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I’m not judging the speed, speed is only relative against the others and until the first rally, we won’t know. What you can do is look at the attitude of the car, and see what it’s doing and in my opinion, there are a couple things it’s doing better than current fiesta.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Puma by checkpointrallye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSAizUQKBAI
Yeah agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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Others are making those VW comments and Wuorela says he is not believing on those rumours...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
For me looks like Wuorela thinks like those 3 ex VW drivers...
Well Mikkelsen was praising VW Polo 2017 as very impressive carQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
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All 3 of the VW drivers were.
Puma Day 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAGOSiPv7U
Big moment on the bump, code brown for the cameraman!Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Hybrid by Zagatoi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5KgliuoROg
Puma by rallyechrono https://youtu.be/Ca1-s5apdXw
Rumours said that there is much bigger problem than only suspension. Something to do with hybrid unit and overheating.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
That could well explain the huge air intakes on the sides of the Toyota Yaris...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex009
Οliver testing at Greece
https://twitter.com/AsachiG/status/1431238169706520576
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQ-...b_channel=Vpap My video from the three days of hyundai test here in greece.
Where is it?
Sardinia, with Matthew J. Wilson
Mikkelsen posted on his Instagram this morning that he was flying to Sardinia ;)
In his weekly video blog he confirms going for tests in Sardinia, but doesnt say any much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
Pirelli do almost all their gravel testing in SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by MartijnS
Puma Sardegna https://youtu.be/w5LfeySK188
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MSport testing today in Sardinia the Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid for 2022 without the side winglets in the rear wing: less drag but less rear downforce - images from Top Rally video - (https://youtube.com/watch?v=w5LfeySK188
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On the vid just above there is a winglet on the left side, but not on the right. Imo most likely explanation is that the right side one got knocked off touching a tree or something like that.
Toyota also testing https://twitter.com/colinmacardeche/...933298179?s=20
Yaris hybrid https://youtu.be/wZDk2_CPZmE
I’m not sure what to make of that, but something doesn’t seem right. It almost looks like the gearing is long to use the hybrid boost, but the hybrid wasn’t working or connected. It looked, and sounded really flat.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
What did you think?
agreed....looked really lazy compared to Puma test last week
but its testing, we dont know what they were aiming
Of course testing is testing….Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
That wild rake they have in the car will take some getting used to tho!
Yaris Hybrid By sudrallye https://youtu.be/10M1DCeV-DY
To me it looked like the electric engine either wasn't on or wasn't properly synchronized with the petrol engine in 3/4 of the hairpin passes. The car turns and then there is a lul before power comes.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
Might be that they are also testing different ways (programs) to use the hybrid.
Fourmaux mentioned in the recent interview that FIA hasn't decided on when and how it will be used and wants to make it as unpredictable as possible. That sounds like a really bad idea to me.
The basics rules on when and how it can be used should be decided as soon as possible cause they likely can affect tons of other areas of the car and need much more testing to fine-tune.
At the same time there likely needs to be some strict rules so it doesn't turn into "programmers competition". (at one point some team mentioned they could program when it will be used individually for each stage based on corners/profile ++, that sounds like a recipe for cost explosion.)
Another Yaris hybrid https://youtu.be/IMV64SUfgbw
I agree, we don’t want it to turn into a programmers competition…I would prefer it’s on the driver to push the button, but I don’t think the FIA want that. At least then it’s a driver controlled strategic option.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Fourmaux Hybrid https://youtu.be/wm4vD9VekR4
Hanninen Hybrid https://youtu.be/Ui3oBdm5pD8
But as a programmer myself, I want to get involved in the race ;) But seriously, engine and diff mappings are probably also very crucial at the moment, I doubt it will be more complicated than that. And developing software is cheaper than developing mechanical parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
And when the first news came in about electric boost, my first thought was how great sporting aspect it could be, something to show on the telemetry on TV and compare driver strategies, but for some reason that's not going to happen.