Built by ASM, driver José Laibe (FRA)
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Built by ASM, driver José Laibe (FRA)
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Looks to me that the Spanish Suzuki team has made a good car and habe good drivers.
That combo makes the car competitive!
Suzuki Iberica invest a lot. That's why their cars are better than the same specs. N5 was better than N5 from RMC too.
And of course, Pardo and Vinyes are good drivers.
Teemu Asunmaa is driving a Fabia Rally2 Kit in Rzeszowski
Strange livery! :)
https://pl.motorsport.com/rsmp/news/...zowie/6641783/
Asunmaa's car is actually full of rally stories, have a look! :)
https://www.facebook.com/rallypl/posts/4531708453528062
That's a nice story - this French guy is a designer, an enginner, a driver and a mechanic in one person :)
https://www.fiaerc.com/cartier-prove...sk-in-the-erc/
Good luck to him!
Unfortunately Asunmaa crashed already on the first stage:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/image/6...?entry=3091518
In Finland the N5 cars are competing in the SM2 class, a class for N4 cars or similar. Therefore the original N5 cars have been downgraded by a 33 mm restrictor and 80 kg more weight. So it’s not a surprise that Esapekka couldn’t haul higher than seventh leaving behind many SM1 cars (R5/Rally 2 or similar cars).
Esapekka was 0,74 sec/km slower compared to the winner but the second in the SM2 class was 1,57 sec/km compared to the winner. I don’t know what the difference would have been if a “Esapekka driver” had driven a R5/Rally2 car.
Teemu Asunmaa has tested Lithuanian build Skoda R4 a lot on gravel, pity that tests on tarmac were cut short. Team from Lithuania has many pics and videos on their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/R4-Skoda-104397777941349