Forum8 Rally Japan 2023

Forum8 Rally Japan 2023


16. 11. 2023 - 20. 11. 2023

Informacija

Datum i vrijeme BI Informacija
19. 11. 2023 20:29
19. 11. 2023 12:29 CET 		22 retired (47 - Irie Satoshi / Kageyama Satoshi): retired in SS 22
19. 11. 2023 20:28
19. 11. 2023 12:28 CET 		22 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was not easy with the conditions we had this week, even though we had a massive gap already after Friday night. A massive thanks to the team, the car's been great and a 1-2-3 for Toyota is a fantastic result.
19. 11. 2023 20:27
19. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		22 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I enjoyed this season a lot and I am glad to have had this opportunity. The plan was only to do seven rallies but I pushed the team a little bit to be here. This is more than a dream result because now we have everybody across the line in 1-2-3.
19. 11. 2023 20:27
19. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		22 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Let's hope everything goes fine for the guys behind. It should be a really great result in our home rally. I am also really proud of Taka - after Friday morning he was driving so well, I was so happy to see his times and he was pushing hard.
19. 11. 2023 20:27
19. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		22 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): For sure, it was important to find some speed and confidence in these difficult conditions. I have to thank the whole team. The first part of the season was good and I am sorry for the second half because I was not really good enough. I am looking forward to the future.
19. 11. 2023 20:27
19. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		22 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): In terms of the speed it was very good. I have to bring this kind of feeling into next year, but of course I still feel disappointed. I will try not to do the same thing again when I have good potential, but the car felt so good thw whole weekend.
19. 11. 2023 20:26
19. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		22 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I get frustrated very easily when I am not on the pace and, this year, more or less we haven't been anywhere on the pace. It's been a tough year but at least we gave it a go. Let's see what the future brings next.
19. 11. 2023 20:26
19. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		22 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): First of all I am happy it's over now. It was still an enjoyable weekend but obviously we could have been in the fight - I apologised to the team for my mistake but it is what it is. We're going to do another good season next year. We had eight podiums this year and a couple of troubles which cost us some points and put us out of the fight for the championship.
19. 11. 2023 20:26
19. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		22 flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): This one was really nice. It's been a really challenging weekend and I think our experience was key here. We made the difference on the first two stages and then from then on we tried to control it.
19. 11. 2023 20:25
19. 11. 2023 12:25 CET 		22 flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): It was like Tokyo Drift because we put the wet tyres on the rear and it was a little bit slidey. At least I enjoyed the last stage of the season!
19. 11. 2023 20:25
19. 11. 2023 12:25 CET 		22 flash info (25 - Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil): I'd like to send big kisses to my kids at home who are watching. They stayed up really long and woke up really early these last days to support me. Coming to this rally and finishing it is something I am really happy about. I really enjoyed and I'm looking forward to the next one soon.
19. 11. 2023 20:24
19. 11. 2023 12:24 CET 		22 flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): We can say we are the champions! It's amazing, but I want to say thank you to Maciej, to the whole of Orlen Rally Team, all of my sponsors and of course to my wife. It's an amazing feeling!
19. 11. 2023 14:11
19. 11. 2023 06:11 CET 		22 Starting order: Fukunaga, Kajetanowicz, Chwist, Gryazin, Mikkelsen, Neuville, Tänak, Katsuta, Lappi, Rovanperä, Ogier, Evans
19. 11. 2023 12:27
19. 11. 2023 04:27 CET 		21 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): A bit happier than I was first thing this morning, but of course we know it's not over until it's over. We have to keep concentrating now for the last one.
19. 11. 2023 12:23
19. 11. 2023 04:23 CET 		21 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): We still have 7.5km to go, so we need to finish the job. For sure, so far it's looking good for the team.
19. 11. 2023 12:22
19. 11. 2023 04:22 CET 		21 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It's hopefully going to be a good Power Stage for us. It would be an amazing result for the whole team so let's hope everything goes well.
19. 11. 2023 12:18
19. 11. 2023 04:18 CET 		21 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): All is now under control. It hasn't been during the weekend, but now I feel pretty okay. All good.
19. 11. 2023 12:13
19. 11. 2023 04:13 CET 		21 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's drying up and there is a lot less damp sections, but still I have less grip than the morning and I have no idea why. It's a shame.
