Rally2 (ex-R5) News

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Originally Posted by Mirek

. the power steering pump is most likely reasonably stronger).

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or same pump working at higher pressure just to cope with the higher forces due to different polo design?...
anyway its not the first time somebody will make wrong calculations,or decide wrong.

For me the most interesting is why it was not happening during so long test phase...
And first thing they did was to issue Bulletin that rebuild period of the rack is lowered from 2000 to 1000kms... but most issues happened way before that limit...

What is the 'suspension grid' that the article talks about? I'm guessing a poor Google translation.

Perhaps one advantage of Skoda having run a works team with their cars is that issues are found and solved quicker. The Polo debuted, what, six months ago?.. so should be over teething troubles by now.

Seems to me VW were so confident in their testing that they were happy to let customers buy and run their cars in competition without having done so themselves.

And as we know in rally, testing is one thing but competition is another.

Well, they did one, many tests were also quite thorough, running until its axle falls apart etc.

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Originally Posted by skarderud

Mads Østberg said in a (rally)podcast (lyktepodden at Spotify and other) that they have tested and going to homologate a totaly new rear suspention, and some other parts to the C3 R5, but its not ready to the next rallies.
He also said that it was something fundamentally wrong with the construction of the R5, same stuff like the WRC.
He also said ha was not afraid to tell what he thinks, to whoever he speaks to:)

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Lukyanuk also wasn’t at ease with the C3 before Azores Rally, but instead asking to change the whole car he changed his driving style and succed to be fast. That’s the approach of a champ.

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Originally Posted by Rally Power

Lukyanuk also wasn’t at ease with the C3 before Azores Rally, but instead asking to change the whole car he changed his driving style and succed to be fast. That’s the approach of a champ.

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He coudnt do something else. Mads can work at changes with Citroen.
be sure that Luky could be much faster with a car suits him,or doesnt behave strangely.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

He coudnt do something else.(...)

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He could moan all rally long and cruise the car till the end, like Ostberg did in Sweden, but he braverly managed to show the car is fast, dominating the event until the brake faillure.

More than being embarrassing for Citroen, Ostberg constant complaints are starting to be embarrassing for himself.

I dont ever remember Lukyanuk moaning about any car he's driven. He just drives whatever he's got the best way he can.

In this case the C3 deal with Saintéloc was pretty late and he is probably just glad to to have the drive. Moaning about the car would look quite ungrateful.

Østberg is an experienced WRC driver of several cars plus he did help with the C3 WRCar's geometry to good effect. So he has the right to be critical of the R5 car when he thinks it's necessary.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

(...) So he has the right to be critical of the R5 car when he thinks it's necessary.

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For sure, but what’s the point of being overcritical in a public way, damaging the C3 image over potencial costumers? After Lukyanuk performance in Azores, should we still believe that the car has some kind of fundamental issue on gravel?

Anyway, what mostly matters is to have the C3 being properly developed and improved, with the feedback from Ostberg, Lukyanuk and all Citroen Racing national costumers. Fingers crossed.