Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
Maybe, for sure different kind of gravel compared to other rallies,with no sweep effect like Mexico.



ok we didn't expect to shine,due to start position,but here we had differences from 0,8 sec/km to 1,3 sec/km which are huge,even at 2nd pass with much more clear roads.
imho there wasn't problem with less engine power compared to fiesta/c3/i20.
If you watch at stage el Brinco they were close to other cars.This stage was with wide roads and high speed corners.
So at a stage that they hadn't got to steer a lot,or with plenty of tight corners,they were closer to other cars.Of course if they were down to power vs other cars,they couldn't come closer to faster crews.
Also we have to think that its the first rally that car is ''right'' with homologation.We don't know how much this have affect their slow times(rear suspension 1,5cm smaller distance from top mount to lower mounting point)
Strange too that we didn't hear at day 2 stage ends interviews.specially Latvala to complain about something specifically. Everything was ok (Hanninen also) and suddenly ''they were just trying setups''
Of course when you are so back at position,you are going to try different setups for future references,but didn't understand what was the problem of slow times.
I d like to hear your opinions.
Rally Finland 2016 was one of the most sweeping-decided event of the whole year.