Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[AnttiL]

I heard an interesting discussion on a recent podcast about Toyota vs Hyundai and their different driver strategies.

Hyundai are going with their 'driver rotation' system again, bringing in a different 3rd driver according to the rally; whereas Toyota are keeping the same 3 drivers on every round.

So who will have advantage this year, especially now that Toyota has an arguably stronger full-time line-up than in 2019 ? Is it better to rotate drivers for their best events, or is using the same driver's on all rounds and their extra seat-time going to pay off ?

Absolute Rally podcast, for the record.

I think the situation is different for this season. Last year both teams had a clear number one and then support drivers. Now it seems both teams have two title contenders and a third driver. Remember, last year Hyundai rotated even the second driver seat in some rallies. This year the third driver won't have as much pressure, and thus the rotating won't have as much of an effect, although it helps with some Friday road positions (but is negative for the tarmac rallies).

It's interesting that now Sordo is basically doing all rallies from Mexico to Sardegna. They get best of both worlds with him having most likely a good starting position having skipped two rallies, but also keeping him "fit" with continuous rallying.

[deephouse]

https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-...nship-in-2021/

looks like Croatia are again interested in hosting a WRC round.

[AnttiL]

https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-...nship-in-2021/

looks like Croatia are again interested in hosting a WRC round.

According to the president of the Croatian Auto & Karting Federation, Davorin Štetner, if Croatia can pass the candidate race in October with flying colours, then they will win the right to host the WRC for the next ten years.

[skarderud]

And huge crowds and all the drivers are all unbelieveable fast so fast they have to use slow motion so that you can see them pr whoooooooooooooooooooosh! Lightning!

This is the elite of North America..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCTl0FH-2zs

What kind of tires do they use? Standard streetlegal tires?

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[mknight]

It's interesting that now Sordo is basically doing all rallies from Mexico to Sardegna. They get best of both worlds with him having most likely a good starting position having skipped two rallies, but also keeping him "fit" with continuous rallying.

Within 2-3 rallies Sordo could get somewhere around 5th place and the road cleaning advantage will get much reduced.

Anyway on paper switching drivers for best road positions sounds like a better idea. Problem is that you need drivers of about comparable (and stable) skill level who want to do that. Basically you need more Sordo's . Younger/less experienced drivers are not stable enough to just jump in and do well (Breen) and drivers who have some wins are not very interested in that kind of program in the long run.

[dimviii]

nice read.

https://www.facebook.com/14056435728...596134243/?d=n

[the sniper]

I was looking at the ewrc donations this afternoon and noticed a reasonably big jump in the percentage after refreshing the page. Erik Veiby's name had appeared on the list. Good on him!

[AnttiL]

I was looking at the ewrc donations this afternoon and noticed a reasonably big jump in the percentage after refreshing the page. Erik Veiby's name had appeared on the list. Good on him!

He has donated every year.

Craig Breen has also donated now.

[the sniper]

He has donated every year.

Craig Breen has also donated now.

I know, but when you can work out how much has been given it's more impressive.

[TypeR]

Ewrc-results is kind of a national treasure in rallying.. Soo much information, results, cars history etc, that one could only imagine..
Awesome! Keep up the good work!