lol at 2.15Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
at this video we watch damage at rear corner,probably when touching the snowbanks
Same as yesterdays videos from Evans.
and a new one
https://youtu.be/NmTWjsIIllU
Printable View
lol at 2.15Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
at this video we watch damage at rear corner,probably when touching the snowbanks
Same as yesterdays videos from Evans.
and a new one
https://youtu.be/NmTWjsIIllU
Taka wanted to take a shortcut it seems
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtYOLHRX...pg&name=medium
If that happened on a stage without spectators it would be good 40 mins of shoveling at least...
I would like to see Latvala take the the GR Yaris at the start there for a testdrive in the snow!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Put in a rollcage and bang!
Tänak and Neuville starting on Estonian winter rally next* weekend.
Should be quite a lot different from Arctic stages, but still better than nothing..
e: thanks, yes next wknd
Next weekend and Hyundai is currently around rovaniemi somewhere also testing.
Lasse Paanala
@LPaanala
Today it was @TakamotoKatsuta
behind the wheel alongside coach @JuhoWRC
. Good fun to spectate.
#TK18 #ArcticRallyFinland #WRC
WRC Timo
@HautamakiTimo
· 2h
Takamoto katsuta.. fast but now offroad again... 3 offroad in 1 test. #WRC #rallytest
Hyundai Motorsport is running its i20 World Rally Car in Lapland this week with Thierry Neuville first to run the car in full snow specification.
The Belgian has new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe alongside for the first time at a pre-event test, following their successful debut together at last month’s Rallye Monte-Carlo.
Team-mates Craig Breen and Ott Tänak follow Neuville into the test car in readiness for the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Toyota ships its Yaris World Rally Car north next week, but the current manufacturers’ championship leaders have made the most of solid winter conditions at their permanent test venue close to Jyväskylä.
Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanperä and Takamoto Katsuta have all driven the car this week, with Sébastien Ogier due behind the wheel on Friday.
While Toyota’s rally HQ sits some 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle, conditions in central Finland have been perfect for winter rally testing, with heavy snow and temperatures as low as -20°C.
Evans said: “We had quite a nice fast stage to run on. I don’t know much about the stages up around Rovaniemi, but I think the road we had was fairly similar. It’s always good to get out in the car again and the conditions were really nice – trust me, it was properly cold!
“Next week’s the set-up test for the event, but this was a good way of getting back into driving the car in this sort of specification, which is pretty different from what we had in Monte.”
M-Sport Ford begins its pre-event preparations with Gus Greensmith and Teemu Suninen the weekend before the event (February 20 / 21) ensuring conditions are as relevant as possible.
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...rozen-finland/
So he needs more testing!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Oliver Solberg is having a full test day with i20 WRC today in Rovaniemi area.
Would be interesting to see the data the engineers collect from Oliver, compared to the other up and coming they have had in a 3rd and 4th cars, compared with the top drivers. And also see the development he has during the test and also the rally.
Oliver Solberg
@OliverSolberg01
From the look on my face you can probably guess what I’m up to today...!
��
��
@HMSGOfficial
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtnamFDX...jpg&name=large
Oliver Solberg
@OliverSolberg01
Check out some action footage and interviews with me (and my dad!) from my first test in the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC at https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANJMG4Vnkkc
(with thanks to @DirtFishRally!)
https://youtu.be/ANJMG4Vnkkc
based on the tests it seems no rear bumper needed for that rally :D
Some oversteering pics. Maybe necessary in the snowy conditions....?
lol at 2.15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv1HDh0yVns
i ve watched it too,and thats not good.Ok first km with wrc.lets wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Is it just me or each time I hear his voice I swear I hear Petter talking. I know he's his son but it baffles me each time.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Those images are stills taken from DirtFish videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
No, they are taken by Colin Clark.Quote:
Originally Posted by abcrally
Very easy to go a bit wide when you have lots of grip in the ruts and powder on the sides.
I once saw studs on a rear tyre not making any marks in the ice on a watered test road with only 2cm of fresh snow on the sides because the new tires float on top.
That car has 2020 rear wing and roof vent. (didn't see any diffuser pic but I guess it also has the 2020 one). Unlike Loubet at Monte who had 2019 versions of all 3.
Maybe it was the only car available and he will run the other one, maybe he is getting this spec unlike Loubet or maybe they'll upgrade both cars.
this is the works car for the test not the 2C one.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Noticed that Tänak was testing with fullface helmet..
Any advantages over the ,,regular,, half-open one?
Except maybe warmer and looking like astronaut :D
Shame really that these cars with the big aero dont use the snowbanks to nudge the rear back into line, like in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
They also dont want to do that as rear spoilers and diffusers cost a lot if damaged.
I remember once reading that Loeb preferred to use full face helmets on fast rallies. Maybe Tanak is trying something like that...Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Or, as you said, maybe to keep warmer 🤣🤣
They can use the hybrid part for that, electric AC. Nice both in winter and summer for the pilots!Quote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
but what was the reason for Loeb? did he say it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
hmmmm.... maybe safety???Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Probably open face helmets are better in very hot rallies or high altitudes like Mexico where you have low oxygen levels. Meanwhile, on fast rallies you have a bigger risk of a big crash where you can hit your face.
It's crazy to think the drivers were allowed to run without a helmet in Safari in the late 80's (maybe early 90's as well) when it wasn't a special stage rally. But still many sections had high speeds on long straights with very unpredicable obstacles like animals, civil traffic and sudden bumps. The drivers chose to drive without a helmet because the driving days were so long, basically there was no slow liaisons, full speed all the time.
I remember McRae in mid nineties without helmetQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Sent from my GM1913 using Tapatalk