monte special livery. a tribute to a very famous cartoon!
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monte special livery. a tribute to a very famous cartoon!
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Like (black area) on new racing suits :D
since when we have the "Rally Logo and #number" on the doors? it seems the Hyundai Designer did not know that there has to be this Stickers...they are now over there useless letters....
oh my god, these are real amateurs, every small team in Rally3 knows and keep this space free, and these people want to fight against Toyota :) hold my beer
i'm pretty sure they know very well...
Extensive work addressing the weaknesses of its World Rally Championship challenger has left Hyundai confident it can offer a stronger challenge to Toyota in 2026...
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...2026/10791014/
There's plenty of room above the bra.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRC1
Tänak and Lappi revealed what's really going on at the Hyundai team...
https://ralli.ee/tanak-ja-lappi-aval...likult-toimub/
"French is spoken a lot at meetings, even though it should be an international company."Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
:D
Of course, the guy who is running it is a total joke to the whole motorsport world.
Yes, where everybody speaks English.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
And I doubt Lappi or Paddon speak French.
as if there is no finnish spoken in toyota. c'mon...
Biggest brain is British - Mr Fowler
Lindström - Finnish
Ogier - French
Evans - British
Solberg - Swede/Norwegian
Abideboul - French
Demaison - French
Neuville - Belgian
Fourmaux - French
Team new ,,base'' - France
Germany is France now?!Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
These two statements are the most worrying. It doesnt bode well for their short or long-term future:
Lappi added that such a situation is too dangerous to compete at the top level: “It’s damn hard to push the limit if you don’t even realize what’s going on (with the car). It doesn’t feel safe.”
The constant losing streak to the main competitor also puts the long-term future of the project into question. “From a marketing perspective, it’s not the best thing if you keep losing to Toyota basically 100-0. It’s hard to justify in Korea that rallying is a good thing when you’re getting beaten all the time, ” Halttunen summed up the situation.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...and-to-france/Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
sorry, my big mistake, test base.
But do you hear Ogier complain or others complain that they talk in Finnish during meetings?Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
Can anyone with more tech knowledge explain what is their main issue that they can not solve for this Gen car? Engine, suspension, geometry, diffs, software?
If the drivers, engineers, mechanics, Demaison can't figure it out, nobody can't. The car is a complete failure and it should be retired for good from next year. They need to get back to drawing table and start all over again, if their plan is to stay in rallying.
They had two cracks of the whip with different whipcrackers... maybe the limits aren't all technical.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
And they pr
After Monte they said, dont worry Sweden will be better.
They'd moved their test base to Finland 3 years ago to sort the car on fast gravel (and snow).
And in Sweden... they were worse.
Unbelievable.
I can imagine the test debriefing meetings. Nothing much said & a lot of "Gallic shrugs" - and they wonder why they aren't getting anywhere!Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
I think they need a good test & development driver that undestands the engineering and can relay to the engineers exactly what's needed on spring/damper rates, suspension geometry and diff settings. I suspect they've never had that and the engineers just fiddle with stuff, get the drivers to drive & see if it's faster.
Maybe if they put Paddon in the loop they'll get a bit further as he, at least, has done some of his own development.
I believe Paddon is more here because of development of Rally2 car. And probably because he may be the only one who could actually bring results with it next year if they will go that route. I just hope that they will not take anything from this car and develop there
“The fact that Toyota is based in Central Finland and that the conditions here are home to them doesn’t make it any easier for us,” Wheatley added.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://rallyjournal.com/hyundais-wr...ent-of-toyota/
I wonder what were they doing in Finland then...
depend on how much you want to rely on gossip, i guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
i don't see any strange or mysterious situation going on at Hyundai. the reason, to me, is very very simple. Company cut the money, as opposite as toyota that keeps investing what is needed in development. hiunday is falling behind as m-sport does every year. and for the same reason.
But how short of money can they be if they offered Tanak the biggest ever salary in WRC ?Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
The right drivers keep proving that the car is not bad at all (M-Sport). Also the fact that M-Sport can actually know what are they doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
not related. if (big if) it's true, they could have invested the money on the driver, then. they're not investing the money on the car now. don't think that money has been moved from tanak to the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
same apply to hiunday (that's why i nominated m-sport). hyu won more scratch than m-sport, including powerstage. so if that's ok with m-sport, is ok also for hiunday. they (both) just doesn't have the money to keep the developing pace of toyota.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
also toyota is the only working on '27 car, that's tells a lot about investment in the sport...
There is no budget problem at Hyundai. Only an equipment and skills one.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
ok. can u give us a source?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
We can see it with their facilities, crowds of people walking around service park, bragging how they work hard to develop everything... But us fans see, only 3 cars on each rally, no pace, struggling & frustrated drivers... So actually where the problem/s (which I think are more than only one) lies down?
I think it's the whole car is build too much to Neuville, and now even Neuville can't drive it anymore, ONLY 3 CARS (Toyota have 5-6), Cyril one of the biggest problem there, maybe the team really work as individual, dampers? Reliabililty? WEC project, Hankook tyres+hybridless crap combo don't work together at all.
Liaison - Rally Sweden
https://youtu.be/rlCd81VmELY?si=WWB5x__bOfUveBk1
Fourmaux on his move to Hyundai and their new car which is slower.
"Why?
“I don’t know. We need to ask the drivers at that time when they decided to make a different car, but I don’t want to point to anybody.”
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/fourm...ime-will-come/
More testing... more upgrades coming...
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...yota/10803770/
Liaison Kenya
https://youtu.be/U4sSlaGzGsk?si=kX1_d_2LLOtt-r2u
Also question, are we waiting for Hyundai to announce they’re leaving the WRC or the lack of communication from their side already means they’re out after this year?
Would you rather hear them bragging how they will be good next time and then event after the event fail miserably?
No, I meant aren’t we supposed to hear an official statement of them leaving/staying or are they simply waiting for the last minute?Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse