Neste Rally Finland 2017

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Originally Posted by Mirek

If I remember corretly the measurements from Monte Carlo Toyotas had lowest top speed there. Interesting development.

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They hit limiter very early in Monte. So it was just shorter gearing than others.

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Originally Posted by lnvs

They hit limiter very early in Monte. So it was just shorter gearing than others.

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Yes but usually too short gearing is used for a reason. Sometimes it's miscalculation but most of the time it's used to compensate worse engine performance.

They had best/similar top speeds with Fords already in Sweden.

Second pass same spot, a bit smaller differences but same trend. Hyundai even slower than Citroen.

F-Ev 201
T-Lat 199
T-Lap 197
T-Han 197
F-Tan 196
F-Ost 196
C-Bre 195
C-Mek 195
H-Neu 193
H-Pad 192

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Originally Posted by mknight

Second pass same spot, a bit smaller differences but same trend. Hyundai even slower than Citroen.

F-Ev 201
T-Lat 199
T-Lap 197
T-Han 197
F-Tan 196
F-Ost 196
C-Bre 195
C-Mek 195
H-Neu 193
H-Pad 192

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Hanninen's telemetry did go up to 200 on the long straight before the chicane. still, this doesn't say much other than at most setup differences.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

By the way now I see that only one normal stage (except spectator ones) was won by non-Finnish driver Evans!

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Well, Last stage was won by Tänak and I would say it was relatively normal stage :) .. There was a lot of spectators indeed;)

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including Veibys crash,which was huge!
https://youtu.be/kisACZaE5_s


Michelin video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZgZ...ure=youtu.be&a

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Well, Last stage was won by Tänak and I would say it was relatively normal stage :) .. There was a lot of spectators indeed;)

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I was already corrected by Dimitris ;)

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Congrats to all top 4, pity for Latvala 2nd consecutive misfortune.

So why do you think Hyundai are not fast in Finland. Looks like their car is prepared well for any other surface but not these fast gravel with lot of big jumps. Could it be there is no fast enough driver for these during development phase? Neuville & Sordo were never fast here, probably Paddon was their best bet, but I don't know how much his input was decisive in car development. On shakedown it was clear the car doesn't handle jumps very well with nose lifting in the air. Could be they have more downforce at the back (or just more weight), which bodes well for more technical roads to get the maximum of the torque from corner exits, but the drivers must be careful with big jumps and taking them with more braking. Bigger downforce also increases the drag on the fast straights and that's another weak point, which was inclined by Neuville saying he has more confidence in the car when there was more grip at the second passes. Thoughts?

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Commentator was saying something about the Finnish roads that dont suit the Hyundai chassis. They have more of a crown and aren't so flat.

Too bad Hyundai didnt sort it out after all these years in the WRC and they could've taken advantage of Ogier & Tanak's poor result...

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