Andreas Mikkelsen

[wyler]

Not really. The first thing that comes to my mind seeing WRC+ is the online service provided by the WRC Promoter on wrc.com.

my fault! maybe it is an italian media thing!!

[wyler]

Sideways equals slow in today's rallying.

totally agree till 2016.
not sure about '17 specs. seen it live, exactly same place, same drivers, totally different behavior. to me, it looks like new wrcs allow to mantain corner speed even sliding, but its just a spectator impression.

[AnttiL]

my fault! maybe it is an italian media thing!!

I've seen it before in Italian media as well.

[the sniper]

Sideways equals slow in today's rallying.

If I had to name one name of being visibly guilty of that, it's Mikkelsen. Particularly in the i20. I don't know if that's his natural style or he's doing it to adapt to the car (though I imagine the former, having been watching some 2016 Polo '17 test videos lately), but on the last two Rally GBs I've seen him on (not so much in Finland), you could trust him to be more sideways and spectacular than even silliest bloke in a Mk2 Escort. Great entertainment, but couldn't be the quickest way round.

EDIT: Just to add, I've always thought that the '17 WRC regs should have been called 'WRC+', as there's such a difference between the pre and post 2017 cars. If nothing else, it'd have helped differentiate the two in 2017, and would probably be useful again in future if/when the 2017 cars are entered in national rallies. They're a substantially different class, so could do with something other than the cumbersome '2017' tag.

[AnttiL]

EDIT: Just to add, I've always thought that the '17 WRC regs should have been called 'WRC+', as there's such a difference between the pre and post 2017 cars. If nothing else, it'd have helped differentiate the two in 2017, and would probably be useful again in future if/when the 2017 cars are entered in national rallies. They're a substantially different class, so could do with something other than the cumbersome '2017' tag.

I agree there should be some way to distinguish the three generations of WRC, but making up your own is not the way to go.

Remember, there were also the 2.0 WRC's before 2011 and they don't have a separate class name either.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

TBH it's not much of an issue (and probably wont be in the future) as hardly any privateers have or will be able afford to run a '2017 Car'.

If its a World Rally Championship event it will be the latest spec car, if its a National event a 'WRC Car' will be 99% a 2016 or earlier.

[AnttiL]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/pirel...s-test-livery/

Mikkelsen got the Pirelli test job with the Citroen

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/pirel...s-test-livery/

Mikkelsen got the Pirelli test job with the Citroen

Nice livery ! Will be good to see the C3 WRC running again.

[wyler]

question:

knowing the average level of the c3 in comparison to the others, is this a good chioce for test and development of the new tires?

[rallyfiend]

question:

knowing the average level of the c3 in comparison to the others, is this a good chioce for test and development of the new tires?

If everyone is on the same tyre, does it really matter?

You don’t need an outright speed / performance tyre