 2025 04:56 CET 7 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): For sure, still in this stage we have a lot to learn. Really narrow sections with really fast ones, lots of everything. We keep trying.
16. 02. 2025 04:56 CET 7 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): I tried clearly to push a bit more on this stage, it was our choice to be a bit slower on the previous and then try and push on here a bit more. Still really tricky, feels really slippery and tricky in many places, but I enjoy it. Yeah, I had some new tyres.
16. 02. 2025 04:56 CET 7 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I wouldn't say this stage is in darkness, judging the grip is really tricky. The first stage is really good grip, but the previous one and this one is tricky. The studs are moving and not driving. I tried to play something with the previous one and have a better tyre than this one. I don't know if that was the best movement. It's all the same.
16. 02. 2025 04:55 CET 7 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It is quite icy, we already did a bit of a mistake on the last one I think. We could do better but it is not good.
16. 02. 2025 04:55 CET 7 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's been not so bad, the rear traction has left the chat! It is difficult to manage it properly but we did a small change before the stage. Another one to go tonight but it has been a pretty good day.
16. 02. 2025 04:55 CET 7 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I wasn't pushing that much, I had a good stage. Few pace notes were a little slow, in the dark it is not good to see. It is really slippery, lots of ice and the studs are quite warm. Not a bad afternoon so let's finish the job for the day. Let's bring it home today and focus on another day tomorrow.
16. 02. 2025 04:54 CET 7 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I try hard on this stage, I am not sure that we have the right tyre strategy, we used a lot on the previous ones. We had some 'fancy' moments in there. On the long straight at a junction left we hit a bank of snow at high speed. But it's okay.
16. 02. 2025 04:54 CET 7 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I think our package is pretty okay. The last one is tricky, it is always on full ice. So let's see who has the best package.
16. 02. 2025 04:54 CET 7 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I had a better stage than the previous one, I changed the setup a little bit for this one. Now we are back with the feeling I like. We'll see for the last one, I tried my best to manage my tyres. The car that comes as I would like, and I am one with the car. I am at one with the tyres and the base.
16. 02. 2025 04:54 CET 7 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Nope, no new tyres not for me.
16. 02. 2025 04:53 CET 6 retired (70 - Martínez Jorge / Aros José Alberto): retired after SS 6
16. 02. 2025 04:50 CET 6 retired (31 - Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi): accident in SS 6
16. 02. 2025 04:49 CET 6 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): I braked once, car went straight in a corner and I backed up.
16. 02. 2025 04:49 CET 6 (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): missed junction
16. 02. 2025 04:49 CET 6 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): It's really difficult, there is a lot of gravel. We tried to save our tyres but let's see.
16. 02. 2025 04:48 CET 6 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): We tried to be a bit cleaner, the tyres kept moving a lot at the end. Quite a challenge but we are here, so let's keep it up. There are a lot of surprises.
16. 02. 2025 04:48 CET 6 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): I lost engine power in the beginning, then I had no engine power 6km from the end. It sounded like it came back, but I don't know.
16. 02. 2025 04:48 CET 6 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): We have good notes, it doesn't change so much. The grip was better than the first pass so I enjoyed that one.
16. 02. 2025 04:47 CET 6 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): I was worried at the last split, were they worse than the beginning of the stage? The last 6-7km there was a lot of slow and really slippery. It is good so far, nothing else to say really. We have a magician called Gavin, he is the one behind tyre strategy. I cannot be saying anything!
16. 02. 2025 04:47 CET 6 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): We have maybe different tyre strategies, based on how the feeling and the grip was, I had a really good run. Really clean and got in some good places. The driving is not bad, let's see the next two stages.
16. 02. 2025 04:47 CET 6 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The grip is nowhere in the stage, I started like the previous one and had three or four moments in the stage. The previous one you had a lot of tyre management, when you are not on the front it is difficult because there is a lot of gravel.
16. 02. 2025 04:47 CET 6 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It is very different and I stalled on the stage. Lost a bit, but the tyres feel slightly strange. Lots of drivers put new tyres on for this one.
16. 02. 2025 04:46 CET 6 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): That is quite surprising, I tried to change my driving style a bit. The first pass we were a bit sideways, we tried to hold the line. It's always learning and trying new things to see if it works.
16. 02. 2025 04:46 CET 6 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I was managing the tyres a bit more and obviously the tyre strategy is quite crucial this afternoon, I tried to preserve them as best as I could now and keep them good for the upcoming stages. It's hard to predict the conditions. I had to turn the pods on.
16. 02. 2025 04:46 CET 6 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I really didn't do a good stage, I missed many junctions. Spent time trying to manage the tyres, so not the optimum run. Only icy stages now.
16. 02. 2025 04:46 CET 6 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Let's see at the end of the loop, many of us are rotating the tyres differently, it is definitely not an easy loop to optimise tyre usage. It hasn't been easy for sure.
16. 02. 2025 04:45 CET 6 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's really tricky conditions, we have no grip on the loose snow and there is a lot of loose snow on this stage. Sometimes it was understeering, sometimes it was oversteering. I would prefer conditions from this morning definitely. But it is part of the game.
16. 02. 2025 04:45 CET 6 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): The rear of the car is very loose now, sort of to be expected. It's on the cusp of needing the pods on.
16. 02. 2025 04:44 CET 5 (61 - Charpentier Tristan / Barral Florian): was out of road
16. 02. 2025 04:40 CET 5 retired (57 - Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio): accident in SS 5
16. 02. 2025 04:39 CET 5 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): I don't know. This place is very difficult. Setup is not good.
16. 02. 2025 04:38 CET 5 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): We drive really slow because we want to save our tyres. This didn't feel so good, but let's see.
16. 02. 2025 04:38 CET 5 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): It is difficult, felt very messy and as you can see from the rear bumper, really struggled to keep it clean. I can't calm down, I lose too much time. It is quite difficult right now.
16. 02. 2025 04:38 CET 5 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Something happened in the back, something got caught in the exhaust. So loud through the whole stage and smelling some sort of fire. No push at all. Let's see if I went too fast or too slow.
16. 02. 2025 04:38 CET 5 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): The feeling was much better, I enjoyed this stage quite a lot. We enjoyed this stage.
16. 02. 2025 04:37 CET 5 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): We're learning, this was the feeling like when you drive and you think that it might be fast but it is 50/50. Sometimes you are far off, sometimes not. It is pure joy but there is a thin line between going fast and pushing. There were a few places where I was like ahh.
16. 02. 2025 04:37 CET 5 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): It's okay, I am a bit worried how the tyre will last the loop. I was trying to be soft on the tyre but it was more gravel than I expect. Quite nice feeling anyway.
16. 02. 2025 04:37 CET 5 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The feeling with the car is great, tyre wear is quite important, some places you have to trust the car will turn in. I am happy where we are with the car.
16. 02. 2025 04:37 CET 5 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's good, just continue like this. It's good.
16. 02. 2025 04:36 CET 5 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It was okay, we overshot a hairpin right down a hill which we had to reverse on which wasn't so good. It's quite different, some corners there is a lot of gravel, with changing grip and you get into ice and gravel. Some corners there is snow on the road.
16. 02. 2025 04:36 CET 5 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Obviously, the time is a surprise but a good surprise. Still struggling with understeer, trying to manage the tyres. Let's have a look now how they look. Maybe we were careful with the tyres, maybe the road cleaned up. On a long road like this, we need to manage. I didn't feel like I was losing too much performance, but the time gain on this was a decent one.
16. 02. 2025 04:36 CET 5 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Lots of gravel after 2-3km, you feel the tyre doesn't like it at all. I tried to be as smooth as possible, but after this, we'll see what the tyres are like.
16. 02. 2025 04:36 CET 5 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): In that case it is not too bad, but the conditions are very different. We had to reverse at one junction, that is unfortunate. We need to carry on like this, it is going to be about managing the tyres.
