WRC Testing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnz0F...layer_embedded

Hurray, wish I could detect the milliseconds diff. :D

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

This is just private testing, nothing to do with M-Sport.

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Do You know if Mads has WRC control tyres available for testing? Zdeněk Hrůza (co-driver of Prokop) told me that for them the control tyres are not available for testing which makes things of course very difficult...

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Originally Posted by dimviii

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnz0FdGCCoA&feature=player_embedded

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It does seem Loeb stays on the ground more... usually wheels drive the car quicker when they contact the road, and usually steering and brakes work better when the tires touch. Usually..

Tavarich Mirek, do you know really how much total wheel movement the good cars have? It certainly appears Ford and Citroen have more wheel travel by a bit over Sloda, and VW, and by a real step over those poor misgeburt německý hovno?

What language is that? English-Russian-German-Czech?

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

What language is that? English-Russian-German-Czech?

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We have to be polite or the big mean moderators will give me more infractions..
(I love languages and have fought to learn to read a little tiny bit of Russian, and like to see the little changes in the various Slavic languages---I especially find it facinating what various peoples call other people---uh er, properly, you know....
Nemenski ...I bet not one in 10,000 Yanks knows the river which--gave some people their name---to other people.)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Do You know if Mads has WRC control tyres available for testing? Zdeněk Hrůza (co-driver of Prokop) told me that for them the control tyres are not available for testing which makes things of course very difficult...

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For some reason Mads drove in Rally Estonia with Michelin tires. At the time it seemed strange to me, but this could be true. Neuville was on Pirellis as usual.

what is a control tyre?

I think the tyre they must use in the World Rally Championship. (Pirelli)

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Originally Posted by janvanvurpa

It does seem Loeb stays on the ground more... usually wheels drive the car quicker when they contact the road, and usually steering and brakes work better when the tires touch. Usually..

Tavarich Mirek, do you know really how much total wheel movement the good cars have? It certainly appears Ford and Citroen have more wheel travel by a bit over Sloda, and VW, and by a real step over those poor misgeburt německý hovno?

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I think that main reason why Škoda has a bit less travel is in the fact it was born mainly for asphalt. It still has more travel than it's main opponent Peugeot and usually it was faster than Peugeot on gravel. Can't be said about Ford though. I don't know any exact values, sorry, but from what I saw the travel of Polo seems quite big to me. I think that the difference in the jump above is mainly in Ogier's more flamboyant driving. When I was in NORF in 2011 Ogier and Loeb were driving both DS3 but completely different style. Loeb was very precise, straight as much as possible. Ogier was driving similar to Latvala, very wide and crazy everywhere.