Huttunen´s pure talent was the reason to choose him, but of course we have to remember that during the Peugeot days Michel Nandan was there as a chief engineer and Marcus knows him very well.
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Huttunen´s pure talent was the reason to choose him, but of course we have to remember that during the Peugeot days Michel Nandan was there as a chief engineer and Marcus knows him very well.
Those other 2 strong candidates were also from "north" ;)
Huttunen has already proved, what he is capable of in wrc2. Kalle has a great talent, but still has a lot to learn. IMHO he is a bit overhyped now, but his time will come...
as i understood then Kruuda was the first one who was left out.Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Must have been then Bergkvist and Rovanperä :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Yeh, we must remember his age, most people are only starting their careers at this point when he is already winning national championships in an R5 car. We can still give him a couple of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Thing is the "national championship speed" is what a lot of young drivers with money/drives get very quickly. Ex. Latvala, Mikkelsen and... M. Wilson.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
The big step is going from that to top 6 WRC speed. For example, Mikkelsen didn't have nearly that kind of speed during his privateer time in WRC but got there after IRC. Wilson never got it, even though his "young" speed was good.
Which is why I am pessimistic about the hype every driver who shows some speed at 17-19 gets. Time will tell how Huttunen does, I hope he does well, but it's far from guaranteed.
I think your examples show why it is important for drivers to build up through the series and categories gradually.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Lefebvre is another example of someone who they tried to progress too quickly.
Hardly.. it was one event (which was also his home event) where there was also not much competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
I happen to believe he does have a lot of talent and potential, but he still has a lot to prove too.
Lefebvre was good in FWD cars, but he did only a year worth of rallies in R5 with only one good result (in Monte 2015) before being taken into WRC level. And I think WRC2 or ERC is where he should still be.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
And I think Rovanperä should do a couple of years of WRC2 as well and he's still years ahead of most of his rivals. I hope the hype doesn't work against him. It's not like he fails if he doesn't win WRC2 in Wales and Australia.
But also his second ever event in R5. What he has is the mental side of winning, starting a rally for the fourth day and maintaining the correct pace that's fast enough but without risks.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Same with Bertelli. Should have continued on with WRC2, he was doing well there and then silly move up to WRC!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Its rare that a driver who gets his drives through the money and contacts of his father, turns out to be an incredible talent. Getting the best car and the best support from a very early age makes it 'easy' to win lower championships agains privateers and other young drives who have to do everything themself. Its only when you get to the level where your opponents have the same level of material, that we can see the true talents.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
But its not impossible. I had my doubts with verstappen, but he truly is the talent they claimed him to be.
Anyone know anything about i20 R2 spec.. Some time ago I read something about plans that they could produce a caar like that.
Next Year MSA Bulgaria will build one as the homologation completed it is like fiesta based on small turbo engine
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Anyone knows if they are still working on R5 development? I heard it's not a good car. Some italian drivers who have tried it said it has not much grip and you struggle to keep it in the lines. (I can't say the names, it's not Andolfi btw). Do you guys think they are right or have some confirmation of this from other drivers? Or the car is just fine and what matters most is the driver in this case?
I have not seen any results which suggest it is on the same level as the Fabia or Fiesta.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
New R2 regulations/ rules might happen in 2018 so Hyundai stopped their R2 i20 project based on the old/ current rules earlier this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESTR
Paddon didn't complain, Neuville also, the car wins Spanish Championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Everyone who have money thinks that they can drive anything fast. Sure they blame the car for their bad skills..
and Andolfi is last at the shakedown with it in WRC2 category
https://www.ewrc-results.com/shake/3...-2017/?sct=222
The word I got in from the Portuguese drivers who drove the car is that the car it's very good, but not user friendly like the Fiesta for example. It takes a lot of pratice and testing and a lot of setup to be competitive with the car. Chassis it's close to the WRC one, so it's made for pro, not for reasonable good drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESTR
I confirm that. Car is good but very unfriendly to drivers. Also, Hyundai don’t share anything with costumers. They did the car and turn focus to TCR.
Duval didn't like it at all when he drove it last year. His times were pretty bad, compared to his pace with the DS3 earlier that year.
Dilley drove it a couple of times in Belgium, but switched to a fabia now. He also complains about the reliability.
I never said that drivers who said that have money. And anyway two top drivers paid by Hyundai motorsport to drive the main category are less reliable than a rich boy driving for fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by ESTR
Seems to be working ok in Rally GB so far...? Maybe like some have said it's down to the driver being able to extract the best from it?
https://rallysportmag.com/interview-...s-coming-2018/
Paddon:
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“Discussion are taking place with the parties involved regarding 2018. We have a pretty clear contract that we’re doing all the rallies in 2018. I am just focusing on the driving.”
It was announced multiple places that Neuville's car had different rear aero (bumper and sides) than Mikkelsen and Paddon (who again had different front than Sordo which had pre-catalunya one).
I can't find any very clear pictures, mostly cause that cars are really dirty and there is always a fountain of mud in when pictures are taken from behind.
Anyone seen it and has some pictures that are clear?
yes I saw somewhere side to side photos and they were different,but don't remember where I saw it,maybe somebody at twitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
The old one is here:
http://www.wrc.com/images//Calendar/...jpg?1509271694
(Mikkelsen)
For the new one the best I saw so far is from the vid at 1:39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyODMNPZLE
The pods are bit longer and wider and there is an extra hole lower down a bit Citroen-style, but with cover.
at today runs with invited persons Hyundai used dual vents
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNaTcJIUMAAG6C4.jpg
Check out the test videos for Wales, the test car was already running the new rear fender and bumper.
https://www.ewrc.cz/images/2017/phot...uville-ndz.jpg
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...18-wrc-drivers
Nandan saying they still haven't decided ultimately who's driving a whole season and who's not. Also again rumors of Sordo going to rallycross.
Strange to be saying that while still saying that all the drivers have contracts to do all the rallies, I wouldn't have thought the big bosses would like a manager blatantly saying that they're planning to dishonour contracts. Maybe he's hoping to pressure a driver into leaving, or knows about something else happening in the background that isn't public.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Watch the movements of he who has blamed the car for his failure to win the WDC title this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
I dont know if this was discussed elsewhere, but I just heard that Neuville had a '2018-spec' i20 from Rally GB... hence his superior speed on this event and in Australia.
Anyone else heard or know more about this ?
I think the different rear aero was noticed on the forumsQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
No improvement in the steering making it stronger after the previous breakages ? He hit a bank hard early on Rally GB and got away damage-free...
i posted this in the news thread but seems it was missed
The Belgian has run a 2018 specification i20 for the last two rounds and Nandan is confident the team has found the durability needed to challenge next year.
“We made the homologation of the 2018 car in October so Thierry could use this car in Wales,” Nandan explained.
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...r-2018-983456/
What are your sources? You also said that Mikkelsen joining Hyundai was "not true".Quote:
Originally Posted by logic
I heard (not certain if it's true) that they are developing a new material to use for the suspension arms etc.