Ypres would of suited the R5's alot more as there are alot of tight junctions where the Turbo will help massively. On Finland there faster/flowing nature of the stages will help the cars be closer as the turbo wont be as helpful.
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Ypres would of suited the R5's alot more as there are alot of tight junctions where the Turbo will help massively. On Finland there faster/flowing nature of the stages will help the cars be closer as the turbo wont be as helpful.
Well, he's 3rd in the driver standings, with only VW's in front, so... :) Anyway, I don't believe that the R5 is muuuuch faster than a S2000-car, it may be a bit faster, we have to see, but in Ypres it were definitely not the cars that made it so impressive... In Finland, with these fast flowing stages, I wouldn't be so surprised if a driver with S2000 can beat the R5 cars. Also drivers' opinions are very divided on the competitivity of the Fiesta R5.
In addition to MC jr's point a sick dog in an R5 won't beat a young pup (Lappi) in an S2000
But the R5 seem to be very slow out of corners, due to 5 speed gearbox and lack of aggressive ALS (just speculation??). So maybe there is not so much of an advantage compared to S2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad cat jnr
Surely NORF is totally different in character than Ypre, so we cant really read much into it at the moment.
Definitely not 2 s/km. That's huge. Ogier with S2000 was often around 1-2 s/km down to top WRC drivers last year. In whole first leg of Ypres Neuville was just few seconds faster than Loix. Times on shakedown were very similar (don't forget Neuville did 6 runs and Loix only 3). Second day Loix was cruising and the comparison doesn't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by sollitt
Yes, they doesn't seem to be fast out of slow corners. In the shakedown comparison onboard there was a slow junction followed by some 10 seconds of acceleration and both Loix and Neuville were in same place after those 10 seconds. The difference in acceleration was zero. But that applies on asphalt straight where it's easy to keep S2000 in the best rpm and also with the very latest 2013 Škoda engine which is according to my information really very strong (for NA engine). In twisty sections and on gravel torque matters much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
Thanks. It is always something :) I have a question regarding Himos stage. Are there any interesting parts there ? When I'm looking on google street view it's look like highway :) I don't know how looks this downhill near finish, this can be interesting.
Regarding R5, Jan Sykora was using R5 Ford in last weekend in Rally Bohemia in Czech. Times was rally good he won even one stage but still Kopecky and Kresta in S2000 and Pech in Mini RRC were faster. Maybe this is becasue Sykora was using first time this kind of car and he has to get more practice.
BTW he crashed at the end of rally.
I know this won´t be significant and exact, but just for getting an idea about speed of R5: Sykora with Fabia was 0,37s/km faster than Odlozilik in same car (Fabia) during Rally Krkonose (part of czech rallysprint championship) and then after first leg of Rally Bohemia Sykora with Fiesta R5 was 0,64 s/km faster than Odlozilik with Fabia S2000. So difference on technical tarmac could be (in my eyes and I won´t be too far from true) about 0,25-0,3 s/km. Definitelly not 2s/km, not even on gravel , I don´t expect it.
Lappi and Paddon are both driving customer Fabia, not factory Fabia.
so I think R5 will be faster car than Skoda in NORF, but R5 versus RRC, hard to say.
Official rallyguide is out:
Jyväskylän MM-rallin virallinen katsojaopas ilmestyi | Tuulilasi
some parts also in English!
Am I correct that both will have same cars from BRR?Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex