Another funny video from Hyundai: 'Hunting down the World Rally Championship Trophy'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9bsFqusBs
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Another funny video from Hyundai: 'Hunting down the World Rally Championship Trophy'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9bsFqusBs
Lmao I love these funny clips and Elena jumping into the car through the window. I bet it was his idea. :D
If you have been a vice world champion for 4 years, what else can you do? If you don't believe you can win it next season, you better stop...Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
You guys seriously find these Hyundai clips funny?
Cheesy to say the least
Compared to the humor you make here time to time of course it’s cheesy.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
People have different sense of humor. It’s still better than nothing or just those super boring regular promotional videos.
We need more humor in WRC.
Not necessarily funny but goofy at least, and memorable. I smile when I view them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kefdude
And I think they're doing something right with this. People will remember this more than say Toyota's unveiling, I bet it will lead to more clicks and views for Hyundai.
Think about the same videos with Nandan...it wouldn't have worked.
Elena made me smile too.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
i like them, they add light humor and a little flare to the whole thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Kefdude
i'm sure they won't be to everyone's taste, but that's life anyways
The central-exit exhaust also makes it work better as a 'blown' diffuser, improving rear grip.Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Neuville hasnt said it like this before. Plus Ogier and Tanak BOTH swapping cars in 2020 is surely to his advantage.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
Excuse my ignorance, but how does an exhaust blow a diffuser if the exhaust exit point is at the same point the diffuser stops? Didn’t know this was a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Also, are the other teams using the same concept?
Interesting.
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2019/12/03...i20-coupe-wrc/Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
Heard the term in F1 for years, but this articleQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2018/05/04...fusers-in-wrc/
makes it really easy to understand. Not sure if it's just the photos, but the 'positive' angle (referred to in the article) on the Hyundai looks much more exaggerated than the others.
Very interesting to see what impact it has.
I wouldn't say, that Neuville has really more advantage than Ogier or Tänak..
Yes, he is familiar with the car, BUT he is the only one in TOP3 without the WDC, which makes him to push the hardest(not that others won't, but still) + he has only driven Hyundai for many years, while Ogier and Tänak will start the season in a 3rd different last gen WRC car.
They have a lot more experience how things work with different (last gen) cars and their settings..
For sure any advantage Neuville does have wont last long and he'll need to cash in on the first few rallies of the season.
Thierry vs Ott continues https://www.instagram.com/p/B7iaNCRoxu1/
Good one! Strong team.Quote:
Originally Posted by tr4m
close look of the helmets https://www.instagram.com/p/B7lV-bioZtE/
So, will Adamo now bench Loeb and put Mikkelsen in? :D
Why? He delivered the valuable manufacturer points.. They are first on the leaderboard currently. He said that he was hired to do the job not to drive his own rallies.
Don't think so. For two reasons:Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
a) rules about 2nd teams, if he puts Mikkelsen in he won't be able to run him as 4th car that takes manu points from others rest of the season
b) (main one) he doesn't trust him, while he trusts Loeb, no matter what he does, same like with Breen. He said himself that he either trusts a driver or he doesn't. That seems to matter no matter how the driver actually drives.
Does anyone remember which rounds Sebastien Loeb was supposed to do besides MC & Sweden? 'cause I can't find it anywhere, thanks.
We only know that Sordo's program is Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, Sardegna, Turkey, Germany and Japan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
That would have left Chile, as well as Kenya, New Zealand, Finland and Wales.
"Although an exact division of events between Loeb and Sordo hadn't been announced, Hyundai's statement indicates that Loeb had been previously slated to pilot the i20 WRC in Sweden, and that Breen's arrival represents a change of plans."
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...sweden/4677279
Hyundai said that Loeb is doing Monte and Sweden, Sordo's programme start in Mexico, then it should be decided on rally by rally basis. Now they bring Breen again, and I is quite logical, because of starting order. Mikkelsen still could be in satellite team but every day passes I have more doubts of that. He himself said that he is ready when opportunity cames he will grabs it so that tells everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
I believe Breen will do at least Finland and Wales, of course depending on how well he does in Sweden.