19. 11. 2023 12:13
19. 11. 2023 04:13 CET 		21 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I am still looking for the grip, all weekend long. I couldn't find any grip to be honest but it's the same for everybody. These have been two very tough last events to round out the season - in terms of conditions, it has been really challenging. I enjoy these conditions but it would have been nicer to still be within the fight.
19. 11. 2023 12:17
19. 11. 2023 04:17 CET 		20 retired (24 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): accident in SS 20
19. 11. 2023 12:12
19. 11. 2023 04:12 CET 		20 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): One of the most challenging ones. Extremely difficult and there seemed to be zero grip, we were at walking speed near the end there. All okay.
19. 11. 2023 12:12
19. 11. 2023 04:12 CET 		20 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's not over yet, so I think there's no point to discuss the [potential] result. Let's see in two stages.
19. 11. 2023 12:12
19. 11. 2023 04:12 CET 		20 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Really difficult conditions again. It's more slippy than it looks. Again, just a safe drive through.
19. 11. 2023 12:12
19. 11. 2023 04:12 CET 		20 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It felt a bit better than in the morning but I said to my engineers that we needed a small change, and I need to be able to carry a bit more speed. I think I managed to do that. It doesn't feel fast but it was a bit faster on every corner, so the time is a bit better.
19. 11. 2023 12:11
19. 11. 2023 04:11 CET 		20 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I have no idea why, but I have no grip at all. I am trying but there is no grip! It's quite strange.
19. 11. 2023 12:11
19. 11. 2023 04:11 CET 		20 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Even if it's not important anymore, it's always good to end the season with a good feeling. That's what we are aiming for.
19. 11. 2023 10:35
19. 11. 2023 02:35 CET 		19 retired (34 - Arai Toshihiro / Matsumoto Yuichi): retired in SS 19
19. 11. 2023 09:27
19. 11. 2023 01:27 CET 		19 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I thought the last one was bad, but this was even worse! The conditions came as a bit of surprise... not nice.
19. 11. 2023 09:25
19. 11. 2023 01:25 CET 		19 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Unfortunately, a bit more of the same is still very tricky! It's definitely an extremely difficult rally from the start to the end.
19. 11. 2023 09:24
19. 11. 2023 01:24 CET 		19 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Still quite tricky. This one was more slippy than I was expecting so we just had a careful run through.
19. 11. 2023 09:24
19. 11. 2023 01:24 CET 		19 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Not good. I can't do anything more, I just can't.
19. 11. 2023 09:24
19. 11. 2023 01:24 CET 		19 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): All is fine.
19. 11. 2023 09:12
19. 11. 2023 01:12 CET 		19 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Everything is okay - we touched a barrier but it was soft enough and it bounced us back on the road even quicker!
19. 11. 2023 09:12
19. 11. 2023 01:12 CET 		19 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's another challenging stage. Maybe a bit easier than the previous one, but I didn't have a big rhythm. There were a lot of leaves and even a little bit of slush in some places.
19. 11. 2023 08:56
19. 11. 2023 00:56 CET 		18 (25 - Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil): spun
19. 11. 2023 08:52
19. 11. 2023 00:52 CET 		18 flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): My driving is really slow, but I want to have a nice evening.
19. 11. 2023 08:48
19. 11. 2023 00:48 CET 		18 flash info (24 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): I dont know why it happened, maybe change of surface. We have made spun in high speed, I think we made two rotations. We needed to restart the car and has to reverse back to correct direction.
19. 11. 2023 08:48
19. 11. 2023 00:48 CET 		18 flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): As expected, it was difficult stage. We had some issues with wipers, it always stopped in the middle so I needed to restart them, so I was loosing concentration.
19. 11. 2023 08:44
19. 11. 2023 00:44 CET 		18 (24 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): was out of road
19. 11. 2023 08:44
19. 11. 2023 00:44 CET 		18 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): You just don't know if somebody wants to go on a big push, you can make a really big dent in a minute in these conditions. We're just trying to cover that at the moment.
19. 11. 2023 08:44
19. 11. 2023 00:44 CET 		18 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I think we said this almost every stage, but it never gets easier this weekend. This one was one of the lowest in terms of grip so far.
19. 11. 2023 08:37
19. 11. 2023 00:37 CET 		18 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Some sections are definitely cleaning a bit and you get some lines, but then all the cuts are getting more dirty. The last downhill was really difficult - we had no front grip at all.
