With a later fall date forecast to bring cooler and probably wetter conditions, the FIA World Rally Championship drivers may face a different challenge than normal when they return to the fast woodland roads of Rally Finland for the first time in more than two years. Whatever the conditions, drivers can rely on Pirelli's Scorpion tyres to deliver grip and stability on the championship's fastest gravel stages: Kris Meeke set the fastest average speed of 131.77 kph on SS10, Aanekoski 2 in the most recent Rally Finland (held in 2019).
THE PIRELLI TYRES IN FINLAND
Pirelli's gravel rally tyre, the Scorpion KX, is available in both hard and soft compounds. Soft will be the first choice in Finland for providing grip in cool or rainy conditions. As an option, the hard will be offered, offering longevity through numerous levels. The tyre has greater reinforcement in both compounds, especially in the sidewall.
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Scorpion K: Pirelli's gravel tyres for WRC 2 and WRC 3 are available in both hard and soft compounds, and have many of the same features as the KX used on the top cars.
Terenzio Testoni, rally activity manager: "Although Rally Finland is a very familiar test in the WRC, the conditions this year could be quite different because of the later date. In the summer when the rally is usually held, the ambient temperatures can be very high, and this combined with the high speeds and the big jumps can provide many stresses for the tyres: which also need to be reliable and comfortable to cope.
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"This time, the greatest challenge could be to find grip in the cool temperatures: especially if there is a lot of rain and the roads become very slippery. For this reason, the soft tyre will be the clear main choice to provide the drivers with the traction and confidence they need to attack on such fast roads, where mistakes can cost a lot of time. It’s going to be interesting to see how the soft Scorpion tyres cope with cold conditions for the first time, given that the weather forecast predicts temperatures between five and 10 degrees centigrade."
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