Thread: Hyundai WRT
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16th August 2022, 09:57 #1901
Ott gave an interview to our local blog and there he said that as in Ypres, local knowledge plays a very important role, the full support from the team goes to Neuville. Also said that they haven't developed tarmac car after Croatia due to "different problems that were more critical".
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16th August 2022, 12:32 #1902
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16th August 2022, 13:31 #1903
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OK, the first 2017 car had the dampers situated direct on top of the upright both front and rear, mid season 2020 they changed the position to be next to the upright center and lower similar as Ford and Toyota. 2022 car has it next to the upright as well but the rear damper has a big angle with the upper pickup point being a lot more frontwards than in previous models. It`s clearly visible in jump shots and also in videos. What else is different in the geometry I don`t know but the damper angle is very much noticeable
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16th August 2022, 14:07 #1904
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17th August 2022, 05:32 #1905
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Sordo doing recce for Ypres.
Sure it might be to get a feeling of stages to help other drivers with setup/tires etc.
More likely explanation is that he won't be fully retiring this year.
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17th August 2022, 06:31 #1906
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17th August 2022, 08:36 #1907
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17th August 2022, 08:40 #1908
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Yeah, likely Sordo is recceing just to help others. Ypres has been a spare event now twice, and not planning to be on the calendar next year. If Sordo would now start the event, he wouldn't have had any testing or any tarmac runs in the new car.
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17th August 2022, 09:19 #1909
I sincerely hope we see him for the rest of the season from Greece onwards.
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17th August 2022, 09:26 #1910
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I seem to recall that after Ypres last year they said it will join on regular basis from 2024 or something like that? But then they put it in this year as a quick insert, so that can happen also before that.
But yeah, probably more likely he is doing it just as support ("to help others") and not cause he plans to go on next year.
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