Forum8 Rally Japan 2024

Pos.	No.	Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Group	SS time	Aver. speed sec/km	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	11	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:18:27.4	76.95 0.00	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	8	Tänak Ott / Järveoja M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:18:28.6	76.86 0.05	00:00:01.2 00:00:01.2
3	33	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:18:32.4	76.60 0.21	00:00:05.0 00:00:03.8
4	21	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	00:19:12.0	73.97 1.88	00:00:44.6 00:00:39.6
5	20	Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:19:12.8	73.92 1.92	00:00:45.4 00:00:00.8
6	16	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:19:14.3	73.82 1.98	00:00:46.9 00:00:01.5
7	13	Munster G. / Louka Louis Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:19:18.8	73.53 2.17	00:00:51.4 00:00:04.5
8	9	Mikkelsen A. / Eriksen T. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:19:22.3	73.31 2.32	00:00:54.9 00:00:03.5
9	18	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:19:31.3	72.75 2.70	00:01:03.9 00:00:09.0
10	25	Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:19:34.3	72.56 2.83	00:01:06.9 00:00:03.0
11	31	Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	00:19:40.1	72.21 3.07	00:01:12.7 00:00:05.8
12	30	Ingram Chris / Kihurani A. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:19:46.8	71.80 3.35	00:01:19.4 00:00:06.7
13	32	Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:19:51.6	71.51 3.56	00:01:24.2 00:00:04.8
14	24	McErlean Joshua / Fulton James Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:19:53.3	71.41 3.63	00:01:25.9 00:00:01.7
15	23	Solans Jan / Sanjuán R. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:01.4	70.93 3.97	00:01:34.0 00:00:08.1
16	34	Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:14.5	70.16 4.52	00:01:47.1 00:00:13.1
17	22	Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:20:15.8	70.09 4.58	00:01:48.4 00:00:01.3
18	17	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1	00:20:33.3	69.09 5.32	00:02:05.9 00:00:17.5
19	26	Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:20:37.8	68.84 5.51	00:02:10.4 00:00:04.5
20	35	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:50.6	68.14 6.05	00:02:23.2 00:00:12.8
21	40	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Renault Clio Rally3	RC3	00:20:56.7	67.81 6.31	00:02:29.3 00:00:06.1
22	36	Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:21:02.2	67.51 6.54	00:02:34.8 00:00:05.5
23	39	Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3	00:21:08.3	67.19 6.80	00:02:40.9 00:00:06.1
24	41	Arai Toshihiro / Inoue Sota Subaru Impreza STI		00:21:14.6	66.85 7.06	00:02:47.2 00:00:06.3
25	37	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo	RC2	00:21:19.2	66.61 7.26	00:02:51.8 00:00:04.6
26	28	Boland Eamonn / "MJ" .. Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2	00:21:32.9	65.91 7.84	00:03:05.5 00:00:13.7
27	38	Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	00:21:59.1	64.60 8.94	00:03:31.7 00:00:26.2
28	43	Auriol Didier / Giraudet Denis Toyota Yaris GR		00:22:21.3	63.53 9.88	00:03:53.9 00:00:22.2
29	29	Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:22:34.4	62.91 10.44	00:04:07.0 00:00:13.1
30	46	Murata Kohsuke / Umemoto Madoka Toyota Yaris GR		00:22:42.6	62.54 10.78	00:04:15.2 00:00:08.2
31	45	Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J. Alpine A110 RGT	RGT	00:22:57.3	61.87 11.40	00:04:29.9 00:00:14.7
32	27	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2	00:23:14.2	61.12 12.12	00:04:46.8 00:00:16.9
33	50	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Uchida Sonomi Toyota Yaris GR		00:23:49.7	59.60 13.62	00:05:22.3 00:00:35.5
34	47	Hotta Makoto / Kawanishi Haruo Toyota Yaris GR		00:23:51.3	59.53 13.68	00:05:23.9 00:00:01.6
35	55	Aihara Taisuke / Hagino Tsukasa Daihatsu Copen		00:24:48.2	57.26 16.09	00:06:20.8 00:00:56.9
36	48	Yamamoto Yuta / Tachikui Kazuko Toyota GT86		00:24:56.4	56.94 16.43	00:06:29.0 00:00:08.2
37	49	Hirakawa Mako / Ishida Kazuki Toyota Yaris		00:25:04.7	56.63 16.78	00:06:37.3 00:00:08.3
38	53	Irie Satoshi / Kageyama S. Toyota Vitz		00:26:01.9	54.56 19.20	00:07:34.5 00:00:57.2
39	52	Nakayama Tohru / Matsuura T. Toyota Yaris GR		00:26:10.3	54.26 19.56	00:07:42.9 00:00:08.4
40	57	Seita Keiji / Hirai Yukinori Honda Civic Type R		00:27:04.9	52.44 21.86	00:08:37.5 00:00:54.6
41	56	Takata Koji / Yamaguchi H. Toyota Yaris GR		00:27:45.7	51.16 23.59	00:09:18.3 00:00:40.8