Looking how he got nominated for Australia after crashing out as last Hyundai in GB it doesn't look like it matters much how he does ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I really hope this is not the end of Loeb's WRC career, even though it pretty much looks that way.
Despite poor showing in Monte, it's definitely not the way he should go out!
I won't say it's end of Loeb's career at all. Sweden was the least likely start for him in the first place. It was rather a huge surprise that they nominated him there in the first place. We will surely see him on multiple gravel rallies, but probably not in Germany and likely not in Japan.
Probably Kenya & NZ, as he does have some experience on the first and won the second the last time (OK 8 years ago but still) they were there.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
As a long time Loeb fan, i too am a bit taken back by Loeb's performance over the last 2 days, especially the tire issue on the last day. However, in the grand scheme of things, he probably achieved the team's goal for the most part. The way i see it, he was always going to be looking to place 4th, 5th or 6th, which would give him/team 12, 10, 8 points accordingly. I say this because i expected Neuville, Tanak and Ogier to be in the top three once they finished the rally; Evans was a much welcomed addition to the top tier party, especially after Tanak's unfortunate accident. I believed this helped to keep things lively up front until the end and i hope he would battle more with the main three throughout the year; it would be nice if Lappi could fight in there sometimes as well. I'd suspect Hyundai were expecting both Neuville and Tanak to finish to give them maximum points vs Ogier/Evans, and that was a reasonable assumption before the rally started; however, given Evans impressive performance, I'm not sure how Tanak would have compared to Evans even if Tanak hadn't crash as he's still learning the car as well (but that's all hindsight/assumptions now). With Loeb's mistakes and Lappi upping the pace and securing 4th, Rovanpera's 5th place made little difference to the manufacturer's point from Loeb's perspective as 5th or 6th place netted the same 10 points for the Hyundai team. Loeb only suffered personally from the driver's standings at 8 points, but then that's not essential to a man running a partial program and who was hired mainly to support the manufacturer's title. Overall Hyundai is leading in both categories as they wanted, mission accomplished (more or less); yes the 2 extra points for 4th would be nice, but its early days and one rally at a time, things could be worse.
i'm awaiting Loeb's gravel performance, i do think this will be his last year in WRC, but i'm not writing him off from being competitive on some of the upcoming rallies just yet.
big congratulations to Neuville for a brilliant performance and handling the pressure over the weekend. Excellent job from Ogier and Evans. i hope Tanak bounces back soon, i'm really happy he and his co-driver came out the accident unhurt.
2020 is looking exciting
to be fair we have to mention that tyre choice was in conjuction with team.They had informations for rain that didnt come.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorganl2000
Loeb as i know dont have a meteorogist for him.
Bluuford maybe can help us here( even via pm https://www.petrolheads.gr/images/sm...um/redface.gif)
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Sébastien Loeb
@SebastienLoeb
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26 Jan
We made a choice with the team this morning by betting on the rain ... It did not come
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So, we killed our tires from the first ... Our goal is clearly to reach the finish now and to score points for @HMSGOfficial
yeah, i saw that Dimvii, so you do have a point, it was a team decision and maybe a little bit of a gamble to get back 4th if it worked?! who knows?!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Thry 'made a bet', eg gambled, and it didnt worked out. End of story. Gamble works that way, eather you win or loose, this time loads of talks that maestro lost his 'mojo', but otherwise could be loads of talk of how great the old maestro is...
From Loeb’s Twitter:
As you may have read since yesterday, we will not be putting in the nails this year. After discussions with the team, we decided not to go to @RallySweden . Thanks to them for understanding me. I tell you more in my column very quickly
Looks like he’s claiming it wasn’t the team who made the decision? Loosely worded, so open to interpretation I guess.
Loeb was in 4th position at the end of Saturday. After the first Sunday stage Lappi could only take 1.7 seconds from the 14.1 second gap and it looked like he wouldn't overtake Loeb by driving only. It wasn't until the next stage where Loeb went off road that Lappi got past him. And after that he started cruising to secure finishing because no manu points scoring cars could overtake him anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorganl2000
Loeb lost 21s to Lappi over the last two stages on Saturday, so it certainly did look like Lappi can overtake him by driving only.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Like I said, not judging from the result of the first stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight