superb yet again!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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superb yet again!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
amazing picture, pity that car spoils the scenery.
I actually like it. Maybe too much post production but the subject is cool.
Grönholm is co-driving a Labrador :oQuote:
Originally Posted by devil's land
citroen new clip with 2017 car
https://twitter.com/CitroenRacing?lang=el
I've been today at Ogier & Ingrassia's test. I've arrived 45' before it ended, so I could only see the last eight runs. I can't say anything about them you already don't know, so I only put here some pics:
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...psit4lvari.jpg
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By the way, I've read somewhere that today Gronholm and/or Latvala were testing in the morning. However, I'm sure that Ogier has been testing during the whole day.
What was the sound like compared to the current Polo Kielder? Much different? Obviously we have all the videos but I am interested to hear from someone who was there and heard it in person.
so you missed these amazing passes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
https://youtu.be/Hqlgth297FQ
Paddon at Portugal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX0enrdezg
Now '17 car seems fast
small clip with Ogier
https://twitter.com/franborbon
I couldn't find much difference, though I wasn't at any fast zone due to arriving late. Asking a friend who arrived earlier and was watching the car at a very fast zone, he told me that mainly its exhaust pipe sounds stronger. To me, the most important is that the car looks faster and more agressive reaching bends as well as steering out of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
On the other hand, I posted a pair of photos by mistake. I'm not going to delete them now hoping my prestige as photographer stays undamaged:), but I post the other two here:
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...psgekojlin.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4mumbnob.jpg
Yeah, I see now that you edited your post to add the last part. I'd understood you that way too:).Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
It looks like half of Galicia was there today... ;) Those guys always record good stuff. I've been at some of those spots, not at the fastest ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
proper driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
I can't finish these comments without saying that the last time I'd been at the end of Arcos-Portela stage was in the 90's, watching for example Colin & Sainz with Subaru and Juha and Aurioul driving their Toyota. That's really the unforgettable sound and the memories that will last a life time. Many images came into my mind being there, I could feel the past in my skin.
Well, the Group B era, I know, but I didn't live it.
Really? wow, I wondered how the fia will bring the show, and this seems to be the answer....Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
in that first picture the front looks exactly like the audi s1
Talking about the sound...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATFMEVVFER8
Citroën test#2 report: http://www.citroenracing.com/en/2016...y-in-portugal/
I'm curious if they will bring in other guys (like Sarrazin) to test the car other than who they have under their umbrella now.
so this is the 1st car from citroen sport that isnt designed from Xavier Mestelan-Pinon.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Waiting to see if Laurent Fregosi will be a succesfull replacer.
Really foggy conditions during Mikkelsen's test this morning at the end of old Santa Luzia stage. He could drive only a few runs under clear view. In fact, his test was cancelled about three hours before what it was scheduled.
http://i67.tinypic.com/iwjked.jpg
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On the other hand, today I could spend several hours there and watch more runs than on Thursday. Yeah, the sound is that strong. The acceleration is much more exciting when it starts. It's very impressive when the car accelerates on a straightaway because you can feel it still close while it goes away.
till now the only visible difference from old cars ive noticed is acceleration from standstill.Its way more fast.
Meeke for Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSo...ature=youtu.be
Citroën Racing testaba esta semana el C3 WRC(en desarrollo) sobre tierra al sur de Portugal, en Tavira.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CihGSteXAAAlegT.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CihGRvYXEAAmUqk.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CihGSj9XAAAojdt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CihGSvnXIAAqcPb.jpg
Some friends of mine were watching Meeke today in Mondim de Basto. I was said that he was pushing really hard. Some photos I've receibed or these ones done by Fabio Leite probe it:
http://i68.tinypic.com/2u4ower.jpg
http://i66.tinypic.com/oi68nr.jpg
http://i63.tinypic.com/r9hgz4.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/SraDaGracaMondim/?pnref=story
Damn that is a high ride height setting. Guess they are testing for ruts or rough groundQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Man those are good shotsQuote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Kopecky testing at Fafe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAecLYuiuEE
A pair of longer videos of Meeke and Lefebvre testing the C3 WRC 2017. The end of the first one will surprise you :)
https://vimeo.com/166687670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljSB4_EYMZk
Was going very hard, another video:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=eQdcbFWn6Bk
Watching more and more videos of the 2017 cars, so far at least they don't seem as on rails as people were fearing. In fact the extra power may allow a more slidey style than current cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
The rear suspension layout is interesting, damper-vise looks like more or less the same as the current Polo. Initially I thought they'd go for something creative on the front as well given the layout on the C-Elysée, but I was wrong (again :D).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
That concern was mainly about asphalt and some Polo testing videos support it.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
I was fearing the same could happen for gravel. But yeah on asphalt the cars are closer to circuit racers now. Maybe they should change the tyre rules and/or impose minimum ride height and maximum suspension stiffness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
we have to think that center active diff will not be setup 100% yet(about the how sideways 2017 will be)
citroen video
https://youtu.be/H70hT5OcA6U
Sorry but that makes no sense in the situation when they introduced advanced aero packages, wider track and active center diffs which all go hard against any sliding.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Actually I don't understand the rules at all. What is the point of having a super fast boring cars. I am also quite sure that these cars will be definitely more dangerous than current ones mainly due to a lot higher cornering speed and high dependance on the aerodynamic downforce.
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