Forum8 Rally Japan 2026

SS 2 - Isegami's Tunnel 1

Pos.	No.	Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Group	SS time	Aver. speed sec/km	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	33	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1	00:19:00.2	76.69 0.00	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	99	Solberg Oliver / Edmondson E. Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1	00:19:07.7	76.19 0.31	00:00:07.5 00:00:07.5
3	1	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1	00:19:16.9	75.58 0.69	00:00:16.7 00:00:09.2
4	11	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1	00:19:22.8	75.20 0.93	00:00:22.6 00:00:05.9
5	18	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1	00:19:26.1	74.99 1.07	00:00:25.9 00:00:03.3
6	5	Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1	00:19:26.3	74.98 1.07	00:00:26.1 00:00:00.2
7	16	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1	00:19:35.8	74.37 1.47	00:00:35.6 00:00:09.5
8	21	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale	RC2	00:19:49.1	73.54 2.01	00:00:48.9 00:00:13.3
9	20	Paddon Hayden / Kennard John Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1	00:19:49.4	73.52 2.03	00:00:49.2 00:00:00.3
10	95	Armstrong Jon / Byrne Shane Ford Puma Rally1	RC1	00:19:50.7	73.44 2.08	00:00:50.5 00:00:01.3
11	55	McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin Ford Puma Rally1	RC1	00:20:04.4	72.60 2.64	00:01:04.2 00:00:13.7
12	22	Cachón A. / Rozada Borja Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:05.6	72.53 2.69	00:01:05.4 00:00:01.2
13	25	Jürgenson R. / Oja Siim Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2	00:20:11.4	72.18 2.93	00:01:11.2 00:00:05.8
14	24	Domínguez D. / Peñate Rogelio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:18.9	71.74 3.24	00:01:18.7 00:00:07.5
15	23	Lindholm Emil / Morales Gabriel Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:20:34.3	70.85 3.87	00:01:34.1 00:00:15.4
16	27	Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:20:34.8	70.82 3.89	00:01:34.6 00:00:00.5
17	28	Arai Hiroki / Tachikui Hiroki Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:21:00.3	69.38 4.94	00:02:00.1 00:00:25.5
18	29	Katsuta N. / Yasui Takahiro Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:21:34.9	67.53 6.37	00:02:34.7 00:00:34.6
19	35	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3	00:21:39.1	67.31 6.54	00:02:38.9 00:00:04.2
20	30	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:21:45.3	66.99 6.80	00:02:45.1 00:00:06.2
21	36	Otto Boehringer N. / Magalhães Hugo Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3	00:21:55.7	66.46 7.23	00:02:55.5 00:00:10.4
22	31	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2	00:22:08.3	65.83 7.74	00:03:08.1 00:00:12.6
23	32	Imai Satoshi / Ogawa Yuki Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2	00:22:30.2	64.76 8.65	00:03:30.0 00:00:21.9
24	26	Lafarja Andrea / Blanco Andrés Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2	00:23:26.4	62.18 10.96	00:04:26.2 00:00:56.2
25	34	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3	00:24:02.9	60.60 12.46	00:05:02.7 00:00:36.5
26	37	Yamamoto Yuta / Takehara S. Toyota GT86		00:24:33.5	59.34 13.72	00:05:33.3 00:00:30.6
27	38	Tsutsui K. / Motohashi T. Suzuki Swift Sport		00:24:42.6	58.98 14.10	00:05:42.4 00:00:09.1
28	40	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Ohtsuka Yuki Toyota Yaris GR		00:25:25.4	57.33 15.86	00:06:25.2 00:00:42.8
29	39	Ogawa Tsuyoshi / Yamamoto Yuya Toyota Yaris		00:25:27.0	57.27 15.92	00:06:26.8 00:00:01.6
30	43	Mitsuyama Y. / Shimazu M. Suzuki Swift Sport		00:25:44.3	56.62 16.64	00:06:44.1 00:00:17.3
31	42	Aihara Taisuke / Uehara Azumi Daihatsu Copen		00:27:24.2	53.18 20.75	00:08:24.0 00:01:39.9
32	41	Ino Yoshikazu / Sakai Kazuki Toyota Yaris		00:33:15.6	43.82 35.22	00:14:15.4 00:05:51.4