42	44	Shinkai T. / Ando Yuichi Toyota Yaris GR		00:31:14.6	45.46 32.41	00:12:47.2 00:03:28.9
-	51	Kunisawa M. / Kihara Masahiko Renault Clio Rally5	RC5	00:31:14.6	45.46 32.41	00:12:47.2 00:00:00.0
44	54	Hagiwara Y. / Nakata Masami Subaru Impreza STI		00:38:59.0	36.43 52.03	00:20:31.6 00:07:44.4

Pos.	No.		Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Pos.	SS time Penalty	Total time	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	8	2	Tänak Ott / Järveoja M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 1	00:20:13.5	00:20:13.5	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	11	5	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 2	00:20:14.0	00:20:14.0	00:00:00.5 00:00:00.5
3	33	4	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 3	00:20:17.7	00:20:17.7	00:00:04.2 00:00:03.7
4	16	1	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 4	00:20:58.7	00:20:58.7	00:00:45.2 00:00:41.0
5	21	9	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2 1	00:21:00.9	00:21:00.9	00:00:47.4 00:00:02.2
6	20	10	Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 2	00:21:03.7	00:21:03.7	00:00:50.2 00:00:02.8
7	13	7	Munster G. / Louka Louis Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 5	00:21:06.0	00:21:06.0	00:00:52.5 00:00:02.3
8	9	8	Mikkelsen A. / Eriksen T. Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 6	00:21:10.4	00:21:10.4	00:00:56.9 00:00:04.4
9	18	3	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 7	00:21:16.5	00:21:16.5	00:01:03.0 00:00:06.1
10	25	11	Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 3	00:21:25.2	00:21:25.2	00:01:11.7 00:00:08.7
11	31	17	Arai Hiroki / Matsuo Shunsuke Škoda Fabia R5	RC2 4	00:21:33.9	00:21:33.9	00:01:20.4 00:00:08.7
12	30	13	Ingram Chris / Kihurani A. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 5	00:21:37.9	00:21:37.9	00:01:24.4 00:00:04.0
13	32	12	Kovalainen H. / Kitagawa Sae Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 6	00:21:42.6	00:21:42.6	00:01:29.1 00:00:04.7
14	24	18	McErlean Joshua / Fulton James Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 7	00:21:47.1	00:21:47.1	00:01:33.6 00:00:04.5
15	23	15	Solans Jan / Sanjuán R. Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 8	00:21:52.7	00:21:52.7	00:01:39.2 00:00:05.6
16	22	14	Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 9	00:22:06.9	00:22:06.9	00:01:53.4 00:00:14.2
17	34	30	Katsuta N. / Kimura Yusuke Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 10	00:22:18.4	00:22:18.4	00:02:04.9 00:00:11.5
18	17	6	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid	RC1 8	00:22:19.9	00:22:19.9	00:02:06.4 00:00:01.5
19	26	19	Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 11	00:22:32.6	00:22:32.6	00:02:19.1 00:00:12.7
20	35	22	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 12	00:22:49.6	00:22:49.6	00:02:36.1 00:00:17.0
21	36	16	Kogure Hikaru / Luhtinen Topi Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 13	00:22:53.9	00:22:53.9	00:02:40.4 00:00:04.3
22	40	24	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Renault Clio Rally3	RC3 1	00:22:55.8	00:22:55.8	00:02:42.3 00:00:01.9
23	39	21	Dominguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3 2	00:23:04.5	00:23:04.5	00:02:51.0 00:00:08.7
24	41	29	Arai Toshihiro / Inoue Sota Subaru Impreza STI		00:23:18.0	00:23:18.0	00:03:04.5 00:00:13.5
25	37	25	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo	RC2 14	00:23:18.3	00:23:18.3	00:03:04.8 00:00:00.3
26	28	31	Boland Eamonn / "MJ" .. Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2 15	00:23:37.0	00:23:37.0	00:03:23.5 00:00:18.7
27	38	23	Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2 16	00:23:58.1	00:23:58.1	00:03:44.6 00:00:21.1
28	29	20	Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 17	00:24:29.2	00:24:29.2	00:04:15.7 00:00:31.1
29	43	38	Auriol Didier / Giraudet Denis Toyota Yaris GR		00:24:34.2	00:24:34.2	00:04:20.7 00:00:05.0
30	46	32	Murata Kohsuke / Umemoto Madoka Toyota Yaris GR		00:24:48.7	00:24:48.7	00:04:35.2 00:00:14.5
31	45	28	Fumal Armand / Escartefigue J. Alpine A110 RGT	RGT 1	00:25:00.0	00:25:00.0	00:04:46.5 00:00:11.3
32	27	27	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2 18	00:25:16.8	00:25:16.8	00:05:03.3 00:00:16.8
33	50	39	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Uchida Sonomi Toyota Yaris GR		00:26:04.9	00:26:04.9	00:05:51.4 00:00:48.1
34	47	43	Hotta Makoto / Kawanishi Haruo Toyota Yaris GR		00:26:40.0	00:26:40.0	00:06:26.5 00:00:35.1
35	55	36	Aihara Taisuke / Hagino Tsukasa Daihatsu Copen		00:27:00.7	00:27:00.7	00:06:47.2 00:00:20.7
