I wasnt able to take part in the wrc threads this year as much as I wanted as I had a new job which drained most of my time and energy
Guess what?
The company I was working for closed down

>>154889178
> Hankook autism
https://hankook-recce.com/

> Live timing, Live car tracking map, text commentary
https://www.wrc.com/en/events/wrc-forum8-rally-japan-2026/results-wrc-rally-japan-2026

opening ceremony live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM--rohYtFc

>>154889332
I was also working at a company until closed their office this spring.

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>>154890937
>a. uehara

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The nerve

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Holy fuck that opening had some genuine cringe.

>>154894542
qrd?

>>154894542
Had the drivers/codrivers do silly competitions.
The drumming part was especially awkward. Honestly props to Thierry for saying fuckit and having a good time.

and we are back

Everyone's tires are dying.

twl

Taka pain

roadkillberg

even Alex is fed up

its almost 5 in the morning on a friday, im watching wrc bros

>Missed the first stage today cause was out with friends
Did anything happen

Wake up euros, afternoon stages are continuing

Long stage kino

All the onboard breakups make me wish they found out where those trouble spots were and put a guy with a camera on the ground. Its so rinky dink looking when its doing this so much.

>>154902923
They need to get a better producer for sure. They know there is a pocket with bad reception right there at the beginning of the stage but they insist on showing it.

2026 and they still can't figure out how to not lose signal, and in japan of all places

>>154902966
Its rough in the mountains, but they could at least put in some legwork and figure out what parts they can show and what parts have shoddy signal.

>>154902966
I think people know how, but its them just not wanting to spend the money to do it.

Breakups aside crazy time by evans, Did Taka have a puncture or something? How did he finish a minute behind.

>>154902993
A minute total through 4 stages. Taka isn't that fast, he usually just doesn't crash his car and wins because of that.

>>154902999
Oh yeah derp, i was looking at the wrong timing screen. Its 1am!

gaps haven't moved much the whole afternoon loop

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>mfw I get reminded once in a while how it is for the american bros to follow rallying most of the time
you guys who keep up with the broadcasts are mad

>>154903376
Japan isn't too bad because the entire day is over by 2:30 AM, which is late, but not like Euro rallies where I have to go to bed, wake up at 1AM, and stay up all morning.

good evening fellas
work so much lately that I forgot about Rally Japan, fuck

Just got home, ate, grabbed a beer, and sat down in my chair at the exact time the rally started.

Feels good bros

>Toyota 1-5
dead sport

very thankful for the international feed option

I think Japan being a summer event is better

i think rally japan as a summer rally is worse
the only interesting factor which was the fall leaves and murk and rain are taken out of the equation
Also this is another rally where ogier supposedly should be god tier and both Evans and Soiberg are mogging him
Evans is really putting down the weight on his remarks that he allowed Ogier to win rallies because he was on partial schedule thus not competing for the championship.

>>154906358
really nice

>>154911734
I don't, I miss the rain catching people out
The camel herder fears the Samurai and paid to push them back

>>154911915
another thing evans improved drastically is his sunday point tally

it is nice that the day starts in the early evening for eastern US. got a few friends to sit around with me and watch the past three stages. it's fun to watch people unaware of rally as a whole watch it live for the first time and see their eyes get wider and wider.

entry list is so short, yugi is 3rd in RC2 lol

stale rally so far and yet it's the first time I am enjoying some of the stages in quite a bit

>>154914482
true

>>154911915
>because he was on partial schedule thus not competing for the championship.
Except Evans blew it last year and Seb won anyway, but it looks like age might've finally caught up to him.

>>154915749
even more so now

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>soiberg

>LOLberg

I woke up just in time to see another soiberg moment

absolutely savage ogier

Matured driver btw

>wake up
>solberg crashed
Why is he like that?

is it fair to say the solberg hype is over? fast yes, but unable to stay on the road for 2 consecutive rallies

>>154917044
It should have never started. He almost crashed in monte carlo too.

>>154917044
He's not there mentally, not yet. Too bad. But he just keeps pounding his head against a brick wall in a rush of adrenaline. I'm sure that everyone around him are telling him to chill the fuck out.

>>154911915
>Evans is really putting down the weight on his remarks that he allowed Ogier to win rallies because he was on partial schedule thus not competing for the championship.
when did he say that

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>>154914756
based