Shakedown result is published.
COMMUNICATION NO.3 is published
Communication No.3A full text of the interview at the Welcome party is now published in the following link:
Interview at the Welcome Party
Good morning, everyone.
It is the morning of September 18th (Friday) – Rally HQ and the Media Centre has been open since 6:30am this morning. The weather is cloudy, with 14 degrees Celsius.
Today is the day of the rally start, and will be action-packed day – upon completion of recce and scrutineering, we have shakedown and then pre-event media conference. After that, there will be rally show and ceremonial start, followed by SS1 SATSUNAI RIVER. SS1 is open for public viewing (it’s free!) so if you happen to be in Tokachi area today, please come and watch the rally!
For those who are unable to join us on site, we have unofficial result webpage and RallySafe’s GPS Tracking website:
http://app.rallysafe.com.au/Event/PublicView/1154
So, please stay tuned, be with us virtually, and enjoy the rally!
Have a wonderful rally day, everyone!
There is nothing that can beat “Outdoor BBQ style welcome party” when you want to relax before the rally weekend. Drivers, co-drivers, team members, officials and marshals, and local supporters enjoyed relaxed Tokachi night over BBQ-grilled food and drinks.
Enjoy the short interview movie with top drivers, filmed at the welcome party.
Prior to the start of the rally on Friday, scrutineering of the rally cars are being held at Super Pit Chuo Ten, and many rally cars were examined on Thursday. It is scheduled from 9am to 12noon on Friday 18th, and viewing is available for public.
COMMUNICATION NO.2 (Shakedown) is published
Communication No.2Good morning from Media Centre!
Current temp at the Rally HQ is 14 degrees in Celsius, with beautiful sun shining in the blue sky.
Today, we are going to have action-packed busy day for the prep of the rally starting tomorrow. The Rally HQ and Media Centre has been open since 8am today, and stages are open for recce from 9am.
At the same time, our scrutineering team will be waiting for rally cars at Super Pit Chuo Ten for scrutiny of the rally cars. For detailed scrutineering schedule, please refer to the COMMUNICATION NO.1.
The first person shown up to the Rally HQ this morning was Mr. Kodera, CRO of the event. CRO is a unique role for rally, which has headquarters and place of competition (special stages) are usually far apart. CRO acts as a bridge to relay inquiries and requests from the competitors to the COC (Clerk of the Course) and/or to the Stewards.
We have two CRO for the Rally Hokkaido – Mr. Kodera and Mr. Peter Macneall, both quite busy travelling the Tokachi region along with the rally crews and make them available for the crews at any time during the rally week.
Please cheer them up when you see cars with “CRO” door stickers on it, or saw guys wearing yellow “COMPETITORS RELATIONS OFFICER” tabard.
So, everyone, have a great rally day!
Just like previous year, we are posting unofficial results as those are reported from the field. Please keep you updated with the progress of the rally with those websites.
[For PC and Smartphones]
http://www.rally-hokkaido.com/results/2015/pc/
[For regular cell phones]
http://www.rally-hokkaido.com/results/2015/m/
At rally HQ, competitors are showing up for their administrative checks. While secretaries check their competition license and other required documents/materials, GPS tracking system units are handed for each rally cars. We will provide you a URL for the tracking website once it is ready.