What a nice way to spend your early morning
Woke up about 1h30 mins ago and after a couple cups of I was thought I was ready
I also thought I would be driving alone but found Rhys had joined for the rest of the rally. Sad to see that you could't make it to the first stage as it was a very nice fight with you during all of the rally where we see-sawed best stage times in the session
SS1 - Karlstad:
Took it very nice and easy as I wasn't sure how the car would feel after not driving it for a while. Went allright and a nice time after having been off the road once and taking it easy over the jumps
SS2 - Shepherds Shield:
Tried to up the speed a bit after Karlstad and as this stage usually suits me I thought it would work.
Unfortunately it didn't and I had 2 spins and I also, for the first time ever, had a dig-in in the last turn and it threw me into the publicum. Not a beautiful sight
Was a few seconds quicker than Rhys
SS3 - Autiovaara II:
Struggled through this stage just as usual when I drive in it
15 seconds or so off Rhys
SS4 - Sikakama:
Was very difficult to see out of the window, my Folkrace VW has better wipers than the Skoda
Flew through the stage and didn't put a foot wrong. With a bit of luck I might be in with a shot to win the stage
Was faster than Rhys, can't remember how much though
SS5 - Mustaselka:
Had another difficult time as I don't usually run through this stage and I did the best I could but was slower than Rhys by quite a bit. Had a spin about mid-stage as well which didn't help my time (racing drivers excuse?)
SS6 - Mineshaft:
Was going allright until we got to the second part of the mountain side where I got a bit too sideways and the rear end gripped the edge and I unfortunately flew off the road and had a forced CFH
Rhys had trouble and well and we were close in time
SS7 - Kaihuavaara:
Took it quite easy through the stage as there are many desceptive and dangrous turns in this stage and I had a resonable time coming out of it.
Can't remember but I think Rhys was a bit quicker here
SS8 - Cote D'Arbroz II:
Had a very nice and collected (sideways all over the place but never close to a big crash) through the stage and had a lot of fun
Unfortunately Rhys retired, I don't know what happned though
Had a lot of fun on the snow of this event
Hoping for a good result but I know that my 2 CFH's and couple of spins will make it difficult to get a top 5 because the cars are so closely matched
Woke up about 1h30 mins ago and after a couple cups of I was thought I was ready
I also thought I would be driving alone but found Rhys had joined for the rest of the rally. Sad to see that you could't make it to the first stage as it was a very nice fight with you during all of the rally where we see-sawed best stage times in the session
SS1 - Karlstad:
Took it very nice and easy as I wasn't sure how the car would feel after not driving it for a while. Went allright and a nice time after having been off the road once and taking it easy over the jumps
SS2 - Shepherds Shield:
Tried to up the speed a bit after Karlstad and as this stage usually suits me I thought it would work.
Unfortunately it didn't and I had 2 spins and I also, for the first time ever, had a dig-in in the last turn and it threw me into the publicum. Not a beautiful sight
Was a few seconds quicker than Rhys
SS3 - Autiovaara II:
Struggled through this stage just as usual when I drive in it
15 seconds or so off Rhys
SS4 - Sikakama:
Was very difficult to see out of the window, my Folkrace VW has better wipers than the Skoda
Flew through the stage and didn't put a foot wrong. With a bit of luck I might be in with a shot to win the stage
Was faster than Rhys, can't remember how much though
SS5 - Mustaselka:
Had another difficult time as I don't usually run through this stage and I did the best I could but was slower than Rhys by quite a bit. Had a spin about mid-stage as well which didn't help my time (racing drivers excuse?)
SS6 - Mineshaft:
Was going allright until we got to the second part of the mountain side where I got a bit too sideways and the rear end gripped the edge and I unfortunately flew off the road and had a forced CFH
Rhys had trouble and well and we were close in time
SS7 - Kaihuavaara:
Took it quite easy through the stage as there are many desceptive and dangrous turns in this stage and I had a resonable time coming out of it.
Can't remember but I think Rhys was a bit quicker here
SS8 - Cote D'Arbroz II:
Had a very nice and collected (sideways all over the place but never close to a big crash) through the stage and had a lot of fun
Unfortunately Rhys retired, I don't know what happned though
Had a lot of fun on the snow of this event
Hoping for a good result but I know that my 2 CFH's and couple of spins will make it difficult to get a top 5 because the cars are so closely matched
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