This is usual problem of northern drivers - we can say Korhonen, Reiersen, from older for example Larsen or Heikkila. They are fast on gravel, but they are afraid to start on tarmac...
It's not easy for them to go the experience of tarmac rallies since (at least in Sweden) every rally is either on snow/ice or gravel which is understandable when Sweden is full of awesome forest gravel roads.
...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
Lewis Hamilton grateful to Ferrari for tolerating ‘relentless’ quest for F1 improvement.
“Well firstly, I wouldn’t be in this team without Fred… Fred is the one that made it happen, and of which...
it would be immensely funny if WRC27 would accidentely kick off another aerodynamic race. Since the bodywork is not tied to any road car anymore.. why not take the most aerodynamic sensible one? ;-)
Aaaaanyway.... back to WRC27 ;)
Notes on the Toyota WRC27 prototypes by WRC Wings:
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2026/06/14/notes-from-the-toyota-wrc27-prototypes/
To be fair most people were onboard with the idea of the 2022 cars being hybrids as at the time most manufacturers were already using this in their road cars, or they were aiming to go full EV....
Do they have this superior technology, strategies and secrets that other teams can't copy them? Even if they would hide nothing no one from other teams would scout over them.
Lewis Hamilton grateful to Ferrari for tolerating ‘relentless’ quest for F1 improvement. “Well firstly, I wouldn’t be in this team without Fred… Fred is the one that made it happen, and of which...
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