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| 26-07-2011 at 19:00: Taylor Ready for Fast Times in Finland | |
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Neste Oil Rally Finland (formerly known as the 1000 Lakes Rally) is the highest speed rally in the WRC, and is the third WRC event that Molly and her rivals in the WRC Academy junior development series are tackling this year. Based around Jyväskylä, in central Finland, the rally features high speeds, sweeping corners, blind crests and big jumps and Molly says the combination will be a real test for writing accurate notes and driving to them. “This is a very technical rally and you can come unstuck very easily if you don’t get it right. Doing Rally Estonia was great preparation, because it was very fast, but it’s not as cresty and technical as Finland. “Basically, we know what we can do on the ground, in terms of pace and matching the notes to the road, but with such big jumps you also have to be able to manage the situation when you’re off the ground – you need to be absolutely spot-on with the notes, so you can be absolutely spot-on when you land, to keep going.” Molly says she is very excited about the challenge, and believes she and new co-driver, experienced WRC co-pilot Seb Marshall, have had some good solid preparation coming into the event. “Estonia was the first real rally that we have done together and it was a huge task for him to do such a fast event on notes that he hadn’t worked with before. Aside from our electrical problems it all gelled really well, so that definitely helps with the confidence coming into an event like this.” Rally week starts with the ‘classroom’ side of the WRC Academy, including a guest lecture by Mikko Hirvonen, currently second in the WRC points. Hirvonen, who won the event in 2009, is a Jyväskylä ‘local’. “I had a chance to go for a ride with him on Friday, for about 15km, while M-Sport was testing. It was unreal to see what he can do in a car and I’m sure his insights into his home event will be really useful, especially when we start writing the notes. “We have done a lot of work to prepare for this rally which makes me feel more confident. Estonia proved we have the pace. We just need to put it all together and hopefully come out with a really good result.” All crews contesting this, the 61st running of the Finnish event, have three days of pace noting reconnaissance before the rally kicks off at 4pm local time on Thursday, July 28 (11pm Sydney time), with three stages. It finishes on Saturday. |
Australian rally driver Molly Taylor will tackle the toughest event of her career to date next weekend when she tackles the world rally championship round known as the ‘gravel grand prix’.^ Back to top ^
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