Forum8 Rally Japan 2024

Pos.	No.	Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Group	SS time	Aver. speed sec/km	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	17	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:06.4	84.90 0.00	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	11	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:06.5	84.89 0.00	00:00:00.1 00:00:00.1
3	16	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:07.7	84.78 0.06	00:00:01.3 00:00:01.2
4	8	Tänak Ott / Järveoja M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:09.7	84.61 0.14	00:00:03.3 00:00:02.0
5	18	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:12.9	84.33 0.29	00:00:06.5 00:00:03.2
6	13	Munster G. / Louka Louis Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:15.0	84.15 0.38	00:00:08.6 00:00:02.1
7	33	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:16:21.9	83.56 0.68	00:00:15.5 00:00:06.9
8	20	Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:07.3	79.86 2.67	00:01:00.9 00:00:45.4
9	31	Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	00:17:09.5	79.69 2.77	00:01:03.1 00:00:02.2
10	29	Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:10.2	79.64 2.80	00:01:03.8 00:00:00.7
11	21	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	00:17:11.9	79.51 2.87	00:01:05.5 00:00:01.7
12	32	Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:12.4	79.47 2.90	00:01:06.0 00:00:00.5
13	36	Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:21.5	78.77 3.30	00:01:15.1 00:00:09.1
14	25	Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:17:26.7	78.38 3.52	00:01:20.3 00:00:05.2
15	22	Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:17:28.3	78.26 3.59	00:01:21.9 00:00:01.6
16	23	Solans Jan / Sanjuán R. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:30.1	78.13 3.67	00:01:23.7 00:00:01.8
17	30	Ingram Chris / Kihurani A. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:17:48.4	76.79 4.48	00:01:42.0 00:00:18.3
18	34	Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:18:03.1	75.75 5.12	00:01:56.7 00:00:14.7
19	39	Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3	00:18:17.2	74.78 5.74	00:02:10.8 00:00:14.1
20	35	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:18:22.1	74.44 5.95	00:02:15.7 00:00:04.9
21	37	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo	RC2	00:18:40.2	73.24 6.75	00:02:33.8 00:00:18.1
22	44	Shinkai T. / Ando Yuichi Toyota Yaris GR		00:18:42.5	73.09 6.85	00:02:36.1 00:00:02.3
23	26	Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:18:50.2	72.59 7.19	00:02:43.8 00:00:07.7
24	28	Boland Eamonn / "MJ" .. Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2	00:19:21.9	70.61 8.58	00:03:15.5 00:00:31.7
25	45	Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J. Alpine A110 RGT	RGT	00:19:36.3	69.75 9.21	00:03:29.9 00:00:14.4
26	38	Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	00:19:43.9	69.30 9.54	00:03:37.5 00:00:07.6
27	43	Auriol Didier / Giraudet Denis Toyota Yaris GR		00:20:03.7	68.16 10.41	00:03:57.3 00:00:19.8
28	46	Murata Kohsuke / Umemoto Madoka Toyota Yaris GR		00:20:08.9	67.87 10.64	00:04:02.5 00:00:05.2
29	48	Yamamoto Yuta / Tachikui Kazuko Toyota GT86		00:20:28.1	66.81 11.48	00:04:21.7 00:00:19.2
30	47	Hotta Makoto / Kawanishi Haruo Toyota Yaris GR		00:21:11.6	64.52 13.39	00:05:05.2 00:00:43.5
31	27	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2	00:22:31.5	60.71 16.90	00:06:25.1 00:01:19.9
32	50	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Uchida Sonomi Toyota Yaris GR		00:22:39.3	60.36 17.24	00:06:32.9 00:00:07.8
33	49	Hirakawa Mako / Ishida Kazuki Toyota Yaris		00:23:34.8	57.99 19.68	00:07:28.4 00:00:55.5
34	52	Nakayama Tohru / Matsuura T. Toyota Yaris GR		00:23:56.6	57.11 20.63	00:07:50.2 00:00:21.8
35	57	Seita Keiji / Hirai Yukinori Honda Civic Type R		00:24:07.7	56.67 21.12	00:08:01.3 00:00:11.1
36	9	Mikkelsen A. / Eriksen T. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:26:06.4	52.38 26.33	00:10:00.0 00:01:58.7
37	24	McErlean Joshua / Fulton James Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:27:07.3	50.42 29.00	00:11:00.9 00:01:00.9
38	56	Takata Koji / Yamaguchi H. Toyota Yaris GR		00:27:54.2	49.00 31.06	00:11:47.8 00:00:46.9
39	54	Hagiwara Y. / Nakata Masami Subaru Impreza STI		00:27:55.6	48.96 31.12	00:11:49.2 00:00:01.4
40	40	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Renault Clio Rally3	RC3	00:28:17.2	48.34 32.07	00:12:10.8 00:00:21.6
41	41	Arai Toshihiro / Inoue Sota Subaru Impreza STI		00:28:42.5	47.63 33.18	00:12:36.1 00:00:25.3
42	53	Irie Satoshi / Kageyama S. Toyota Vitz		00:33:34.8	40.72 46.00	00:17:28.4 00:04:52.3
-	55	Aihara Taisuke / Hagino Tsukasa Daihatsu Copen		00:33:34.8	40.72 46.00	00:17:28.4 00:00:00.0

