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Snow in Finland has limited Toyota and Hyundai gravel testing...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-u...l-preparation/
I'm not sure how much of an impact this actually had... and how much of an 'insight' this is from Dirtfish...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Why would any team be testing in Finland, and on those sorts of roads, in preparation for Portugal?
They can save their development days (and avoid upsetting the locals and destroying the roads) for when they'll be useful, ahead of Estonia, Finland and NZ.
The smart move, as at least Hyundai seem to have done and Toyota will probably copy, has been to double up the Portugal / Kenya PETs in Portugal. Even if had been bone dry, clear of snow and 15 degrees in Finland, Hyundai and Toyota would still have been busy in south Europe.
Toyota and Hyundai have their bases registered to Finland, where they can test as much as they want. Atm snow is making it difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
Ofc they want/need to test there, because if the car is fast on Finland roads, it's fast everywhere!
There is no snow in Jyväskylä/Jämsä... ;)
but small roads are still too wet/soft for rally testing.
There's still some snow on forest roads in Tampere, so likely also in Jämsä. But yeah, the main point is that it will take a while for them to dry up for rallying use. It's the same almost every year, we typically have no rallies in Finland from late March to early May.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Another setback for Hyundai, they would now need their permanent base for car developing. The single PET days for individual events don't have enough time for developing new parts.