Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
For Andreucci it's possible that they check/renew some parts (like gearbox, diffs, driveshafts) between every event. The average length of the rallies he drove this year (except Sardinia) is 144km SS, almost 50km shorter than the average Belgian event, and less than half of the SS km's run in the shortest WRC event. Great maintenance in combination with shorter events could explain a lot. The difference in teams is huge, the price differences must mean something. There are several examples of same cars in different teams, where in one team a car always retired while some other (usually more expensive team) never has any issues with it. Someone mentioned Kronos here. The reason why Kronos isn't doing anything in rallying anymore because it's impossible to compete with the price of some teams and still deliver decent quality, as Van Dalen said in an interview some time ago.
Also with higher prices, quality of Kronos team was not adequate in last years...