WRC Croatia Rally 2021

Director of Rally Croatia, Daniel Šaškin, said that they got informal offer from FIA to organize rally for two more years. He claims that they are happy with the organization and that they want rally to remain in the calendar. Their job is to find sponsorship and money for the rally but that shouldn't be problem now when the rally is succesful story and when economic crisis is (hopefully) behind us.

Excellent news for both Croatian and rally fans in general. Without COVID restrictions, I can guarantee that this will be one of the best attended rallies in the calendar. It's the closest venue for a large part of Middle, Southern and Southeastern Europe and Croatia itself is attractive enough to have tons of visitors. This year's rally is also an excellent invitation.

But let's wait for the official 2022 calendar to be sure.

Our review of the aero innovations seen during Rally Croatia

https://www.wrcwings.tech/2021/04/26...-croatia-2021/

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According to this video, Ogier shouldn't be the only one that got a fine from the FIA or police.. Not normal..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lER8Ru...outu.be#dialog

Nothing else than just showoff or smth..

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Originally Posted by TypeR

According to this video, Ogier shouldn't be the only one that got a fine from the FIA or police.. Not normal..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lER8Ru...outu.be#dialog

Nothing else than just showoff or smth..

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If someone thinks that rally drivers drive sensibly on the liaisons, you need to have a reality check. When they start to warm up, "road safety" is the last phrase you'd use to describe it.

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Originally Posted by Franky

If someone thinks that rally drivers drive sensibly on the liaisons, you need to have a reality check. When they start to warm up, "road safety" is the last phrase you'd use to describe it.

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Yep, typical tyre warming before the stage start.

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Originally Posted by TypeR

According to this video, Ogier shouldn't be the only one that got a fine from the FIA or police.. Not normal..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lER8Ru...outu.be#dialog

Nothing else than just showoff or smth..

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Comparing orange with apple... eg accident or going through red light with tyres/brakes warm up - that happens before every stage in any rally and done by all.

i like this photo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0ASj-IX...jpg&name=small

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Nothing else than just showoff or smth..

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This is not showoff. This is the most important action against having an accident in the first corners of a stage because of cold tyres. Especially on slippery tarmac it is a necessary safety measure for both crew and spectators, believe it or not. All drivers do it. It is utter stupidity not to do it.

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Originally Posted by scn

because of cold tyres

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and brakes

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Originally Posted by dimviii

and brakes

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I don't know about WRC, but the Wilwood A, the Carbone Lorraine RC6 and the OMP pads I have experience with do not need any warming up. They work from 100 degrees Celsius and the amazing Carbone Lorraine from ambient temperature. The Ferodo DS3000 need some slight warming to 250 degrees, but one or two hard brakings are enough. Only the old Ferodo DS11 needed significant warming-up, but these are not produced anymore.
The big danger is the tyres. Especially on slippery tarmac, cold tyres are hell. Use of handbrake on straights and braking are preferred for warming up the tyres because it is much less provocative to brake than to do slaloms on public roads. As far as I know, this method started in France because the French police gave lots of fines for slaloms. So French drivers started using the brakes and the handbrake on straights, which is not illegal, and they avoided the fines. In Greece we use the handbrake and the brakes only when warming up is done in populated areas. In all other areas slaloms are the standard method, even in front of police.