Well sharing is caring and this tells me Tanak does not care.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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Well sharing is caring and this tells me Tanak does not care.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
In what reality do pilots fighting for the title share their most specific knowledge? That does not mean they don`t share the same team goal.
Actually, it's a good point. And i don't believe, that Toyota's service park is like a military factory, where they keep secret what kind of setup some driver uses...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Story about our forumer bluuford - https://youtu.be/75eZ8BTXHlc
:)
nice to see that your work recognised.Congrats bluuford!Quote:
Originally Posted by sindroms
quite an interesting interview with Ott in estonian newspaper about the car (usually they are crap)
He is saying that when he joined the team the car was very "finnish", it was only good on smooth and fast gravel roads but now it is like a rally car should be, fast everywhere. They had to make big changes to the the car but it has worked. Interestingly he says that at the end of the last season he felt that the Fiesta was almost a complete car, whereas with Toyota he still feels that there is still a lot more to come and to do. They can make it even faster and work better.
For Argentina they managed to do big gains with the suspension, the engine power has always been very good but the problem was that all the power didnt go down to the ground but now they managed to do that. Says that it was his wish and vision.
About that Lappi comment that he isnt as open as Hanninen, he says that Lappi meant general openness, they share the technical things.
Thanks for the article. It's nice to know there is always some loss in translation when it comes to articles which are non-english. The teams should be sharing set-up info as it benefits the whole team. At the end of the day TGR stands for Toyota Gazoo Racing and not Team Toyota Tanak, Lappi or Latvala. I understand specific set-ups may be kept secret, but anything that effects overall development is shared.
TGR is saying the tests for Portugal went well for all teams. They have made even more set-up changes to the cars and now Lappi and JML are feeling extremely confident for Portugal. Tanak is coming in pretty pumped after his win. Check out the WRC live Portugal preview where they interviewed Tanak for some time. It was a good interview and he said this win felt better than the first with Ford. We will all see what kind of pace TGR has compared to the other teams...
Jari-Matti Latvala stopped to clear stones from the Rally Italy stages himself during this week's recce, having retired from the last two WRC gravel rounds after hitting rocks ...
https://t.co/WliuPmzALV
Some shitheads will throw them again on road after Ogier passes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Sardinia is Italy, not France.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESTR
lol i hope he doesn't have a serie of crashes with trees next, otherwise he will be quite busy with his chainsaw on the following recce...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Latvala cant be confident Toyota have fixed the suspension to make it stronger...
He's definitely struggling mentally, but dare I say he's managing his demons? He's controlling this rally quite well, which I'm quite surprised to see since he's uncomfortable with he car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I’m guessing there are some serious phone calls on Monday from Japan to Tommi...
They will fix this fragile problems. It's not like Citrons when they rather axe the driver than fixing the car (and I'm not talking about Meeke). Breen do the 99 work last year and still being treated like shit.
do not think so... the mistake was they hired that failed production car manager int he first place... the fact that the team is made up by 70% of his friends shows a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
He is nothing and they get what they deserve from his village skills...
Latvala in Argentina 2017
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfT1gicXcAAssHX.jpg:large
and to add to that
"Toyota is strong" Ott Tänak, Rally Argentina, 2018
and after that everything has got worse :laugh:
Last year's Yaris was built like a tank. But to make it more competitive, they've been trying to lighten everything more and more so they can play around with ballast. And the original designer, Simon Carrier, left the team last year, so I don't know who's really making the design decisions. The former #2 designer, Kevin Postec? Regardless, it seems like they've gone a little too far in the direction of lightness at the moment.
Tänak and Järveoja saying the same thing and Latvala also mentioned it in Portugal, saying that the car is faster this year but with compromises.
Ott is very strict and says that the car shouldnt break every time after jumps and going over the rocks. Järveoja saying ironically that they must have a radiator and a powerbank in the car all the time :D
Tommi has promised that there will be changes but it all depends also on jokers. They tried to make the underbody protection stronger between Portugal and Sardegna but in the end kept the current one.
and btw did you guys saw Ogier going over a humongous rock on SS16? the rock was twice the size what Tänak had in Portugal. I was sure that now it is over for Ogier but in the finish line you could only see some scratches on the Fiesta.
