Forum8 Rally Japan 2024

Forum8 Rally Japan 2024


21. 11. 2024 - 25. 11. 2024

Unofficial results
List for category: WRC Masters
SS 3 - Inabu/Shitara 1
SS length: 19.38km
Pos. No. Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Group SS time Aver. speed
sec/km
Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 34
JPN
Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:13:21.3 87.07
0.00
00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 35
JPN
Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
RC2 00:13:46.9 84.37
1.32
00:00:25.6
00:00:25.6
3 37
JPN
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
RC2 00:14:02.4 82.82
2.12
00:00:41.1
00:00:15.5
4 28
IRL
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
RC2 00:14:12.8 81.81
2.66
00:00:51.5
00:00:10.4
5 45
BEL
Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J.
Alpine A110 RGT
RGT 00:14:29.7 80.22
3.53
00:01:08.4
00:00:16.9
6 27
GRC
Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII
RC2 00:14:31.5 80.06
3.62
00:01:10.2
00:00:01.8
7 38
JPN
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2
RC2 00:22:45.3 51.10
29.10
00:09:24.0
00:08:13.8
Pos. No.
Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Pos. SS time
Penalty
Total time Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 34
JPN

1
Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
9
00:35:39.7
00:35:39.7 00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 35
JPN

2
Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 
RC2
11
00:36:36.5
00:36:36.5 00:00:56.8
00:00:56.8
3 37
JPN

3
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 
RC2
13
00:37:20.7
00:37:20.7 00:01:41.0
00:00:44.2
4 28
IRL

4
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII 
RC2
15
00:37:49.8
00:37:49.8 00:02:10.1
00:00:29.1
5 45
BEL

6
Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J.
Alpine A110 RGT 
RGT
1
00:39:29.7
00:39:29.7 00:03:50.0
00:01:39.9
6 27
GRC

7
Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan
Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII 
RC2
17
00:39:48.3
00:39:48.3 00:04:08.6
00:00:18.6
7 38
JPN

5
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2 
RC2
18
00:46:43.4
00:46:43.4 00:11:03.7
00:06:55.1
INFORMATION ABOUT SS 3
(26 - Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil): was out of road
retired (38 - Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason): accident in SS 3
flash info (29 - Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko): Very wide section, missed the information in one place and spun and hit a fence in one side. Need to look at the situation. Unfortunate I spun.
flash info (25 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): There was a braking, we had damp, so slippery and I lost the rear and hit the corner.
(29 - Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko): was out of road
flash info (24 - McErlean Joshua / Fulton James): It was okay, find different things with tyres but there is a long way to go. I think I'll look at the times whenever I know I'm going quick.
(25 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): was out of road
flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): We stopped the engine, after that I was too late on the braking and stopped the engine. When I started again, we have no power. Completely zero. Like 100hp. We were going slowly till the finish.
flash info (23 - Solans Jan / Sanjuán Rodrigo): I just passed Kajto, that is it, I didn't see anything. When there is grip there is big grip but when it is slippery you need to change the mind.
(22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): was out of road
flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Maybe Pajari is like me, speaking too much in interviews! I managed okay, a little bit scary. I think the tyre choice is good, but the grip is quite surprising. In some places it seems like people are touching the grass and going out on the road. I think we need to be more confident. Still it is nice, but I need small things to change.
flash info (20 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): Somehow quite close to the end, I didn't feel any hits. Last section is so smooth, I didn't take any hits. We just need to keep pushing, it is not making it any easier.
(22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): technical issues
(20 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): puncture
flash info (9 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): Tricky conditions, a lot easier than the first one, but still they are coming with surprising moments. Some corners are good, some are bad. Be ready for something to be around the corner, it is very difficult.
flash info (13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): The final part is really twisty, really slow, low speed and with the soft tyre it is not working. I should have trusted my gut a bit more from the video of the gravel crew. It's all part of learning.
flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): Just need to get through. Just follow the plan as we planned before, nothing has changed. Much quicker than the previous stage, much more happening.
flash info (16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We had a clean stage, quite slippery in some corners still. I am losing the brakes in the stage so it is not easy, but I don't know how it is for the others. Last part is very twisty.
flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I don't know what to do at the moment. Speechless honestly. This section is definitely not my section, in the forest, we had a puncture two years ago in the same area. Not easy to find motivation. Doesn't look so good at the moment.
flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It doesn't seem to get a lot easier, a few slides in the beginning. Very difficult to read the grip, it's mostly dry. You only need a little bit of humidity in some places and very little grip, but in some places you see humidity and there is a lot of grip.
flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Definitely much more consistent but a bit tricky with understeer. Balance could be better but okay, so far so good.
flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Obviously we said in the beginning of the event, we said we would be continuous with our speed. We didn't expect such a big gap at the end of the first stage. Just try to get through here.
Start of stage will be delayed for 8 minutes.