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Originally Posted by tommeke_B
How Toyota plans to dominate the 2019 WRC season
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...9-car/4320405/
nice article with Tom Fowler explaining the coming updates and etc
Excellent piece by David Evans giving the historical context of Toyota's previous WRC team and cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Kind of puzzled tbh. Aren't Tanak and Latvala more than good indicators? Going by both of them Yaris was similar to the other cars in first half of 2018, faster on most surfaces in second half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
As written in the interview the only place they seem to struggle is rough gravel (Turkey, Sardinia, Portugal) where they have to go with more "safe" setup that gives less traction. (or alternatively you could say that the "normal" gravel setup is too risky - ref. GB where they were on the sumpguard on ever other corner).
Meeke is not really a candidate for a stable (performance wise) driver; when everything works (or he risks) he is top3, when not 8+. Also C3 before/during multiple changes is not a good reference.
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
How can he write that article without even mentioning Toyota's most memorable inventive engineering?Quote:
Toyota grew into a dominant force with an outstanding roster of drivers, inventive engineers and a spectacular resource from the mothership.
History, it appears, is about to repeat itself.
Talking about history repeating itself just begs the question.
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Originally Posted by Gregor-y
Quite. I found it amusing that the history lesson stopped in 1994, before the real engineering inventiveness really began!
Because you only have limited amount of space for history recollection in a story that is primarily about the upcoming season. Selective? Could be, but let's also note that the story didn't mention the Corolla WRC either, which undeniably would have to be considered as a success story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregor-y
What do you mean exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Which turbos? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
"Smart" engineered ones after Auriol said driving ST205 is like driving a bus.Quote:
Originally Posted by spiderem
Plenty of things left out of that article, I don't think it's such a big deal. Don't need to bring that up every time, especially not in an article that previews a season. If they did an article titled "This manufacturer cheated 25 years ago, will they do it again in order to dominate?" everyone would say they're just shit stirring and click baiting.
It's a sad state of journalism if a reporter has to be that cloying without writing writing a paid advert. If you don't want to mention the turbo don't get all grandiose about the Celica. And I suppose the Corolla couldn't have been mentioned without implying the fact it was a comeback after Toyota was caught.
I wonder sometimes what proportion of articles (not just motorsport, anything with lots of money involved) are actually just ghost-written by PR departments for journalists to put their name on. Must be a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
Actually, that Celica wasn't even mentioned in the story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregor-y
A huge amount of misunderstanding about the article here. Thankfully, livery launch and Monte Carlo are coming soon. An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
Would you pay for an independent, objective and arguably good quality online rallying journalism?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gregor-y
Yep, the piece seems to be written in glorifying mode (Evans forgot to mention that Toyota only become WMC after Lancia pull out and since 2016 the biggest car maker is believed to be VW), but somehow it’s fair to underline Toyota rally achievements and contribution for the sport. Btw, no one knows if Toyota will manage to dominate in 2019 (getting both titles) but we can surely hope the others manus will give them a heck of a fight. Bring on MC Rally!
I'm happy with this forum, but if there was real reporting, sure. Look at all the other pay services out there. I only worry all the best reporting would need to be translated from Finnish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
old rear aero pics for presentation
https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...06&oe=5CC51234
https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...5d&oe=5CCEE554
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Beast. Let's go!!!!!
Like with Citroen, Toyota press photos also have their car in gravel-spec and wheels.
M-Sport car looks with better with tarmac-spec & wheels, never mind its nicer livery.
Ott Tanak now prepared for title tile after 'rookie' year with Toyota...
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...okieEURTM-year
TGR will built brand new car for Katsuta but Grönholm will drive it in Sweden.
Same spec as other 3 are using 2019.
Toyota registered 9 cars in Estonia. SP 1003 -> SP 1011
They had to chance their previous Finland plates every year, so this is easier solution for them now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
and here they are on their way to Monte Carlo https://twitter.com/TGR_WRC/status/1085926103909367808
The Toyota WRC team missed the planned change in a couple of days
https://translate.google.ee/translat...la-paivalla%2F
Mäkinen confirms that they gonna use the stronger rims from Corsica on. Those weigh 300 grams more, 1.2kgs in total but he says it doesnt effect the performance.
Says they should have used those already in Monte.
Same manufacturer?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
It certainly has an effect on performance. The question is only how big. For sure nothing we could be able to recognize without direct comparison and very precise data.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I guess yes since they used those at rally Germany last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revman
When I was watching the stage they interviewed Ogier at the end and he said something like "I did not cut aggressively on this stage because I don't want to get puncture". A few minutes later, the commentator said "I'm hearing that Meeke is stopped on the stage" and my heart sank. Well, I thought, there is the difference between Ogier and Meeke in a nutshell. Both are blistering fast, but Ogier is wise.
But I watched the onboard where Meeke got his broken rim. He didn't seem to do anything terribly unusual, a cut with a 10-15cm drop off the side of the asphalt. He made cuts like it before and after, and other people made similar cuts in their onboards. Perhaps he was persistently cutting a little more than the others and he weakened the rim gradually, getting the failure the others didn't. Or perhaps it was just luck.
When it comes to this situation when Ogier has been cautious with the cuts, the most significant case I remember in short terms is Germany '17 when Neuville broke his suspension. In the same corner Ogier did the full turn on the asphalt despite there was clear sign many drivers take this deep cut some even with all 4 wheels off the road, which probably cost him no less than 2 seconds. There must be some "insurance" in his notes for more risky corner cutting, more than other drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Plenty of times those farther behind are forced to cut more by those front runners who bring the dirt on the road. Those at the back often don't have the luxury of choice like the first one has.
Watching the cuts these drivers are often taking, it's surprising there aren't more punctures and more occasions where things get damaged. It's better to have as little unsprung mass as possible, so lighter wheels are faster. But for 300gr/wheel, maybe it's more interesting to have the stronger wheels, even if it's only for giving the drivers more confidence.
How does this wheel selection work? Does a team have a variety of choices of weight, etc. How many wheel manufacturers are there? I checked the O.Z. website, and I think I saw something in the neighborhood of that manufacturer supplying 90% of the WRC field. Is this correct? ....and why are the wheel specs not standard? Are they not in other forms of motorsport?
Like your normal roadcar, cars need different ET etc. Otherwise they are all similar, exactly the same height and width, all need to have the same tires mounted on the rims At the moment i think all 4 use OZ. Like Mäkinen said, they have and have used reinforced tarmac wheels in ADAC, prmised to start using them in the future.
Size is standard by regulations: Gravel 7"x15" and Tarmac 8"x18" but like in all other motorsports make and model is free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revman
https://www.rallit.fi/tommi-makinen-...usi-ralliauto/
Was this here somewhere already? Tommi confirming that the R5 is coming, but everything about the schedule is so Mäkinen-esque that you can't really tell whether the car is ready to race tomorrow or still on the drawing board. My two cents would be on the first option. I think the car is more ready than what has been believed.
https://www.motor1.com/news/316346/2...chback-debuts/
And whenever he is ready to release the car to the public I do believe it will be this body shape, the new Yaris for 2020. Also to note, ignore the date stamp on that article as this looks like the real deal!