This time it was just a puncture:
Veiby - "We had a slow puncture, stopped to change the wheel. Lost 54 seconds to fastest."
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This time it was just a puncture:
Veiby - "We had a slow puncture, stopped to change the wheel. Lost 54 seconds to fastest."
He lost 2 minutes to Rovanperä in that stage.
Loubet better in old Fabia than the official new ones? Hum
To me it looks like WRC2 crews further back are benefitting from sweeping even, not just Loubet is surprisingly fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Kalle also has had some kind of problem with rear grip this morning.
Kalle changed dampers in the service.
Today:
Achiel Boxoen from Belgium, he drives one of Team Floral
Alex Köck from Austria (don't know who is)
From the times in Sardinia, it looks like Mads proposed changes to the C3 starts to pay off.
As far as I know more jokers are in the pipleline.
He is a member of ZM Racing, the team which prepares Hermann Neubauer´s car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Thanks
Photo of Matt Johnston, today, in Ireland
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9SkwSJW...pg&name=medium
First time I've been interested in anything Ken Block is doing.
Skoda test upcoming young Finn: https://youtu.be/3axXNx0C1-M
Veiby's broken suspension on Sardinia: https://youtu.be/QFjf4BX6Kp4
It is apparently the jump at 4:09 in the below video that destroyed Veiby's car suspension:Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U1NOu6l_Co&t=4m09s
It is interesting what Kajto said after the finish of the rally:
Already a few days before the rally I knew that the change of car would be a good decision. We were analyzing plenty of circumstances, including the latest information about VW Polo. Of course I feel sorry for Veiby, because he is a fast driver.
(...)
This decision wasn't easy, but it turned out to be right.
Skoda EVO has taken 1-2 wins in first 2 events, somehow I have feeling that Fiesta Mk8 won´t do that but still people are posting way more Fiesta news than Fabia news.
EWRC site has about 250 different Fiesta chassis and about 250 different Fabia chassis numbers but 90% about news is about Fiesta, WHY ?
Is the only reason The Look of Fabia, new one looks like old one ?
I think it may play a role. People treat this new Fiesta as a completely different car. And it looks much more exciting than Fabia.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Another factor is that Ford has a lot to prove on the R5 market. Can the new Fiesta beat Skoda and Volkswagen?
Nothing unusual about the jump so I suppose some part was already damaged or again quality control issues with build or components.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Several Polos completed Sweden without such problems after jumps so in this case it can’t be a design fault.
Only recognise Loubet - who are the other drivers?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It IS completely new car now based on the Mk8 Fiesta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
The Fabia is 'only' an EVO based on the same car with a facelift.
all drivers mentioned at linkQuote:
Originally Posted by Got Mail
No, they are not. I can see at least Baumschlager and Marczyk on the photos and those are not mentioned in the article. Several others I can't recognize.
...at least: Marczyk, Andolfi, Loubet, Burri, Wevers, Roché, Bedoret, Kresta, Monteiro...and of course Rovanperä ;)
all of them drove the car,or they were just present at test?Quote:
Originally Posted by pucky54
Pantealex states Rally Finland will see 4 new Mk8 Fiesta R5's - Bergkvist, Greensmith and Katsuta confirmed but one more is coming.
I cant wait to see them in action !
It is a lot difficult find Škoda news than the M-Sport ones. Škoda is manufacter with 2 great drivers, M-Sport cars will be driven by costumers more of the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
4 is what experts are talking.
It was already few weeks ago, and I think all of them drove and were passengers next to Rovanpera, but it was on the airport area, not in the forestQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Eugene Donnelly been struggling in the Proton Iriz R5 in Donegal:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/entryin...-2019/2292938/
After having registered numerous fires in different units of the Polo GTi R5, Volkswagen Motorsport reacted with a series of technical improvements, which are now finally available to all customers.
To validate these changes, the German manufacturer's staff traveled 650 km by land to the south of France, where Pontus Tidemand rehearsed at the wheel of a Polo R5. Unlike the first development tests of 2018, in which fuel was used by the firm Panta, this time, the Volkswagen was provided with the same Total fuel that is usually used in the WRC.
It should be recalled that Volkswagen had recognized that the change of fuel had stripped a design problem on its Polo GTi R5, which ended up causing the fires.
In the past Rally of Sardinia, Ole Christian Veiby was the only one who competed with a Volkswagen Polo R5 and was also the only one who could have the modifications to avoid fires. Despite the very high temperatures of this rally, the Norwegian could reach the end of the event, which was the end point for the validation phase of these new improvements in the fuel system.
This update, as Volkswagen announced a few days after the Rally of Portugal, includes a fuel tank booster, changes in the cell's ventilation and greater insulation in the exhaust system assembly, so it stays farther from the tank .
This improvement has been made available to customers free of charge. The Polo R5 already delivered previously will be modified very soon, while the units that were sold recently, have already brought the update included.
This weekend, there will be up to nine units of the Polo GTi R5 that will have these new developments. Five of them will be in Belgium for the Ypres Rally and the remaining four will be in Poland for the European Rally Championship (ERC).
Source: Rallye Sport (France)
And in Ypres Breen and Princen have Total on their Polo ..
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In Ypres you need to use control fuel of British or Belgian Champs, and Belgian is Carless, UK not sure but almost sure not Total. So maybe during tests it was only part of development for VW to check modifications.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
For BritishRC it's also Carless. Hiperflo Turbo Ultimate DEV2
"This is defo the best R5 I have ever driven. It's like a World Rally Car", claims Craig Breen after his first runs with the Polo GTI R5.
https://t.co/RHZlxJxbSd
Any comparison times between Camilli and Breen?
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It's not fair to compare times of Breen and Camilli. Breen has been in Ypres many times, had a proper pre-event test. Camilli was in Ypres for the first time, no pre-event test in the region, and arrived just in time for recce.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Fair enough just wondering about car performance, I know how specialised the rally is. The polo on tarmac at least seems to be the pace setter for the time being.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
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