WRC Testing

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Let's take it different way. Both oversteering and understeering are negative behavior. It's not like there are only two options, the good one is neither one of them. Understeering is for sure the safer bad thing as it is easier to predict especially for amateurs and it also secures better way of crashing (by front) but I somehow doubt that the general rule applies also for WRC drivers.

Anyway on ice with short studs or without studs at all I think that every 4x4 car sufferes from some understeering at the apex and oversteering at the exit simply because of very low level of grip (I admit that my only experience with studs on ice is from go-karts but with them the behavior was exactly like that - understeering at the apex becoming oversteering at the exit).

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IMHO the oversteering on the exit on these conditions happens just because the rear wheels are on the worse side of the road, that's why I think car tend to understeer can be better in such, giving the car maximum drip at the exit. Otherwise of course none of underseer & oversteer is a good thing, but I agree understeering is "safer".

Ogier stops - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L065mNEChw

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Ogier from michelin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9P-...ure=youtu.be&a

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Julien with old helmet... Sticker at the front to hide de VW logo, and tag heuer on the side... M-Sport have no money left :)

https://youtu.be/FR3SXqt787k

Lefebvre test...

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Originally Posted by chris_bakelas

https://youtu.be/FR3SXqt787k

Lefebvre test...

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This car looks almost perfect. I see it has PSA rear-bumper syndrome though.

I would like to see the Fiesta on dry asphalt, always hard to tell with all the cars on different roads but there's something I don't find too convincing about it at the moment, maybe chassis too stiff?

Fiesta dry asphalt https://youtu.be/G-1f-_Z58GE
https://youtu.be/ngH2Ums1yKU
https://youtu.be/tDFo7uWq53c

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Fiesta dry asphalt https://youtu.be/G-1f-_Z58GE
https://youtu.be/ngH2Ums1yKU
https://youtu.be/tDFo7uWq53c

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Thanks, looks good on the fast, smooth sections at least.

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Originally Posted by RS

This car looks almost perfect. I see it has PSA rear-bumper syndrome though.

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Maybe they took it off to test the effects of driving without the diffuser?

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Originally Posted by dupanton

Maybe they took it off to test the effects of driving without the diffuser?

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Good idea if it is attached as well as the bumpers on the PSA R5s ;)

How much testing the teams did?

http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...ing-kilometres

Man, Toyota just crushes others