16. 02. 2025 04:35 CET 5 (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): missed junction
16. 02. 2025 04:35 CET 5 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): Just on one braking, the car stalled and I could not restart it. We lost some time in the junction. It can happen and we lose a bit of time. Really hard for the tyres, it is going to be a long afternoon. This morning we were on ice and there was a lot of loose on the outside, but now there is a lot of loose on the line. We need to try and be smooth operator.
16. 02. 2025 04:34 CET 5 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was just offline, very bad on the rear for us. We're trying to stay in the road, but it's just a little bit difficult for us.
14. 02. 2025 13:32 CET 4 (59 - Smart Max / Fair Cameron): was out of road
14. 02. 2025 13:31 CET 4 (35 - Sołowow Michał / Baran Maciej): was out of road
14. 02. 2025 13:29 CET 4 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): I guess the notes were a bit positive. It is a bit of a messy morning.
14. 02. 2025 13:29 CET 4 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's like my dad told me about at the press conference [the Scandinavian flag]. The testing hasn't been fantastic, all these roads are an eye opener, how the car is reacting and how we are doing. At least I am getting into it but I can't do much more.
14. 02. 2025 13:28 CET 4 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): I lost the front, it was straight but I spun completely. We stalled, had some difficulties. We didn't know where we were.
14. 02. 2025 13:28 CET 4 (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): was in a snowbank
14. 02. 2025 13:28 CET 4 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Made a mistake in the last part, but it is alright. Of course we are learning a lot and this is a really new experience for me, because in previous years I am driving longer studs with lots of grip, this is something I am not used to because you have a lot of downforce.
14. 02. 2025 13:27 CET 4 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Honestly the feeling is very similar to the first day, I was not even pushing. Just trying to have a good flow, very clean. We need to try something, if I push anymore then we are all over the snow banks. Not easy, but the feeling is okay.
14. 02. 2025 13:27 CET 4 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): We found something, maybe we went too far into a direction with the setup but at least we know we are learning. It is getting messy and narrow. We just tried to get more rotation initially, I am not heavy on the inputs, so before I wanted the car to turn. Maybe gone a bit too far with it now.
14. 02. 2025 13:27 CET 4 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay for the morning, just need to focus for the afternoon. All good, no drama, no pushing, just very stable. I don't know about this one, but other stages will develop for sure.
14. 02. 2025 13:26 CET 4 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's always a battle and it is great experience for me because we are running quite low at the moment. In a Rally2 car you never had the option with the tyre pressure before. It is a lot of work for the co-driver to manage the tyre pressure for the whole rally. We don't have a lot of experience with this surface, but there we are.
14. 02. 2025 13:26 CET 4 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): The understeer was better but I think the road is changing. Overall, still fighting a lot with the car and the road conditon is changing with every car, you can't really look at the times at the moment.
14. 02. 2025 13:26 CET 4 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's not great, but let's see what we can do this afternoon. I don't know how difficult the situation is with the understeer.
14. 02. 2025 13:26 CET 4 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Five seconds is quite a lot of time to lose, we'll try and find something for the afternoon loop.
14. 02. 2025 13:25 CET 4 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): I am really pleased with how we managed the tyres this morning and only taking five. I had a really clean stage on the last two stages, tough to find the time on the first one. The conditions this morning are so nice to drive, perfect just perfect.
14. 02. 2025 13:25 CET 4 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's been okay, quite difficult to read the grip as well. Maybe not carrying the speed as I would like. It's a bit early to judge the tyres yet, you'd expect them to be in good condition now but this afternoon will be a real test.
14. 02. 2025 13:21 CET 3 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): This was much better, very clean and car is a little difficult. We tried moving setup around.
14. 02. 2025 13:21 CET 3 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): Really fun stage, but also slippery. I lost a lot of time.
14. 02. 2025 13:20 CET 3 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): We lost the rear in one place and the car went sideways and we went on the inside. I don't know what we hit, but big bang.
14. 02. 2025 13:19 CET 3 (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): puncture
14. 02. 2025 13:19 CET 3 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): I feel the love from the forest! The amount of people sharing love and clapping, is incredible! I can see everybody. It is very difficult to drive, I am in every snow bank possible. For sure it is a lot of getting used to [the car] and the tyres, but it is very difficult.
