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hahah those glasses.
Loeb looks so tiny. Is that correct scale?
Harry Potter, Ron and two house elves
Τhe Daltons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverk
"I am delighted to take on this new role as team manager and their respective additional responsibilities," said Adamo in an official statement from Hyundai. "I hope to unify and merge our diverse motoring activities, both of the WRC and the Customer Career Department. We have a great team of people in Alzenau, so my goal is to optimize resources and continue building on the foundations that have been established so far. "
Regarding his priorities for the WRC, Adamo said: "I'm not the kind of person who comes and changes things suddenly. I need to take the time to understand what works well and what we should improve. They asked me to help the company succeed, but this is a team effort. We need to continue the work that was done up to here. The team fought for the title in recent years, so I will do what I can to take the extra step that is needed. "
Adamo himself explained that his growth was linked to the world of motor sport from an early age. "My father worked as a technical commissioner in the Italian national association and when I was 14 years old I decided that I wanted to be a motor racing engineer. I attended a technical school and then I went to study engineering in Turin. During that time I was cooperating with Abarth in rally and on track. "
"Then I worked as a junior aerodynamic in the DTM, until I started working with super touring cars," said Hyundai team director. "I was a track engineer in Italian and Spanish championships and I worked with the FIAT Group until 2008. Then I became a consultant working on rally car projects for Lotus and N Tecnología until 2012. I had a position in Honda Racing for the WTCC until 2015 and at the end of that year I finally joined Hyundai. "
"When I joined the client racing department, we were only three members and the focus was only on the R5 Rally program," said Adamo. "We had to create the whole department from scratch, build and develop a car to increase the customer base in a short time. It was ambitious and difficult, but we did it. Since then, we have added a successful TCR project. This program, together with that of the WRC and R5, is helping us to create a solid reputation for Hyundai in motor sport. "
http://motorboxradio.com.ar/2019/01/...a-tener-exito/
Thierry Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoil have different personal sponsor stickers.
Other Hyundai pairs have same together.
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I like it overall but there are a few places that stand out in negative way:
- the red parts on the dive planes
- the red step in front of rear wheel
- not sure the rear black rims fit that well
I agree on most points, but rear wheels are actually blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
with Huttunen entered to Rally Sweden in a Fabia, he must be out of Hyundai?
Read this - https://www.rallit.fi/jari-huttusen-...ensi-kaudeksi/Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Yeah that was earlier news, but at that point everything was still open, they didn't know (or tell) whether the Hyundai program will continue or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Any french speaking french can make an assumption of what he says?
I understood these things:
Some people said that he has wasted a one life chance last year but he thinks that he has many more chances in the future
He expects Loeb to make me pass ahaed of him if needed since he is not aiming for championship.
He said nothing special about Adamo (but maybe he did, please confirm).
He wouldn't change anything about his approach of last year because he did good.
Add something because my french is bad.
Link to zoomable image: http://forum-rallye.com/uploads/mont...1547455900.jpg
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About Adamo: he says he is happy that "they" listened to the drivers who wanted a change in the technical departement and management. Last year, when something happened, it was never somebody's fault and in the end nothing changed. The car was equal on pace in the beginning of the year but felt behind in the 2nd half, that has to be changed.
About Toyota: we need to catch up quickly, to avoid a "VW dominance". Toyota exploited the 2018 rules concerning the testing around their own base to test more before Monte than other teams. That should be better this year.
About updates: no updates yet, but he hopes to have them from Corsica onwards.
About Loeb: he prefers to have him in his team than in another team. And certainly didn't want him helping Ogier. Loeb is there to help the team, not to help him. He hopes his experience will help devellop the car. But he does say that he expects him to pull over and switch positions if they are 1 and 2. But that will be Huyndai's decision.
That should be the most important :)
Andreas basically saying he will try another driving style, leave the car set up as is and see what happens.. lol. I'm sure this is good news for Paddon...
https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/janu...1--12-12-.html
"learning" topic comment are on their way again lolQuote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
If 2016 Latvala is anything to go by, this won't end well.Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Neuville/Sordo style in i20 on tarmac meant 3-5th place at best in 2018.
But not like he has much choice when close to no changes were done to the car on tarmac to suit him.
