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Thread: Citroen WRT
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16th June 2019, 22:00 #2071
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16th June 2019, 22:03 #2072
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17th June 2019, 07:10 #2073
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You just saw Juho whitrawed before last stage because of unhomologated new parts, you think it was about her socks or something?
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17th June 2019, 07:55 #2074
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17th June 2019, 09:56 #2075
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24th July 2019, 14:06 #2076
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Lappi said in the Neste Rally podcast that the C3 has insufficient front aero, the level of a 2017 Toyota. Also that it reacts too slowly. And that it took Ogier six months to notice the same flaws but now that Ogier mentioned them, things started happening.
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24th July 2019, 14:39 #2077
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A bit late replying... It could be that Hyundai and Citroen need to say these kind of things as they are both on their back foot. Hyundai, the manufacturer, must be putting immense pressure on Hyundai WRT to get a championship. Citroen, well we all can see how they are doing. Toyota and M-Sport don't have this kind of optics problem and don't need to make claims about better performance coming. Having said that, Toyota have been talking about reliability this year and that is something they must be under pressure to solve.
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24th July 2019, 16:33 #2078
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When Ogier was at Msport they were quite vocal about upgrades as well. Then there was a pressure that he should be winning/leading champ.
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24th July 2019, 16:45 #2079
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Yes, very true. M-Sport are in an interesting place right now. The car is pretty good, they are in the shadow of 2 back-to-back championships and Elfyn is doing a fine job of driving this year. New R5 car is good according to those who have tested it, Rally Estonia not withstanding. You would have to say there isn't whole lot of pressure on them at the moment, other than commercial success.
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28th July 2019, 21:02 #2080
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There’s a recent interview of Ogier that may help to understand Lappi situation ( http://forum-rallye.com/index.php?/t...monde/page-964 ). Ogier says that the C3 has been steadily developed and is now more usable, even if it’s still unstable. He believes the adaptation to the car was easier for him than for Lappi and he’s happy with the results so far, blaming starting order for not being faster in some events. Also mentions some (suspension?) evolutions for Finland and engine upgrades for Germany, while confirming he will stay with Citroen till the end of 2020 (his planned last WRC season).
It’s not hard to imagine that with current cars set-up complexity and homologation restrictions the top drivers are pushing for their tech abilities and status inside the teams to lead car development according to their driving style. Probably that’s why Lappi is suffering, just like Paddon or Mikkelsen on their earlier days with the i20 and Hanninen with the Yaris after Latvala changed it; if Lappi can’t wait for suitable car upgrades, he may always try to adopt Ogier style…Rally addict since 1982
Mikkelsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpe6ipk1NKU
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