14. 02. 2025 13:19 CET 3 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): We changed some clicks and the car is totally different. Little bit of clicks and the car is totally fantastic now.
14. 02. 2025 13:18 CET 3 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Not easy, I have new helmet, new glasses! It's not easy. And I have to drive a fast rally car! I saw these Latvian flags and I thought 'oh they are here!' It cost me maybe a second, I was looking at the flags. It is really nice that these people are following us and they care what we do. It is really nice!
14. 02. 2025 13:18 CET 3 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Much more slippery for me than the first one. Not so easy, I had a really clean run. You feel you can do much more in these conditions. Especially the lasts ection is really, really icy. It can be that it's getting worse.
14. 02. 2025 13:16 CET 3 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): We changed some things and the feeling is much better. there is still some room for improvement for sure. We changed the balance, I am not someone who is too aggressive on the steering wheel to make the car turn. If you can improve on the settings then it will help the car turn.
14. 02. 2025 13:16 CET 3 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's okay, quite messy. Very, very slippery because of the loose snow out of the line. New and tricky stage, I was quite careful. Still, time is okay.
14. 02. 2025 13:16 CET 3 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): That's quite good from the first one. I think you have to drive more sideways to get rotation, but it's not too bad. I'm still trying to work out what is what, so we keep on going.
14. 02. 2025 13:16 CET 3 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I am struggling. Generally, with the understeer. Massive understeer and the first part of the stage seems to be okay, but it gets so bad towards the end. I can't do anymore. It is not fun, I will see if we can improve. The balance of the car seems to be changing.
14. 02. 2025 13:15 CET 3 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It is like driving a snow drift rally, grip is very, very low. Not too sure it is something to do with setup. It's just the grip.
14. 02. 2025 13:15 CET 3 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): I tried to change something on the car on the road section. Slightly better. I took a little bit different approach with the setup this race, trying to compensate the new tyres. It doesn't work so well this time, so we need to change something.
14. 02. 2025 13:15 CET 3 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's the stage where we have the most loose snow of the rally, we can expect some big time difference from the cars behind. Personally, I had a clean run but I think it will be hard on the second pass.
14. 02. 2025 13:14 CET 3 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I am struggling in here, really low levels of grip and really struggling with confidence. Not so easy.
14. 02. 2025 13:30 CET 2 retired (62 - Nõgene Joosep Ralf / Lesk Aleks): retired before SS 2
14. 02. 2025 13:13 CET 2 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): It's hard stuff, it is not good. It's hard.
14. 02. 2025 13:13 CET 2 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): It was a bit difficult, grip-level is changing a lot. Didn't quite feel the grip all the time.
14. 02. 2025 13:13 CET 2 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): It was dreadful if I'm honest, even at the start. The tyre is going to take some getting used to. Really struggled actually, quite surprised by the time. I thought we would have lost some. The rear was loose all the time.
14. 02. 2025 13:12 CET 2 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Few slides in the beginning then I backed off! Very slippery, really struggled to get the feeling I want but just tried to stay clean. No feeling to push in there. I prefer myself to win, I don't care about anything around me. Everything is so new right now, we just go step-by-step and we'll see.
14. 02. 2025 13:12 CET 2 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): Difficult. Grip is difficult, when you go out of the line and especially on the exits. It is difficult to keep the car straight.
14. 02. 2025 13:11 CET 2 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): It wasn't that bad actually? I was taking it really steady in some places, from yesterday after the shakedown it felt really good, now on this stage it's like bang, bang into the snow banks and after every second corner it is into the snow banks, but it is fun. You can see other's mistakes a little bit and of course seeing that you wish to be more cautious. But good fun!
14. 02. 2025 13:11 CET 2 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): For me what seems to be normal, hit a snow bank gently. I don't know what happened, if the tyre just came off the rim, but very disappointing. I had a nice flow, quite clean. Very disappointing.
