Kalle https://youtu.be/8pwcel_mICE?si=Jr4VpB71tVQ6BFu8
https://youtu.be/A_mkHSK2kiw?si=bV4u-uV-6NkRWRXa
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I think Kalle is going a bit too wide. The Swedish snowbanks will not allow that next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by satukata
Is it tires or just driving style?
2025 cars are a bit slower than 2024 for exable at 2024 SS16 Digne-les-Bains / Chaudon-Norante - 19.01 km Neuville won the stage 11.10.2 and at the same stage this year Fourmaux wins 12.05.5
You have to take into consideration the new tyres. We have no idea how much slower or faster they are and the conditions weren’t also exactly the same. Sweden will give a better picture but then again the conditions aren’t exactly the same as last year again
No videos of the M-Sport tests for Sweden ?
I agree, that comparison is impossible to make with tyres and conditions thrown in. I would not be surprised if the Hankook tyres for Sweden are not as good as the Pirelli’s either, but as long as they are reliable and retain the studs well, that doesn’t matter too much.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I would think that dry gravel will give us the best comparison between last years and this years cars, but even then, I suspect Hankook will probably be conservative in the first year with their compounds and constructions as they won’t want a load of criticism for punctures.
Has anyone seen Sesks testing? May be they could cut 1 event but get proper PET on 6?
Yes he was testing. There is a picture on page 1288 of his instagram story
Robert Virves test
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFvfS6Kui5Q/
Josh McErlean PET Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFvmbqms00z/
Solberg POV
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFx3waHskIR/
Munster POV
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFx6J4nOCBb/
Solberg PET For Rally Sweden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049B81_F6T4
Neuville for Kenya https://youtu.be/jzE2yz_XdtE?si=USHyuIDzopqTskN2
Ford will soon be testing on asphalt in Tarragona, Spain, to prepare for the Canary Islands.
Does anyone know a more exact date?
When @mammitoeunice took a high-speed ride with Kalle
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGkn4WEhljj/
Hyundai is testing on stages of Baja Portalegre.
Safari PET in Portugal
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16NZR8NZm9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG20lKgOi6a/
In Kenya, Toyota will use the same innovative snorkel developed for last season’s edition.
Toyota is carrying out pre-Safari Rally 2025 tests in Portugal and is using this particular snorkel that it created and developed for the Safari Rally 2024.
The innovation is in its construction, not in its operation:
The air enters from an air intake on the roof, a position chosen by the team to avoid mainly the splashes of water raised by the shape of the bodywork when crossing a ford.
Operation: The co-driver activates it via a button in the cockpit near a ford or an extremely sandy area. At the front of the car there is an air duct made up of two tubes that work alternately: normally the main tube brings air to the engine from the air intake on the front of the car and the other (the one coming from the snorkel) is closed.
When the co-driver, via mechanical command, activates the snorkel, the main tube closes and the snorkel tube opens.
In this way, the engine always receives air, preventing the entry of sand or water.
Kalle tested it and Tom Fowler comment on the Hankook gravel tyre coming up for Safari...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-a...ent-struggles/
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 - Gigi Galli / Guido d’Amore - Test Tarmac 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAZ7bWsFbaU
McErlean testing for Safari ?
https://x.com/JoshMcErlean5/status/1900232890350547432
Seems so...
"And it’s at Dovenby Hall where the crews prepared for the challenge ahead – all three completing a full day of testing in the Cumbrian forests before journeying to Kenya and the beautiful Lake Naivasha National Park."
Where was Tänak`s test?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Cachon PET in the Yaris Rally2. Lots of cutting which I dont think there is at Rally Canarias...
https://youtu.be/iHWfqxqLeoM?si=gfcb6lFEJD9j4Xj1
A Toyota Rally1 has been at the ERC test day...
https://youtu.be/TYYfJo1afYM?si=FzIvZe8j62deVABX
Anyone figured out who´s the driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Elfyn and Scott, they take part in the rally…Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Neuville is also. But Tanak and Fourmaux also tested. So maybe other Toyota drivers are testing in the Yaris ?Quote:
Originally Posted by atsiotras79
so Evans and Neuville are testing + whole test-rally before Canarias vs ,,2nd-3rd'' drivers just had regular test day..
Pretty big advantage for Eva and Neu!
Interviewed at the ceremonial start of ERC Rally Sierra Morena, Neuville said the roads are a mixture and not very representative of Canarias. But he wants to test to car and the new tyres. Evans said it was about mileage on tarmac in the non-hybrid car and also the Hankook tyres.