36	48	33	Yamamoto Yuta / Tachikui Kazuko Toyota GT86		00:27:02.8	00:27:02.8	00:06:49.3 00:00:02.1
37	49	37	Hirakawa Mako / Ishida Kazuki Toyota Yaris		00:27:17.5 00:00:10.0	00:27:27.5	00:07:14.0 00:00:24.7
38	53	35	Irie Satoshi / Kageyama S. Toyota Vitz		00:28:13.2	00:28:13.2	00:07:59.7 00:00:45.7
39	52	42	Nakayama Tohru / Matsuura T. Toyota Yaris GR		00:28:41.0	00:28:41.0	00:08:27.5 00:00:27.8
40	56	40	Takata Koji / Yamaguchi H. Toyota Yaris GR		00:30:03.6	00:30:03.6	00:09:50.1 00:01:22.6
41	57	44	Seita Keiji / Hirai Yukinori Honda Civic Type R		00:30:49.3	00:30:49.3	00:10:35.8 00:00:45.7
42	44	26	Shinkai T. / Ando Yuichi Toyota Yaris GR		00:33:13.9	00:33:13.9	00:13:00.4 00:02:24.6
43	51	34	Kunisawa M. / Kihara Masahiko Renault Clio Rally5	RC5 1	00:33:23.7	00:33:23.7	00:13:10.2 00:00:09.8
44	54	41	Hagiwara Y. / Nakata Masami Subaru Impreza STI		00:41:17.4 00:00:40.0	00:41:57.4	00:21:43.9 00:08:33.7

INFORMATION ABOUT SS 2
(51 - Kunisawa Mitsuhiro / Kihara Masahiko): retired in SS 2
(44 - Shinkai Tomoyuki / Ando Yuichi): retired before SS 2
(25 - Greensmith Gus / Andersson Jonas): Not easy for sure, the grip is changing quite a bit. Some places it was alright but some places there was quite a bit of time left in places there. I would have said four soft would be the best in there but the guys with the hards made it look easy.
(24 - McErlean Joshua / Fulton James): Experience is huge in there to know when corners open and tighten. First pass, fresh notes obviously. We are here, there is a lot to learn. You want hard tyres, you want soft, I think you need a compromise for the whole stage but we have a mixed pattern so let's see what we can do with it.
(23 - Solans Jan / Sanjuán Rodrigo): It is quite tricky with the changes, gravel crew did great pace notes and I think we need to look at the brakes.
(22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): Not easy. Maybe we have bad memories from this stage so that was safe choice. The hard compound is working here. The feeling is there. We are happy to be here, I am a little bit surprised because I found some fun from the driving but I am sure the time is a disaster. I did not forget about the crash from 2022.
(29 - Yamamoto Yuki / Salminen Marko): puncture
(21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): I am not sure it was the correct tyre decision, it was okay but just scary. I tried to be fast on the muddy sections. I had a few moments. On the next stages I will feel better for sure, I need to check the car and continue. Just need to check everything and be clean.
(20 - Pajari Sami / Mälkönen Enni): If the time is good then it is fine, but I found it quite tricky. Didn't really have a good flow on the stage, I was mentally struggling in there. It is always tricky to manage the pace, it is super demanding. It is not even raining but the grip is not there.
(9 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): We went straight in a corner, then I was stuck with the car and couldn't get back on, we lost 10sec there. But it is so messy on the stage, no grip and to make sure you get to the finish you have to go very slow. It was full of mud, not easy.
(9 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): was out of road
(13 - Munster Grégoire / Louka Louis): We took soft tyres, but it is the wrong choice because the surface is giving a lot of understeer.
(18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I have ideas where it came from. Not nice.
(18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): puncture
(17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): The first few corners were very slippery and I was understeering.
(16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): It's all okay but there are a lot of leaves on the road, which makes it not normal and the corners are tricky. I've got to go.
(33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): Struggling, otherwise it was okay. Quite tricky conditions.
(8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): It's tricky, it is difficult to know what the tyres will do, it is quite abrasive. Tried to save them. The weather is dry, that is why it is hard.
(11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): Less leaves than expected, I tried to have a clean run.
(17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): stopped on stage to change punctured wheel
Start of stage was delayed for 8 minutes.
Start of the stage will be delayed.
Weather is cloudy, temperature around 11°C, road is dry with some humid patches.

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