14. 02. 2025 13:11 CET 2 (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): puncture
14. 02. 2025 13:10 CET 2 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I am struggling with the balance of the car, we don't manage to get rotation before the corner, then we have slight understeer and can't get out of the line. We knew it would be difficult but we are just trying. There are things we can do.
14. 02. 2025 13:10 CET 2 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Very, very slippery. Some places got worse but some places got better. We are not in the best starting position but much better than yesterday, so I am happy. I wanted to be safe, nothing else why he picked two spare tyres.
14. 02. 2025 13:10 CET 2 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It is honestly incredible, that is crazy! Mind-blowing to be honest. That's quite surprising the times, the feeling is good, it's just trying to manage the tyres. I don't know what is what at the minute, it is difficult.
14. 02. 2025 13:10 CET 2 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We have no thoughts. I am flat out everywhere, turning and the car just goes straight. I tried to be honest, but I had to back off, I can't control the car and it is too risky. It was scary in some places. The first part I had a good rhythm, but once the stage gets faster I was just understeering the whole way through.
14. 02. 2025 13:09 CET 2 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's super tricky, the ice on the braking is tricky but loose snow on the side. It was hard to find the confidence for me. The car was understeering as well.
14. 02. 2025 13:09 CET 2 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is not much to say to be honest, there is absolutely nothing I can do. It is quite bad at the moment. I think it is a lot of things, I cannot do one corner like I should.
14. 02. 2025 13:09 CET 2 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's a really difficult stage, I struggled in the loose, I really struggled with the rear, there is no traction. I had a really good stage, so it's good. We just [need to] clean the road.
14. 02. 2025 13:08 CET 2 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was pretty difficult, there is a clean line in the middle of the road which has a lot of grip, but on the edges there is no grip at all. Tried to drive in the middle of the road, not easy. We have to wait to see how road position plays out, it might get better but we'll see.
13. 02. 2025 20:47 CET 1 flash info (66 - Baudet Lyssia / Sam Caw Freve Léa): I am so happy! The jumps a lot! Amazing! It was just incredible.
13. 02. 2025 20:46 CET 1 flash info (65 - Schönborn Claire / Hain Jara): It was difficult because at the start the intercom stopped working, she was showing me with her fingers where to go! I am happy we are standing at the finish line.
13. 02. 2025 20:45 CET 1 flash info (64 - Kazaz Kerem / Silvestre Corentin): It was very tricky and icy, I just took a step off and cruised through it. Not everyone has a chance to be in Junior WRC, so we are happy.
13. 02. 2025 20:45 CET 1 flash info (63 - Martens Thomas / Freeman Max): It was a cool finish, not the fastest one. We hit a snow bank on the outside. Luckily I could control the slide, but quite a cool finish.
13. 02. 2025 20:45 CET 1 (63 - Martens Thomas / Freeman Max): spun in flying finish
13. 02. 2025 20:41 CET 1 flash info (62 - Nõgene Joosep Ralf / Lesk Aleks): Quite good. Really slippery, very fun but I am still getting used to the Fiesta. Of course it is a good car but I just have to re-program myself from the Renault.
13. 02. 2025 20:41 CET 1 flash info (61 - Charpentier Tristan / Barral Florian): Pretty nice, it is the second rally on snow. We are just starting the season so we don't want to make any mistake. It will come.
13. 02. 2025 20:41 CET 1 flash info (60 - Kelly Eamonn / Mohan Conor): Not bad, it didn't feel great. It was so slippery, sometimes having previous experience can be a hinderance. I am veteran, so hopefully we can be at the top.
13. 02. 2025 20:40 CET 1 flash info (59 - Smart Max / Fair Cameron): It was pretty slippery, I wasn't so tidy but really great to start the rally, get the first stage underway. Let's get into this! Podium is the target? Yes.
13. 02. 2025 20:40 CET 1 flash info (58 - Johansson Mille / Grönvall Johan): It was better than the shakedown, but I was too nervous in the beginning and it didn't let off. I was shaking in the first two corners. It is better now. Hopefully we can build a good rhythm and try to do our best.
