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https://twitter.com/PontusTidemand/status/1387445366027653122



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0EyLwYXsAIOXhP?format=jpg&name=small

Is the image of the Fiesta a coincidence or chosen on purpose?

Gus explained this in the Absolute Rally podcast last year, saying it's actually easier to drive WRC but you just need to have a lot of confidence to use the power and aero.

In theory Lappi could have tested a lot in Jyväskylä since Toyota had unlimited testing on a vast area of roads, but I've understood he didn't do that much of testing during the early season he was...

Interesting comment at the end.

https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/news/2020/january-2020/tidemand-sweden/page/6938--51-51-.html

Group N was still a thing back then, as well as private WRC cars.

Greensmith was also most of the time the slowest WRC but managed to beat a couple of drivers in Portugal here and there, Suninen once in Finland, Lappi a few times in Deutschland in addition to a...

Wait...Lappi was a factory driver for Toyota. Suninen had one testing day before each event, and his Finland test was compromised because Ogier crashed the test car, so he had to use the same car as...

Why do we have this message board? :rolleyes:

In Monte he was once faster than Suninen.
In Sweden he had throttle issues on Friday morning. In the afternoon he was a couple of times faster than other works WRC drivers, usually because they had...

Choosing Monte and Turkey seems odd, as they're very difficult events to show pace. For Tidemand, Sweden was a logical choice. Monte was considered a preparation event for that. Why not do Arctic...

What do you mean?

That is true. It's simply more expensive. But not prohibited by the rules like in 2017.

Another thing might be that the competition across the field is a lot tighter than before. There's now four...

Not true. Was only for 2017 (and still Østberg ran a private car, only entered always by M-Sport)

Both occasions refer to super specials, but in a way it's true. I just naturally skip them because it doesn't really tell anything if you win a mickey mouse stage in Mexico ;)

Neuville first WRC drives in 2012:
- Monte 5th on SS3, crash on SS4
- Sweden good times only on super specials
- Mexico top five times on the first stages

Tänak first WRC drives in 2011-2012
-...

AFAIK certain insurances are optional

Too expensive to bin it, I guess.

Germany and Turkey must be extremely difficult events to start on a WRC car for the first time, although in Turkey you could probably secure a top 5 position by just cruising through, if you're...

It's just that he's contracted to Skoda, and apparently they're typically quite strict with their deals. In fact, he's still contracted for next year as well, unless he manages to get a WRC deal.

I really don't think we will see Kalle in a WRC car before 2020.

Could he be buying a new Skoda for his own team?

Back to testing a Skoda https://twitter.com/PontusTidemand/status/1136359575706316800

Yeah. I wouldn't expect Tidemand to do a whole season anyway.

Like Paddon has stated, Hyundai is his only option. Also, we could possibly see both Tidemand and Breen at M-Sport at various events. I doubt either would do a full season anyway.

What about Suninen or Camilli? It's not that simple.