I just love those parts where the car is going through heavy braking and the rear would like to come off but JM keeps it in a tidy little slide. :up:
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I just love those parts where the car is going through heavy braking and the rear would like to come off but JM keeps it in a tidy little slide. :up:
Photos de Mikko Hirvonen au Col du Galibier Photos Essais Monte-Carlo 2011
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looks like they were driving without studs, doesnt it? test day Mikko Hirvonen.mp4 - YouTube
Poor camera. Latvala was quite fortunate:
gopro krash - YouTube
yes no studsQuote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
There's ice under the snow and i see "housewife" studs at 47 sec.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
They would surely test both studs and no-studs to have usefull data for partly covered stages.
Apparently 5 Michelin tyres available for Monte Carlo. The "Alpin" studded/non-studded as Mikko testing being the snow tyres. Then hard/soft/super-soft of the "Pilot Sport".
Monte Carlo testing for Loeb | Best of Rally Live
PG told me last year that the wide winter D10 Michelin tyre without studs is pretty useless on snow because it is too hard. He used those in Prague 2010 for natural Karlík stage but was slower even than Tlusťák on same car but with stock Nokian tyres with additional cuts. That stage was full packed snow/ice on asphalt.
Further it's a bit off-topic but I think interesting enough to mention :) That year also Valoušek used the Nokians, Pech, Semerád and Štajf used old Matador narrow competition snow tyres which were made for use without studs so they were soft. Bujáček used even crazier tyres - Vraník remould tyres which cost 30 Euro. They had very old tread Barum OR32 which was used to be competition tyre many years a go.
Didn't know that nokian has competetion tyres.
How did Bujáček get on with the €30 tyres?
13 seconds and some four places down to PG, Bujáček with Evo IX gr.N, PG with Fabia S2000.
SEE! Why cant the TV footage look as good as that?Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
Lol! Latvala squashed the camera!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
hawk eye!Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
these tyres can be used with/no studs.Studs are 1,5mm long and can be used on dry tarmac for small distances without to get out of tyre.
Tests Latvala Ford Rallye Monte-carlo 2012 - YouTube
Espectacular style :) Minute 4:33 is awesome
Nice video!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Looks like he has settled in nicely with the car. It looked controlled and fast. :)
Prokop testing the fiesta for RMC
Martin Prokop - Rally Monte Carlo 2012 Test - YouTube
It's really a big difference between Prokop and Solbergs driving... Not that im very suprised but i didn't think it could be so visible...
Prokop is sitting in the WRC for the second time - it MUST be visible (not counting few races in Octavia seven years ago...).
He seems to have an problem with left hand hairpins :DQuote:
Originally Posted by J.Lindstroem
Not bad but one thing that disappoints me about the new WRCars is the sound. The Fiesta is as bad as the Focus was and in the Mikko video the DS3 sounds like a misfiring canal boat under braking :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
I think the cars sound just as good, what I miss is those clutch or bangs sounds the old ones did, especially the Focus, but we have to live with that.
Have You heard the new cars live? Fiesta for sure sounds much better than Focus live. DS3 is rather similar to C4 sound but Mini sounds the best for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Not yet but it surprised me how similar to their predecessors that the cars sound on the videos despite all new rules and engines. Ok, they rev higher than before but Fiesta sill sounds boring to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Any footage of Mini testing well, er...anywhere doing anything recently????
PX61 AUP, haven't seen that one before, must be a brand new Fiesta. (Unless some PX60 *** got re-registered)Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
Off topic - But yes I agree -Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Group B Lancia Delta S4 Rally Supercar 0-60 2.5 sec [in-car] - YouTube
This was the first search I did for a Delta S4 and maybe isnt the best example to demonstrate the noise, but it still sounds loads better than the current cars.
Weird, because Prokop's PX11 AWO was a brand new car for him..
Yeah, chassis #21... Maybe AUP is then #22. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
prokop has brought 2 brand new fiesta wrc s
I think that there were no noise regulations back in those days while now there are given limits.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
All videos of P.Solberg and Latvala so far, I think..
Petter:
Tests Petter Solberg Fiesta WRC - YouTube
solberg.mp4 - YouTube
Tests Solberg Ford Rallye Monte-carlo 2012 - YouTube
Inside Ford Petter Solberg's test Ardčche 2011 - YouTube
Petter Solberg tests MC 2012 + Bonus Itw Petter Solberg - Christian Loriaux. - YouTube
Latvala:
latvala test.mp4 - YouTube
Jari Matti Latvala (Fiesta RS WRC) Tests Monte-Carlo 2012 [HD] - YouTube
Ford testing for the 2012 Rallye Monte Carlo - YouTube
Essais Monte Carlo Hirvonen/Latvala 14/12/11 - YouTube
Tests Jari-Matti Latvala Monte Carlo 2012 - YouTube
Essais Latvala.avi - YouTube
he should stick to that fake 200 tries stunt sideways useless vids...he will never be a rally driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by danon
But he is a rally driver.........he drives in rallysQuote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
read in motorsport news today that petter will do some testing in greystoke forest soon to gain more seat time. does anyone know when this might be? :confused:
Brother John clear this thread... Its about testing.
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
I think i will move it to the new thread i just started!Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Sorry there, I just couldn't help myself to voice my opinion :) I'll keep it on subject next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother John