So, whatever engine it seems to be, the Mini is performing well on tarmac. For sure the turbo plays a role...
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So, whatever engine it seems to be, the Mini is performing well on tarmac. For sure the turbo plays a role...
It was a gravel event!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
lololol
+1
Is the time difference really significant? Isn't it assumed that you only go as fast as you need to win. Besides with the trouble the Mini had in Portugal I would assume they would only push hard enough to make sure they finished.
I wonder how far the current WRC cars, except for the motor of course, differ from S2000 cars? If you compare to the result in Ciocco Navarra did very well with the car. At least there are signs of potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Top Gear with James May, Kris Meeke and Mini Wrc were in Norway this weekend filming in the bob sledge track in Hunderfossen like they did with Henning Solberg many years ago. This time they raced against Amy Williams in a skeleton. I was there all friday night having a look and the car sounds awesome!! It had a S2000 bodykit but the prodrive mechanic told me it had WRC spec engine. Unfortunetly i didn't get back out with my camera tape... but i had these two pics uploaded to FB before i was caught :uhoh: Will probably be broadcasted when the new season of Top Gear starts in june. Henning's run here, i felt something was strange with this video and i was right, apparently things are not the right way around in Norway look at the sign at 4:12min :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKgaXwO8Ao
http://www.raceinfo.no/temp/tn_19951..._1191068_n.jpg
http://www.raceinfo.no/temp/tn_19737..._3918562_n.jpg
I don't think that it's so much. The car looked really slow on asphalt testing videos with small restrictor. We'll see how it works next time. In Italy it's quite common that new comers have problems to catch locals on their home roads (like Kopecký and others in previous years). Moreover Mikkelsen lost 20 seconds by a spin on SS2.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
SubaruNorway , great job there , that's the kind of inside information were into . Did you meet Captain Slow ? He's my favourite of the three ;)
Jeremy is cooler..