Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[PLuto]

Fiesta updates

https://twitter.com/msportltd/status...IieeMQXU3DazUA

Nothing really important...

[Sulland]

Well, lets wait and see on the Fiesta rear suspension upgrade. This has been the problem issue area for the Mk2 since the start. Hopefully they have found the root cause, and fixed it.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Will watch Huttunen’s times in Estonia with interest. Watching onboards from Latvia the car looks kinda heavy/lazy compared to other Rally2s.

Fastest on the superspecial (SS1) which was quite a good test of agility.

[AnttiL]

Fastest on the superspecial (SS1) which was quite a good test of agility.

Actually this kind of stages say nothing about the car ability. Huttunen is pretty good on them. Let’s see tomorrow.

[AnttiL]

Actually this kind of stages say nothing about the car ability. Huttunen is pretty good on them. Let’s see tomorrow.

Huttunen lost 24.4s to Mikkelsen/Kaur on the first stage...would love to hear if there was an issue.

[Jarek Z]

Huttunen lost 24.4s to Mikkelsen/Kaur on the first stage...would love to hear if there was an issue.

After 3 stages Huttunen is only 8th in WRC2. It doesn't look very promising.

[RS]

A good compilation of Mikkelsen at Rally Bohemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1-HuzdOt8

If his last event in the old car was Rally Estonia, that powerstage was a nice way to finish!

[PLuto]

A good compilation of Mikkelsen at Rally Bohemia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1-HuzdOt8

If his last event in the old car was Rally Estonia, that powerstage was a nice way to finish!

I think it was not his last event in the old car...

[RS]

I think it was not his last event in the old car...

Interesting! it would be quite risky switching to the new one whilst fighting for a title.. even the Fabia S2000 and R5 didn’t win on their international debuts IIRC.

Might be safer to put some ‘extra’ drivers in the new car this year (Kopecky/Meeke in Spain would be good to see for example)

[mknight]

Question is what is more risky for Greece?
New car with likely not as good reliability and not optimized settings or old car with possibility for engine failure?
(If they identified the cause of the engine failures and it's not something that can't be fixed then old car is safer pick).

For Catalunya or Japan new car might be preferred as Mikkelsen likes the turn in on the new car on tarmac better. If they decide to go to NZ, new car might be noticably faster, but probably unlikely to be shipped all the way there in time.