Pos.	No.		Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Pos.	SS time Penalty	Total time	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	8	1	Tänak Ott / Järveoja M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 1	02:38:05.4	02:38:05.4	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	33	2	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 2	02:38:41.4	02:38:41.4	00:00:36.0 00:00:36.0
3	17	3	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 3	02:40:14.3	02:40:14.3	00:02:08.9 00:01:32.9
4	16	4	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 4	02:40:23.4	02:40:23.4	00:02:18.0 00:00:09.1
5	18	5	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 5	02:40:28.8	02:40:28.8	00:02:23.4 00:00:05.4
6	13	6	Munster G. / Louka Louis Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 6	02:41:10.8	02:41:10.8	00:03:05.4 00:00:42.0
7	11	8	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 7	02:45:46.8	02:45:46.8	00:07:41.4 00:04:36.0
8	21	7	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2 1	02:45:56.2	02:45:56.2	00:07:50.8 00:00:09.4
9	20	9	Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 2	02:47:19.3	02:47:19.3	00:09:13.9 00:01:23.1
10	31	10	Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke Škoda Fabia R5	RC2 3	02:48:09.2	02:48:09.2	00:10:03.8 00:00:49.9
11	32	11	Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 4	02:48:40.6	02:48:40.6	00:10:35.2 00:00:31.4
12	25	12	Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 5	02:49:22.7	02:49:22.7	00:11:17.3 00:00:42.1
13	30	13	Ingram Chris / Kihurani A. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 6	02:49:45.7	02:49:45.7	00:11:40.3 00:00:23.0
14	22	15	Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 7	02:52:15.9	02:52:15.9	00:14:10.5 00:02:30.2
15	36	14	Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 8	02:51:58.1 00:01:40.0	02:53:38.1	00:15:32.7 00:01:22.2
16	34	16	Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 9	02:54:43.5	02:54:43.5	00:16:38.1 00:01:05.4
17	39	17	Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3 1	02:56:31.0	02:56:31.0	00:18:25.6 00:01:47.5
18	35	19	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 10	02:56:26.1 00:01:30.0	02:57:56.1	00:19:50.7 00:01:25.1
19	26	20	Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 11	02:58:33.8	02:58:33.8	00:20:28.4 00:00:37.7
20	37	21	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo	RC2 12	03:00:34.6	03:00:34.6	00:22:29.2 00:02:00.8
21	28	22	Boland Eamonn / "MJ" .. Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2 13	03:03:29.8	03:03:29.8	00:25:24.4 00:02:55.2
22	45	23	Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J. Alpine A110 RGT	RGT 1	03:05:45.6 00:00:10.0	03:05:55.6	00:27:50.2 00:02:25.8
23	40	18	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Renault Clio Rally3	RC3 2	03:07:09.2	03:07:09.2	00:29:03.8 00:01:13.6
24	43	24	Auriol Didier / Giraudet Denis Toyota Yaris GR		03:07:15.5	03:07:15.5	00:29:10.1 00:00:06.3
25	46	25	Murata Kohsuke / Umemoto Madoka Toyota Yaris GR		03:09:38.8	03:09:38.8	00:31:33.4 00:02:23.3
26	48	26	Yamamoto Yuta / Tachikui Kazuko Toyota GT86		03:14:15.3	03:14:15.3	00:36:09.9 00:04:36.5
27	47	27	Hotta Makoto / Kawanishi Haruo Toyota Yaris GR		03:16:05.1	03:16:05.1	00:37:59.7 00:01:49.8
28	27	28	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2 14	03:15:16.4 00:04:40.0	03:19:56.4	00:41:51.0 00:03:51.3
29	50	29	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Uchida Sonomi Toyota Yaris GR		03:20:42.4	03:20:42.4	00:42:37.0 00:00:46.0
30	49	30	Hirakawa Mako / Ishida Kazuki Toyota Yaris		03:25:46.6 00:00:10.0	03:25:56.6	00:47:51.2 00:05:14.2
31	23	31	Solans Jan / Sanjuán R. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 15	03:24:13.2 00:02:50.0	03:27:03.2	00:48:57.8 00:01:06.6
32	52	32	Nakayama Tohru / Matsuura T. Toyota Yaris GR		03:37:11.0	03:37:11.0	00:59:05.6 00:10:07.8
33	57	33	Seita Keiji / Hirai Yukinori Honda Civic Type R		03:37:40.4	03:37:40.4	00:59:35.0 00:00:29.4
34	29	34	Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 16	03:34:01.5 00:03:40.0	03:37:41.5	00:59:36.1 00:00:01.1
35	24	35	McErlean Joshua / Fulton James Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 17	03:47:57.7	03:47:57.7	01:09:52.3 00:10:16.2
36	55	36	Aihara Taisuke / Hagino Tsukasa Daihatsu Copen		03:56:01.1	03:56:01.1	01:17:55.7 00:08:03.4
37	9	38	Mikkelsen A. / Eriksen T. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 8	04:00:12.5 00:00:40.0	04:00:52.5	01:22:47.1 00:04:51.4
38	54	37	Hagiwara Y. / Nakata Masami Subaru Impreza STI		03:58:30.2 00:03:50.0	04:02:20.2	01:24:14.8 00:01:27.7
39	38	39	Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2 18	04:07:35.6 00:00:50.0	04:08:25.6	01:30:20.2 00:06:05.4
40	44	41	Shinkai T. / Ando Yuichi Toyota Yaris GR		04:21:34.5	04:21:34.5	01:43:29.1 00:13:08.9
