WRC Testing

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It's still a test mule with some basic new bodywork but not the full detail and aero that is due in the next few weeks. Adamo told them to concentrate on the running gear for now.

[er88]

its clear that the new cars are slower, alot i can say.The youngers will adapt quiker.

They don't to me. Maybe in very slow and twisty sections, it is perhaps a bit more noticeable. However in fast sections they are clearly still quick and should be just as spectacular to watch stageside, as with less aero and less advanced suspension they will be harder to drive.

I think the top drivers will notice a difference much more than any spectator will - especially while testing as they are still jumping from the current cars straight into these rally1 test mules. Ofcourse they have to adapt.

The cars sound superb, aren't anywhere near R5 type slow, and still look aggressive to me despite the not as advanced aero. They will only get quicker and quicker over the next 3yrs.

[Mirek]

If registering a car in Germany is as tough as I am informed it is, that won't be some half-assed job - that will be a 2022 test car.

Only a little note to this. I guess that Germany, like many other countries, has an exception for car manufacturers to use plates not registred to particular chassis numbers. Of course normal people can not do that but manufacturers usually have such plates registred only on a company name and used purely for testing purposes.

[EstWRC]

Dirtfish will be following this weeks Hyundai rally1 test https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/geari...e-rally1-test/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Dirtfish will be following this weeks Hyundai rally1 test https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/geari...e-rally1-test/

Surprising after being so quiet that Hyundai are now doing a 'full rally simulation' Rally1 test with Dirtfish there to report it.

Maybe they are upset with M-Sport getting all the publicity with the Puma, Breen and Loeb...

[logic]

Surprising after being so quiet that Hyundai are now doing a 'full rally simulation' Rally1 test with Dirtfish there to report it.

Maybe they are upset with M-Sport getting all the publicity with the Puma, Breen and Loeb...

Or maybe they were actually doing a lot of testing and not for the public to see.

[AnttiL]

So experts on this forum say Hyundai is just running a mule which is "current car with new headlights", and Dirtfish says they're already doing a "full rally simulation"...well, DF story could also be just paid propaganda to assure audience that everything is fine, but I don't believe in that personally...

[Tom K]

DirtFish it's not the only media invited for the "event".

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Or maybe they were actually doing a lot of testing and not for the public to see.

There's only so much testing you can do in a private facility. You need real roads pretty soon to find out more.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So experts on this forum say Hyundai is just running a mule which is "current car with new headlights", and Dirtfish says they're already doing a "full rally simulation"...well, DF story could also be just paid propaganda to assure audience that everything is fine, but I don't believe in that personally...

Adamo said the full new car will be ready late Oct / early Nov. But this clearly isnt it.

You'd think they'd wait until that car test to invite the media.