Forum8 Rally Japan 2024

Forum8 Rally Japan 2024


21. 11. 2024 - 24. 11. 2024

Unofficial results
List for category: WRC2 Challenger
SS 14 - Nenoue Kougen 2
SS length: 11.60km
Pos. No. Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Group SS time Aver. speed
sec/km
Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 20
FIN
Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:04.6 86.17
0.00
00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 21
BGR
Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K.
Citroën C3 Rally2
RC2 00:08:05.5 86.01
0.08
00:00:00.9
00:00:00.9
3 32
FIN
Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:09.6 85.29
0.43
00:00:05.0
00:00:04.1
4 22
POL
Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
RC2 00:08:10.2 85.19
0.48
00:00:05.6
00:00:00.6
5 31
JPN
Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke
Škoda Fabia R5
RC2 00:08:10.4 85.15
0.50
00:00:05.8
00:00:00.2
6 29
JPN
Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:13.4 84.64
0.76
00:00:08.8
00:00:03.0
7 36
JPN
Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:14.9 84.38
0.89
00:00:10.3
00:00:01.5
8 23
ESP
Solans Jan / Sanjuán R.
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:15.3 84.31
0.92
00:00:10.7
00:00:00.4
9 30
GBR
Ingram Chris / Kihurani A.
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:17.2 83.99
1.09
00:00:12.6
00:00:01.9
10 34
JPN
Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:33.2 81.37
2.47
00:00:28.6
00:00:16.0
11 26
POL
Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
RC2 00:08:36.6 80.84
2.76
00:00:32.0
00:00:03.4
12 35
JPN
Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:08:37.8 80.65
2.86
00:00:33.2
00:00:01.2
13 37
JPN
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
RC2 00:08:49.3 78.90
3.85
00:00:44.7
00:00:11.5
14 38
JPN
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2
RC2 00:08:59.6 77.39
4.74
00:00:55.0
00:00:10.3
15 28
IRL
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
RC2 00:09:09.0 76.07
5.55
00:01:04.4
00:00:09.4
16 27
GRC
Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
RC2 00:09:31.2 73.11
7.47
00:01:26.6
00:00:22.2
Pos. No.
Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Pos. SS time
Penalty
Total time Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 21
BGR

1
Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K.
Citroën C3 Rally2 
RC2
1
02:28:44.3
02:28:44.3 00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 20
FIN

2
Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
2
02:30:12.0
02:30:12.0 00:01:27.7
00:01:27.7
3 31
JPN

3
Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke
Škoda Fabia R5 
RC2
3
02:30:59.7
02:30:59.7 00:02:15.4
00:00:47.7
4 32
FIN

4
Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
4
02:31:28.2
02:31:28.2 00:02:43.9
00:00:28.5
5 30
GBR

5
Ingram Chris / Kihurani A.
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
6
02:31:57.3
02:31:57.3 00:03:13.0
00:00:29.1
6 36
JPN

6
Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
7
02:34:36.6
02:34:36.6 00:05:52.3
00:02:39.3
7 22
POL

7
Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
RC2
8
02:34:47.6
02:34:47.6 00:06:03.3
00:00:11.0
8 34
JPN

8
Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
9
02:36:40.4
02:36:40.4 00:07:56.1
00:01:52.8
9 35
JPN

9
Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
10
02:38:04.0
00:01:20.0
02:39:24.0 00:10:39.7
00:02:43.6
10 26
POL

10
Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
RC2
11
02:39:43.6
02:39:43.6 00:10:59.3
00:00:19.6
11 37
JPN

11
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 
RC2
12
02:41:54.4
02:41:54.4 00:13:10.1
00:02:10.8
12 28
IRL

12
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII 
RC2
13
02:44:07.9
02:44:07.9 00:15:23.6
00:02:13.5
13 27
GRC

13
Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII 
RC2
14
02:52:44.9
00:03:30.0
02:56:14.9 00:27:30.6
00:12:07.0
14 23
ESP

14
Solans Jan / Sanjuán R.
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
15
03:06:43.1
00:02:50.0
03:09:33.1 00:40:48.8
00:13:18.2
15 29
JPN

15
Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
16
03:16:51.3
00:03:40.0
03:20:31.3 00:51:47.0
00:10:58.2
16 38
JPN

16
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2 
RC2
18
03:47:51.7
03:47:51.7 01:19:07.4
00:27:20.4
INFORMATION ABOUT SS 14
retired (40 - Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian): retired after SS 14
flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): Nice and difficult, I like these kind of roads. It is my third time here, this stage is the same every time and I don't remember the corners. There are so many similar corners. Possibly it is possible to remember. We are changing the car between stages, sometimes it is better, sometimes it is worse. I enjoy.
flash info (36 - Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi): Clean run, very good stage. There is so much dirt on the surface so I cannot have good confidence in the corners, I leave the grip to the tyres, so very good stage. Definitely I am happy because yesterday I was struggling, it is difficult to match the info between driver and the gravel crew, so today I have more insight.
flash info (25 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): It was better this time without a spin, but that corner is still very slippery. The hard tyres took a long time to heat up. If I wouldn't have hit a rock face it would've been a battle for a podium but there it is.
flash info (30 - Ingram Chris / Kihurani Alexander): I am struggling so much with the brakes, I am not able to commit at all. I am not surprised Greensmith is taking time out.
flash info (31 - Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke): It's a little bit tricky because the road section is really tight and we don't have any time to make the tyre pressure, so little bit hard on this one because maybe the front tyres are going to be really high with no grip at all, so the next one is going to be really hard I think.
flash info (32 - Kovalainen Heikki / Kitagawa Sae): It seems like I am a step behind all the time. I would need to do these times more on the second loop. The feeling isn't super good, mainly because the times are not good. The feeling is there in the car, but Julian, do you have any idea what to do? We are not far off. In the slippery areas I am too cautious. We need better pace.
flash info (20 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): It was quite nice, clean run. I need to see the time but the feeling was quite okay.
flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): It was good, really nice flow and much better to drive on the hard tyres on these kind of stages.
flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): All good! Changing all the time, some places pretty slippery still. Happy.
flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Not great, it seems that it is drier and with our tyre now we don't seem to be performing as well as the morning and certainly not as well as we should. I am not sure if it is specifically the hard tyre, but certainly we are not performing as well as we should.
flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It is a really tight fight with the guys, it is really nice but the Toyota is quite quick. I am trying hard. I was really enjoying the stage, I was pushing, I do not want to let Taka pass and I want to stay close to Séb, so I give a lot.
flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): It would be nice to catch Fourmaux because Séb is quite okay position wise. In case anything happens in front I have to be in front of Adrien at least, maybe now I need to try. It's a very nice stage, nice condition. Could be better but it is nice and enjoyable.
flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It's been a fun stage now, very clean, good grip. Maybe the first one of the rally that was so clean like this. It is always enjoyable when you have a clean stage like this and you can trust the grip.
flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): Honestly I had a good feeling, so we will see the split to understand where we lose so much time. I don't know whether it is consistent or just one portion.
flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It felt okay, I am struggling with the brakes since the last stage of the morning loop. Again, here. We are trying to catch P7 as it is an extra point. I am not sure we are able to because of this issue. We lose the bite and then all the confidence in this car.