Rally Croatia 2022

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Yeah let’s hope

It seems to me that Hyundai is still missing a little on tarmac compared to Toyota

We will see how it’s on gravel

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They haven't tested on Gravel yet, right? Good thing they have a 4 week gap now to catch up.

Some pictures from Saturday: https://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_wrc_croatia_rallye_2022.html
https://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/9.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/2.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/1.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/6.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/11.jpghttps://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2022/croatia3/4.jpg

Could have been a great fight Rovanpera vs Neuville, or Rovanpera vs Tanak had Ott managed to recover more. Now it's over, apart from mistakes / problems. Only battle left should be Breen vs Neuville for 3rd spot.

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Originally Posted by TypeR

if today was raining on all stages.. would they cancel saturday?
let's drive hundreds of km's liaisons.. but some extra tyres would be so big extra cost on 1mil eur cars.. :)

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No tyre is able to help with fog.

Although i personally don't see the problem, its up to the drivers to adapt to the conditions. If they have to lift off for most of the stage than so be it.

For sure it's more tricky in terms of accident response and spectator management in thick fog. I guess that might be a bigger issue than the drivers thinking it's dangerous.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Yeah let’s hope

It seems to me that Hyundai is still missing a little on tarmac compared to Toyota

We will see how it’s on gravel

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Without the mechanical problems and penaltys due to them, neuville would have been comfortably in the lead.

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Originally Posted by denkimi

Without the mechanical problems and penaltys due to them, neuville would have been comfortably in the lead.

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Even without Kalles puncture?

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Originally Posted by denkimi

Without the mechanical problems and penaltys due to them, neuville would have been comfortably in the lead.

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without these problems Tänak would have been 3-4x WDC..

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Originally Posted by Eli

He’ll take the title this year, mark my words.

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I agree. Maybe early to say but he seems to have matured. But I think his biggest weapon is still Toyota's better reliability compared to Hyundai. I could see Neuville and Tanak challenging him on speed, but not when Hyundai keeps having problems.
Meanwhile, Breen is not good enough yet and Evans seems lost.

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Originally Posted by TypeR

if today was raining on all stages.. would they cancel saturday?
let's drive hundreds of km's liaisons.. but some extra tyres would be so big extra cost on 1mil eur cars.. :)

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Nothing about tyres on the canceling decision. It's just you who says the stage was canceled because of lack of rain tyres. Not true. The COC decision says stage was canceled because of thick fog. Kaj Lindström was interviewed on Finnish TV saying he had seen a photo from Michele Mouton's safety car and they couldn't see beyond the dashboard. Lindström said "it was the only choice to cancel the stage" It's not just the drivers' safety in question, also the numerous spectators'.