WRC Testing

[EstWRC]

Jaris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJs2JN2dAbk

[Rally Hokkaido]

A pic on WRC Rally Fans FB page shows damage to the rear of Meeke's Citroen. Also there is a pic from Latvala's test showing that he has already christened the Toyota! (though rear damage is not as bad as Meeke's)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

A pic on WRC Rally Fans FB page shows damage to the rear of Meeke's Citroen.

This ? Its been posted here already.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Jaris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJs2JN2dAbk

The Yaris isnt as fast as the others but at least its fun to watch testing with Latvala... sliding and wheel-spinning around rather than glued down.

[Rally Hokkaido]

Sorry, I missed the earlier J-ML pic here. The pix I saw on FB of Meeke's car are different ones though, showing more rear bodywork damage and possibly rear suspension damage.

This ? Its been posted here already.

[dimviii]

Lefebvre,nightand day comparing to Meeke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUl41990tU

[OldF]

they are improving,but the others are a lot ahead.
Watch how easy it oversteers at dry tarmac,or the blue smoke from tyres at hairpins due to excessive spin.
https://youtu.be/y4CYz2GxejM


also haven't see yet a standing start with lunch control
https://twitter.com/planetemarcus

He’s just testing the tyre wear with more powerful 2017 car.

[EstWRC]

Lefebvre,nightand day comparing to Meeke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUl41990tU

totally night and day. m-sport were testing in the same place a month ago, Camilli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Een58mfH6Z4&t=1s

[br21]

Not defending Toyota or anyone else.
Just when you have few runs on video it's hard to judge about general performance of the car.
Usually things like slight oversteering are very easy solvable with tiny setup changes (or little more deeply with LSD changes, damper shimming, etc). So those things might be misleading. If we don't know the general plan of tests, on what they work, what is the idea of particular tests it's hard to make 100% statements. It might be early state of working on setup for such road, might be checking some settings to see how car reacts, might be some work on diffs or alignment, or working on cambers to suit the tires, etc.
Especialy tires management might be an important factor this season with those new cars creating more downforce - higher corner speeds, etc. Loix was recently testing new tires using old 2l WRC Citroen, so no doubt that's still work in progress.

[nafpaktos]

The Yaris isnt as fast as the others but at least its fun to watch testing with Latvala... sliding and wheel-spinning around rather than glued down.

we have to admit that now looks much faster than r5 cars and this is progress.

@br21 what you are say is common sense,so yes you are right,but the car seems to be very slow compared to other cars,so i thinks this is something.