Who's the (new) guy who has been in charge of it? Read somewhere it was the first time he'd been tasked with the build/design/development of the new r5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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Who's the (new) guy who has been in charge of it? Read somewhere it was the first time he'd been tasked with the build/design/development of the new r5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Bernardo Fernandes
previous works?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
He was raised in M-Sport.
Roger Rustand
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That's not a new Fiesta R5Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
No thats the old one, but this is the new one on his FB pageQuote:
Originally Posted by kiil
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605995234
I have just checked out the results of Rally Grimstad. Grøndal and his new Fiesta finished in the second position, 49 seconds behind Veiby. Veiby won 7 out of 8 stages, Grøndal managed to win 1 stage only.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Final results:
http://www.sprintrally.no/resultater...template=empty
Is Grondal comparable to Veiby on tarmac though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Grøndal is better imho. The car needs a lot of work.
NoQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
No. Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Mads in Germany tried something new. He went back to a trick he used when he was "youth-rallying in sweden in a Volvo 740.
Since he do not have brake balance adjustment in the C3 R5, he put on close to worn out brake pads at the front, since the car braked way to much on the fornt axle, to get closer to the balance front/rear he was looking for. Smart thinking!
Does any of the R5s come with adjustable brake balance. or is it not allowed in R5?
Br21 can for sure tell us exactly but Pavel Dresler told me that Fabia also has no brake balance regulation. Likely not allowed by the rules. Otherwise I don't know the reason.
this is not something new or strange.Even at track day cars its something common.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
at my evo 8 i use carbotech xp 10 at front,and carbotech xp8 at rear.
Xp10 have a higher friction than xp8
Pieter Tsjoen Racing received their 2 Fabia R5 Evo. He will debut it next weekend in the Omloop van Vlaanderen.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a39bf0eae5.jpg
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The one on the right side isn't Evo.
Yes seems I got blindsided a bitQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
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Brake balance adjuster is allowed, but now more and more cars have only one brake master cylinder for both front and rear brakes, so obviously there is no way to adjust the bias. Fabia for example has such solution (two way pump, similar like gpN homologated for handbrake in Lancer Evo cars).
What are the pros and cons when the factories choose to go away from possibility for driver to adjust brake balance?
The Fiesta has a bias valve anyway, it's mounted right in front of the drivers seat.
Chassis 13 to Luís Rocha (PRT)
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Well, this is a bad consolation and even less a reason for celebration-less than 30 km stages, without serious competition...I'm still waiting for first win on a national level or even better-on the international scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Demaerschalk was close to first victory yesterday in Belgium (after Fernémont retired). Bedoret was faster after all.
Exactly. Against such competition anybody would win :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
At least it looks like the competition in R5 is getting closer. Basically all recent cars can win at least somewhere (I don't count Proton). That's sure good news.
Yes, it seems Skoda, Ford, Citroen and Volkswagen are all winning cars.
Fiesta Mk2 had winning pace with Campedelli in Italy, but both times punctures ruined the rally
Ollie Mellors won with Proton Iriz R5 in Woodpecker Stages Rally. Not the highest level, but better starting field than in Norway...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
At least in terms of quantity - there are 111 crews at the finish line (see page 3) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
https://www.woodpecker-rally.co.uk/d...sults-2019.pdf
The new Proton looks better in orange :)
https://paultan.org/2019/09/03/proto...ge-rally-2019/
Very good pace from the new Fiesta R5 with Demaerschalk behind the wheel at Omloop van Vlaanderen. The stages are very similar to those in Ypres (a part of one stage has actually been used for Ypres in the past). The engine seems to be working very well, lots of torque as it seems, very good exit from junctions. In terms of suspension it doesn't seem as stable as the Fabia yet, but looks already better than the previous Fiesta. And not important, but it's a very nice looking and sounding car, quite different from all other R5 cars. Very promising debut in Belgium, huge contrast to what the car has shown in WRC so far. Can't wait until the car is more defined and the drivers/teams start to get more experience with it. Next event for Demaerschalk is Condroz.
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Good to see it confirmed that it was running to FIA compliant spec here. There have been questions over what restrictor they were running on past rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I'm rather bemused by what's going on with this Proton program. Surely there must have been some Proton money involved in it's development, as I can't think that MEM funded it alone, particularly with the likes of Gronholm having tested it. It seems to be reasonably quick in the hands of Ollie Mellors, who I don't think is the fastest driver in this country (hard to tell though, with most of his rallying having been done in the Proton S2000 competing against no other S2000s). There seems to be huge fan interest from Malaysia in particular! Search Proton R5 and you'll see all the views it gets. There's a British Rally Media test media with nearly 110k views. My own 14 second video of it from Goodwood in 2017 got 15k views, nearly 15k more than most of my other videos... 53% of which were Malaysian (next country Portugal at 6%).
So anyway, I'd love to know where this program is going. At this rate I fear nowhere, but seemingly reasonably quickly...
Shame Marty McCormack didnt use the Iriz R5 on Rally Bae Ceredigeon as was on the original entry list...
Another Mk2 in Turkey
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEL2TrIX...pg&name=medium
It's giving plenty of trouble....Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
Chassis 14 to Enrique García Ojeda (KRS)
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