13. 02. 2025 20:40 CET 1 flash info (57 - Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio): A lot better than last year, for sure. Very slow for us really, we kept it safe and not make it like last year where we ruined the rally before it even started!
13. 02. 2025 20:39 CET 1 flash info (56 - Gill Taylor / Brkic Daniel): Not too bad, probably not the perfect start but it is not easy to find a rhythm on this stage. Too cold for me!
13. 02. 2025 20:39 CET 1 flash info (54 - Türkkan Ali / Albayrak Oytun): Of course, it is too early to talk about winning championships. This is the most difficult round, we do not have much experience on snow. Target is not to win the rally, but we need points from Sweden and win the others. I don't think I can win yet.
13. 02. 2025 20:39 CET 1 flash info (52 - Royere Eric / Grenier Alexis): It's the first one so we will get faster next time.
13. 02. 2025 20:38 CET 1 flash info (51 - Vassilakis Georgios / Harryman Allan): I am good. Considering the last time I was on this surface was with skis! I think I am better in the car. The atmosphere was fantastic.
13. 02. 2025 20:38 CET 1 flash info (48 - Goto Shotaro / Lindberg Jussi): It was a lot slippier than expected. My car broke on the shakedown. Quite tricky, but I am happy I am here. My rear part was broken.
13. 02. 2025 20:38 CET 1 flash info (50 - Grahn Adam / Bengtsson Maja): It was a little bit slippery, but it was okay.
13. 02. 2025 20:37 CET 1 flash info (47 - Matsushita Takumi / Kelander Pekka): It was a really nice stage, the last part. Some places very slippery. I was surprised.
13. 02. 2025 20:37 CET 1 flash info (49 - Lassila Leevi / Linnaketo Antti): I was a bit too careful, there was super slippery places. The rally really starts tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 20:37 CET 1 flash info (46 - Vatanen Ville / Ottman Jarno): Stage was pretty smooth, clean drive from us. Little bit too careful.
13. 02. 2025 20:37 CET 1 flash info (45 - Fontana Matteo / Arnaboldi Alessandro): The visibility was not good, it was a very slippery stage. Lots of ice, not easy. The rally starts tomorrow, we are ready.
13. 02. 2025 20:36 CET 1 flash info (44 - Chatillon Mattéo / Cornuau Maxence): Good first stage, clean stage for us. We tried to find the grip. For sure, it is a fun stage.
13. 02. 2025 20:36 CET 1 flash info (43 - Somaschini Rachele / Arena Nicola): It's something that you cannot describe, I love it. Even if you are not that fussed, I am happy so it is important.
13. 02. 2025 20:36 CET 1 flash info (42 - Granados Miguel / Martí Marc): I made a stupid mistake and the car turned off, we had to go backwards and retake the road. First stage! Marc helps me a lot always and he is always doing 90 percent of the job here.
13. 02. 2025 20:35 CET 1 (42 - Granados Miguel / Martí Marc): was out of road
13. 02. 2025 20:35 CET 1 flash info (41 - Soylu Uğur / Güray Şener): I am happy, the result is very excellent. Enjoyed the jump! Very much fun.
13. 02. 2025 20:35 CET 1 flash info (40 - Mauro Alejandro / Pérez Adrián): It is exciting, I am happy to be here for a second time. I am learning new things and it is a lot of fun.
13. 02. 2025 20:34 CET 1 flash info (39 - Kołtun Jarosław / Pleskot Ireneusz): Really bad. Very slippery.
13. 02. 2025 20:34 CET 1 flash info (38 - Ten Brinke Bernhard / Woodburn Tom): It was quite nice, of course it can always be faster but it was slippery conditions. Two times with a little snow bank nudge. Always good to start this way, tomorrow we need to push harder but I think everyone can do that.
13. 02. 2025 20:34 CET 1 flash info (35 - Sołowow Michał / Baran Maciej): It was quite slippery, I am surprised that it was so slippery. Especially on the brakings.
13. 02. 2025 20:11 CET 1 flash info (32 - Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James): Felt quitre slippery, the braking was okay. You can push on the braking then suddenly there is no grip in the corner and a messy line.
