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Evans hopefully but he really really needs to win this one, Ogier, maybe, last year I would say for sure but with the new point scoring system? We’ll see how they stack up after Finland but it’s Thierry’s to lose imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Sami Pajari has taken his gloves off, it would seem. . . Interesting!!!!
At the moment it just looks like no one won't catch toyota..
Pajari time confirms this even moreQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
They just said Martin Jarveoja would need to stay in the hospital for observation.
Tanak's roll covered somewhere in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V09_y8UYGXE
Simple off really. The tree was just in the wrong place, at the wrong time
ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhh jeeeeez that tree
Taka and Johnston waiting for the bus lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/WRC/comment...ing_for_a_bus/
We're barely half-way through first proper day and three top crews out already.
Quite remarkable that the Hyundai is both understeering and oversteering in the same time.
They cant do anything to it eighter it seems, been like this for years.
Fantastic piece of engineering.
Didn't they bring FX to the team too?
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Yes, Demaison is with Hyundai currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
I missed Lappi's off. Can anyone describe how it happened, please?
They did but FX said in an interview to dirtfish that they can’t do much cause the car is fundamentally wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
That’s why they also wanted to build a new one for next year but FIA screwed them with this when they announced the new rules briefly but then took them back
Heavy rutted section through trees, car was bouncing, back end hit one tree, swung the front end into the path of another tree. Wheel fell off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Ah, that bit. Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
What's stopping them now then?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Cause it’s too late and they wouldn’t manageQuote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
You have very limited options to change things once they are homologated. Basically you can change only minor stuff but nothing fundamental.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Sure. Sure, sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Didn't they say that they start to working on a new car, then scrap it. And then when the regs stayed the same they didn't have any paper, documents, parts, actually car anymore? They just threw all away then? Or what. I catch that they manage to save something from that project. How could such a company just screw that in that scale? Doesn't make sense to me. Then they manage to get extra jokers by threats that they will quit. And right now they say they will quit if new manus will not join. What are they trying to achieve?Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
It's a joke of a management, thats for sure. Extremely unprofesionell from a team with unlimited resorces, its unbelivable.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
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i always wonder how many titles neuville could have had if he hadn't been so loyal to hyundai.Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Can't they introduce a new car halfway down the year?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Maybe he is part of the reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Pajari not doing so well, huge time loss on split 1.
Why are the drivers always so secret about their issues and setup changes? It's not like their competitors will change their strategies only because Munister has a sensor issue (for example).
Obviously it was timing glitch, Pajari isn't losing a minute and a half.
I don’t know, you have to ask Cyril.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
He is the one who said that this long decision taking from FIA about next year regulations halted the build of the new car
Why suddenly so much focus on Hyundai being bad when last two rallies it mostly matched the Toyota? (Something to do whom the majority of people here cheer for?)
Here Lappi crashed, but he crashed all of last 3 years including in a Toyota ( but luckily made it to finish).
Similarly Tanak crashed last year in a Puma and won the year before in this very car.
Tarmac is another matter, but on gravel the car doesn't seem entirely bad.
When you are at this level, you don't stop develop the car, maybe you start on both possibilitys, but not stop develop the existing and most likely next season car.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
And the possibility to make a EVO2 version less drivable than the existing is hardy possible it seems.
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Is Pajari going to snatch his first stage win?
Nicely done!
Pajari: ,,Oi-oi-oi'' :D
Sami, hell yeah! Future is looking bright with guys like Sesks and Pajari
Instant Grönholm flashbacksQuote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Oi OI Oi Pajari. What a stage.
And after repeating the loop: 20.5s ahead of Munster, 40.3s behind Fourmaux, 88.9s behind the lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
So he took 29 seconds out of Munster. He took 5 seconds out of Fourmaux, who (I think) had a better afternoon than morning. But Rovanpera is in boss mode.
He was caught in a Seb era. Just like Latvala and Hirvonen previously. These too was just unbeatable at the time. And he was still developing, I think... But right now he is still ONLY one that can actually finish the rally. Sordo is quite reliable and should be still beside... But soon the time will come when all those older ones will need to step away, even Ogier and make way for younger ones... I'm more and more convinced, that this type of cars does suit better to younger ones on their debuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
He was the No.1 driver in Hyundai for 11 years. All the team has been working for him for more than a decade. The success is a team work and he was the leading person in the team for all the time. Definitely he must have had a lot of influence on the car design as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Some drivers are better at developing a car than others, on the other hand drivers are usually neither designers nor engineers. Didn't Neuville already say that the big handbrake usage in his driving style is not "his own", but rather he started using it because of how the car handles? Could be that Neuville is not good at developing, could be that Hyundai wasn't able to deliver the car its drivers asked for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Could be. I'm just saying that he has been the pivotal person in Hyundai for over a decade. The principals changed, the managers changed, the engineers changed, yet we somehow keep saying the same things about their cars all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206