Hello everyone, hope you are doing great
Today new video on our automotive youtube channel
Last video we presented the Rally Monte Carlo Historic
with the old cars, but today we are going to talk about a modern rally
as we are heading to Rally Sweden!
Second rally on the WRC calendar
Very exciting championship this year
with a lot of suspense as you may have seen during the Rally Monte Carlo
great finish!
I'm expecting the same thing to happen in Sweden
So, I have been on that rally many times since I'm based in Scandinavia it makes it easier
By the way if you would like to travel for the rally
You should know that the easiest might be to fly to Oslo (Norway)
Where we are today, in the Aker Brygge district
built on the Oslo fjord
That little boat we are not going to jump on it to go to the rally
Of course we will be driving
So the Rally Sweden is within 2,5h drive from Oslo
You get even closer when landing at the airport, about 30 min less to drive
Then you simply need to head to Torsby, where the service parc is located
Tonight we will be sleeping in Sunne, a bit further South, about half an hour drive from the parc
Not far away from Saturday afternoon stages
So pretty well-located
Talking about Saturday afternoon
here is our program for the weekend
I don't think you can see much here
But we will be going on the stage located southeast
3 or 4 stages this weekend and we will also go to the service parc
To watch the mechanics working between two stages
Hope you will like all of this, stay tuned and we talk soon
Saturday morning, we are about to leave that little cosy place
You can see behind me, we have rented a place in a little Swedish farm
Not far from the road so I could see this morning many spectators heading to the stages
We are at about 10-15 min drive form the first stage, many people going there
But we are still here, taking our time, slowly drinking our morning coffee
Everything looks pretty good, but I'm little concerned because of this ...
As you can see, not much snow here
I have almost never seen this before
So it worries me a little, we will see how the stages look
But first, we are going to the service park
Let's have a quick look around the service parc
before we try to approach a couple of drivers
First cars are on their way but in the meantime everything is super quiet
Dream garage
Very quiet but you watch here the live from the stage
Those guys seem to know where they are going ...
Sebastien Ogier has just arrived, he has already won the event 3 times I think
Jari-Mari Latvala
Marcus Grönholm
Marcus, world champion in 2000 and 2002 on a Peugeot 206 WRC
Kris Meeke
Thierry Neuville with his beautiful Hyundai, he is going to fight for the victory here
Sebastien Loeb
9 times world champion ... a hero
And Danos (Daniel Elena), entertaining the opponents
Mads Ostberg, WRC2-Pro this time
Now I leave you with Andreas Mikkelsen
Because I'm going to ask a few autographs on photos I took on previous rallies
Let's have a quick look at what we have got today
A few autographs
Lappi, Veiby, Tanak ...
Sebastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia
Mads Ostberg, Thierry ...
Our Frenchies
Really cool. As a bonus, for the dashboard of a Peugeot 205 GTI
Marcus Grönholm, this will be very nice in the car
And here ... well I won't tell you who has signed this one, I think you may have guessed by yourself
Toyota, mechanics are busy working on Jari-Mari's car
A few fun vehicles to drive here
M-Sport
Citroen Racing
We have been offered a coffee and a gløgg by Citroen
now invited to a guided tour, so let's go!
Welcome to the Wales Rally
We continue the visit
Not so many people here in Scandinavia
so unlike the Rally Monte Carlo, you can really get close to some teams
it's also the reason I like this rally
Little goodies to end the visit
Honestly, that was a really nice visit of Citroen Racing stand
I think it was the best museum I have ever visited
Unexpected visit, warm welcome with the gløgg, the little flag etc... well done, Citroen!
We are now heading to the first stage for us
We will be on Vargåsen 2, already driven once by the teams this morning
Leaving the service with a lot of mud here
It's really terrible here ...
So we have just arrived on the stage, Vargåsen 2, first one for us on this rally
as we spent quite some time at the service parc, we we re now going to see how it looks with some action
We have parked our car right next to the start line
There should be long straight lines going up
then I recall a nice corner on the right,so we are going to capture some nice videos
FYI if you are planning to come here, bear in mind it's quite expensive
for the parking and entering the stages
I think we paid 40 euros to park and access the stages today, so it can be quite expensive
We have paid 80 euros for 2 people today
But because we are total newbies
We have come to the only free sport of the rally ... well done ...
Most Scandinavian people are grilling sausages
But because we are French ....
We have brought the cooker and we are boiling some raviolis ... perfect!
Now guys I think you want to see some action, so Vargåsen 2 is now on!
Ending this stage now, tonight we will try to watch Torsby Sprint, a very short stage
But I heard it's very muddy, so we shall see ...
And we will be back on the stage tomorrow, see you!
To end the day I suggest a short video of Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena's car that has just arrived
And the mechanics should start working on the car in .... 5 seconds
Ready
Here they go
Everyone know what he has to do
Not sure how they recruit their mechanics, maybe at the gym and they keep the one lifting the heaviest weight
They are not losing a second ...
You could not see very well, but they had the 4 car jacks with the pneumatic power wrench ready
On the sides you can see the wheel hubs with disks and calipers
So they do not simply replace the brakes but change the whole thing, totally different world here !
here the protecting casing being taken away
It's really exciting to see them working, everyone knows his role, very impressive
So short video from the service, on Sebastien's car, before we see each other tomorrow morning again!
Sunday morning, back on the stages
We decided to skip the two early stages this morning
way too early for us
we are a bit acting like tourists this year I must admit
Now we are on the Power Stage
About one kilometer from the start, it might be nice
Pretty fast "S" followed by this long left curve
Behind me you can see we brought the flags as well
So, the Power Stage, very last stage of the Rally Sweden 2019
If you have followed the rally, Ott Tanak is far ahead with a 60 sec lead
But behind they are fighting for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th position
SO it's going to be interesting, time for action!
Here comes the end of our video I hope you enjoyed it
Rally Sweden as a spectator, great edition again this year
Fine victory for Ott Tanak, the championship will be very exciting, drivers are pushing hard
Beautiful Swedish landscapes as always
By the way if you have any question or need advice's to come here next year
Do not hesitate to drop me an email, I will be happy to help you enjoy the rally in the best conditions
In the next week I'm supposed to take you to Norway, for the national championship
It should be fun the entry list looks great
then we might head to Germany to discover a small museum in Frankfurt
and finally we will soon do a regularity rally with a Peugeot 205 GTI
So stay tuned, see you soon and thank you for watching this video until the end!
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