Tänak testing the 2025 Hyundai for next year
https://youtu.be/dm0-QUctvRI?si=nznJ-hfEhZaeu99Q
Bits falling apart at 2.55 :D
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Tänak testing the 2025 Hyundai for next year
https://youtu.be/dm0-QUctvRI?si=nznJ-hfEhZaeu99Q
Bits falling apart at 2.55 :D
Sordo today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrFku1NIh4
Another national rally used as a test by Hyundai. They are going hard at the 2025 car already.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
They have no other option cause all of their test days are used for this year.
It's their choice and with all the Jokers they've implemented, quite necessary. But Abiteboul said recently that it's a waste of money travelling with staff for a short national rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Suspension change - shock absorbers now vertical:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcXgmcua...pg&name=medium
Tanak PET for Japan
https://www.upload.ee/image/17398234..._Instagram.jpg
He's going to install the anticut poles over there?Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Yup!
Yabadababoul said that Tsnak is allowed to push and that's his tactics
Secret anticuts.
Who?Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Sorry, Tanak* and Surreal YabadababoulQuote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Oliver Solberg testing Yaris Rally 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJKLuaFlbkU
Solberg day 2
https://youtu.be/ZclOlXVFWq0?si=m6rU4yiLnqVUMkcR
Does anyone here know how many days left of testing do Hyundai-Toyota & M-Sport have for 2024?
Solberg always does a lot of testing. Are there any limits on testing in WRC2 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Toyota and Hyundai noneQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Msport I think had couple of days
Fourmaux first taste of the Hyundai
https://x.com/rallyesport/status/186...C1kV5QC61vX5Xg
page doesnt exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
noQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
they deleted that post for some reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
here it is https://x.com/RallyeSport/status/1867177727465308601
i guess he is doing a test day for the local rally?
by NO i mean official days, they can always test on their permanent test site or if they are doing a local rally like Fourmaux is doing this weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
It looks they will run Pirelli.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Weird to see Fourmaux name on a Hyundai, but guess we have to get used to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Really hoping Fourmaux can elevate his speed with Hyundai. Guess we have to hope his driving style is similar to Neuville so he gets the grips of the car straight away :D
Fourmaux and Kalle yesterday at shakedown
https://youtu.be/rvn7VAng3Mk?si=tLu7OP8GWMP2uR8E
Times for Fourmaux and Rovanpera on the test rally...
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...479107&ct=7094
i wouldnt take those seriously at allQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
we dont know which tires they are using for which stage and i saw some footage of the first stage where it seemed Kalle is ploughing the snow, so the conditions were also uneven
According to reports Rovanpera has Hankooks, Fourmaux has Pirellis.
that might explain also the big gap on second stage, whatever the conditions were on that stage it seems the Hankooks arent working on those well
Based on this picture from after SS2, it looks like they are both using Hankooks, but different compounds - the markings on the tyre sidewalls look identical.
https://x.com/Burgrid16/status/18679...xCUDAt0KQ&s=19
Kalle has winter tire pattern and seems Fourmaux has slick tire?Quote:
Originally Posted by archie106
Was just about say same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
https://asset.hankook-motorsports.co...5-top-kv-m.jpg
Congrats Fourmaux!
First time driving and first win right away
Yeah, good start for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Interesting to see that today there were quite big swings in time from stage to stage, but overall they were only 0.5 seconds apart for the whole day. Adrien’s advantage came from yesterday.
It’ll be interesting to see what, if any feedback about the tyres comes out.
The main difference came in SS2 (This was due to the tyre choice I believe). I watched some videos and saw that Kalle looked more clean and cautious on ice whereas Adrien took more risks. TBH, I was expecting Fourmaux to be first in this rally because Kalle hasn't been in this car on Tarmac more than a year. I believe he is a bit rusty on Tarmac.
However this is a test rally for them so I wouldn't take this very serious.
Congrats to Fourmaux also.
Equal status.. :D
Fourmaux used Thierry's overalls (sponsors were duct-taped)
https://www.upload.ee/image/17516289...8_Facebook.jpg
But this little thing aside, nice start for him in Hyundai!
Pirelli stickers on Fourmaux's car today. Was Rovanpera mostly testing the Hankook's ?
https://x.com/AdrienFourmaux/status/1868272602982273401
I saw a brief interview with Fourmaux where he said he didn’t know because they never tried the tyres in these conditions. I assume he meant the Hankooks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Maybe the Pirelli stickers are there contractually until 2025?
Fourmaux and Kalle
https://youtu.be/CiVqr5WhbUI?si=4s9pioBdYJ8HKExp
Really really good test for them with all sorts of conditions I have to say
On the first day there were no tyre stickers on his car, but on the second day the Pirelli logos's appeared...Quote:
Originally Posted by doubled1978
“To begin with the car wasn’t set up for me, it was giving some understeer at the entry to the corner and then quite snappy oversteer at the exit. We worked throughout the event on the geometry, the bars, the springs and the differential. The car was quite stiff, so we softened it towards the end and I was really comfortable.”
Hah. Sounds so familiar
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/fourm...monte-warm-up/