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However I´d say it´s a combination. Mastering cars in all events is the real combination. Oliver masters 600hp 4WD cars in mud, gravel and tarmac in RX. I´d say he should try WRC car in as many events he could next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
I think full season with Rally2 is better solution than half season with WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
OK if can do some WRC drives + all others with Rally2
That sums up most of what I meant. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
This site confirms that a deal is done btw Hyundai and Oliver for 2021, starting in MC?
https://worldrally.se/oliver-solberg...g-med-hyundai/
Any others that have other confirmations?
Not sure where they got this from, but it is a swedish site, so maybe they just called him?
same on Italian media a couple of days agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Impressive job by Oliver and Aron, getting this deal!
Anyone that knows is they have the new Rally2 i20 ready for Monte, or if they will be starting the year with the old one?
New car comes in July
it seems you didnt bother to read the article ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
nice and well deserved for Oliver.
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
A bit triggerhappy there.. :D
Since when has Dirtfish being Official ?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
You should have linked WRC.com or "Hyundai Team" news...
does it really make a difference?
were they wrong then?
jesus youre being so captious here lately with everyone
Happy for Oliver. Well deserved.
Huttunen will have his share at Huyndai as well. No matter Olivers contract.
(To me I expect Oliver to step up in WRC class 2022, replacing Tanak going back to Toyota after Ogier leave)
Not trying to be picky here but technically he is right. And this now brings us back to WRC's biggest problem. Official WRC channels are usually very quiet, really bringing the news very late or not at all. Dirtfish now is being considered official, even I did not see a problem here until Pantealex pointed at it. Dirtfish on the other hand is not an "official" source but keeps us more up to date. And now there is our forum and some national forums where we get the most information out of it. Nothing personal but for me Pante's post was all about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Anyway Oliver himself has confirmed it so all good....
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whats this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
official links only please!!
Basically WRC.com is not any bit more official than Dirtfish or even rallit.fi. The WRC promoter or FIA does not need to approve the driver contracts of a team. Hyundai sends a press release to outlets that would be interested in publishing this information, and WRC.com is one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Here is the news article on Hyundai's website https://motorsport.hyundai.com/excit...nts-for-wrc-2/
Think you will find that all three platforms carried the story within 5 minutes of each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Piece from NRK:
https://translate.google.com/transla...nTZhTzfLj3Pm7Q
Oliver had offer from 3 teams!
Well I already wrote few days ago how it's logical for Hyundai.
Anyway he might struggle a bit with current I20 in first half of 2021, but doesn't look like there will be many rallies run during that period anyway.
No brainer for a team to get Solberg locked into a good contract, based on what we've seen so far from him.
So now he needs to get a car to get to know, understand and get it under his skin.
Well this current i20 R5 has proven to be a little bit behind in speed and reliability against Polo and Fabia. Hopefully the newer version will be more competitive. I'm expecting a difficult start for Oliver at first and some improvement later in the season.
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I guess one car is ready or alredy transported to Värmland for massive testing...
I am not so sure. Don't think they ever got a Fabia for example. From what I have heard Polo and Fabia steering feeling/response are quite different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Also imagine if he drives it first time and finds out that everything is worse than both Polo and Fabia.
But he has not signed for them cause current I20 R5 is an epic car, but due to their future potential both in Rally2 but more importantly in WRC.
So did Huttunen 3 years ago though...
You are talking about the original one, the upgraded one has proven the opposite. Not a Polo-beater ofc, but can manage them. Also the big sales in GB...the WRC3 title etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Remember Gryazin and Veiby this year? Gryazin lost all his speed suddenly. Even the upgrded car is still behind Polo and Fabia. Ofc I'm really interested how Oliver does get along with his new toy but I predict bit more trouble than with the Fabia and Polo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
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Hyundai is not worse than Fabia or Polo. And Gryazins speed is another reason.
Difficult to say if is it worse or not. But only one driver has been competitive with it on snow and gravel!Quote:
Originally Posted by br21
Veiby made some outrageous stage wins this year. But at the same time he was sometimes just off the pace, picked up punctures, went off, or the car broke (it never broke under Huttunen). Veiby has been like this all his WRC2 career.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
You mean this year. It used to break every 1-2 stages in 2018.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Hey br21, can you share a light about Gryazin's speed this year?Quote:
Originally Posted by br21
For me it seems like in a Fabia and Polo drivers seem more comfortable and confident. The i20 needs to be handled with a care, but hey what do I know, it's just my perception.
Anyway I'm glad to see Oliver in the fight next year with a Hyundai and he seems to have huge amount of potential. My favourite young gun for sure!
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Yeah, I was talking about this year. Before this year we really didn't see anyone making good results with the i20 R5. I remember Huttunen started a technical gravel rally and said to Finnish media something like the radiator will break if he tries to push at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Hyundai is really good car, some recent upgrades made it really competitive and engine is still best from the category.
Gryazin before 2020 was testing/driving more than any other driver (incl. WRC ones), etc... but that's Oliver Solberg topic.
First Hyundai in the garage, chassis 26A.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/carinfo...0-r5/?car=4388
Unboxing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=I...ature=youtu.be
How can he cope with coming to a team where not everybody is speaking his same language – how does he cope with going to the empty hotel room and being on his own every night? It’s a different movie for him now.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/why-o...at-comes-next/
That´s some crazy thing. Just imagine yourself being in that position. I´d love it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Congrats Oliver!
Well, one thing is for sure. He will not be left alone on hotels as one Beth Harmon, if they suggest that. I guess he will be surrounded by some family stuff for quite a bit of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
The interesting information is that Adamo talks about Huttunen being involved maybe even as much as Solberg and Veiby in WRC2.
Other than that I don't trust Adamo on anything about future.
While he certainly has introduced more entertainment in WRC he has shown he makes snaps decisions on a whim, treats drivers differently depending on whom he "trusts" (his own words), and changes his mind about approach just about every 2 rallies from one extreme to the other. One rally he tells drivers to have faith and believe and criticizes them for complaining about car, next rally he praises drivers that did so well with "not so good" car and a few rallies later runs 5 hour meetings for listening to their comments (after Mexico this year, again his own words). Latest is how he in Sardinia boasted about micro-managing Sordos pace, then in Monza says that drivers know what to do and he is not their mother.
Note how in the interview he already talks about putting them under some pressure, before Solberg ran a single km. Not exactly something Tommi would do openly. Hope Solbergs contract is pretty waterproof on the number of starts in the two years.
What nationalities are in the Hyundai team, they are not all germans I guess. And the working language is english, and as we know, ALL Solbergs are almost native speakers when it comes to english ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Oliver is quite good in english, he also speak french, and is dual in Norwegian/Swedish.
He will charm the whole team, is my guess!