19. 11. 2023 08:33
19. 11. 2023 00:33 CET 		18 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Very bad. I have no grip, it's the same as on Friday. I cannot make it work with the wet tyres.
19. 11. 2023 08:31
19. 11. 2023 00:31 CET 		18 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Like I said, we have nothing to fight against Katsuta so there is nothing we can do there. It's tricky and the balance is so bad, it's like driving with a puncture at the front. It's nothing new this year, the feeling is just not there and nothing is working.
19. 11. 2023 08:31
19. 11. 2023 00:31 CET 		18 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It's good, but to be honest I felt so slow. The gravel crew did a good job and I had no moments but in some places I could go much, much quicker. It's impossible to judge how much you can carry the speed.
19. 11. 2023 08:31
19. 11. 2023 00:31 CET 		18 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Horrible! I am making the line everywhere. The general speed is very slow but still the risk of going off the road is very high. For the last day of rallying, you couldn't imagine anything more difficult than this.
19. 11. 2023 07:31
18. 11. 2023 23:31 CET 		17 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not sure there will be a big Power Stage push today, but let's see what happens. There's still a long way to go today and we're just trying to keep it clean. The next one looks difficult, that's all we know.
19. 11. 2023 07:28
18. 11. 2023 23:28 CET 		17 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's more slippery than I thought, to be honest. We heard from the team that we need to be careful on Tänak's junction.
19. 11. 2023 07:28
18. 11. 2023 23:28 CET 		17 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It's the same plan still. The conditions look really difficult on the next two. This one was okay but the next ones will be tricky.
19. 11. 2023 07:22
18. 11. 2023 23:22 CET 		17 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): The feeling is okay but for sure there are some slippy places and drier places as well. Changeable conditions with some dirt on the road in places. It's not so straightforward.
19. 11. 2023 07:21
18. 11. 2023 23:21 CET 		17 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Bin it or win it - we tried to bin it but not yet. I understeered into an escape road.
19. 11. 2023 07:21
18. 11. 2023 23:21 CET 		17 (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): was out of road
19. 11. 2023 07:20
18. 11. 2023 23:20 CET 		17 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): This was probably the easiest stage of the day. I don't really have a plan, I will follow my feeling and if that feeling is good then I will try to drive a bit.
19. 11. 2023 07:20
18. 11. 2023 23:20 CET 		17 Stage is dry.
18. 11. 2023 20:51
18. 11. 2023 12:51 CET 		16 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Quite a nice atmosphere in there and nice to get through without any issues. Let's see what's in front of us tomorrow.
18. 11. 2023 20:51
18. 11. 2023 12:51 CET 		16 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's not normal that I am good at these super specials, but this weekend I think 22 super specials would be good for me!
18. 11. 2023 20:51
18. 11. 2023 12:51 CET 		16 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): At the end the tyres didn't work so bad. The first loop was good but on the second lap they were struggling!
18. 11. 2023 20:50
18. 11. 2023 12:50 CET 		16 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Thanks to all of the fans. There are so many people in the stadium and for sure, I want to push tomorrow as much as I can until the very end. I will try to show everybody what I can really do.
18. 11. 2023 20:50
18. 11. 2023 12:50 CET 		16 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It's cool when there is people watching, so it's good that we could do the job for them. Not such a good run for me - we tried some new set-up for this stage and I am not sure how I feel about it.
18. 11. 2023 20:50
18. 11. 2023 12:50 CET 		16 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I don't know why Kalle picked wet tyres. Probably they have some other idea. There are many people who have come here and it's definitely a great event for rallying.
18. 11. 2023 20:50
18. 11. 2023 12:50 CET 		16 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We had still a bit of action today, especially this morning on the first stage. It was not an interesting day for us to be honest but we will try to set some good times and have a bit of fun.
18. 11. 2023 20:49
18. 11. 2023 12:49 CET 		16 flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): We've put on a new setup for tomorrow, so let's see how it works and what the day will bring - probably a new big challenge!
18. 11. 2023 20:49
18. 11. 2023 12:49 CET 		15 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's been pretty okay. Getting caught in the rain in the previous one was not nice and we were maybe too careful in some places, but it was always going to be a bit tricky to judge with such a big gap.
18. 11. 2023 20:49
18. 11. 2023 12:49 CET 		15 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's been a good day for us and we are happy to be at the end. We don't know what sort of surprises are going to wait for us tomorrow.
