They didn't use their hard compound, their soft compound is harder than Michelin's and according to most media outlets that should be an advantage on most gravel rallies, especially the dry and rough ones.
We are talking the same thing, except that teams have to nominate the soft tyres compaund before the event. What's the problem for Michelin to choose hoarder compaund for their soft tyres in Portugal?
.... Or did I got all that wrong?
No way Solberg should do rally2 events next year..
He has wrc rally win that tens and tens of drivers dream of.. he has been to big class, dropped from there to wrc2 for couple of years. Now wrc2...
It'd be nice to see Solberg in a ralIy1 for a couple events next year, maybe sharing a car with Pajari. But I don't know that a full season in rally1 next year would even be the best move for Solberg...
Why nobody considers Solberg and someone else running under Toyota Customer Team, created as training/testing/checking format for 2027 customer environment? Solberg needs seat time in that car, not...
No way Solberg should do rally2 events next year.. He has wrc rally win that tens and tens of drivers dream of.. he has been to big class, dropped from there to wrc2 for couple of years. Now wrc2...
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