[WRC] News & Rumours 2020

[SubaruNorway]

We will see if he do a test with Toyota. Seems that Kalle jumped in today.

"WRC runner-up Elfyn Evans skipped this test, preferring to defer his running to his Monte pre-event test in January"

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/toyot...lo-rally-test/

I know the guy has had a though weekend and that they probably want to cover him from the media, I'm no expert but when people in WRC TV did not know It must be wrong? Or were they not close enough...

[PLuto]

Tor Andre Børresen
@TorAndreBorrese
·
13m
Why is It being hidden by the media and @TGR_WRC
that @ElfynEvans
has Covid19? With the amount of people they have seen at Monza and been in contact with that did not know that's very wrong. Full transparency in F1 but not in WRC when It's possible to be hidden?

Full transparency in F1? What a joke (also regarding covid)...

[EstWRC]

nice compilation vid of this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quiZYKbA6XM

[SubaruNorway]

Full transparency in F1? What a joke (also regarding covid)...

Well i guess they have no choice when a driver can't do the race, maybe there has been some that we didn't hear about between races?
They seem to handle things pretty professional except for Racing Point in the Stroll case i guess.
Anyway, It was the comment by Toyota that they had not been in contact with people outside the team Is what reacted to.

[dimviii]

i had posted that,i just post it again if somebody missed it

Toyota GAZOO Racing WRT
@TGR_WRC
·
10 Dec
We can confirm that two team members have tested positive for COVID-19 in regular after-travel tests upon returning home from Rally Monza. These cases have been confirmed by a subsequent retest. (1/3)
The team members concerned are self-isolating in line with national guidelines, and the team wishes them a quick recovery. These team members have not been in close contact with anyone outside of our own team members. (2/3)
All other team members that were in Monza have been tested and have so far returned negative results. All team members are also undertaking retests to help confirm that there are no further cases. (3/3)

[PLuto]

Well i guess they have no choice when a driver can't do the race, maybe there has been some that we didn't hear about between races?
They seem to handle things pretty professional except for Racing Point in the Stroll case i guess.
Anyway, It was the comment by Toyota that they had not been in contact with people outside the team Is what reacted to.

Reality and media presentation were completely different... But of course, if the driver cannot start, it is difficult to hide it, of course. But it was more about the team members...

[SubaruNorway]

i had posted that,i just post it again if somebody missed it

Yes i saw that Toyota tweet many days ago and assumed it was someone else than a driver because it said
"These team members have not been in close contact with anyone outside of our own team members"
Which i know for a fact is not true and some were quite surprised when they now found out, unless they know for sure they were infected on the plane home?

Not close enough?

[the sniper]

If he became infected over the weekend he wouldn't have become infectious immediately. If he caught it hanging around on an Italian hill side on Saturday, he wouldn't have been infectious on Sunday, surely?

The question is when was the last clear Covid test he had.

[bluuford]

You know, when you are considered as a "close contact" person, then you need to spend 14 days in isolation as well or end your isolation with COVID test on 10th day. Rules vary a bit depending on the country, but you still have to go through this isolation period and there is no other way. As medical data is strictly confidential, please, respect their privacy.

[SubaruNorway]

Rules must also be respected to not put the WRC in a bad light in the future. In Norway you just recently can get out of quarantine with 2 negative tests within 4 days for athletes, I don't know if this is common elsewhere?