What did Ott say about his timepenalty which cost him 2 points ?
nothing, he wasnt asked about it
So the scratches was on the sidepanels then? Didn´t run over the rock? Or you saw scratches also underneath the car?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
No car survive rock like that driving over it I´d suppose.
i saw the scratches underneath the car, they lifted the car at stage end interview to show me
for f**ks sake, what i want to say is that he drove over a huge rock but nothing happened
Last year car was also not that strong, they had few times situations that some hit from the bottom (to the sumpguard) made some damage.
That´s impressing. They lifted the car just for you? Man, you rules. I saw that cliff also on WRC All Live.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
In the pre-event Portugal interview played on alllive they asked Lappi about the jump he did in Fafe in 2017. He mentioned something like "we can't do that with the car this year".
I was really wondering what he meant at that time, but making the car a bit less robust for more speed might be the explanation.
Or he just meant what he said already then- it was a bit over the limit and could`ve ended with a big crash.
Was more like "we can't do that with the car we have this year". But couldn't find it in the preview now, so must have been alllive extended version which is not available any more.
Ttere is actually very big difference on those rock hittings. In Portugal, this rock was on a very solid surface, surface that is almost like asphalt. In Sardegna, the place where Ogier hit that rock, I drove that stage, I even stepped out from the car near that place, I even digged hole near that place, this place is like sandbox, when something is on top of the sand and you hit it, then you do not hit it against wall, you just press it inside the sand, that is huge difference. On the the fragility of the car, I cannot comment, I am not that good on technical side.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
It is available.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
From Portugal? How?Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
A Portugal You mean, sorry, Sardegna only I think still available.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
https://rallysportmag.com/toyotas-ka...-rally-finland
Kaj Lindström talks about the "unlimited" testing they can do around Puuppola, but it's not that simple.
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Kaj explained that the zone might be a little bit bigger than for some other teams, but it wasn’t straightforward!
“We have an FIA approved ‘permanent test site’ but the area covered is a zone of public roads with people living beside the roads. That makes it quite difficult for us. We can use a road maximum twice a year.
“We don’t have a private road where we could go whenever we like, and if we constantly went to the same places we would destroy the roads. When we want to test we have to apply for local authority permission to use the road and each permit takes some time.
“We can’t use the roads all through the year. In the winter and spring there are very few roads that can be used, but some roads in the zone are exactly like the roads used on the Neste Rally. Two roads are part of the route used in 2016.
“Around Jyvaskyla there is a defined area, some roads in the north from Jyvaskyla and also to the south. The zone is an area, not specific roads. I don’t know exactly how big is the area.
“I wish we could drive five days a week and be testing every week, but that’s not the case. Let’s see if the regulations will change. I think there will be some change, maybe with the number of days that we can test outside of our area.”
He complains they cant use same section more than twice per year. Surely there are multiple usefull sections within 80?km of Jyväskylä? Anyway last year and first half of this, there was a new vid of them testing on these roads 2 times per month or so, and that's only what gets put on YT.
I think he means that the road would become in too bad condition or it would be difficult to get permissions for more than two days. But I also remember seeing a certain road near Jämsä being used more than two times this year...but maybe the two time limit is for most roads, and there may be exceptions.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
And the range of permitted roads is 50 km. I have seen the list and there are dozens of usable test roads. But like he says, arranging a test day on those roads is like arranging a rally. You need to close a road that is used for public traffic and get permissions and whatnot. You can't just decide in the afternoon "hey let's go test this new aero thing" like teams with their own private track could do.
It takes half a day with a tractor to fix a short gravel road section. Anyway as you point out what he says is that they cant do completely unlimited testing like on own track (MSPORT), but have factors that limit them. Then again its testing on real stages while MSPORT has artificial track.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Worried about a single team dominating again, I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC