[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019

[Fast Eddie WRC]

ANDREA ADAMO (HYUNDAI)
"We are in situation where the fight is very tight. I think it is my job to do whatever is possible within the rules to try and win."

SÉBASTIEN OGIER
"First of all I don't think I need to comment on Hyundai's tactics. The morning was good - I'm happy with what I have done in the car. It's also confirmation that we have made some good improvements in the car."

[KKS]

It certainly shows how difficult it is to build a competitive and reliable R5 car.

Tell that to Skoda

[RS]

Tell that to Skoda

Well they did manage that indeed (although i remember a couple of Fabias burning, it wasn't to the extent it has been with the Polo)

But they spent a very long time working on that project, even running the mechanicals in a Fabia S2000 shell initially before the new car was available.

And maybe running a works team helps them to quicker identify and get on top of problems too.

[EstWRC]

#Tyre info - Day 2 afternoon

Ogier: 4 MICHELIN LTX Force H4 + 2M6
Lappi/Latvala/Meeke/Tanak/Neuville/Loeb: 5H4
Sordo: 3H4 +3M6
Suninen/Evans/Greensmith: 3H4 +2M6

#MichelinWRC #RallyPortugal

[Mirek]

Tell that to Skoda

If you think it was easy for them you are very wrong. Building the R5 cars really is a challenge and a big one.

Well they did manage that indeed (although i remember a couple of Fabias burning, it wasn't to the extent it has been with the Polo)

But they spent a very long time working on that project, even running the mechanicals in a Fabia S2000 shell initially before the new car was available.

And maybe running a works team helps them to quicker identify and get on top of problems too.

The strange thing is that as far as I know it was known for quite a long time why they were burning but it took a lot of time to have all paper-sorted for the updated homologation.

[AnttiL]

Does Portugal normally have this much attrition? I never thought of it as a tough rally, but maybe I got the wrong idea.

It’s hotter than normally. But 2017 and 2018 were also incident packed

[RS]

The strange thing is that as far as I know it was known for quite a long time why they were burning but it took a lot of time to have all paper-sorted for the updated homologation.

Delay on the Skoda side or FIA side?

[Mirek]

Delay on the Skoda side or FIA side?

I don't know.

[RS]

I don't know.

Still I only remember a couple of Fabias burning (maybe there were more?)

At this rate the Polos are burning quicker than VW can build them.

[Mirek]

Still I only remember a couple of Fabias burning (maybe there were more?)

At this rate the Polos are burning quicker than VW can build them.

They burnt only at very specific circumstances. AFAIK what happened was that at high temperatures a faulty ventilation valve could cause the fuel tank to inflate so much that its wall clashed with the propshaft.