Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
Very nice time by Tidemand on SS17. I rather thought he and Mikelssen have set some pretty good times with their R5 cars vs. the new WRC17 cars.
As I am sure you know, disadvantage in sec pr km (R5/WRC17) changes with stage character.
Good thing with Andreas in R5 is that you get a real indication (top driver in R5 vs top driver in WRC17).To be very general, R5 is fast where you dont need a lot of acceleration.
This can be on a very fast stage, or a technical stage which goes from corner-to-corner. But as soon as acceleration becomes an issue, (distance between corners) they will loose more.
So worst stage for R5 would be with 90 degree junctions followed by long (100 meters+), in combination with long fast corners (lack of downforce).

On Andreas: If he was in Citroën, all makes would fight for wins on every rally.