26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017
17. 11. – 19. 11. 2017, Coffs Harbour • gravel 318.73 km - (cancelled 30.80 km) • total distance including road sections - 947.55 km • Other years
SS10 Newry17 I - 20.87 km
- 18. 11. 08:56
| 1. |
#31 |
 - Halttunen J. Ford Fiesta R5 
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RC2 | 13:07.6 | 95.4 |
Overall
| 1. |
#31 |
- Halttunen J. Ford Fiesta R5 |
RC2 |
1:44:06.3 |
105.8 |
Other info
Newry runs through deep forest with barely a place where you can see out above the trees. However, shafts of light shine through the canopy, leaving shadows on the road which make it hard to spot braking points. Potentially damaging tree stumps line the roadsides and the surface is dusty in places. The route has been heavily revised, but the roads are familiar.
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"It happened 2km after the start on a right-hander over a crest. In third or fourth gear I went wide and touched the bank quite hard. I thought I had just a rear puncture but soon after I felt the front too. I have one spare so it doesn't look like we'll be going any further."
"I missed a junction - really deceptive in the trees. I lost 10 or 15 seconds."
"I went straight on at a junction. I was following lines in the road, I braked too late and had to reverse. I have broken something on the gearbox too. We have to check but it will be okay."
"We have always lost time on this one, but this time it was good. The secret is not to be afraid of the trees - you have to use all the road you have."
"I really enjoyed it. The last 10km were familiar, a much better flow than Nambucca and fully dry."
"Compared to the previous stage, the surface is a bit more slippery because it's dry, but it was more consistent and the the car worked well."
"It's like a jungle in here, you have to take a few cuts here and there. Not one of my favourite stages, but I enjoyed it more than I have in the past. My tyre strategy is not the best so we're making the best of what we have."
"We missed a junction. Maybe I missed a bit of concentration. There's no chance to get a good result this weekend - there's not much we can do."
"Drier and easier for us than the first one but I was too sideways, I need to be cleaner on the repeat pass."
"For us it was horrendously bad. We had no grip at all. We had to think so far ahead with the notes."
"Some parts have quite good grip already, but it is still cleaning. Quite soft. I tried to push, but I took some strange lines - my experience last year didn't help me much."
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