Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[polo10]

Baumschlager with Fabia R5. Unfortunately the author of the video stayed only at the end of stage but at least You can see some "race" starts from zero speed. The car is definitely much quicker from zero than S2000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t7GXp2_N0I

Definitely much quicker from zero than S2000, like the actual R5 cars.
One Thing that i see in all R5 is that they easily Block the wheels When they brake hard

[RS]

One Thing that i see in all R5 is that they easily Block the wheels When they brake hard

I noticed that... any technically minded people think of a reason why?

[dimviii]

haven t noticed something like that.

[RS]

haven t noticed something like that.

Look at Ypres onboards of 208, it's very squirmy under braking.

[Mirek]

I also haven't noticed anything like that depending on the car. For me some drivers almost always lock wheels when braking (Breen for example), some almost never (Rossetti) regardless of the car they use. One thing which may play a role in this is that 208 and especially Fiesta dive a lot during braking (in comparison with Fabia S2000).

[manthey]

-italian most important car's magazine "Quattroruote" in the latest issue has a rendering of the fabia mk3
-in the article they assume that will be a revised actual platform with some components from mqb
-will add some cm to overall lenght
-will share the most with vw Polo
-particular design for the 3rd side window

[RS]

I have been a little disappointed with the performance of the R5 cars on the world stage, I expected them to be a little further ahead of RRC and S2000 cars than they are.

My feeling is still that the 208 is faster than the Fiesta, whilst it lasts. Maybe when we see some fast and experienced drivers in the 208/DS3 R5 these cars will close the gap on the WRCars?

[dimviii]

Maybe when we see some fast and experienced drivers in the 208/DS3 R5 these cars will close the gap on the WRCars?

no way.

[mousti]

Munaretto is now building too a 208 R5, Raoux would debut it in Estonia ERC event?

[Sulland]

Have any top drivers tested WRC, RRC and R5 on same route to see the diff pr km ss?