18. 11. 2023 20:49
18. 11. 2023 12:49 CET 		15 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Not the easiest day with the conditions. We thought it would be a bit more dry and it's been a long day driving without any risks.
18. 11. 2023 20:48
18. 11. 2023 12:48 CET 		15 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I was afraid that I couldn't get the hard tyres up to temperature for the beginning. Maybe it was the wrong choice, but it was safer like this.
18. 11. 2023 20:48
18. 11. 2023 12:48 CET 		15 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I really like this stage. It's very high-speed but the pinecones and the needles are making so much mess and it's not so easy to find the correct line.
18. 11. 2023 20:48
18. 11. 2023 12:48 CET 		15 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I have no hybrid, so we need to investigate it in service. If there was one stage today where you need some hybrid push, it was this one!
18. 11. 2023 20:53
18. 11. 2023 12:53 CET 		14 retired (23 - Kovalainen Heikki / Kitagawa Sae): technical problem - gearbox in SS 14
18. 11. 2023 20:47
18. 11. 2023 12:47 CET 		14 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I thought I was going to be a minute down. It was raining very early on into the stage - I can't believe it.
18. 11. 2023 20:47
18. 11. 2023 12:47 CET 		14 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): We thought we had seen the worst, but the weather always amazes us here! We had a message before the start that it should be dry but the wind is so strong that it is changing so quickly.
18. 11. 2023 20:47
18. 11. 2023 12:47 CET 		14 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): This rally just keeps on giving! I have hard tyres on the front axle and the last part of the stage is wet. You can imagine that it's not easy!
18. 11. 2023 20:46
18. 11. 2023 12:46 CET 		14 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I think the hard tyres are not the best on these conditions! It was good at the beginning but at at the end.
18. 11. 2023 20:46
18. 11. 2023 12:46 CET 		14 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's starting to come...
18. 11. 2023 20:46
18. 11. 2023 12:46 CET 		14 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Of course, the target is fourth place but it's not so easy to catch Ott [Tänak]. When I feel confident and he is not so much pushing, this is the only time I can gain time.
18. 11. 2023 20:46
18. 11. 2023 12:46 CET 		14 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We are just coming through and trying a few things on the car, that's all we can do. Little set-up things and tyres - we can get some information for next year.
18. 11. 2023 20:46
18. 11. 2023 12:46 CET 		13 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Very difficult, especially in these very narrow and muddy places. You're never happy when it's like this but we're doing what we've got to do for now.
18. 11. 2023 20:45
18. 11. 2023 12:45 CET 		13 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): So far, so good. We have two hard tyres on the car and they are helping I think.
18. 11. 2023 20:45
18. 11. 2023 12:45 CET 		13 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There is nothing really to fight for at the moment. When we are in this position we need to make sure that we get to the finish in the best way possible.
18. 11. 2023 20:45
18. 11. 2023 12:45 CET 		13 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's very dirty inside of the forest, so the confidence was not really high there. When it was dry and quite clean, I had the best feeling of the weekend. It was quite enjoyable but I was just too careful in the dirty places.
18. 11. 2023 20:45
18. 11. 2023 12:45 CET 		13 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It started quite okay. We got a foggy screen in the middle, but that was our own mistake.
18. 11. 2023 20:44
18. 11. 2023 12:44 CET 		13 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It was quite an intense stage. It's very technical and twisty but at the same time you need to listen very carefully to the pace notes because there are some slippy sections.
18. 11. 2023 11:58
18. 11. 2023 03:58 CET 		12 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): The first stage was fine this morning, but on the second one I was probably a bit too safe which cost us some time.
18. 11. 2023 11:58
18. 11. 2023 03:58 CET 		12 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): This morning was extremely damp and muddy in places. This one was the first time all weekend that we had grip on the stage.
18. 11. 2023 11:57
18. 11. 2023 03:57 CET 		12 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): For sure, it seems that this year there are a lot more fans on the rally. It's really cool to see all the people and it's nice when the stages are like this. It's cool.
18. 11. 2023 11:57
18. 11. 2023 03:57 CET 		12 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's a good super special. Interesting - there are some characteristics which normally you don't have on a super special. This one is enjoyable and good for the spectators.
18. 11. 2023 11:57
18. 11. 2023 03:57 CET 		12 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I can't say we are happy with the morning, but with the super special we are quite happy. It's quite a fun one actually.
18. 11. 2023 11:57
18. 11. 2023 03:57 CET 		12 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Of course, lots of people here so it's very enjoyable to drive. I was probably too aggressive so maybe it was not smooth enough, and the time looks not so good.
18. 11. 2023 20:52
18. 11. 2023 12:52 CET 		10 retired (45 - Takata Koji / Sekimoto Takashi): retired after SS 10
18. 11. 2023 11:59
18. 11. 2023 03:59 CET 		10 retired (38 - Hotta Makoto / Kawanishi Haruo): retired in SS 10
18. 11. 2023 09:45
18. 11. 2023 01:45 CET 		10 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's kind of working, or we're trying to make it work. It's tricky. Our last rally with M-Sport Ford, but still I would like to try and get the feeling which we haven't been able to find this year.
18. 11. 2023 09:39
18. 11. 2023 01:39 CET 		10 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): For sure, the target is to push as much as I can and try to catch Ott and EP. I don't know if it's possible or not but at least I have to try.
18. 11. 2023 09:36
18. 11. 2023 01:36 CET 		10 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): There is no plan. The plan was to win, that's why we came here and we gave it everything. Yesterday I bottomed out and it kicked me out of the line, but that's rallying. There was no pressure on this weekend - it was just about going for the victory and we were on target until then.
18. 11. 2023 11:59
18. 11. 2023 03:59 CET 		9 retired (34 - Arai Toshihiro / Matsumoto Yuichi): retired after SS 9
18. 11. 2023 09:38
18. 11. 2023 01:38 CET 		9 retired (30 - Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason): accident in SS 9
18. 11. 2023 09:36
18. 11. 2023 01:36 CET 		9 Stage continues.
18. 11. 2023 09:34
18. 11. 2023 01:34 CET 		9 Stage was red-flagged for first four cars.
18. 11. 2023 09:34
18. 11. 2023 01:34 CET 		9 (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): catched zero car
18. 11. 2023 09:29
18. 11. 2023 01:29 CET 		9 Stage is completely dry.
17. 11. 2023 21:03
17. 11. 2023 13:03 CET 		8 retired (29 - Díaz Aboitiz Miguel / Sanjuán Rodrigo): accident in SS 8
17. 11. 2023 20:32
17. 11. 2023 12:32 CET 		8 retired (32 - Katsuta Norihiko / Kimura Yusuke): accident in SS 8
17. 11. 2023 20:29
17. 11. 2023 12:29 CET 		8 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): The afternoon loop was quite good, but obviously this morning we made a mistake. There's still a long way to go so I will just keep pushing. Tomorrow is still tricky stages and anything can still happen.
17. 11. 2023 20:29
17. 11. 2023 12:29 CET 		8 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It didn't feel so great this morning, I felt like was losing a minute, but clearly the others were having similar sensations. It can sometimes happen like that.
17. 11. 2023 20:28
17. 11. 2023 12:28 CET 		8 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): Faster than Ogier two times in a row - at least something good happens this weekend!
17. 11. 2023 20:28
17. 11. 2023 12:28 CET 		8 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I am glad my mechanics managed to fix the car. They did an amazing job again, so I think now the most important thing for us is to bring all three cars home.
17. 11. 2023 20:28
17. 11. 2023 12:28 CET 		8 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Not so easy. We were struggling a lot yesterday with the car on this stage, so I was a bit afraid the wet would be bad. We are safely at the end of the day and that's the most important thing.
17. 11. 2023 20:27
17. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		8 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It should be all okay after service. Everything is now working okay, so we have no worries.
17. 11. 2023 20:27
17. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		7 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): That's good. That's all I can do now, keep pushing and taking the fastest times as much as I can to try and catch in front. It will be difficult to catch the podium places but you never know - anything can happen in this rally.
17. 11. 2023 20:27
17. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		7 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It's better to do it this way. I know there are a lot of surprises coming today and I have been really slow, but at least we are on the road. That's the most important thing.
17. 11. 2023 20:27
17. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		7 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Better than this morning... also because there was much less water. This kind of day, you are happy when you survive them because so many things can happen and so many things happened. This moment this afternoon cost us a bit of time but we are happy to still be here because it could have cost us a lot more.