Pos.	No.		Driver / Co-driver Vehicle	Pos.	SS time Penalty	Total time	Diff.Leader Diff.Prev.
1	33	4	Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1 1	00:26:30.3	00:26:30.3	00:00:00.0 00:00:00.0
2	99	1	Solberg Oliver / Edmondson E. Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1 2	00:26:36.7	00:26:36.7	00:00:06.4 00:00:06.4
3	1	3	Ogier S. / Landais Vincent Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1 3	00:26:46.8	00:26:46.8	00:00:16.5 00:00:10.1
4	11	5	Neuville T. / Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1 4	00:26:54.0	00:26:54.0	00:00:23.7 00:00:07.2
5	5	2	Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1 5	00:26:55.5	00:26:55.5	00:00:25.2 00:00:01.5
6	18	7	Katsuta T. / Johnston Aaron Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	RC1 6	00:27:01.8	00:27:01.8	00:00:31.5 00:00:06.3
7	16	6	Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1 7	00:27:11.3	00:27:11.3	00:00:41.0 00:00:09.5
8	20	8	Paddon Hayden / Kennard John Hyundai i20 N Rally1	RC1 8	00:27:28.1	00:27:28.1	00:00:57.8 00:00:16.8
9	95	11	Armstrong Jon / Byrne Shane Ford Puma Rally1	RC1 9	00:27:38.8	00:27:38.8	00:01:08.5 00:00:10.7
10	21	13	Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K. Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale	RC2 1	00:27:42.1	00:27:42.1	00:01:11.8 00:00:03.3
11	22	9	Cachón A. / Rozada Borja Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 2	00:27:50.6	00:27:50.6	00:01:20.3 00:00:08.5
12	55	10	McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin Ford Puma Rally1	RC1 10	00:27:51.7	00:27:51.7	00:01:21.4 00:00:01.1
13	25	12	Jürgenson R. / Oja Siim Ford Fiesta Rally2 MkII	RC2 3	00:28:01.1	00:28:01.1	00:01:30.8 00:00:09.4
14	24	14	Domínguez D. / Peñate Rogelio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 4	00:28:11.9	00:28:11.9	00:01:41.6 00:00:10.8
15	27	15	Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 5	00:28:30.0	00:28:30.0	00:01:59.7 00:00:18.1
16	23	16	Lindholm Emil / Morales Gabriel Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 6	00:28:33.2	00:28:33.2	00:02:02.9 00:00:03.2
17	28	17	Arai Hiroki / Tachikui Hiroki Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 7	00:29:10.7	00:29:10.7	00:02:40.4 00:00:37.5
18	29	18	Katsuta N. / Yasui Takahiro Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 8	00:29:55.9	00:29:55.9	00:03:25.6 00:00:45.2
19	35	22	Rossi Ghjuvanni / Sarmezan Kylian Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3 1	00:30:15.2	00:30:15.2	00:03:44.9 00:00:19.3
20	30	19	Nutahara Fumio / Azuma Shungo Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 9	00:30:16.5	00:30:16.5	00:03:46.2 00:00:01.3
21	36	20	Otto Boehringer N. / Magalhães Hugo Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3 2	00:30:28.9	00:30:28.9	00:03:58.6 00:00:12.4
22	31	21	Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	RC2 10	00:30:42.3	00:30:42.3	00:04:12.0 00:00:13.4
23	32	23	Imai Satoshi / Ogawa Yuki Citroën C3 Rally2	RC2 11	00:31:39.1	00:31:39.1	00:05:08.8 00:00:56.8
24	26	24	Lafarja Andrea / Blanco Andrés Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	RC2 12	00:32:38.7	00:32:38.7	00:06:08.4 00:00:59.6
25	34	27	Vassilakis G. / Harryman Allan Ford Fiesta Rally3	RC3 3	00:33:51.4	00:33:51.4	00:07:21.1 00:01:12.7
26	37	25	Yamamoto Yuta / Takehara S. Toyota GT86		00:34:10.6	00:34:10.6	00:07:40.3 00:00:19.2
27	38	28	Tsutsui K. / Motohashi T. Suzuki Swift Sport		00:34:36.9	00:34:36.9	00:08:06.6 00:00:26.3
28	40	26	Sasaki Yasuyuki / Ohtsuka Yuki Toyota Yaris GR		00:35:09.3	00:35:09.3	00:08:39.0 00:00:32.4
29	39	30	Ogawa Tsuyoshi / Yamamoto Yuya Toyota Yaris		00:35:46.6	00:35:46.6	00:09:16.3 00:00:37.3
30	43	29	Mitsuyama Y. / Shimazu M. Suzuki Swift Sport		00:35:51.0	00:35:51.0	00:09:20.7 00:00:04.4
31	42	32	Aihara Taisuke / Uehara Azumi Daihatsu Copen		00:38:19.2 00:01:00.0	00:39:19.2	00:12:48.9 00:03:28.2
32	41	31	Ino Yoshikazu / Sakai Kazuki Toyota Yaris		00:43:59.5	00:43:59.5	00:17:29.2 00:04:40.3