13. 02. 2025 20:11 CET 1 flash info (31 - Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi): It's quite slippery, at the braking point you have to be very careful, but we are here all good.
13. 02. 2025 20:08 CET 1 flash info (36 - Kohn Filip / Whittock Ross): I was expecting less grip, could've gone better. Some corners are good, but overall, we can push much more for tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 20:07 CET 1 flash info (30 - Jürgenson Romet / Oja Siim): It was really slippery to be honest, a bit of nerves. It is a new category. Very rusty, I hope it will improve. It is a big difference, chassis movement, suspension travel.
13. 02. 2025 20:06 CET 1 flash info (29 - Reiersen Isak / Gustavsson Stefan): We have so much adrenaline now, it is crazy. Coming into the stadium here, so many people, lights flashing. It is good to be here on the finish, it is so slippery. The real rally starts tomorrow, it is so good to get through.
13. 02. 2025 20:06 CET 1 flash info (28 - Virves Robert / Viilo Jakko): To be fair, much more difficult than expected. I overshot the first junction immediately. Couple of strange moments that I wasn't expecting for sure. Looking at the road I was expecting much steadier and better grip I must say.
13. 02. 2025 20:00 CET 1 flash info (27 - Zaldivar Fabrizio / Der Ohannesian Marcelo): It's an easy stage, tomorrow will be much trickier. Today we try and enjoy the nice stages, we always try to drive at night. We will try to keep this pace, try to keep enjoying and have fun.
13. 02. 2025 20:00 CET 1 flash info (26 - Joona Lauri / Vaaleri Samu): I was too careful in the beginning, there were some slippery braking points. There were some good conditions on the stage, we could do it much faster but I didn't want to risk anything.
13. 02. 2025 19:59 CET 1 flash info (25 - Heikkilä Mikko / Temonen Kristian): Definitely not expected, in the beginning it felt I was way too careful on the braking, it was really slippery but this is how it is. Different stages, but needc to be much more aggressive.
13. 02. 2025 19:59 CET 1 flash info (24 - Tidemand Pontus / Eriksen Jørgen): This is a bit different to tomorrow, but I like these stages. We overshot a junction a little bit, we need to focus for tomorrow. It will be a long day. I hope so for a battle with Solberg.
13. 02. 2025 19:59 CET 1 flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): It's a good start. I drive very clean. Not bad.
13. 02. 2025 19:58 CET 1 flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): I thought this was pretty good, better than expected but trickier than expected. Atmosphere was nice and big jump, so fun stage.
13. 02. 2025 19:58 CET 1 flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): Yellow headlights helps me to see the edge of the road a little bit better and make out some details on the road. Incredibly slippery actually, I was quite surprised.
13. 02. 2025 19:58 CET 1 flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): Slippery! Very slippery, few brakings. The rest not too bad. It is difficult to get the rear not to slide everywhere, that is what I'm struggling with. The feeling is okay, let's see for tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 19:58 CET 1 flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): It's minus 10! It's a lot of fun, you don't expect it but it is a lot of fun on snow. Very nice!
13. 02. 2025 19:57 CET 1 flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): We made a mistake in the first junction, I know it felt fine but suddenly it just snapped. Of course we still smile.
13. 02. 2025 19:57 CET 1 flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): For me the grip was changing quite a lot, I felt that I was clearly slow, but not so easy to find the flow in there. It's okay. A bit unexpected, but I am happy to do a clean stage for today and do a proper rally tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 19:57 CET 1 flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I don't manage to find grip, it was the same on the shakedown. We'll see what we can do.
13. 02. 2025 19:56 CET 1 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): The stage is quite broken. Tomorrow's stage is quite different, hopefully not like this. Didn't feel so good.
13. 02. 2025 19:56 CET 1 flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's good to get through the first one, there is a lot of mess about so it is good to clear that. A bit scrappy in the junctions, but just need to tidy that up for tomorrow, big speed tomorrow. Need to get the apexes correct, there's that many junctions that they all look the same. Our pace notes are correct, just trying to get the angle at the right time.
