WRC Testing

[dimviii]

Bloody hell, that C3 is a monster! Glued to the ground, so stable and what a cornering speed. I'm impressed. Citroen always has been one of the best in the black stuff but if that pace could be delivered in the gravel, Meeke could have been a serious contender.

yes full throttle even inside at slow corners,and the car is very stable.
not a surprise,always they had top cars at wrc level.
Meeke is the big questionmark.

[Rally Power]

I don't agree with that.

What a surprise…

In the past very few tragic accidents happened with WRC cars even though many were driven by non-talented rich drivers without proper team support behind them (setups, up to date spare parts etc.). By far most of the tragedies are connected with gr.N cars or even small 2WD cars which are a lot less powerful but have a lot worse suspension.

For sure ’17 cars will among the safer rally cars ever, despite being more powerful and more demanding to drive, but common sense and basic motorsport knowledge also makes clear than less gifted drivers will tend to make more mistakes in faster cars.

Driving it’s not all about head and heart, it also takes skills and guys like Bertelli (nothing against him…) are limited on that department. Still they naturally try to push beyond their limits, making room for accidents. The Italian had 3 or 4 big crashes during this season; it’s not hard to believe that more will happen if he gets behind the wheel of a ’17 car. The same could be said of guys like Camilli or Al-Rhaji, among others.

’17 cars are the best solution rally stockholders (FIA, RB/MH, manus, organizers…) managed to get in order to revamp WRC. It looks great, but like any other solution it has risks. Those must be manageable, other way they turn into threats.

Probably nobody imagined that the new cars would be so fast so quickly. MC will, most likely, confirm that the speed increase (s/km) is already notorious, and it’s only the season’s first rally.

FIA doesn’t need to get alarmed or scared, just cautious and ready to act in a preventive way. For sure they’re already following the tests and talking to manus, in order to get a perfect idea of what’s going on and improve, if necessary, rally safety standards. Increasing spectator control and limiting driver’s access to the new cars seems reasonable ways to do it.

[dimviii]

imho new wrc cars are NOT more dangerous than previous wrc cars at private pilots hands like Bertelli Prokop etc.


Meeke again
https://youtu.be/4FZ89vFc6Xw

[stefanvv]

For sure ’17 cars will among the safer rally cars ever, despite being more powerful and more demanding to drive, but common sense and basic motorsport knowledge also makes clear than less gifted drivers will tend to make more mistakes in faster cars.

Driving it’s not all about head and heart, it also takes skills and guys like Bertelli (nothing against him…) are limited on that department. Still they naturally try to push beyond their limits, making room for accidents. The Italian had 3 or 4 big crashes during this season; it’s not hard to believe that more will happen if he gets behind the wheel of a ’17 car. The same could be said of guys like Camilli or Al-Rhaji, among others.

’17 cars are the best solution rally stockholders (FIA, RB/MH, manus, organizers…) managed to get in order to revamp WRC. It looks great, but like any other solution it has risks. Those must be manageable, other way they turn into threats.

Probably nobody imagined that the new cars would be so fast so quickly. MC will, most likely, confirm that the speed increase (s/km) is already notorious, and it’s only the season’s first rally.

FIA doesn’t need to get alarmed or scared, just cautious and ready to act in a preventive way. For sure they’re already following the tests and talking to manus, in order to get a perfect idea of what’s going on and improve, if necessary, rally safety standards. Increasing spectator control and limiting driver’s access to the new cars seems reasonable ways to do it.

Take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy '17 season. The cars will be safe, FIA are NOT idiots.

[N.O.T]

FIA are NOT idiots.

[Rallyper]

Not idiots, but thiefs. Moneywise.

[KKS]

At all Meeke videos have a spot of light from left front arch from optical sensor? Does it mean that C3 still in development process and this tests not only basic preparation for Monte?
VW did his last scheduled Polo 17 test near month ago. Hyundai's test seems be part of Monte preparation and not developing.
Does that fact that C3, in this stage (in month before Monte), have that sensor - told is a bit of problem with a car? And they try to fix or find solution to sort that problem?

Because I didn't see that sensor in normal, pre-event, testing.

[TWRC]

At all Meeke videos have a spot of light from left front arch from optical sensor? Does it mean that C3 still in development process and this tests not only basic preparation for Monte?
VW did his last scheduled Polo 17 test near month ago. Hyundai's test seems be part of Monte preparation and not developing.
Does that fact that C3, in this stage (in month before Monte), have that sensor - told is a bit of problem with a car? And they try to fix or find solution to sort that problem?

Because I didn't see that sensor in normal, pre-event, testing.

VW and Skoda works teams have used the correvit sensor on pretty much their every test, so I don't think that is an indication of a problem with the car, just other teams are starting to use more ways of gathering data/info on tests too.

[A FONDO]

TEST KRIS MEEKE MONTE CARLO 2017 , DAY 2 by lololwrc05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=237DsPpqf2Y

[Simmi]

At all Meeke videos have a spot of light from left front arch from optical sensor? Does it mean that C3 still in development process and this tests not only basic preparation for Monte?
VW did his last scheduled Polo 17 test near month ago. Hyundai's test seems be part of Monte preparation and not developing.
Does that fact that C3, in this stage (in month before Monte), have that sensor - told is a bit of problem with a car? And they try to fix or find solution to sort that problem?

Because I didn't see that sensor in normal, pre-event, testing.

They are used during in-season testing on fully developed car very often. So nothing to worry about I don't think. The whole point of testing is to gather data.