17. 11. 2023 20:27
17. 11. 2023 12:27 CET 		7 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's not challenging at all, because I am just driving very slowly so there is nothing else we can do.
17. 11. 2023 20:26
17. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		7 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It didn't feel so good, especially towards the end here. It's been tough, obviously. This morning, especially, was quite bad, but the afternoon was also not easy to adapt to after the zero-grip situation of the morning to having something you actually have to drive with.
17. 11. 2023 20:26
17. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		7 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Quite a bit more grip than we what we have seen so far today. Hopefully we are not cleaning it too much, but it felt quite tricky at the end with the narrow line.
17. 11. 2023 20:26
17. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		6 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): For sure, we knew that we had the pace this morning and it's very unfortunate happened. It's done, so now we just have to move forward and do what we can. This one didn't feel so good but the stage time is good.
17. 11. 2023 20:26
17. 11. 2023 12:26 CET 		6 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): We tried. For sure, we tried to improve. It's quite embarrassing where we are but it is how it is.
17. 11. 2023 20:25
17. 11. 2023 12:25 CET 		6 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): For sure, we lost too much time this morning. After seeing Thierry off the road, we knew we didn't have to push so hard.
17. 11. 2023 20:25
17. 11. 2023 12:25 CET 		6 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): The car is struggling. We will try to get through but it's not really working.
17. 11. 2023 20:25
17. 11. 2023 12:25 CET 		6 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): That's a shame. It's difficult out there, but this stage did definitely feel better. We have to keep going. There's still a long way to go.
17. 11. 2023 20:24
17. 11. 2023 12:24 CET 		6 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): On the first pass, the conditions were so bad being the first car on the road and doing half of the stage with no visibility. We had a safe and clean run through.
17. 11. 2023 20:24
17. 11. 2023 12:24 CET 		6 retired (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): accident in SS 6
17. 11. 2023 20:32
17. 11. 2023 12:32 CET 		5 retired (47 - Irie Satoshi / Kageyama Satoshi): accident in SS 5
17. 11. 2023 20:32
17. 11. 2023 12:32 CET 		5 retired (37 - Sasaki Yasuyuki / Matsushita Kazuki): accident in SS 5
17. 11. 2023 20:24
17. 11. 2023 12:24 CET 		5 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): We could have done it this morning as well! It's a shame, we have the pace. I didn't push too much and just managed the pace, and still we have this time.
17. 11. 2023 20:23
17. 11. 2023 12:23 CET 		5 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I don't know what to do, to be honest.
17. 11. 2023 20:23
17. 11. 2023 12:23 CET 		5 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): On one of the ditches, I caught the front and it made me go out and we just stopped in the barrier.
17. 11. 2023 20:23
17. 11. 2023 12:23 CET 		5 (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): was out of road
17. 11. 2023 20:22
17. 11. 2023 12:22 CET 		5 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Second pass, new issues. Some electric stuff going on. No anti-lag and the throttle stays on in stage mode.
17. 11. 2023 20:22
17. 11. 2023 12:22 CET 		5 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It was a challenging stage but obviously the conditions are a bit more straightforward.
17. 11. 2023 20:22
17. 11. 2023 12:22 CET 		5 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I didn't use the grip. There were so many bad references from the morning, it was hard to ignore. I didn't use the full potential but, okay, we're here.
17. 11. 2023 20:22
17. 11. 2023 12:22 CET 		5 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It was quite okay. Definitely I was enjoying it more than in the morning, not cleaning the road all the time. A lot of fog in a few places, so still not easy conditions. It's difficult to be safe in these conditions but I still tried to keep a small margin and just enjoy the driving.
17. 11. 2023 20:31
17. 11. 2023 12:31 CET 		4 retired (46 - Hagiwara Yasunori / Harada Koichi): retired after SS 4
17. 11. 2023 08:55
17. 11. 2023 00:55 CET 		4 Stage was cancelled for safety reasons.
17. 11. 2023 20:31
17. 11. 2023 12:31 CET 		3 retired (48 - Shimizu Hiroyasu / Yasui Takahiro): accident in SS 3
17. 11. 2023 08:52
17. 11. 2023 00:52 CET 		3 flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): We can see! The Rally1 cars are better, but the Škoda is better in one area! Very tricky conditions. We tried to take it down a notch for this one and we will adjust from here.