INFORMATION ABOUT SS 2
(28 - Arai Hiroki / Tachikui Hiroki): It is always every year I haven't been using Hankook so it is just about getting used to the tyres again. It is hard to push but Ilm still learning. It is hard to judge the grip.
(27 - Yamamoto Yuki / Fulton James): It was really tricky. I had a small half spin at a junction and I lost a couple of seconds there. There was no feeling in the car in slippy and damp conditions.
(25 - Jürgenson Romet / Oja Siim): Obviously there was too much hesitation. I took it very carefully in the forest. It is very risky. We will keep pushing.
(24 - Domínguez Diego / Peñate Rogelio): It was tricky in the beginning but it was better in the final section. We were lacking confidence in the dry sections. I need to work on the set up and the soft was overheating at the end of the stage
(23 - Lindholm Emil / Morales Gabriel): It was a struggle in there. We are not getting any rhythm and the gip is changing all the time. I am more or less just surviving. I'm sure the seconds are there but if you can't trust the pacenotes it is not going to happen. But we are through.
(22 - Cachón Alejandro / Rozada Borja): It feels really bad. It is really tricky and in some places it is slippery and in others the grip is quite good. I had not really good pacenotes. It is tricky.
(21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): I was struggling like hell but maybe when the tyres are the same for everyone it seems like it is working good. I just drove safe.
(55 - McErlean Joshua / Treacy Eoin): It is crazy. I just can't turn. We will keep going.
(95 - Armstrong Jon / Byrne Shane): It is obviously very slippy. I was trying to drive neat and tidy at the beginning. It was tricky coming down the hill. Tough stage, It is one of the stages that is evolving with the pollution being dragged out. It is our first time through and there is a million corners.
(20 - Paddon Hayden / Kennard John): It was really difficult with the hard tyre, I expected it to dry out quicker than this but there is shade under the trees. It is hard on brakes, tyres and everything.
(20 - Paddon Hayden / Kennard John): clips a bank
(11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): It is getting more and more dirty. Honestly I had a good run but I cannot keep the apex in many places so I have understeer on the exit and it is penalising me a lot.
(1 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): It is start position...
(5 - Pajari Sami / Salminen Marko): No it didn't feel that slow. We had quite many surprises and it was not so easy to find a proper push. Nothing is lost. It was very tricky.
(16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): We had a spin in the stage at one hairpin so we lost some time there but it is not 35 second clearly. I have no grip or balance in the car. We had a dry set up and I would have expected to dry a bit more. It is how it is. It is ver very bad start for us. It is a long rally.
(16 - Fourmaux Adrien / Coria Alexandre): spun
(99 - Solberg Oliver / Edmondson Elliott): It was very slippy and I was just too careful. I tried to have a go but I was too slow throughout. I could have pushed much more. It was very tricky.
(18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): I have no confidence to trust the pacenotes.
(33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was fine. It was difficult to judge the grip again. I tried to carry speed but it is hard to know.

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