WRC Testing

[AL14]

Less could be more, but then I would go for bright red, to stand out. Same red as in the D of DMack.

Would be great. Just let's hope the would not use the same livery as Ketomaa last year.

[Mirek]

Is VW the only team to use the 3 axis measuerement apparatus, that we see in the form of a little light in the front, pointing downward.

Or are the other teams have other, better tools?

Everybody uses Correvit sensors or something similar, at least in development testing.

[stefanvv]

Tänak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5NmUyETac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY8IoMgIeng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BOcNhjNBHw

Why is that?
Screenshot from 2015-12-07 01:22:05.jpg

[kiil]

Why is what? Sticker pealing off? Every tyre can do this, is see this often.

[stefanvv]

Why is what? Sticker pealing off? Every tyre can do this, is see this often.

so it is dmack tyre?

[kiil]

Why should it not be?

[stefanvv]

Why should it not be?

don't know. That's why asking

[EstWRC]

Dmack's own video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7RUthLfny0

[dimviii]

Camilli

[dimviii]

Last Friday, Eric Camilli got his first chance to familiarise himself with his new team - M-Sport - and with the Ford Fiesta RS WRC during a test ahead of the 2016 Rallye Monte-Carlo. It marked the start of a new life for the French youngster who already feels at home with the British outfit.

It was at 1:35pm, Friday, that Eric Camilli and his new co-driver Nicolas Klinger reversed their Fiesta RS WRC out of M-Sport’s service area near Laborel, in France’s Drôme Mountains.

Their first run in the car at speed was up to the famous Col du Perty and Eric showed that he has a good grasp of how to start a World Rally Car thanks to some 2,000km of testing in the Toyota Yaris WRC.

Eric and Nicolas had arrived mid-Friday morning when they got to meet M-Sport engineers Mark, Anthony and Bernardo, the team’s mechanics and their new team-mate Mads Ostberg who had started his test the previous day. The Norwegian had been forced to find a last-minute replacement for his usual co-driver Jonas Andersson, so Emil Axelsson stepped in for the first day and Ilka Minor was brought in to sit alongside on the Friday.

During the lunch break, the new French duo took time to adjust their seats and belts and also acquaint themselves with the Fiesta RS WRC’s cockpit which they will share for the next two years.

The weather was clear, but the bumpy, five-kilometre climb to the Col du Perty and back – a run that WRC regulars know well - was damp in places, with some ‘black-top’ portions and a few frosty corners.

After two return trips, they drove back to the base where they were awaited by onlookers and M-Sport staff who still seemed a little circumspect about the latest signing of their boss Malcolm Wilson.

“Everything’s okay,” smiled Eric. “It’s a good test stage. The car rides the bumps well. I feel confident.”

“We immediately hit it off with the pace notes,” noted Nicolas. “Eric called me last week but it wasn’t easy for me to say ‘yes’ to his offer because Benjamin [Veillas, Eric’s former co-driver] is my best friend and Julien Maurin [Nicolas’s former driver] is a good friend, too. But this is too good an opportunity to miss.”

After two further passes, there was a visible shift in the atmosphere in the engineers’ motorhome and Eric’s early times cleared any lingering doubts about his recruitment. Next on the programme was a switch to the new Michelin Pilot Sport S5 tyres which the team will have available for the Rallye Monte-Carlo.

On Friday evening, after moving to a new base in the Ardèche Mountains, Eric and Nicolas seemed more relaxed. “I felt a little stressed this morning. I’ll sleep better tonight,” admitted Eric after a good meal at the Hôtel des Cévennes.

Testing continued on the Saturday in Mezilhac where hundreds of spectators turned up to watch the action. Eric completed 279km on the fast, damp test stage at an average speed of 110kph, with work stopping at 6:30pm after he had evaluated a variety of set-ups and tyres.

The last part of the test took place after nightfall when fog was an additional difficulty but Eric didn’t put a foot wrong. After the debrief meeting with his engineers, it was obvious that M-Sport’s new Frenchie had been adopted by the team…

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