17. 11. 2023 08:49
17. 11. 2023 00:49 CET 		3 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): We tried to repair the car, but it's quite impossible to fix it. At least we are still driving and we will try to get to service. The rally is not over yet.
17. 11. 2023 08:46
17. 11. 2023 00:46 CET 		3 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): There's a lot of standing water on this one. There was some already on the previous one and over here we were aquaplaning so much. It's quite crazy.
17. 11. 2023 08:38
17. 11. 2023 00:38 CET 		3 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I can't see anything... look at my screen. I just tried to survive.
17. 11. 2023 08:38
17. 11. 2023 00:38 CET 		3 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Quite seasick to be honest. It started on the previous stage. I don't know what happened, but I guess there is no reason to drive like this.
17. 11. 2023 08:37
17. 11. 2023 00:37 CET 		3 (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): fogged window
17. 11. 2023 08:37
17. 11. 2023 00:37 CET 		3 (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): fogged window
17. 11. 2023 08:30
17. 11. 2023 00:30 CET 		3 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): I couldn't see anything. I have done a lot of rallies in my life but I have never been scared as much as this morning.
17. 11. 2023 08:30
17. 11. 2023 00:30 CET 		3 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I can't really see where I'm going, so it's not easy! There's more standing water here, but both stages so far have been equally as bad.
17. 11. 2023 08:25
17. 11. 2023 00:25 CET 		3 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It's quite extreme at the moment. At the beginning of the stage there was so much standing water that you couldn't even be full-throttle on the straight, and then for half of the stage I had no visibility - all of the windows were fogged up.
17. 11. 2023 08:17
17. 11. 2023 00:17 CET 		3 (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): overshoot junction
17. 11. 2023 07:52
16. 11. 2023 23:52 CET 		2 Stage is cancelled.
17. 11. 2023 07:51
16. 11. 2023 23:51 CET 		2 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): We had no info on that corner! We had no chance, no chance!
17. 11. 2023 07:45
16. 11. 2023 23:45 CET 		2 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): I was just safe. When there is the needles, I have no confidence. You can lose the grip suddenly and it's quite tricky to try to gain the confidence.
17. 11. 2023 07:42
16. 11. 2023 23:42 CET 		2 (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Incredibly difficult, so I am happy to make it through. It's impossible to know if you are on the right rhythm. There is a little line in the pine needles, so for sure the first car on the road will have the worst conditions.
17. 11. 2023 07:41
16. 11. 2023 23:41 CET 		2 Stage is stopped because of accident of car st.no.6 and 16.
17. 11. 2023 07:40
16. 11. 2023 23:40 CET 		2 retired (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): accident in SS 2
17. 11. 2023 07:40
16. 11. 2023 23:40 CET 		2 retired (6 - Sordo Dani / Carrera Cándido): accident in SS 2
17. 11. 2023 07:39
16. 11. 2023 23:39 CET 		2 (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): was out of road
17. 11. 2023 07:39
16. 11. 2023 23:39 CET 		2 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It's very difficult to watch the times in there. The road is changing all the time and also with the rain it makes it very tricky. Every time I tried to go a bit faster I lost the grip, so at the end I just took it steady.
17. 11. 2023 07:39
16. 11. 2023 23:39 CET 		2 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's horrific. I felt so slow in so many places, but then also on the edge in others. It's impossible to judge.
17. 11. 2023 07:39
16. 11. 2023 23:39 CET 		2 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): These conditions are the most difficult I have seen all year - it's eve more difficult than Central Europe. There are so many pine needles on the road and it's definitely going to clean for the later cars.
17. 11. 2023 05:20
16. 11. 2023 21:20 CET 		1 retired (36 - Shinkai Tomoyuki / Ando Yuichi): accident in SS 1
17. 11. 2023 05:19
16. 11. 2023 21:19 CET 		1 flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): There are no questions from our side, just enjoyment and try to go for another victory. That's what we want to do this weekend but it won't be easy at all, and it might be even more difficult than two weeks ago in Germany after the road conditions we have seen during recce. It's going to be really challenging but I'm looking forward to it.
17. 11. 2023 05:19
16. 11. 2023 21:19 CET 		1 flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): It's always nice to come here, especially as a Toyota driver. It looks like we were quite bad on this stage, like many of our cars. Unfortunately we have to come here two more times so we need to find something because the car was quite tricky to drive.