41	53	40	Irie Satoshi / Kageyama S. Toyota Vitz		04:26:06.8	04:26:06.8	01:48:01.4 00:04:32.3
42	56	42	Takata Koji / Yamaguchi H. Toyota Yaris GR		04:36:26.5 00:01:10.0	04:37:36.5	01:59:31.1 00:11:29.7
43	41	43	Arai Toshihiro / Inoue Sota Subaru Impreza STI		04:53:04.1	04:53:04.1	02:14:58.7 00:15:27.6

INFORMATION ABOUT SS 15
(22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): Busy stage, on the cross more than the hard compound. We decided to put the cross and now we know much more.
(36 - Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi): It's quite a tricky stage, a lot of corners in a row and I almost couldn't follow the pace notes in the last section. Better than yesterday, feeling improved and confidence is there.
(25 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): Tyre pressure was all wrong, went off pretty quickly. The tyres were gone very, very quickly.
(30 - Ingram Chris / Kihurani Alexander): ust got to survive, the brakes are absolutely gone. Had to do what we had to do in there. Usually, you feel at one with the car, the pace notes are flowing and you feel unstoppable. This is just impossible though, steep learning curve.
(31 - Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke): Today I focused on using four soft tyres and try to manage to the end, tomorrow I will use the hard compound. Last few kilometres the compound is completely finished, hopefully I use quite a lot and get to the finish. After this they have the castle, the atmosphere is unbelievable everywhere.
(32 - Kovalainen Heikki / Kitagawa Sae): In the middle of the stage there was a section, I must have been quickest of all, it was so good. There was a last section, in the downhill part where there was an optimistic pace note there. We didn't have time to put another hard tyre on, we needed to push to the TC.
(20 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): If we are faster than Gryazin I guess it is quite good. I must say he has been really strong this weekend. Really clean, even enjoyable. Toyota Stadium was good fun and lots of spectators.
(21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): Just some small issue in the middle of the stage, I have a good gap so I slowed down. It was the brain! Everything going okay.
(8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): Definitely, tricky stage we didn't do first time. Not all the notes were perfect. This morning, Evans was really good but on the hard tyre we are doing well so we need to be happy. The pressure has been there always. For sure, it is not like the time I had to defend, but for the moment we need to only push. The target is very clear.
(33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It's still not a good run, it is not like it should be so there is work to do tonight. We have been trying but the times simply aren't coming. It feels like the morning, but we need to find out why they aren't coming.
(16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): What a stage! Good day today, I am quite happy with what we have done. We lost one position, well done to Ogier. We have kept the pressure on Taka, improved our pace, I hope the car is going to work tomorrow. What a stage, when you are in there you feel like it would never end. Small change, but it helped me. I changed the balance.
(18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): This is a problem when you are not pushing, some sections you feel good and smooth, some sections it is bumpy and you're losing time. It is sad to hear we are not on the pace.
(17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): Again, another clean stage with the conditions. Consistent grip. A lot of corners, very slow. After the disastrous start of the rally, the podium position is the only thing we can recover. It looks like the battle might go up to the last day of the season, it looks like Neuville has the edge but you'll never know.
(13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): It is quite dry, even the hard tyres are overheating. Really tricky towards the end. Maybe we can change the setup so it is less tricky, but we will see for everyone. I think with the Friday in Chile on gravel, this is the best day we've had. We are still not as fast as others, but we need to check the splits and see how we can get better.
(11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): We have to try and move past Gryazin. After the massive disappointment from yesterday, we have to try. But struggling all afternoon with the brakes, it is not simple. A bit of understeer as well. First of all, we need to see where we end up tonight. A lot of cancelled stages and adjustments. Hopefully we can get a better position for tomorrow.

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