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Snow in Finland has limited Toyota and Hyundai gravel testing...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-u...l-preparation/
I'm not sure how much of an impact this actually had... and how much of an 'insight' this is from Dirtfish...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Why would any team be testing in Finland, and on those sorts of roads, in preparation for Portugal?
They can save their development days (and avoid upsetting the locals and destroying the roads) for when they'll be useful, ahead of Estonia, Finland and NZ.
The smart move, as at least Hyundai seem to have done and Toyota will probably copy, has been to double up the Portugal / Kenya PETs in Portugal. Even if had been bone dry, clear of snow and 15 degrees in Finland, Hyundai and Toyota would still have been busy in south Europe.
Toyota and Hyundai have their bases registered to Finland, where they can test as much as they want. Atm snow is making it difficult.Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
Ofc they want/need to test there, because if the car is fast on Finland roads, it's fast everywhere!
There is no snow in Jyväskylä/Jämsä... ;)
but small roads are still too wet/soft for rally testing.
There's still some snow on forest roads in Tampere, so likely also in Jämsä. But yeah, the main point is that it will take a while for them to dry up for rallying use. It's the same almost every year, we typically have no rallies in Finland from late March to early May.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Another setback for Hyundai, they would now need their permanent base for car developing. The single PET days for individual events don't have enough time for developing new parts.
Read the article. Latvala makes it clear the conditions are worse this year...Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
“[We are] lucky we’re not developing the new car now. If this situation had happened last year, we’d have been in trouble actually."
Testing abroad is limited so a lot has to be done near the team base.
I read it. The point Latvala is making, is not the apparent overall point of the article.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
As he says, they're not developing the car now, they're preparing for Portugal. Hence the title 'The unexpected element affecting Rally Portugal preparation'.
I would bet my life that neither Hyundai nor Toyota would have even turned a wheel in central Finland, even if the weather had been unseasonably warm. The fact it's a bit colder than usual won't have changed a thing. You don't prepare for Portuguese / Kenyan stages in Finland - end of.
The claim that either team has been 'hamstrung' by the weather is a bit insulting to both of them. The gap in the Finnish rally calendar won't have been a surprise to them, and they both work with test organisers with decades of experience on those roads.
Rather than being an 'unexpected element', this will have been planned into the schedule. It has zero impact.
It's just a bad headline by Dirtfish.
But if the conditions were suitable for rallying, you can bet your life Hyundai would've been running the car in Finland as a development test. Don't see why Toyota wouldn't have as well. And these tests would've been on top of the rally Portugal set-up tests.
For sure. And like we know Hyundai is a bit behind in testing days, especially on gravel, and are looking forward to homologating new parts so they would desperately need these roads soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Exactly.
You dont rely just on a PET to test and develop a car as each driver needs his day just for set-up and his own practice. Hyundai especially need testing on gravel as they've done little and prioritized tarmac testing for Monte and Croatia at the start of the season.
Couple of pics https://twitter.com/rallydeportugal/...BGrva7OWLWzdpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Better quality one of Tänak https://youtu.be/5YY4Gu1QoGc
Tänak by CRV https://youtu.be/h7xw53l6-2E
About recent updates that teams tested https://www.wrcwings.tech/2022/05/10...ally-portugal/
Suninen by CRV https://youtu.be/MSXR1H_EXlk
Solberg- Pietarinen- Kajetanowicz
https://youtu.be/DUjStnxaQZ8
https://youtu.be/0td1kX3pgEY
M-Sport road book of Portugal PET ft. Loeb...
https://youtu.be/yE-IJhhQxnY
Neuville for Sardegna https://youtu.be/mzOKArgmbLI
Any thoughts about why the roof is golden? For reflecting infrared light (heat)?
Yes. Østberg had the same on his Fiesta in 2017Quote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
Ott Tänak @OttTanak
We had a productive day in Sardinia today and I am happy with the progress we made.
Tänak
https://fb.watch/dg2R8Nredm/
outside camera view must be fastened.. but why?
+ they are using last year's overalls and helmets :D
Ott Tänak Pre Event Test Rally Italia Sardegna 2022 by DawinTV (deleted)
Test WRC Rally Italia Sardegna 2022 PET | Thierry Neuville | Ott Tänak by
Leandro Lemos Motorsport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay4MWUsQ60s
dont copy the Darwin links, the guy uses other users content
Tänak testing the Hyundai Rally2 in Estonia today https://youtu.be/K2rGTzoL4RQ
Lappi and Tänak testing in Estonia today
Clip of Ott https://twitter.com/karlip1/status/1...BL810N5DUB4MkA
Nice compilation clip of Tänak https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfXRj...d=MDJmNzVkMjY=
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