Rally Mexico 2018

[Hartusvuori]

Damn...Suninen also missed his test for last year's Rally Finland because Ogier crashed the car. He only got to do a couple of runs with the car he was doing the actual rally with.

Regarding Suninen's Rally Finland tests: It was with the car he did the actual event, starting Monday afternoon of the rally week. Car came directly from the harbour to the testing site. But he did about 200 kms after all, using the test road for about six hours or more.

[AnttiL]

https://motorsport.hyundai.com/time-for-mexico/

[rayh_mx]

Well, the WRC rules say you cannot use any part of a stage more than two times.

"13. RALLY CHARACTERISTICS
13.1 RALLY CONFIGURATION
...
13.1.3 No one stage or part of a stage may be run more than twice in a rally, super special stages excluded."

But in Mexico that has happened for years now...

Mainly last year this happened. The steges between Saturaday & Sunday were repeated to a large extent
This year SS20 Alfaro use part of SS12/15 Otates

[AnttiL]

Actually Sweden also had the Torsby ending driven three times...

[rayh_mx]

I guess, it's about not repeating the full stage

[AnttiL]

I guess, it's about not repeating the full stage

That's what I thought as well but the quote from the rules says otherwise. Maybe it's a waiver like Monte Carlo can have Thursday stages and Tour de Corse doesn't have to have a super special...

[AnttiL]

In addition to Suninen not getting any testing, Ogier and Evans were testing in temperature as low as 10 °C, whereas Mexico will be a lot hotter.

https://www.rallit.fi/suniselle-taka...ikea-teemulle/

[EstWRC]

credit https://twitter.com/ChristianWRC1/st...98082114572288

[Fast Eddie WRC]

In addition to Suninen not getting any testing, Ogier and Evans were testing in temperature as low as 10 °C, whereas Mexico will be a lot hotter.

https://www.rallit.fi/suniselle-taka...ikea-teemulle/

Sounds like Evans got the best test of the M-Sport's. It will be interesting to see if he can challenge here with a good road position (and now on Michelins !)

[Andre Oliveira]

Ogier and Suninen will make more Shakedown passes