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Solberg day 2:

https://youtu.be/XYU3LLreaVA?si=aerP0sUPVb1PcVM9

https://youtu.be/mrM1UBBfZAY?si=ZGL92WrJBdldVIDn

Solberg has been testing on snow for Rally Sweden. Proper Skoda Motorsport test and not Toksport.

Solberg on gravel for the first time with new Fabia: https://youtu.be/XXy0J2Ddb9k

Mikkelsen/Skoda Motorsport in Portugal:

https://youtu.be/LRG0i0eWjlw

Very nice video of the final day of Toksport’s test. Ingram looks pretty quick in the old car still and even Delecour looks quite rapid in the new car now he’s got used to it.
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The cars are being serviced under an M-Sport tent by crew in M-Sport overalls so I presume it’s M-Sport!

Lefebvre and Johnston:

https://youtu.be/OJA69YGur0s

Delecour/Pajari/Gryazin/Bulacia in the new car and Ingram in the old one today. Good to compare on the same road on the same day.

https://youtu.be/7CUhd9JECtA

All Toksport:

Delecour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq757jg2baQ

Solberg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqr9aWUIP6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7nV9l9vvFs

Bulacia:

Maybe time for a cost cap then, a la F1.

It’s not so much the extent of it but the fact they come with 16 different designs of wing mirror in one year (I exaggerate for effect, but still..)

Were new rules meant to turn WRC into an aero formula? Doesn’t sound very cost effective to me.

Same road Gryazin used yesterday to compare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u0Npe-mMeY

I think the Yaris with the park bench stuck on the rear hatch will give it a pretty good run for it’s money..

Agree with the first point, not so sure on the second. Maybe when the electric power is working? I can only presume on the Yaris tarmac video it was not.

The Puma looks heavy.

Ok it’s early days but not really getting the wow factor from these cars that was immediately apparent with the current generation of World Rally Car.

Hyundai looks the...

https://cdn-cjjop.nitrocdn.com/HtUQBWgxgzPGCWDZEDiLiMHrIlBDQZFy/assets/static/optimized/rev-b5f1e06/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Casdon-Realistic-Toy-Shopping-Trolley-768x768.jpg

I like it, looks more ‘natural’ than the current World Rally cars which squirm around somewhat.

I guess this is why it’s so important they get that R5 car sorted.

R5 test Sweden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTTizqsWn9g

Not going to make any judgement on speed but he looks pretty damn comfortable in that car already for test day one..

What are the homologation rules around aero in WRC? Can they bring unlimited updates like in F1? Could be a slippery slope..

That’s a lot of spare front bumpers.

Kubica and Kimi both did quite a lot of miles in lower class cars before stepping up to a World Rally Car, which maybe as this video shows would be a wise choice.

Really surprised Mercedes allow him to drive another car brand, especially during the season and especially something potentially dangerous like this..