mikkelsen off. Steam from cooler, hit poles. End of the day for Mikkelsen.
Edit: Stage red flagged. Half of stage is blocked by front of the car.
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mikkelsen off. Steam from cooler, hit poles. End of the day for Mikkelsen.
Edit: Stage red flagged. Half of stage is blocked by front of the car.
Gotta love these near winter conditions, definitely need more rallies in this time of year. Also, Mikkelsen showing why he’s not going to get a seat in 2025, if Lancia or Skoda were in the championship maybe, but even then, why not invest in the youngsters or try and steal Pajari or Fourmaux.
So, does anybody know... What do we have in the way of lunchtime service, and can it fix a hybrid?
technically u can't repair it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
they can reset it and see if it gets going (most of the time works), or change it, but there's no service today, so no change.
I thought there was a remote service? Or is it just a tyre fitting zone?
Remote service after the next stage but they are limited in what they can do in the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Yes, probably a safety feature. An automatic disconnection in case of accident to avoid a fire or a hazardous electric discharge, I believe. Just think the mediatic impact of such a catastrophic event. I think they are playing on the safe side, with plenty of margins, to avoid bad publicity, and potential impact into manufacturers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mackie
Probably root cause here, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by 486
Neuville has to beat Tanak to get the title this weekend and is just 3.8s ahead of him. So not really pushing that hard.
I think all the top 4 drivers are currently on the limit.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Rossel last night near roll...
https://x.com/ma_ipp/status/1847169371560346008
Stage 6 delayed?
Edit: apparantly 10 mins delay
nevermind
Mikkelsen explains plus photos...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/mikke...ing-cer-crash/
How the heck can a hybrid unit repair costs could be 1million? That thing as I understood costs 150.000. Even if you take 3 out, they are still not even near that high number.. What garbage product are they supply to the teams.
Ha, Ogier just wont accept Neuville is faster.. :D
Great stage Taka !
Taka-san mode ON.
statistically, it may mean he will be off soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by stavrosGDB
Yes, but with plans to ditch them because of high repair costs, this just justifies dumping hybrid even moreQuote:
Originally Posted by Mackie
If you have to replace them after every rally, or even during rallies the cost gets very high very quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
But the main issue is that it adds nothing. It's just stuff that costs way too much and breaks all the time, without making the cars faster.
I've been watching with Japanese commentary. When Katsuta got the stage win, well, there was no need to understand Japanese to know how they felt about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
Mikkelsen's crash
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/sY7Pww71uZAYzxiG/
If the hybrid unit needs to be replaced after every rally, it's clearly bad garbage product. And losing it after one small jump really adds to it, it is very bad thing. And after 2-3 years of using it, they are now concerned for safety and need to be rebuild and costs are higher than the product.
To me it smells like it's just excuse that they want to grab as much as money as they can, since they will be out of contract soon.
FIA should drop it immediately and put balast on cars, that thing work well and keep that until the end of 2026.
For not being very comfortable with car, Tanak is being fast. Only 6 seconds from Neuville and 3 seconds from Ogier. Shows that if Neuville wants to beat him, he can't really ease off.
It adds green image and argument for sustainability of the sport. Hybrid was never an engineering or sporting decision, it is all about PR. Do not pretend otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
I know. But they could get the same effect by using something way smaller and cheaper since it's only purpose is to be able to use the term "hybrid".Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
They could even get rid of it and just keep the hybrid name. Those that are green enough to care aren't interested enough in rallying to know it couldn't be real.
Well that's the usual thing with Tänak, "set up issues" but right on the pace or even winning.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
No, according to most comments here, Neuville will bin it, like usual (and get no points), and Tanak (who never do that) will dominate. #beingsarcasticQuote:
Originally Posted by becher
Never like to see cars hitting fence posts after what happened to poor Craig Breen.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Not true, the extra 100bhp does make them faster - cost and being unreliable are the main reasons to remove it.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Oh well that's wishful thinking by some. The Internet is anti Neuville or in general against crews with french notes. Just look at the dirtfished Solberg fanboy crowd wishing ill to Rossel.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
The extra 100kw give something, but not a whole lot as it can only be deployed for very short bursts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Remove the 100kw strong MGU, don't fit ballast in place of it and you have a faster car immediately.
Quite a silly conclusion I would say. Does everyone hate Loeb, Ogier, Fourmaux, <who else>?Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Fan base is more of a question of personality-(mis)match, not based on the language used for pace notes.
Just the weight of removing the hybrid compensates the lost power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I think that some of us are just scared of him crashing (me), that we wrote a wish that he won't bin it :D Sometimes, when he is in the lead after Friday, Saturday doesn't end well. We have to hope. I'm a big fan of him and I just hope for the title after 13 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Come on, it was obviously not a scientific analysis, but rather a bit of a joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
What cannot be denied is that people often claim Loeb, Neuville, Rossel or Ogier (recently also with Fourmaux) are arrogant.
When you actually listen to how and what these drivers have to say there is only one of them that could be considered arrogant.
Also correlation=! causality.
Not sure about French-speaking crews in general but I also see some underappreciation of Neuville. I think it's more about Belgian fanbase not being as big and vocal as Nordic/Estonian/British so general narrative is more harsh on him than it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
But the car balance is designed for the weight so it cant just be removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi