[WRC] Rally Sweden 2026

https://www.autohebdof1.com/news/ral...rth-wheel.html

Wheatley said that they compromise with chassis being focused more for end of season, where there is more gravel events and they still don't know if that will even pay off and they sacrifice Sweden for that.

Should make fundraiser for Thierry to drive Toyota and let him for once know how proper rally car feels and drives :D

2 rallies in and two most motivated guys have had enough with this car :D

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Originally Posted by deephouse

https://www.autohebdof1.com/news/ral...rth-wheel.html

Wheatley said that they compromise with chassis being focused more for end of season, where there is more gravel events and they still don't know if that will even pay off and they sacrifice Sweden for that.

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Fire that guy

Everything has gone wrong since he joined IMO

Agree. Want to see what is the apology when they don't perform on the gravel.

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Originally Posted by Morte66

I wrote this before the PS. I did think about posting it before to see how big a fool I could be, but decided to keep my powder dry.


Evans did the business.

Katsuta very good. I’d be sorry for his tyre problems, or whatever they were, if I wasn’t an Evans fan. I never really took him seriously, but I'm coming to think he could win Sweden one year when the stars align.

Neuville, Fourmaux were fine in the circumstances.

Lappi finished the rally without issues in a decent position, looking quietly competent, which is exactly what the team wants from a third driver. Why couldn’t he do this when he was full time?

Pajari looking better than he has. But no “Pajari, future champion?” thread based on this.

Enni Malkonen nearly beat Pajari. Maybe she’s a good influence, and Sami should get her back? He went downhill after they parted, you know…

Armstrong showed real speed and stayed on the road. Right now he looks like he could have a career like Neuville, or a career like Lappi. We will see.

Solberg… Was fast at the start, but went off so maybe he was too fast, but got back on. After that, not so different from the rest of Toyota overall but with more risk. Still an unknown quantity.

Sesks did some fast stages. But after bad luck happens too many times, one starts to wonder whether it’s luck.


I feel like Solberg could be the next Tanak and Sesks could be the next Meeke, but it could also be the other way round.


I don’t think championship points matter much right now. Whoever leads the championship after Japan will be punished for leading it. Championship race starts around Chile.


Have you noticed how Evans hasn’t been putting a hat on before talking in stage end interviews? No sponsorship, I guess?

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I agree on most of this: I really, really would like to see Evans as WDC!

I addition: Armstrong seems to have that cool head that will lead him up consistent Top 5 in future. He has smth in him. Also personality seems very marketable.

All who wrote Pajari off and put the pressure on him should put their heads in Umeå snow bank - this guy is fast, give him time, he is consistent Top3 material.

Hyundai: as Niki Lauda said in the movie Rush after the Ferrari test: all these facilities and you built a piece of crap like this...?!

About Sesks: what all are missing - his situation is similar to Sunninen at Ford - he was asked to perform without normal PETs and car developments - he started to overdrive. I asked before Swe in the Msport chat, if anyone had seen any footage from Msport PET? Basically Sesks tests the car on shakedowns. What do we all expect? In addition, he can not drive safe - then situation would be like last year - when Msport asked him to finish on unknown rallies, everybody were saying he was slow (again, with limited testing and seattime). When he pushes with all the limitations - everybody says he is overdriving.

All this is very unfair to young and talented drivers.

Evans for WDC! 😀

Agree.

Elfyn beat Ogier on pace and took 2nd Sunday points and all Power Stage points in Ogier’s back yard. Elfyn’s new aggressiveness meant Ogier looked like the one on the back foot at the end of the rally.

Will be interesting to see how the battle develops in Kenya when Ogier comes back in.

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Originally Posted by Bigalstosh99

Agree.

Elfyn beat Ogier on pace and took 2nd Sunday points and all Power Stage points in Ogier’s back yard. Elfyn’s new aggressiveness meant Ogier looked like the one on the back foot at the end of the rally.

Will be interesting to see how the battle develops in Kenya when Ogier comes back in.

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Sorry guys. Misplaced post from. Meant to be a reply to M3 Jambo two pages back. Fat fingers on my part.

On Hyundai and Neuville... despite his struggles and lack of confidence in the car, without his time loss with an off (& misted screen), time penalty, plus tyre-saving on Sunday, he would still have been fighting for the podium. He also won some stages.

Sesks should be here full time, no doubt about it. As he is fast and sometimes have some offs. While McErlean is slow and still have some offs. Armstrong did prove enough he is here because he have talent. And if he will be in WRC next year he can challenge for podiums or maybe a wins already.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

On Hyundai and Neuville... despite his struggles and lack of confidence in the car, without his time loss with an off (& misted screen), time penalty, plus tyre-saving on Sunday, he would still have been fighting for the podium. He also won some stages.

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Definitely not. I don’t know how you came to this conclusion