Tanak was 4.6s faster on SS4 than Evans and yet they decided to give Evans 2s faster notional time from SS1.. Stewards having some strong wine once again..
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Tanak was 4.6s faster on SS4 than Evans and yet they decided to give Evans 2s faster notional time from SS1.. Stewards having some strong wine once again..
They have used Neuville as the reference point while giving the notional times, and as Tänak didn't have a great run on SS1, he suffers because of that. Tänak was only 1.4 seconds faster than Neuville on SS1.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Evans was 3.4 seconds faster than Neuville on SS4 and as Neuville is the reference point, gets awarded 3.4 seconds faster time than Neuville on SS1. Similarly, Fourmaux was 1.8 seconds faster than Neuville on SS4, and gets 1.8 seconds faster time for SS1.
They were probably also taking into account that SS4 was effectively the first run of that stage for Evans, while it was the second run for Tänak. So with that logic you would expect Tänak to have a small advantage on SS4 compared to Evans. Difficult to calculate how many seconds that advantage is though.
Then why no mention of car nr. 11 (Neuville) in the official document?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiK7
https://app-cdn.sportity.com/137e645...cation%202.pdf
Good question, I guess they don't want to bore people with details. But yeah, it would have been good for them to mention that Neuville's time on SS4 has been used as a reference point for Evans, Fourmaux and Pajari. Munster actually set the same time than Neuville on SS4, so they didn't have to reallocate his time because of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
And perhaps it would have been also good for them to mention why Lappi and Rovanperä weren't reallocated worse times than Neuville for SS1. As neither Lappi or Rovanperä had a clean run on SS4, they have taken it into account while reallocating the times and haven't penalised Lappi and Rovanperä any further by giving them worse times than Neuville for SS1.
Again this situation, when Evans was sleeping faster.
I do expect Tanak to pull away from Evans today and Kalle maybe will get into the fight. Tyre management will be key
Ironic when Hyundai have moved their test base to Finland...
RallyJournal:
"After first stage this morning, I said to the engineers that top six or maybe top eight is maximum. You know, it was not driving at all. Thierry (Neuville) was also struggling. Clearly we had struggles with the car and with the car setup.”
According to the Estonian driver, the handling and setup challenges in Chile are similar to those faced during the Finnish round at the beginning of August.
“As said, clearly we had struggles with the car and with the car setup. It’s something to do with these kind of roads as well, like we had in Finland and here. But you still need to push, be able to react and to improve,” Tänak told."
how its ironic
like FX said, the car is fundamentally wrong, nothing to do there. the Finland base not gonna solve all the problems
such a shame they couldnt build the new car for next year
I mean, even with not a good setup, Tanak is 2nd, much better than 6th or 8th. Did he tweak the setup after SS3 or is he pushing like hell?
If Kalle doesn't find his mojo and get into the fight, Tanak can take Evans and win this.
As I understand from the mid service and end of the day interviews he couldnt do much with the set-up, it was just the fact that there was better grip on second passes and then the car just works better.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
But from the onboards I would say he was also pushing like hell, reminded me the Poland Sunday onboards.