[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[Mirek]

I find it funny, how people judge the cars t videos. Different cars on different roads with different tyres etc. The only way to make any comparioson would be that the cars would be filmed on same road, same road conditions and same tyres. So lets wait for first three or four rallies to judge which cars work and which not. Of course, drivers make a difference too

Even without direct comparison You can get plenty of information about the cars. You can see oversteering/understeering, body roll, rebound, nose diving etc. Of course You can never be sure why You see that but if the same symptoms persist from video to video it's normally a clear indication that it's the particular car's feature and not only an anomaly.

[shaitan]

Did anyone notice yaris's front break disc(alcon) too small compared c3's?
In 2.0 period focus have more greater of rear break disc than c4's and with more horse power to come I cannot understand why yaris carry a small break.

[markpcym]

because its probably in gravel set up.

[shaitan]

because its probably in gravel set up.

Their press conference is a tarmac one.

[GravelBen]

Their press conference is a tarmac one.

Maybe they left the small brakes on from the last test (snow?) and just put the tarmac wheels on for the press conference.

[rogef]

Did anyone notice yaris's front break disc(alcon) too small compared c3's?
In 2.0 period focus have more greater of rear break disc than c4's and with more horse power to come I cannot understand why yaris carry a small break.

The diameters used in gravel or tarmac are not the same as you can see in the table below released by Toyota Gazoo Racing. At Citroen I do not know what the diameters are.

Toyota-Yaris-WRC-specs.jpg

[N.O.T]

Maybe they left the small brakes on from the last test (snow?) and just put the tarmac wheels on for the press conference.

they do not use test cars in presentations.

[GravelBen]

they do not use test cars in presentations.

Maybe the presentation car is just thrown together from whatever spare parts they had lying around then. Whatever, I don't think it means very much what brakes were on it.

[Mirek]

Quite often the showcars aren't real cars at all. There is no need to worry about brake size on them

[Fast Eddie WRC]

VW was 'more conservative but tougher...'

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...17-than-rivals