Reports were that the Yaris had lower gearing hence hitting the rev-limiter earler than the other cars.
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Reports were that the Yaris had lower gearing hence hitting the rev-limiter earler than the other cars.
Of course yes. But limiter always set to high as possible revs. So if Toyota limiter is in low revs as other than they must use longer gears (final drive) as others.
This was announced by Colin Clark in his video yesterday. But this problem we see since Monte.
Not necessarily. It was stated here that 2017 RPM limit is 8500 rpm. It is quite possible that the teams don't use so high rpm. From power point of view there is no need for such high RPM due to the restrictor size and the only benefit is the higher top speed. It may not be worth of additional issues with tuning the engine for way higher RPM.
Isn't the Fiesta's higher top speed (per Monte speed gun) likely to give an even more significant advantage on the faster events ? And considering it was competitive in Monte which isnt fast, it may have the best overall combination (power/aero/gearing) ?
Higher top speed isn't always an advantage. You have to find the optimal balance between various quantities - acceleration, downforce and top speed. Add to that all the cars have different engine performance characteristics and You get a very very difficult situation for outside observer. IMHO it's near impossible to say if seeing some car having slightly higher top speed means also that the car had some advantage in the event.
And by the way they can (and likely will) use different gearing for other events.
I posted the question below in the Rally Sweden thread thinking anybody present at the rally is more likely to be reading it and consequently come up with some images, but there haven't been any takers so far, so I will now post it here where it naturally belongs:
Any chance from anybody attending a WRC rally this year for few snapshots of the 2017 WRC cars diffusers from underneath, i.e. the transition area from the flat floor into the expansion volume? I assume this should be fairly easily done (so he said) with the cars on stands in the service park or when being unloaded from the transporters.
Many thanks,
Nick
don't know if this one helps you.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4Om5LfWEAAgn6M.jpg
Not a bad shot at all, thanks dimviii.
It will be interesting to compare this to the other cars - from the outside the Fiesta appears to have the least aggressive diffuser, but until you see all the details, you never know.
https://mobile.twitter.com/TuomasToy...80112298774529
Not best quality but, that is what we have for now...