{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Jonne Halttunen: Rally Islas Canarias & Olympus Rally analysis","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/jonne-halttunen-rally-islas-canarias-olympus-rally-analysis","audioUrl":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/504e2923-aabc-4660-bc23-40ce972f713c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhJQYXNzZW5nZXJTZWF0BjoGRVQ%3D--8fefffe563646d548c90d8b3b514a7a3fa898263","description":"\n        Two-time World Rally champion Jonne Halttunen checks in with David Evans on SPIN, The Rally Pod this week, discussing last week's Rally Islas Canarias, the recent Olympus Rally, the surgery he's had to have after Rally Paraguay and his TV project in Finland.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.\n      "},"annotations":[{"startTime":0.0,"endTime":41.1,"type":"company","title":"Link ECU","url":"/glossary/link-ecu","quote":"This podcast is brought to you in association with Link ECU. 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If you have a couple of those in a season, you usually need other drivers to mess up or you’ll struggle to win the championship."}},{"startTime":1005.7,"endTime":1020.9,"type":"concept","title":"pick your fights","url":"/glossary/pick-your-fights","quote":"[999.9s] because then it's also starting to mean that others have to make mistakes or they have to cross in the results quite a lot.\n[1005.7s] So doing the title you have to pick your fights in a way like where you want to win.\n[1012.2s] And as we can see from Taka this year he's already won two events","canonicalId":"concept:pick-your-fights","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.88,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Pick your fights” refers to choosing when to push for maximum speed and when to prioritize consistency and points. 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In rally, even minor tweaks to how the car is set up and how the team works can make a big difference over a whole event."}},{"startTime":1255.4,"endTime":1266.7,"type":"concept","title":"two cars","url":"/glossary/two-cars","quote":"For sure, the first time we are having two cars, so how the engineers work together, how the mechanics.","canonicalId":"concept:two-cars","priority":0.4,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Running “two cars” means the team is operating more than one rally entry at the same event, which increases coordination demands. It affects how engineers and mechanics divide attention, how data and setup decisions are shared, and how service timing is managed."}},{"startTime":1289.0,"endTime":1296.2,"type":"concept","title":"stage one","url":"/glossary/stage-one","quote":"And actually, Semenuc was pretty fast in stage one when the car was working. 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