That sounds more like an admission of fault rather than excuses from Abiteboul.
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That sounds more like an admission of fault rather than excuses from Abiteboul.
it's just they can't do everything at the same time. we all know that the project was late, and regaining time is not easy, especially with "low" funding and limited testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Interesting choice of priorities They must have thought the old car was really bad in the areas they worked on to ignore the those three big changes for 2025 season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Paddon decided, just send it ... ;)
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-e...ns-wrc-career/
More from Abiteboul interview to Belgian media after Saudi Arabia:
"We also know that Toyota redesigned the gearbox ratios. Because of the hybrid system, it's something we couldn't have done because all our spare parts had already been used up. There were also internal mistakes, design flaws in the car. But ultimately, it's primarily a lesson in risk analysis and what we really need to do. And I think we all need to draw some conclusions from this. Next year, the challenge is not to get sidetracked again. We're not that far off, we've seen it several times, we could have won.
Above all, we need to solidify our reliability. Often, we had the pace, but not the reliability. Again this weekend, we came very close. We need to solidify our understanding of the Hankook tires. And then, we have some technical issues that we absolutely must focus on without getting sidetracked. This also involves internal reorganizations, with some people being a bit more involved, focused. We've diversified our activities, and that's had an impact. Now, we need people who are absolutely focused on the few changes that need to be made."
hyundai is bringing back the petrol i30N just one year after they "axed" the model...
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...-powered-i30-n
Sordo 5 rallies
Spain, Portugal, Greece, Paraguay and Italy
Am I imagining it, or was Sordo considered a tarmac-oriented driver back in his prime?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
I think 2026 will be more focused on building a new car for 2027. I also think that Sordo has in some way similar advantage in Hyundai as Ogier have in Toyota. Have some say what he will contest (not exactly, but have some influence).
Do you think that Hyundai will be building a new car for 2027?Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
According to the latest rumours/news they will... Rally2
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...-car-for-2027/
While not really a surprise it does make one wonder who will do the tarmac.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Paddon has no recent or historical decent tarmac form. Lappi is therefore most likely, he does not have any good results either, but likely can end up around Katsuka if ordered not to push. (If he pushes on tarmac it tends to end badly).
The driver ending up to do the tarmac-rounds ending up as mikkelsen, or loeb, no good results.
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Obviously after that (in Dirtfish words) "doomed to fail" tarmac focused part program he had last year I do not think they had a long line of drivers who wanted to try that.
Which is why I was expecting that the tarmac rounds would get split differently next year (and that there will be only two drivers sharing seat). Doesn't look like that yet, with Sordo not doing any.
Hopefully Paddon did not agree to tarmac-focused suicide run only.
Paddon has had some decent tarmac performances in ERC (2nd Canarias 2023, 1st Ceredigion 2024) but of course that was in the Rally2 car.