Great to hear they're OK! I've seen the pictures of their damaged car on ewrc and it looked rough :/Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
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Great to hear they're OK! I've seen the pictures of their damaged car on ewrc and it looked rough :/Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
nature took over in Safari rally :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niWQEYkXQTw
As expected, seems like Hyundai isn't more robust than it used to... Good day for Neuville as he kept close to Evans and Katsuta, but seeing what happened with Tanak and Lappi, he has to hope his i20 is the lucky one.
Kalle on another level, but in rallies like Safari you can never be sure of a win.
80% chance of showers overnight
91% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow
:D
Third year of these cars and still such problems.. argh.
Sound really ,,promising'' for them.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...-transmission/
About Lappi's and other Hyundais..
Seems like Tanak's manu points don't matter..Quote:
The casing exploded,” he said. “We know the transmission is the weak point of this car. It’s not been developed and validated properly.
All they can do is drive at 80%.
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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR F-X DEMAISON WANTS TO ENSURE THIERRY NEUVILLE MAKES IT TO THE FINISH OF SAFARI RALLY KENYA
Only in Leg 2!Quote:
Originally Posted by Typ85
Why is this day so long, I cant wait until tomorrow. Something tells me that there won't be Toyota TOP 3.
I'd expect Neuville to overhaul Katsuta now there's only one place difference in their road order.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Well, gearbox permitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
They should have said it before the rally. I would have made different PickemsQuote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
According to startlist, Lappi is starting tomorrow and followed by Tanak.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJ2-vkNW...pg&name=mediumQuote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
Did this rock just appear for Tanak or did the previous drivers avoid it keeping to the right of the marker ?
So Safari is harder on the transmission because there is more slip than "usual"? Is that a correct assumption?
If there is anything I appreciated today, it was FX Demaison's honest interview on DirtFish.
His perspectives were enlightening and frankly a tad too honest, I felt.
We now know how limiting the rules are, jokers aside. Also, how critical the initial design phase is if you are to build a successful vehicle.
It looked to me he was much more to the middle of the road than that. It almost looked like the outside, loaded up front wishbone dug in and it lifted the car and sent him into the bank and finished him off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Like he said in that video.. either drive over the rock and see what happens next or avoid the rock and go straight off. He chose 1st one. Also there wasn't any ,,too much'' cutting..
Hahah, I put them both 6-7Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Tänak kept it to the right of the markerQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
By now Tanak has a very long history of cars breaking at the front end due to "bad luck". Yaris, Puma, i20, doesn't matter.
Sure sometimes there is some luck involved but his driving style and particularly his "dive in" front-end setup with front bumper scratching the ground also likely plays a role. Last year both Neuville and Lappi even commented on it. (setting the car so soft it always "crashed trough").
Here the launch up was certainly more massive than what would seem normal.
I don’t understand whole this. So, they just strengthend the propshaft and forgot to improve gearbox? And how it can be, that the gearbox suddenly became so weak? Didn’t they recognised the problem before? They use this gearbox already third year.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
And why would you say this before the rally is over?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gonek
Seems like mind games to me.
As a way to make Evans and Katsuta "relax" and be overtaken by Neuville? I could almost believe it, if I didn't have zero faith in Hyundai's reliability. And the gearbox just exploding sounds something that could happen to a i20 Rally1.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
I think Neuville should be happy if he gets to the end without super rally, podium would be amazing.
They explained that they couldn't strengthen the propshaft and gearbox at the same time because of the jokeres. The gearbox didn't become weaker but is now relatively the weakest link because the propshaft is stronger. Think of it like this, if you take a stock car with stock drivetrain and keep adding power the gearbox/half shafts/propshaft/diff will at one point be overwhelmed and break, if you strengthen the weakest link at one point the next weakest component will fail unless every component is changed for a strong enough one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gonek
Pacenotes links for Saturday:
Soysambu
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8A...w?usp=drivesdk
Elementeita
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DXM...w?usp=drivesdk
Good morning!
Tanak has semi open bonnet.. decided to stop and close it...
Stage end comment
,,we had very busy road section and it didn't close correctly, our mistake''
And all that just out of service for a long loop.. :/
I just woke up. It took one minute to close it?
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Originally Posted by EstWRC
Before stopping they drove slower for some time and discussed what to do, the closing itself took about 30 seconds.
Evans had puncture and changed it, Munster with bent rear wheel..
Neuville will be a champion half way into the championship if it continues this way
He still drives HyundaiQuote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Katsuta says he drives blind and has the fastest time
Verstuurd vanaf mijn 2201123G met Tapatalk
Solberg is pushing!
37sec faster than Gus
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by trykmann
I see his first split remained the fastest. Shame again
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Originally Posted by CeskyOndra
Does it really matter if his main competitor is doing half a season?
It does, Evans had more points last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
What else :D no intercom for Tanak/Jarveoja
Tanak gave Martin a smile and thumb-up at the end of stage :D
Not his fault that others are driving shit and falling apartQuote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
He has been superb so far in this season but his days will also come. I’m sure about that
And this forum is quite dead like the series itself unfortunately
Common guys why is it so dead here.. Sleeping Warrior is coming!
Another question which comes to me is why it happend only to Lappi? If I remember correctly, last year the propshaft failed 2 times on Lappi’s car. Why this car is more affected than others? Maybe they just give worse or used parts for Lappi?Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Watching the rally on their tv app, seeing their broken telemetry.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeskyOndra