WRC Testing

[leighton323]

I still don't understand why they went this way. For what is the better aero good for? Yes, the cars will be faster but it won't add anything to the spectacle, quite the opposite. I wonder how delighted will the people be when they see these new cars on Colin's crest or Ruuhimäki.

You keep getting yourself in a twist Mirek, just relax . A good driver is spectacular in any car. Even R2 cars are amazing to watch with a good driver as you would agree. They will always find the limit of performance and drive the car on the ragged edge.
I have no doubt that these cars will be spectacular in the hands of some very talented people even if they may require an even smoother driving style.
Bring on Monte 2017!

[leighton323]

Tanak on the aero of the 2017 Fiesta: "The aero is incredible and more than was expecting, more than I have felt before.

"Of course we are getting some downforce from these [2016] cars, but when you get to a certain speed with the new one you can really feel the thing being pushed down into the ground. It's amazing."

One point to add maybe..
I think a big problem will be if someone has a spin and and knocks a substantial amount of aero off. They will lose a tremendous amount of time in the following stages.
We've already seen the effects on times on the current car when the rear wing has fallen off, for 2017 the time loss will be much greater.

[dimviii]

Scott Martin ‏@scottmartina North West, England

Our 1st test since the news we'd get to drive the #C3 #WRC next year for @CitroenRacing @AbuDhabiRacing1 #happyboys @Craig_Breen #test8

[dimviii]

[dimviii]

[stefanvv]

That looks like quite a suspension travel.

[Simmi]

I've absolutely loved watching all these different cars evolve at each test with small tweaks to their appearance. And there's still more to come. I really can't remember anything like this in the WRC before. Regardless of what you think of the regs it's a cool time to be a rally fan.

[Thousandlakes]

And remember that this cars comes in to those big jumps much faster. They will fly for sure. We are going to see some spectacular slides as well. No worries. 2017 is bringing rallying back what we lost back in time in 2011. Not to mention year 1987

You keep getting yourself in a twist Mirek, just relax . A good driver is spectacular in any car. Even R2 cars are amazing to watch with a good driver as you would agree. They will always find the limit of performance and drive the car on the ragged edge.
I have no doubt that these cars will be spectacular in the hands of some very talented people even if they may require an even smoother driving style.
Bring on Monte 2017!

[dimviii]

That looks like quite a suspension travel.

c3 seems to have significant more travel than ds3.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

You have to admit that the 2016 cars look a bit tame after watching the 2017 cars on test...