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From Kita Aikoku Service Park (19th Sep)

While crews are out for recce, mechanics are busy preparing their service bays and preparing the rally cars for pre-event scrutineering. Service Park is a place for rally mechanics to do whatever necessary works on rally cars in allowed time with tools, parts and materials available, and thus we can say it is their stage to show their full performance. It is also a place for crew to take a break during the intensive rally days.
If you are visiting Rikubetsu stage on Saturday, or Kita Aikoku either Saturday evening or Sunday, please take a look at the service bays and see the mechanics in action. This is definitely a part of competition, not merely a maintenance base.

Pre-event scrutineering is in progress

Pre-event scrutineering is in progress at Super Pit Chuo Branch. FIA Technical Delegate and team of Rally Hokkaido scrutineers are checking the rally cars. It can be intense moment for mechanics.

Parents’ Meeting?

Mr. Brian Young and Ms. Kathleen Young from Asia Pacific Sport Media has just arrived and checked-in at the Media Centre, and our CRO, Mr.Peter Macneall just dropped in and joined our conversation.
You may ask what makes this chat special – if so, remember they are YOUNG and MACNEALL. Yes, Brian and Kathleen are parents of Mike Young, and Peter Macneall is a father of Glenn Macneall, driver and co-driver of the Car#1 Cusco C-HR!
As both of their sons are very experienced driver/co-driver and regulars of Rally Hokkaido, none of them seems to be worried about their sons 😉

Recce has started

It is Thursday morning, and time for recce!
As you might know, drivers/co-drivers writes and finishes up their pacenotes, and its accuracy directly relates their performance. So some people say recce is even more important than actual stage driving. The recce is scheduled for entire day today and tomorrow morning, driving through twice each stage. Good luck and have a great recce day, drivers!

Results page

We have prepared flash result page for your convenience – please find it either from the “Result” in the top menu bar, or in the following link.
Please note the results shown in those pages are provisional ones, and may be corrected/updated without any notifications.

Rally Hokkaido 2019 Results page

Documentation in progress

Competitors are now visiting Rally HQ for Documentation. They are in quite relaxed mood, all with good smiles.

Specatator’s Map (Unofficial)

Rally Hokkaido Spectator’s Map, created by anonymous volunteer, is now avaialble for public access. You may find it helpful in driving around the stages and/or finding delicious treats on the way.
【NOTE】
This is not an official map, and thus we do not guarantee the contents of the map, including stage locations. Please use it on your own risk.
Please do not access the stages except for the designated spectator areas. Always use the spectator parkings and follow the instructions of the marshals to get to the specatator areas, for your own safety and smooth operation of the rally.
Refueling service is provided at the commercial pump fuel stations. While it is open for public, your kind cooperation in avoiding them during the passage/refueling time of the rally cars is highly appreciated. To minimize the invonvenience of the neighbours, please always use public parking and never park your car on the road or private properties.

■Google Map for Rally Hokkaido Spectators

[Press Release] Federal Tyre supplies its G-10 to 5 competitors

In Japan, Dunlop (DL) and Yokohama (YH) together occupy most of the market hares of gravel rally tres, with some minor exceptions such as MRF (India/Gaurav Gill) and Hankook (Korea/Mitsuyoshi Kuroiwa) in the past. This year, Federal Tyre (Taiwan) announced that they supply Federal G10 tyres to 5 cars competing in Rally Hokkaido. (さらに…)

JSR: Final battle for championship

International Class of Rally Hokkaido is not only a battle for Asia Cup and APRC, but also the final round of Japan Super Rally series. The series began with International Rally of Tsumagoi in snow, followed by Montre, y which was also the first round of FIA APRC Asia Cup, competed on car-breaking rough gravel. The third round was Yokote Rally. Overall point leader is Yasushi Aoyama, who won the first round despite of multiple damages/problems with his Subaru WRX STI. The driver who follows him only1 point behind is Mike Young, who is quite familiar with this rally. Young is driving brand new Toyota C-HR ralloy car developed by Cusco, making a debut event for the car. The performance of this new car is still yet to be known. Co-driving with Aoyama is Taku Iseya, for the first time in this series, but Young is also with a new co-driver for this series, Glenn Macneall. So there are several unknown factors in their battle.
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JSR Registered Drivers List

JSR (Japan Super Rally Series) registered drivers list can be found here:

JSR Registered Drivers list2019RH_JSR-REGISTERED-DRIERS-LIST-E.pdf « Older Entries Newer Entries »

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