Realy wonder what happens once Loeb drives the car on dry tarmac (Corsica +).
Anyway what does Mikkelsen's terrible pace on tarmac have to do with Paddon? You mean they drop Mikkelsen on tarmac rounds and let Paddon, who never did any good on tarmac drive? If anything they would put Sordo on same rounds as Loeb.
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Originally Posted by mknight
But changes were at least made to the car in general before Spain. Both Neuville and Sordo commented that the car felt a lot better and easier to drive, especially in the drier conditions. Mikkelsen then went and produced one of the most horrible performances I've seen from a top driver, getting beat by R5s on a full length stage etc. Hyundai belatedly made a positive step and it still didn't help Mikkelsen, in fact he was worse than ever.
So ofcourse Hyundai aren't going to homologate new upgrades just for Andreas when Neuville and Sordo are happier with the last set of changes. That's why Mikkelsen knows he either has to adapt or he's out of the team.
That's a lot of French speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I wonder if Andreas will start to feel like he's not part of the 'cool' gang...
He will feel even less cool if Loeb beats him for the manu points in Monte... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Mikkelsen should worry more about being part of the fast gang rather than the cool gang.
Does Sordo speak French too?
EDIT: Answer from another thread: Yes.
Does Dakar 'warm up' count as an excuse? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Dont think Monte is the place where he should be faster than Loeb. Monte is kinda a lottery (with the two Seb´s most likely on top). In Sweden on the other hand, he has to deliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I don think he have any more jokers left to prove. Now or never. He could be joined in half seasoners club right away. My prediction is on Monday morning.
Thierry Neuville switches to Opel:
https://twitter.com/Martin_Cullen/st...89708475273217
Only this weekend haha.
So Loeb did two rounds and has a break now, how do people think he did relative to the expectation when he was signed. I have a few quotes to help some remember:
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Obviously it's very easy to point out these in perfect hindsight.
On the other hand the difference between his C3 outings last year and I20 this year is huge.
In C3:
- top 3 speed in all rallies, leading 2 of 3
- fastest or equally fastest C3 in all of them (in Mexico he was about same speed as Meeke, Corsica faster, Spain fastest but only Breen to compare with)
Remember that C3 was still considered a difficult car to master on gravel when he drove it first time in Mexico (before suspension changes) and he was immediately fast.
I20:
- top 4-5 speed in Monte, only faster than Tidemand in Sweden
- clearly slower than Neuville on both, same speed as Mikkelsen in Monte when both competed, slowest in Sweden
- slower than Suninen on dry tarmac with same tires when he said he was pushing max!
I don't think he forgot how to drive in a few months. Sure there are factors that can explain why he is slower (new car, not enough testing, dakar before monte, long time since driving on snow etc. etc.), but the difference is imo so big that it can't be only down to those. Clearly the performance is very different compared with the expectations quoted above.
can somebody start banning people from the UK ? their stupidity lowers the forums intellectual level....
Yup, not that others with the same car have been fighting for wins or a second place (Tänak was unbeatable last weekend)...no...
And you also counted the reasons: experience in the car, being in Dakar for several thousands of km`s etcetc. Your arguments would be valid, maybe(!) in autumn.
and he has quoted me from Crystal Balls thread :rolleyes:
It is hard to assess the performance of these cars these days. Hyundai seem to struggle a lot on high speed events. And well, Tanak is having an amazing spell at the moment.
But somehow seems like i20 is only the second best car after Yaris. The car seems to be hard to drive, all others struggle apart from Neuville.
Lets see, interesting stuff !
You both guessed wrong for the first two outings and both your predictions apply to that. Nothing bad about that, it's guessing after all. Everyone here guesses wrong every now and then.
The mentioned factors were very much known when he was signed, so not much of an excuse in them.
The funny thing is the reactions, does admitting you were wrong hurt physically or why is that a problem? The troll on my ignore list has little to say after the long "Finish village team of nobodies" story.
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There are two reasons why I had to quote people
1. Lot of people don't seem to remember what they thought last week, specially if they were not correct.
2. Saying "some people" just invites to hiding
Seriously?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Great idea..Right after they ban Greek lab-rats living in England...Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T