WRC Testing

[EstWRC]

Tänak and Sordo https://youtu.be/7qrYtayn56k

[Jakem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlkGpys_Uvc 6:00min Tanak had motor problems, thats why he parked his car

[dimviii]

red suspension canisters at Tanaks car.Must be sachs,if i remember right till now they were silver.

[TheFlyingTuga]

Not something official and RallyPower should be able to confirm, but the guy has a cut in his head and from what they were saying on the reports he broken his hand in the fall as well. Montim is a fantastic stage for watching because you can see large chunks of road and it as tall banks were you can stand safely. The problem is that there are always some idiots that bend down to the road. Thankfully in WRC Portugal security is much more tighten and this kind of stuff does not happen. And Hyundai ended up tested the effects of rallying the car in just half wing.

[EstWRC]

Tänak, Sordo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJm1w751VrE

[Rally Power]

And Hyundai ended up tested the effects of rallying the car in just half wing.

Sordo’s car rear wing was replaced on mid-day service but even with a damage wing he was flat out all over the place. The guy loves Fafe stages and is always eager to provide the crowd (which include many of his compatriots) a first class show. Big thanks to him, Del Barrio, Tanak and Jarveoja for their commitment; hope Hyundai gets a 1-2 in Mexico with them (that way maybe Toyota and MSport could be tempted coming next year to Rali Serras de Fafe ).

[EstWRC]

[mknight]

From Hyundai fb page, 2 more pics of Tanak car at Fafe

Don't really remember Hyundai diving like that before. But it's just one picture.

Btw, after another fabulous show from WRC drivers on a national event..

For sure for spectators it's nice. But as I have been saying for over a year now it's not good for WRC at all. Teams that have money use it to avoid testing restrictions. Hyundai in this case, but Toyota also have their own way to do that (testing around Jyväskylä), and also did quite a few local starts.

Result is that teams that have less money can't compete and leave (Budar complained about this openly last year). Citroen's gone already and now it looks like it's MSport time to drop out of podium fight for all rallies.

[tommeke_B]

I don't think it's that bad for WRC. Teams that have more money to spend, will spend it anyway, and that will always bring an advantage. Having them testing on local rallies gives the other teams more opportunities to see what they're working on.

[the sniper]

For sure for spectators it's nice. But as I have been saying for over a year now it's not good for WRC at all. Teams that have money use it to avoid testing restrictions. Hyundai in this case, but Toyota also have their own way to do that (testing around Jyväskylä), and also did quite a few local starts.

I'd rather them have to take part in more local events and do less secretive testing in empty forests. The latter is a far greater waste of money and effort.