WRC Testing

[pantealex]

Given the timing it looks like they want to try the new aero on fast gravel before deciding to homologate it and want to make it in time for Spain.

If he is in Lapland, there is snow already, so could be for Sweden or Monte.
All southern parts of Finland are very very wet, gravel is not fast now, it´s slippery.

[AnttiL]

If he is in Lapland, there is snow already, so could be for Sweden or Monte.
All southern parts of Finland are very very wet, gravel is not fast now, it´s slippery.

Not in Lappland. Testing for Australia?

[EstWRC]

more here https://www.facebook.com/pg/jsaxsm/p...d&__tn__=-UC-R

[pantealex]

Not in Lappland. Testing for Australia?

Yes, he is near to Jyväskylä and it´s only wet and soft gravel in here.

[gorganl2000]

more here https://www.facebook.com/pg/jsaxsm/p...d&__tn__=-UC-R

very cool pictures

on a side note, i sometimes hear at the stage end drivers say they don't know how they got flats/slow leaks/tires off rims/broken rims/etc. and i understand that tires and rims are built to take some abuse and the need to take the racing line and some calculated degrees of risk when necessary, as after all we are talking about the top drivers fighting for tenths of a second. Now after saying that, based on those pictures and the billions of pictures/videos already out there, should it really be such a shock to the drivers when they do indeed get punctures/etc while cutting some of these rutted corners and sharp kurbs/stones at varying degrees?!?! The majority of the time it works out, but sometimes it doesn't, just don't act so surprised when the inevitable happens

[Fast Eddie WRC]

very cool pictures

on a side note, i sometimes hear at the stage end drivers say they don't know how they got flats/slow leaks/tires off rims/broken rims/etc. and i understand that tires and rims are built to take some abuse and the need to take the racing line and some calculated degrees of risk when necessary, as after all we are talking about the top drivers fighting for tenths of a second. Now after saying that, based on those pictures and the billions of pictures/videos already out there, should it really be such a shock to the drivers when they do indeed get punctures/etc while cutting some of these rutted corners and sharp kurbs/stones at varying degrees?!?! The majority of the time it works out, but sometimes it doesn't, just don't act so surprised when the inevitable happens

Agreed. They seem to believe that because they have recce'd the stages they know where and how far they can cut. But unless they get out at every corner and see what's in the grass they are taking a risk. Plus there is the factor of the car's running ahead of them dragging a stone or revealing one on the corner.

[skarderud]

Yes, he is near to Jyväskylä and it´s only wet and soft gravel in here.

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[EstWRC]

Ostberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eov84PRQuyU

[spiderem]

Ostberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eov84PRQuyU

Looks like the new aero is not really improving the tendency of the car to nose up on the jumps. Just pure observation, obviously we don't know what they are working on and which setup they are testing. Nice autumn colour in the Finnish forests.

[mknight]

Running old aero as well for comparison. Front and rear wing should be easy to switch but dunno about the planes on the front sides. Suppose they didn't have two cars?

Anyway it totally looks like a quick veryfication test before homologation, especially with the timing.
We'll know for sure shortly.