Thread: Citroen WRT
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30th June 2017, 16:58 #321
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Front drag is killing the C3.
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30th June 2017, 17:12 #322
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maybe they should hire this guy?
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30th June 2017, 18:10 #323
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Well they've already admitted the risks they took in engineering and setup haven't worked. A driver doesn't dictate that, that's a management decision and Matton is now up shit Creek seeing how poorly Mikkelsen is doing. Quite amazing that Meeke has won with this car and was a mechanical failure away from back to back wins...
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30th June 2017, 18:17 #324
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I don't think they thought they had the best car at all. Everyone just presumed that because the didn't let Seb test it, but maybe they didn't let him test because they knew it had many issues? Instead of not letting him test because they wanted to hide how brilliant it was or whatever people were saying...
Also, Meeke told someone on this very forum that the VW was going to be unbeatable...
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30th June 2017, 18:22 #325
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Citroen is probably good tarmac car...
They are also the only tean having different tarmac and gravel suspension geometry. As far as I can understand, c3 is "evolution" of c4 wrc concept. They just fail to set it up consistently.
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30th June 2017, 18:49 #326
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30th June 2017, 18:53 #327
Aero would make sense here in Poland but the car has struggled in slow rallies such as Sardegna even with good road position.
In Mexico it did well, but Mexico is not so rough either. Argentina, Portugal and Sardegna were all rough and the car was struggling. To me it suggests dampers, but I'm no expert.
If it was an evolution of the C4 that would explain a lot because that car is over 10 years old now. Although I agree that it is likely a good tarmac car.
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1st July 2017, 07:08 #328
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Technical director gone and Breen out for Germany.
http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...ed-for-germany
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1st July 2017, 07:58 #329
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What? Didn't they said just 2 days ago that they will have 4 cars including Breen?
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Idiotic management continue produce idiotic decisions
On Breen it's a reaction of his stage-end speaking of scary C3?
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