2024 WRC News & Rumours

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Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

So championship leader won't get any test before gravel rallies because his teammate just destroyed the car. Great job, Ott

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Ah surely this is bait?

I can't remember someone on this forum criticising Tänak legitimately, let alone having a needless dig at an honest mistake of him.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

lol. Neuville destroyed the car 3 years ago (before 2022 season) at the most critical time when they had to do the final tests before the car homologation. (bcs of that they couldnt test on gravel at all)

but of course you dont remember that.

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Be honest, back then there were plenty of posts about how Neuville is an idiot and screwed the whole team.

It is unclear if Neuville’s withdrawal from Lietuva Rally is a direct consequence of Tänak’s accident damage, but it would appear likely.

In a statement supplied to DirtFish, Hyundai confirmed: “We decided that due to other activities, Thierry will not participate in the rally in Lithuania. EP will be there as planned.”

Hyundai will also be in the UK this weekend, attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed with Dani Sordo present. DirtFish understands Neuville was originally scheduled to attend before he was entered into Lietuva Rally.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...warm-up-entry/

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Originally Posted by Eli

Remember when Paddon crashed the Fiesta WRC before Neste Rally Finland 2019?

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The car he was testing in and crashed was his car for the rally. He wasnt an official M-Sport driver either.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

The car he was testing in and crashed was his car for the rally. He wasnt an official M-Sport driver either.

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Remember, that Lukyanuk also had one chance to do WRC round - it was aproximetly 8 - 10 years ago in WRC Finland. He crashed hard, almost destroyed Fiesta WRC at pre event tests and his WRC dream was over. Sad.

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Originally Posted by TypeR

well.. Tanak didn't get to test either :D

To me it is weird that Hyundai is big manu team and you can't find an extra car.. Yes, such crashes rarely happen, but with so tight schedule there should be plan ,,what if..''

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It is not.
I would think they could get another car but not on a less than a week notice.

Car and parts are under overhaul or moving around between rallies.

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Originally Posted by becher

Ah surely this is bait?

I can't remember someone on this forum criticising Tänak legitimately, let alone having a needless dig at an honest mistake of him.

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It wasn't a joke, I'm not afraid of hating Tanak here. Neuville is hated basically every day, so why not?

I have nothing personal against Tanak, I'm just complaining about his driving.

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Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

It wasn't a joke, I'm not afraid of hating Tanak here. Neuville is hated basically every day, so why not?

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Because you can rise above the people who hate (big word, let's say constantly complain about / make up every reason to criticize) another driver because it's not their favourite driver.
It's obvious Tanak didn't have a big crash on purpose, he wasn't able to test much either. In any case, I doubt much changes for Neuville: he's first on the road anyway, it's probably going to be dry and it's fast gravel... even with some more testing for the new engine mapping, he'll lose tons of time regardless. He should bring it home hoping others hit trouble, no chance for a big result based on speed. Hopefully he'll get to test for later rallies.

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Originally Posted by focus206

Because you can rise above the people who hate (big word, let's say constantly complain about / make up every reason to criticize) another driver because it's not their favourite driver.
It's obvious Tanak didn't have a big crash on purpose, he wasn't able to test much either. In any case, I doubt much changes for Neuville: he's first on the road anyway, it's probably going to be dry and it's fast gravel... even with some more testing for the new engine mapping, he'll lose tons of time regardless. He should bring it home hoping others hit trouble, no chance for a big result based on speed. Hopefully he'll get to test for later rallies.

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Lets no forget how Neuville crashed the first hybrid test car and postponed their whole development for weeks.