Yes, apparently he isn't a very consistent driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
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Yes, apparently he isn't a very consistent driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Hungary and Canarias is very different thing and both being wet doesn't make them similar. Hungary is similar to Barum, Canarias is completely different event (surface, rhytm, driving style, temperatures, pacenotes, everything).
In Hungary, he had big problems to find correct setup for the bumpy tarmac stages. And also he was starting later in the field. And here on Monte he is driving Pirelli, most probably for first time ever? It should be a problem for french drivers who usually uses Michelin tyres...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Thanks to the 'brilliant' WRC2/3 split, Bonato only has to care about Rossel, his WRC3 rival; there's no real incentive to go after Mikkelsen or Fourmaux.
Should be mistake of RG1 of Rally de Portugal... no WRC3
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es1G30TV...pg&name=medium
22 stages, very nice!
E: To avoid being OT
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Where ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom K
Portugal. In RG1 in schedule during rally week section is written SS22 - Wolf Power Stage.
OK maybe it´s WRC2/3 news :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom K
No Hyundai to Zaldivar. Fabrizio and del Barrio with Škoda of Toksport in WRC3. First rally will be Arctic Rally.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es2fKvOX...jpg&name=large
In an interview last week Chris Ingram said he plans to enter the first of his seven 2021 WRC2 events at Rally Croatia.
Martin Prokop bought Fiesta Rally2 and has plans to start in WRC. Maybe second M-Sport driver?
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
With what car :confused: I think he's now Renault driver(for the new Clio Rally4)and the brand has no Rally2 car :confused:
He's not Renault driver, he works with Toksport which runs Renaults. But they runs Skoda in Rally2 class, so Skoda is my guess.
Huttunen gets WRC 2 programme.
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...ep-up-to-wrc2/
Huttunen still driving a Kowax2B car this year.
Yep, confirmed for Arctic Rally Finland as team-mate to Fourmaux.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth
Works car but 2B service.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Except some confusion with entries (Team/Driver, only Team/only Driver) WRC 2 seems as an very nice option. Team is registered with one fee (10k euro) and no additional (except rally-by-rally fee) costs for driver. So team can use different drivers during year and offer them a WRC 2 ride.
Really? My impression is that the new rules create even more confusion than we already had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom K
Except some confusion with entries (Team/Driver, only Team/only Driver), WRC 2 is nice option for the crews - and this is my point of view. Opportunity for crews, not an easy life for statistics. Probably smaller team can even make an agreemennt with crews to split this fee into them. Lappi could be an example.
Breen testing i20 r5 in Sweden
https://twitter.com/F_Gustavsson/sta...14900384112646
Are they testing old and new car back to back, so they get data and drivers input on same stage with same driver? Same with drivers with different preferences of settings, so they get a car that will work effectivly for most drivimg styles?
Where in Sweden are they testing now?
What Breen’s taken from the newest Rally2 car
He's one of few drivers to have tested the Hyundai i20 N Rally2. What does Craig Breen think of the R5's successor?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...st-rally2-car/
This is not necessary not the best way. You need many different drivers to develop, so you get a flexible car, that responds well on setup changes. Otherwise you can end up as the Cit C3, both WRC and R5.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
As far as I can tell C3 R5 works fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
One main development driver and a validation test with someone else here and there is pretty much common way of doing things I think. The reason is that few drivers are able to give the engineers an efficient feedback ("I don't like it" really isn't helpful for anything) and a fast driver doesn't mean the same as a good development driver.
With the French cars the issue was usually in the fact that their world used to be somewhat less driver-centric and was more engineering oriented, i.e. they sometimes tend to choose solutions which are much better in theory than they turn to be in the real life with a real guy behind the steering wheel. That doesn't mean it can't work - it often does but such car is usally not very easy and friendly to drive.
So far Huttunen and Tänak have also tested the new i20 N Rally2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
After Østberg spend a year working on it on gravel it finally can also drive on gravel. So not a very good example to use tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
In the same year, when Ostberg was struggling with it, Luykanuk won majority of gravel stages in ERC. It could have been problematic but far from being bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
According Jorge Basualdo (Paraguay jornalist), Miguel García want participate in WRC3 with Citroën C3 Rally2.
I think Mr Lukyanuk is one of those drivers that drives max no matter how good the car is. It is just another challenge for him.
But I think he liked the car more in the latter part of 20, with more new parts, that made it easier to drive.
That's normal way of development of every car. It would be pretty bad if it was not the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Oliver Solberg
@OliverSolberg01
Great to have my first test with the new @HMSGOfficial
i20 N Rally2 this week!
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Learning, developing and having fun on fantastic Swedish roads - no better way to spend a day!
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Originally Posted by Mirek
That serve was of course too easy on my part, so smash well deserved!
Oliver first test i20 Rally2
https://www.facebook.com/OliverSolbe...35365708456096
Hyundai is certainly not wasting his time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
One way to look at it is that it's good idea to "use" a driver for whatever is needed.
Another speculation is that they "gave up" on collecting any WRC2 points with the old car and are just focusing on the new one. Not sure when exactly it is planned to appear, maybe they are trying to homologate it faster so they can run it from Croatia.
The development team likely has time since new WRC does not have green light.
Oliver is primarily hired to compete in Rally2 in 2021.
So smart of them to give him a real 2-3 day test, where he can test everything he need to be happy. And if needed give input to last minut changes before homologation.
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Originally Posted by AnttiL
Now Huttunen said in Tomin nuoteista podcast that the car will be the same as he drove last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by abcrally
Also Kowax's team principal confirmed that the will get one of the firsts Rally2 cars.