WRC Testing

**Andre Oliveira** · 5th October 2016, 23:17

Yaris and a "not happy ending": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxhqloqQivU

**rallyfiend** · 5th October 2016, 23:33

I hope they were doing some life-testing on that suspension, because they killed it...

**dimviii** · 6th October 2016, 05:24

from Rallying UK

**GravelBen** · 6th October 2016, 06:17

Originally Posted by dimviii

In the video it doesn't look like it hit that rock, looks like the suspension failed just before it. Interesting that the rock appeared there in between runs though...

**liposh** · 6th October 2016, 07:24

For sure the suspensions failed just before the rock. It is possible the rock made that cosmetical damage on the bumper, but suspension failed before it. Maybe there was a hole (after the rock was digged) and the hole made that. We can´t see it from our perspective.

**spiderem** · 6th October 2016, 09:25

All manufacturer decided to have a central exhaust (except i20), it makes me curious... Weight distribution? unfortunately I don't find it the most aesthetic.

**N.O.T** · 6th October 2016, 09:28

Originally Posted by spiderem

All manufacturer decided to have a central exhaust (except i20), it makes me curious... Weight distribution? somehow I don't find it the most aesthetic.

I have a feeling that aesthetics are not a factor that is crucial when designing a race car.

**AMSS** · 6th October 2016, 09:50

Originally Posted by spiderem

All manufacturer decided to have a central exhaust (except i20), it makes me curious... Weight distribution? unfortunately I don't find it the most aesthetic.

Must be because of airflow for the diffusor probably..

**OldF** · 6th October 2016, 11:15

Originally Posted by GravelBen

In the video it doesn't look like it hit that rock, looks like the suspension failed just before it. Interesting that the rock appeared there in between runs though...

That’s true. In the pic below you can see that that the suspension collapse before the rock

But where did it come from? The three pics below are from the previous run. On the second pic you can already see a part of the rock and in the third, there it is. No conspiracy, Juho did it by himself

. By the size of the rock there was a big hole in the road after the rock come up.