17. 11. 2023 05:19
16. 11. 2023 21:19 CET 		1 flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Big pressure with Taka, and I knew Taka was going to push! It was still fun and it's a great atmosphere here, very different to what we usually do and we could enjoy a bit. Obviously in the morning it gets more serious.
17. 11. 2023 05:19
16. 11. 2023 21:19 CET 		1 flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I was not good enough on the second lap, maybe pushing too much and making too many mistakes. Tomorrow, let's see - I will try to manage the day.
17. 11. 2023 05:18
16. 11. 2023 21:18 CET 		1 flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's not really nice to lose four seconds straight away, but that's how it is. We need to check why. Of course, I was not taking so many risks but still it's a lot to lose.
17. 11. 2023 05:18
16. 11. 2023 21:18 CET 		1 flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): It must be okay when you beat Seb! It should be okay.
17. 11. 2023 05:17
16. 11. 2023 21:17 CET 		1 flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I didn't have a good run, that goes without saying really for these super specials. It's obviously a big day tomorrow.
17. 11. 2023 05:17
16. 11. 2023 21:17 CET 		1 flash info (6 - Sordo Dani / Carrera Cándido): I was feeling good. The jump is a little bit tricky because it's difficult to calculate the speed, but I didn't take any risks and just drove. It was fun.
17. 11. 2023 05:17
16. 11. 2023 21:17 CET 		1 flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): All calm. I took it very carefully over this jump - I was having flashbacks of Greece in 2022! An easy calm start, we have a long day tomorrow.
17. 11. 2023 05:17
16. 11. 2023 21:17 CET 		1 flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's really nice to do some stages with all the spectators. For sure, completely different to what we will see tomorrow, but at least it's a good practice.
16. 11. 2023 09:56
16. 11. 2023 01:56 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (24 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It is a alot different [oming back to WRC2. We don't have such a good feeling for Shakedown so we will try and change quite alot for the rally.
16. 11. 2023 09:56
16. 11. 2023 01:56 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): Nice to be back, great atmosphere. The people are amazing here with the fans around the road mode section. It is going to be a big challenge for us I think. If you see classification here in WRC2 Challenger it seems to be easy for us but it isn't.
16. 11. 2023 09:55
16. 11. 2023 01:55 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Livery was designed by children here in Toyota City. I really enjoy being here. I need to adapt to the food but people are so nice. I really enjoy to speak with them.
16. 11. 2023 09:55
16. 11. 2023 01:55 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): Not an easy event, did a lot of study on the onboards before arriving and I knew we had a big task. Having seen the stages, a lot of leaves and dirt on the road. Without the gravel crew it will be very difficult.
16. 11. 2023 09:24
16. 11. 2023 01:24 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): Really good to be back in a Rally1 after one year. It is a good present to us after a good year so I just want to enjoy it and get a really nice drive. We have not been testing, this was my first test on shakedown.
16. 11. 2023 09:21
16. 11. 2023 01:21 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (6 - Sordo Dani / Carrera Cándido): Really difficult to start, really really slippery, you can not imagine. it is like ice. A long time I have not driven the car on tarmac - since Monte Carlo.
16. 11. 2023 09:19
16. 11. 2023 01:19 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): End of the season, very important rally for me. Will try and push as much as I can. Many challenges with the weather but it is going to be fun.
16. 11. 2023 09:18
16. 11. 2023 01:18 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): A lot of corners, very tricky Friday. There are a couple of stages that are a bit wider and a bit faster but 70 percent of the stages are really really twisty.
16. 11. 2023 09:17
16. 11. 2023 01:17 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): A lot of leaves in the stage already. The weather is beautiful today, unfortunately it will change tomorrow.
16. 11. 2023 09:15
16. 11. 2023 01:15 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Somehow not driving at all at the moment...interesting at the moment.
16. 11. 2023 09:15
16. 11. 2023 01:15 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): A challenging event, that is for sure. We have no pressure, we are here to have fun and target another victory. Our main rivals have a lot more pressure this weekend.
16. 11. 2023 09:15
16. 11. 2023 01:15 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): I hope for a good run. I think it is going to be quite a different rally to last year with what we are expecting tomorrow.
16. 11. 2023 09:12
16. 11. 2023 01:12 CET 		SHAKEDOWN flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): There are quite many things that are interesting. The conditions will be challenging for us. If the rain comes on Friday, it will be incredible.