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But Neuville trailed Kris Meeke’s Citroën C3 and Ogier’s Ford Fiesta during the opening leg as he struggled with the i20’s set-up and Nandan admitted more work is needed to improve the i20’s performance.
“I think it needs to be a little bit better, I think we are a bit behind,” he said. “The Citroën has shown it’s a fantastic car on Tarmac and for sure we have to work on that, especially for the next Tarmac events. But I’m quite sure the engineers will find a good solution to improve the car.”
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/april...1--12-12-.html
Ogier
It was definitely a roller coaster weekend. Up and down all the time. Luckily for us it finished on the high with really good points, better than I was hoping for. This morning was starting not so good, well for the first half of the long stage everything was fine. Obviously we had no chance to catch Thierry any more so we were just driving at a good pace but nothing extra. Suddenly mid-stage the car started to lose the boost and then it was a bit difficult, but mid stage it was still pretty fast with wide roads so I didn’t lose too much I think. But then when I took the narrow roads and found some hairpins I realised that this electronic problem we had was not only the boost, but also the central diff was locked and that means we had no handbrake for the hairpins so we struggled quite a lot. At the end of the stage we were behind Dani, but I was not really confident that it would work again for the last stage. The only thing we could do in this moment was change one of the ECU’s we had in the car, but the team was not really confident that would solve the problem. When we were resetting the car it was working a little bit but we never knew for how long. Luckily it worked for this last 10 kilometre Power Stage.
http://www.fia.com/news/wrc-tneuvill...mazing-feeling
Latvala and Sordo moving before clock is down to 0?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
After an idyllic first day in Corsica, Kris Meeke led the insular test at the wheel of a Citroën C3 WRC which demonstrated all its potential on asphalt in the hands of the Briton.
If the chance had smiled in Meeke in Mexico with a road trip inconsequential in the last hectometers of the Power Stage before winning, success was not the rendezvous in Corsica, with a engine failure after the ES6.
"Before his retirement, Kris Meeke evolved in complete serenity, recalls Yves Matton, director of Citroen Racing. His confidence in the car was such that he dominated his subject. Obviously, the black spot is his abandonment because of a motor problem.
We know this was caused by a leak in the oil lubrication circuit. But we will have to wait until we have completely disassembled the car to determine the first cause of this concern. "
A comfortable car on all terrains
Despite this setback, Kris Meeke believes that Citroën Racing's work on the development of the C3 WRC is in the right direction, as demonstrated by recent performances in Mexico and last weekend in Corsica.
"It's obviously not the issue I was looking for, but it's part of the game," said the Briton. For a car to go as fast as possible, dozens of people who work on thousands of parts ... and sometimes this does not work as expected.
In any case, I leave this weekend with a huge confidence for the future. It was really special to lead this rally, which I consider the most difficult on asphalt. We know that our C3 WRC can win on all terrains and that's what we will try to do in Argentina, then in Portugal and everywhere else. "
http://www.autohebdo.fr/wrc/actualit...le-184700.html
Just nailed it perfect, the gap in WRX to the line is 10-12 cm in WRX at least. That could have been the 0.1 he got on Breen. You can easily loose 10 sec during a rally by being too slow on the lights, try setting a WR on Dirt Rally and you'Il figure out how important it is :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
Sordo at power stage.Doesntseem that he didn't pushed.
https://youtu.be/BRkcx8gTluU
It didn't on the live broadcast as well. His problem was as the whole rally was - not perfect setup car for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
None of the Hyundais did well on PS. They don't seem to be that good on fast open tarmac compared with others.
The device detecting false start is a bit further from the startline. So ypu can jump a bit without getting a false start. You can gain a dew tenths thereQuote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
:laugh:
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Originally Posted by dimviii
Want to see that cow when Dumas approached ;)
Rossel was really good with ds3 r5, never heard of him before, checked out is previous results and looks like a really fast and talented guy. Maybe the next Ogier/Loeb?
The FFSA seem to think so. He's definitely got the backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allar
This was pure mindgame by champion. Last comments and things from Ogier were that he has problems with car, so, Sordo was not expecting him to catch up. Actually, Ogiers car worked basically 100% on that last stage and if you look at Sordos face at the finishline then you realize that he was surprised!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
And one more thing, if you look Hyundai perfomance, then they were very OK early in the morning, and they were nowhere when temperature raised.
Morning run in SS5 asfalt temp was as low as +9 degrees and maximum less than +20 and in the afternoon, the same stage over +30 degrees and reaching +40 in some locations, while in some location, it was still around +15, so, big contrasts ;) Novella 2 was different, we do not have benchmark as Ogier had problems here and if you look at Neuville on that last stage, he was 110 % all the time and he had several lucky moments in this short stage. I must say that Novella stage is getting worse and worse each year, it is almost like full gravel already! Look at the dust cloud behind the cars!
Sebastien Ogier on the FIA press conference made some complaints.
Basicly, he complained for:
- Having the most reliable of all Fiesta WRC 2017;
- Had lose 50 secs with two problems in a rally, when usually a problem in the 2017 Fiesta made the divers lose minutes;
- Being one of the drivers that more times runned out of the road this year without any damage on the car.
No mindgames, it simply was an intermittable problem. Find and read Ogier's quotes dimvii posted back.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
I am a nice guy and will give you some knowledge for free. When somebody picks something up he raises it. When something just goes up like the sun ot the temperature it rises.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Go on then I'll give you some knowledge for free too. That isn't a word.Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
Thank you, step by step we are all improving :) intermittent it is indeed. Random appearance and nobody with a clue how to fix it.
one more guy with onboards https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC__...G7uix5A/videos
Thank you, early morning is not my time :P I know it but I just do not notice what I write :)Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
Regarding this electric problem, it was fixed before the stage with the hope that it will not reappear as it was very smooth stage. At the finish line, Sordo did not look like he expected Seb to be as fast as he was :) So, basically, Hyundai lost 3 points and M-sport won 3 points on that stage, so in total, it means 6 points diffenece :)
Sorry, wrong thread. Correct thread is "WRC 2017 Mechanical Issues and Failures"
Is there any video of Hänninen's crash?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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There's no onboards..Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
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Sh* they disappeared. But here they still remain https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoD...2L1C7lg/videos
Please, don't link rip off account links here.Quote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
Would you tell me who is the reliable original?
And it's gone..(probably being switched to private) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by A FONDO
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A clip with fantastic sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG93hQw7Em0
'Fun fact'
Leg 1 of the TDC in 1983 was longer than the whole 2017 event.
But the cars those days were more fragile. Its funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
There used to be a service after every stage, maybe You forgot.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
I don't know. What kind of service? Could they change blown engine? Gearbox?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Blown engine no. Gearbox yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol_ieWX8SxEQuote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
In those days there were almost no rules regarding service. Smaller teams had one van and service every few stages, bigger teams had more vans and service after every single stage. In group B days some teams even used helicopters to transport mechanics and spare parts quickly. It's only in the '90s that the format of rallies changed to having a service park. The countless service vans were too dangerous for the traffic, as they were often doing a "rally" of their own, trying to service the rallycar as much as possible.
Exactly also the growing density of road traffic gradually complicated the servicing through the years.