Looks like they found the snow they wanted then. If only the Monte could look like that!
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Looks like they found the snow they wanted then. If only the Monte could look like that!
Subaru also in France, the first time with BFG on tarmac ? Video & Fotos :
http://wrc.is.free.fr/posts/2006/12/...asphalte-en-bf
Are there any feedback from him?
Henning in Focus, Cockermouth:
http://atvs.vg.no/player/player.php?id=6727&keyword=
http://www.vgb.no/6339
Test Citroën C4 WRC Loeb au col du Galibier ;)
---> http://rapidshare.com/files/8392072/essai_loeb_.wmv
More pictures http://rfy1.free.fr/rfyxor/pageC42006/
Kopecky test for Monte:
http://www.motorsport-kopecky.cz/cz/...18122006-test/
It's a pitty First and Duval don't get the same support...Quote:
Originally Posted by padWRC
Hello hello ...
Wednesday 20th december I was to the tests of Petter Solberg in the south of France, here it video:
http://planetemarcus.free.fr/essaissaison07solberg.htm ;)
Post updated with new link to videoQuote:
Originally Posted by traxx
Very nice and close up, im hoping to get to the test in Haslemoen Norway hopefully it's before montecarlo. Let me now if you hear something BennizQuote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Yes, I'd like to join too, so please tell if you know a date yourself! :)
Does anyone now where the video of Loeb testing in the same place as subaru is.
No, this is not the same place.
I was just wondering as Wim in this forum thread http://www.pettersolberg.no/forum/read.php?11,465 says that loeb was slower than solberg on the same test site. He had read it in this forum http://frontibus.free.fr/forum/viewf...b88fbfc4e834bc but there is a video of Loeb testing in the dry with some leaves on the road i think it was one of the first test videos
I've watched the video and to me the C4 doesn't seem as well-balanced as the Xsara.Quote:
Originally Posted by traxx
Updated again with a great long video by Rourebel !Quote:
Originally Posted by traxx
His french is not right. It wasn't the same site for sure. The day before the snow test, Loeb has tested on tarmac but this was not the same area.Quote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
Ok, any videos of Atkinson he should have been testing today and yesterday
Absolutely beautiful pics! Do you know what camera and lenses he's been using?
I got exactly same impression. It slides much like 307.Quote:
Originally Posted by spudrsca
Yeah ditto to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finni
Maybe its just our eyes playing tricks?
Wonder how many of the teams will do there winter testing in Haslemoen test camp. Would be strange if they where not as it's free with all fasilities and large hangars where they can park the trucks.
I' m sorry but I was to the C4 test on snow and both the car and the pilot were amazing. According to engineers the C4 is about 1sec/km fastest than the Xsara. We' ll see in Monte Carlo but Ford should be so far from Citroen.
No, sorry
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Originally Posted by bennizw
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Originally Posted by Rourebel
C'mon! There're the laws of physics! 1sec per km faster is impossible if the car cannot fly. Just on such a spedd there will be absolutely no traction, no matter how powerful the car is. The "a" will move the car outside the corner, not to it!!
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Originally Posted by Rourebel
In sweden? how many days did they do as they might do another one closer to the events. And finaly some snow coming this weekend.
Others HR pictures by Lancia :Quote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/663/9606/0/376982/600.jpg
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/663/9606/0/376983/600.jpg
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/663/9606/0/376984/600.jpg
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/663/9606/0/376987/600.jpg
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/663/9606/0/377010/600.jpg
No, in FranceQuote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
A great video by Pidibu of the Solberg's tests :
http://wrc.is.free.fr/posts/2006/12/...asphalte-en-bf
The Subaru seems to be fast too, BF tires should be a big improvement for the team especially on tarmac.
And what a great Sound !Quote:
Originally Posted by Rourebel
Same chassis as the 307 too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Finni
This I wonder about. Is there somebody from Prodrive here? Or somebody else that has some new tech info about the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by traxx
At least they must have done something drastic to the response system. sound more like an even burn, than the usual bangs. Also the sound of the "blow off" has chanced. In some of the test it sounds like they are using some sort of pressurized reservoir.
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Originally Posted by Gard
Thats the old car not the 07 and i remember that sound from the Monte test last year but the sound must be realy close to 100db (think thats the limit) maybe it's so deep and not high pitch.
But the snow test in france was not for sweden but Mont Carlo, don't think theyl use tarmac setup in sweden
No I'm talking about the sound from the respons system and pressure relief (blow off)Quote:
Originally Posted by SUBARUNORWAY1
Ex. off the pressure relief. http://lelievre.vincent.free.fr/video/test_subaru.wmv
The sound at 1.37 when turning around. Same on 7.10 and 8.21
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Originally Posted by traxx
Fantastic video! There's no comparison, but it looks really, really fast! Is it BFG's and new parts that are doing it????
Does anyone know when Ford will be testing next?
In that case Loeb would win every by three minute. You can think is it realistic or not. Maybe they were just joking. On the other hand it's not the first time when the new car is said to be superfast without proper basement: few years ago it was said that 307 was 26 sec faster than 206 in the same 30 km distance. In reality 307 was just narrowly faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rourebel
I remember that in the summer time Loeb - or some personel from Citroen - confirmer that according to parallel tests between the cars C2 was bit faster on asphalt but on gravel it was not yet as good as Xsara.