13. 02. 2025 19:56 CET 1 flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Just struggling with the intercom and careful on the braking. Everytime I have been on this stage, I am always on the limit of the braking, but this time was the opposite. We had a small issue with the intercom this morning, we thought we sorted it but it crept up again.
13. 02. 2025 19:55 CET 1 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Normally feeling is good in the car, it seems to be working fine as well. The surface is breaking up quite a bit, messy surface. Still, all good for tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 19:55 CET 1 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Road position should be pretty okay, it seems when it is like this it can be good to be first on the road because you have the fresh road and no lines anywhere, so it is quite clean. Us having two spare tyres is not as good as five, but it is all good for tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 19:55 CET 1 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): Big surprise on one corner, I hit a bump on the snow bank. Nothing major, I just struggled to get the pace at the beginning, but it is positive for tomorrow.
13. 02. 2025 19:54 CET 1 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Really okay, braking points are difficult in the dark like this. Bit difficult to judge but all okay.
13. 02. 2025 09:41 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (34 - Kauppinen Tuukka / Virtanen Sebastian): Big pressure, always on me. I try to have a clean week. The tyres are very slippery. I don't think this surface is good for us, it's very hard but we try our best.
13. 02. 2025 09:32 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (23 - Korhonen Roope / Viinikka Anssi): This rally was good for us last year so of course we want to now fight for the places. This was quite slippery and too careful.
13. 02. 2025 09:30 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (21 - Linnamäe Georg / Morgan James): I think it's been our more successful event every year, we will try to keep Solberg a bit closer this year. I am a bit rusty, I haven't been in a car in a while but hopefully we can do it.
13. 02. 2025 09:28 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (20 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It's fantastic to be back, it is my highlight every year. With all the family and friends and everyone around supporting, it is a great feeling and you can really feel it. It is exciting with a new car, it will be a bit of a learning curve at the beginning but after that the plan is to go flat out.
13. 02. 2025 09:26 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (9 - Serderidis Jourdan / Miclotte Fréderic): We have a programme of four rallies, we started here because we want to have a difficult part from the beginning. It is not my preferred surface but still I like it. I was surprised with the grip.
13. 02. 2025 09:25 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (22 - Sesks Mārtiņš / Francis Renārs): Good morning. It is really nice to be back here. This will be our first rally of the year, we will take it step-by-step and we will see how it goes.
13. 02. 2025 09:23 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): Snow is something that I am quite used to back in the days of the Finnish National Championship. It is it is about the pure performance and not taking care of the tyres or car so much, so you can enjoy properly what you can do with the car. Target is have fun, don't know about a podium. Feeling is nice, just have to enjoy.
13. 02. 2025 09:20 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Looking forward to it, very technical and lots of loose snow, so not a lot of grip. We have good conditions.
13. 02. 2025 09:20 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I like the snow and ice, trying to do my best of course. It will be challenging with the new tyres. It will be interesting.
13. 02. 2025 09:16 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It's pretty awesome to be here in this car and on these roads, let's go enjoy it.
13. 02. 2025 09:16 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (1 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's not so representative of what the rally will be like. It is good to get at least a feeling with the car and the tyres, the grip was much higher than expected. Not sure it will be like this in the stages, but we will find out. The car looks the same, no?
13. 02. 2025 09:13 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): We need to hope any updates work, first time on strange roads. The ice is breaking off quite quickly but it is still a lot of fun.
13. 02. 2025 09:11 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Normally it is a really cool rally, this year the conditions looks not really nice, I am sure we are gonna enjoy it a lot.
13. 02. 2025 09:08 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It was really great memories from last year, my first podium in Rally1. Time flies, I didn't realise it was one year ago. Different team but really enjoy this rally and it is always a good feeling to drive on snow. I want to be able to do it this year as well.
13. 02. 2025 09:08 CET SHAKEDOWN flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Let's see how it goes, we know what it is like historically. Maybe this year the conditions favour us a bit. It's a bit more of an ice base so the penalty of running first should be less, but let's see.