Yes, and that's a bit strange from a guy who switched from Markkula to Salminen some six months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Katvala
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Yes, and that's a bit strange from a guy who switched from Markkula to Salminen some six months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Katvala
Are you joking? It's only his second codriver switch since he's driving on international level. First one after 4 years with Markkula, now a switch after half a season with Salminen. Nothing to worry about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
Duval switched a lot more
Verstuurd vanaf mijn ONEPLUS A6013 met Tapatalk
Yeah but who would he pick next? Not many active co-drivers with WRC experience out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
There could be a lot of reasons for this change. Maybe there's something behind the scenes in the chemistry between the two? Maybe Salminen's lack of WRC experience shows in the current WRC world? Maybe Salminen is fed up with Suninen being mean to him (like in Arganil 2)? Maybe it's pressure from the management to get at least one good result this year in order to secure a seat for next year?
At the end of Luilhas in Portugal, there's a conversation after the finish line with a very cold tone.
Suninen: What was the deal with you telling me there's 2km to go? I didn't ask. Just read the notes.
Salminen: I thought you asked
Suninen: I said 'don't cut' so we have a mark of that for next year
and then neither says anything.
No. 1 reason Timo Jouhki is calling the shots https://twitter.com/buagsports/statu...37911737913345Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Investment protection strategy.
Don´t forget Pickems for Sardegna!
Suninen expains change to Lehtinen:
https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/june...8--12-12-.html
It's just a news article based on the M-Sport press release which you posted already on the previous page. All articles are based on that press release. Most likely we won't hear more about this change publicly in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Suninen
From Rally Sardegna onwards I will compete with a very experienced co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen. I am positive that his experience counts when we head to the challenges in this rally and eventually towards rest of the #WRC season 2019! Welcome onboard, Jarmo! https://t.co/19ozJTo1FC
Hot weather and rough roads... Kajto swapped from the Polo R5 to a Fabia.
Interview: https://t.co/rNWKYahhEK
Current weather forecasts giving 35-37°C peak temperatures for Friday afternoon
Plenty of sunscreen in the luggage!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
41 in Sassari. I will melt.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Will Toyota's dampers melt though? Or will they used harder springs or something like that like in Turkey last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverk
Friday's cleaning will be brutal for the top three, especially for Ogier.
unfortunately they have to use the same dampers as in PortugalQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Oh calm-nice boy wasn't be so nice. Aggressive driving style and aggressive in-car mood - not sounds like good choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Will the citroen reliability help Ogier to get back the time (position) lost due to opening the road?
Most likely but who knows...
i would be amazed if all the 3 Toyotas survive the extra hot Friday, damage limitation for them in here.
Yeah, the heat will be tough on the dampers and brakes, differentials as well. And what about the Hyundai fuel system, have they been able to rectify that issue?
That's why they bring four of them ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Bigger problem for M-Sport, cuz they overheating even in Portugal.
BTW What a problem to change dumpers from Portugal to Sardegna?
Linked rallies, they have to use the same parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
The weather forecast doesn't look now as intense for Friday anymore
So Ott will use same broken dumper as this is 'linked' rally? It's some nonsense hereQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Well they have allocated a certain set of dampers and other spare parts and that must be used. They cannot go and try a different damper brand to help coping in the heat.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
+They can repair broken parts. But as said can´t replace different type of parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Suninen:
Recce time in @Rally_d_Italia - beautiful and warm as always. Now getting used to third different voice in seven months. Stages are nice but here you need to be clever as well not to break the car.
https://t.co/O2EjZ8jTxh
I think the Toyotas will struggle here especially on Friday. The weather is supposed to 38C and that will be horrible. Hyundais fuel issue can be a problem if they have not resolved it, but that would be a sad shame after Adamo saying they know the issue and will take care of it.
Latvala should do well here with his road position, but car problems could cause issues. JML's old school driving style also puts more stress on the vehicle with big slides and hard breaking to move the balance of the car. Citroen could do very well here. I'm thinking of moving Lappi higher up in my pickems because of 1. his road position and 2. Citroen's reliability. Ogier will be drastically affected by Friday's extremely dry stages, but the C3 copes well with heat.
My prediction as of today is Neuville, Lappi, Ogier, Sordo and Mikkelsen in the top 5 followed by the Toyota's. I say this only because I assume the Toyota's will struggle in the heat and semi rough roads. As for the Ford's it's up in the air for me as they have odd issues here and there, but nothing common and repetitive like the Toyota's and Hyundais. My heart on the other hand wants to see Latvala, Meeke and even Hanninen do well :).
Is Hanninen allowed to compete as a fourth car with different components?? If so, he could go well, but he's rusty in competition.
Haninen's car isnt 'linked' to Portugal like the others as it didnt run there. So it can have a different brand of dampers.
Other changes like the brake cooling that was tested arent homologated.
So they can get new one with exact construction?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Anyway change dumper supplier within 2 weeks without any test it's not good idea. I hope this is only some factory defect with JML and Ott dumpers.
They are allowed to use X amount of dampers for the two events combined. And yeah I know it would be outrageous to change dampers without testing. That's what Hänninen is most likely doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
They are allowed 5 sets for Portugal and Sardinia in total, I don`t know how these new rules are but it might be that the dampers are sealed so they can`t even make service on them until after SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Stewards decicions 1&2
-Andolfi can do shakedown with WRC and WRC2 PRO
-Østberg can bring his spare gearbox later to scrutineering
Remember, only just over 24 hrs left for making PICKEMS for Sardegna.
Will close tomorrow at 2300 CET. ;)
SS1 has already been driven at that pointQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
https://twitter.com/TGR_WRC/status/1138853947752497152
Sardegna will be Tänaks 100th rally, if he wins, it will be his 10th career win, and if he somehow manages to get 12 stage wins, he will have 200 career stage wins after Sardegna.
https://www.rallit.fi/juho-hannisell...n-pikku-jekku/
In this Finnish interview Hänninen says (in his well-known humorous way) he hopes that the top guys will be so much faster than him already on SS2, that there wouldn't be any need to compare the times against them after that. And once again he says that this is just about testing and nothing else. Which, without a shadow of a doubt is true, but... once a rally driver, always a rally driver. We saw in Sweden how easy it was for Grönholm to "just enjoy the rally". Juho's my biggest modern day hero, and part of me hopes that he will call Tommi right after SS2 and tell him to forget about the test plan.
[QUOTE=AnttiL;1220058] And what about the Hyundai fuel system, have they been able to rectify that issue?
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Its been an on going issue that first reared its head at Mexico 2017, Should get it fixed one day.