gallery of Tänak https://tuomastoyryralli.kuvat.fi/ku...tit+17.6.2020/
good pic of the new front aero https://tuomastoyryralli.kuvat.fi/ku...0/IMG_0101.JPG
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gallery of Tänak https://tuomastoyryralli.kuvat.fi/ku...tit+17.6.2020/
good pic of the new front aero https://tuomastoyryralli.kuvat.fi/ku...0/IMG_0101.JPG
gallery of Evans and Tänak https://hencca.galleria.fi/kuvat/Urh...+Evans+17.06./
https://hencca.galleria.fi/kuvat/Urh...+Tänak+17.06./
wrcwings about Hyundais front aero https://www.wrcwings.tech/2020/06/17...ns-in-finland/
nice article about Hyundais test https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/insid...rash-recovery/
For the last two seasons, Tänak’s been in the box seat when Rally Finland’s come to town. And for the last two seasons he made the most of the Toyota Yaris WRC – a car crafted on these roads – and took back-to-back wins in Jyväskylä. Knowing how good the Yaris was, he can tell us how much work has to be done with the i20.
We pose the question. Cue one of those looks from Ott that speaks volumes without saying anything. And this time the silence is saying: “Do you seriously expect me to answer that?”
Yes. Please.
He smiles. He’s seen us coming.
“Every car,” he offers, “has its own personality. We are working on this car now to make sure it beats the other one.”
Classic Tänak. There’s a wink from his PR man Henri Rump. One-nil. He’s taught him well.
On his WRC.com podcast Toyota's Tom Fowler said they're testing some 'secret developments' on the Finland test.
https://www.wrc.com/en/archive/podcasts/
couple of more of Ott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Livwou28oR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3PmRs-wLw
havent seen any vids of Evans here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5nNvIM_66Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2BKJjuhgvw
so good to see the teams back, i wish M-sport would have tested as well
Cash is tight at M-Sport with the Evaluation Centre to be finished and 2022 car to be started. A few runs in Greystoke will probably be all they'll do.
Is this inside info Eddie? Or have you pulled from the internet somewhere (the bit about cash being tight at M-Sport).Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Both facts are on their website, plus that the pandemic has stopped income streams for cars and parts. Its my assessment that cash is therefore tight and wont be spent on expensive testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
This also on Dirtfish...
"It's tough right now,” said Wilson. “I’ve been in this business a long time and I can’t remember anything like this – nobody can. As you know, there’s nothing more important to me than each and every member of my staff. We’ve had to lose some of them, we’ve had to make some redundancies because we simply didn’t have any money coming into the company.
“When there’s no rallying and no racing, nobody’s buying cars, nobody’s hiring them, buying spares, there’s no rebuild work. Everything just stopped.”
“The last thing I want to be doing right now is spending money,” said Wilson.
Testing of the new 2022 Cars was planned to start in 6 months time (Jan 2021).
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/wrc-t...-next-january/
But the pandemic delay and loss of income has had some effect though.
Toyota has recently canned their GR Yaris and will spend on developing their curent car instead.
Without full Ford backing it's therefore likely M-Sport will have to cut their current car test/development costs to ensure they are ready to build and test their 2022 car.
But Hyundai can probably do anything they want such is their funding.
Regarding Wilson's words, they could have used the Government's furlough scheme instead of making any redundancies, especially that this is now extended till October, but of course the chances are, they intended to make these people redundant anyway and just used the current situation as an excuse.
Got you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Dirtfish review about the tests this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrz3c7vh8p8
Dirtfish footage of this week of every driver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sSzTa3ucFA
As I was saying about M-Sport saving money and/or using Greystoke...
'Despite the fact that the teams agreed to have four days of additional tests to the test days that are linked to each rally on the calendar, the Cumbrian preparer has decided to forgo them to save costs .
This was explained by Richard Millener , director of M-Sport, "We did not find it particularly convincing to go testing in Finland when we know that we are not going to compete there this year. In addition, there is the financial issue and the question of whether we could bring back the personnel who traveled to that test due to the confinement and quarantine regulations that exist in the United Kingdom. Travel is quite complicated for us. The feeling we have is that we prefer to wait, understand what the schedule will be like and then make our test plan around that . Until we have something definitive about the WRC, we save resources."
Source: Motor.es
https://www.motor.es/noticias/m-spor...68666_amp.html
“There’s not so much point testing for the sake of testing. We could have done that at our permanent site in Greystoke. Until we’ve got something to aim for, we’ll save the resource,” he added.
WRC.com https://www.wrc.com/en/news/season-2...-test-absence/
Tänak blasting through Viru rally stages https://twitter.com/paddocknews/stat...357694464?s=20
https://twitter.com/Karlip1/status/1...816165888?s=20
Rovanpera today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_newpQ8Tw
Katsuta with new hybrid car?
https://twitter.com/hartusvuoriwrc/s...527740416?s=21
https://twitter.com/petzpepat/status...465552902?s=21
Toyota getting some use out of the 2021 GR Yaris mule after all...
Online rumours suggest a turbo development test, not the hybrid yet.
Still from the video:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ecep75NX...pg&name=medium
Kalle with new co driver, and hair cut
https://twitter.com/KalleRovanpera/s...88021132558336
Suninen confirming M-Sport's budget problems and lack of testing yet:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcozW0SW...png&name=small
Mikkelsen Pirelli testing...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/pirel...ia-wrc-stages/
so good to see the C3 back in action, shame that Citroen left
That black beast will look even better in tarmac-spec.
Mikkelsen c3 Pirelli test
https://youtu.be/j3TeOvJqgrc
Mikkelsen day2 on tarmac https://youtu.be/XjB05XXBEls
Toyota with Evans in Estonia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4f9SKqydIE
I guess this is why it’s so important they get that R5 car sorted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
The others have already improved and Hyundai seem to have grabbed a lot of the recent sales in Ireand which was one of M-Sport's biggest markets.
Rovanpera today https://youtu.be/hGcMHHZDp-E
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Ogier stirring up some roads in Põlvamaa today. Gearbox issues causing delays #WRC #RallyEstonia
small video
https://twitter.com/Karlip1/status/1291332396474863619