WRC ADAC Deutschland Rallye 2018

[Rally Power]

With Germany and Spain on tarmac and fighting for both championships I'd expect them to be testing on tarmac like hell before Germany. Instead all drivers got like 1 day and a bit of test and as Nandan said they only worked a bit on setup.
I get they can "sacrifice" Finland cause it's one rally ( a bit like Toyota "sacrifices" Mexico) but 3 tarmac rallies that's too much.

Aren’t you being a bit too harsh on Hyundai? Neuville is fighting for the win (at least for P2 as Tanak seems unreachable) and Sordo for P4. Only Mikkelsen is out of the pace, but that’s hardly something new like most already mentioned. Besides they are leading both manus and drivers series, thank Gods not in a dominant way like we were used in VW days.

Btw, what happened to Lefebvre on SS3?

[Eric]

Whom would they replace him with? Paddon has comparable (slightly worse) results on gravel this year and he has never shown any good speed on tarmac.
Sordo said he doesn't want to do full season again.

Only clearly better option could be Lappi, who is still quite untested and unlikely to want to change so early. Latvala as mentioned is doing even worse than Mikkelsen this year and was also worse in 2016 when they were in same car.

Thats true.. Lets hope he and the car becomes better friends the last part of the season. Would be fun to see him and Neuville at the top next. I think we would see a pissed off Neuville if that happens

[mknight]

Aren’t you being a bit too harsh on Hyundai? Neuville is fighting for the win (at least for P2 as Tanak seems unreachable) and Sordo for P4. Only Mikkelsen is out of the pace, but that’s hardly something new like most already mentioned. Besides they are leading both manus and drivers series, thank Gods not in a dominant way like we were used in VW days.

Maybe, as mentioned elsewhere it's good that they are not dominant.
However, this is their home rally where both Neuville and Sordo have won before and even last year they were very fast. It's also a bit about the tarmac trend they have. Since Spain last year they haven't been very fast on any tarmac event (Neuville and Sordo).

[Eric]

Aren’t you being a bit too harsh on Hyundai? Neuville is fighting for the win (at least for P2 as Tanak seems unreachable) and Sordo for P4. Only Mikkelsen is out of the pace, but that’s hardly something new like most already mentioned. Besides they are leading both manus and drivers series, thank Gods not in a dominant way like we were used in VW days.

Btw, what happened to Lefebvre on SS3?

There is no doubt the Hyundai is off pace on tarmac. If you look at the trouble they had in Spain last year and Corsica this year, nothing has changed. Thats not good enough. Simple as that.

[Marcco]

I would not be that fast to judge Hyundai, Neuville is still 3rd, Sordo 5th (more or less where you can expect him) and Mikklesen clearly has some issues with setup. And they are still 1st in manufacturers championship.

[Rally Power]

There is no doubt the Hyundai is off pace on tarmac. If you look at the trouble they had in Spain last year and Corsica this year, nothing has changed. Thats not good enough. Simple as that.

Sorry, isn't Germany a tarmac event? Why keep looking at past events when there's one running and both Neuville and Sordo are doing well in it?

[mknight]

...there's one running and both Neuville and Sordo are doing well in it?

Last year at this point Hyundai won 2 out of 5 normal stages with 1 win for Neuville and 1 for Sordo.
They are not doing very bad this year atm, but not very good either.

[mknight]

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[Eric]

Sorry, isn't Germany a tarmac event? Why keep looking at past events when there's one running and both Neuville and Sordo are doing well in it?

I wouldnt say they are doing "well". Sordo is a tarmac specialist, Neuville is driving on his home event. Maybe you are impressed, im not. Especially when you know that their testing area is tarmac. They should be no.1 on tarmac. At the moment they are bottom two.

[EstWRC]

Neuville 6 secs slower in spl1 than in the morning