WRC Testing

**EstWRC** · 4th February 2021, 11:53

Taka wanted to take a shortcut it seems

**dimviii** · 4th February 2021, 11:55

Κatsuta

https://youtu.be/m2zeeqUIGCA

**mknight** · 4th February 2021, 13:13

If that happened on a stage without spectators it would be good 40 mins of shoveling at least...

**Sulland** · 4th February 2021, 13:49

Originally Posted by dimviii

lol at 2.15
at this video we watch damage at rear corner,probably when touching the snowbanks
Same as yesterdays videos from Evans.

and a new one
https://youtu.be/NmTWjsIIllU

I would like to see Latvala take the the GR Yaris at the start there for a testdrive in the snow!
Put in a rollcage and bang!

**TypeR** · 4th February 2021, 15:28

Tänak and Neuville starting on Estonian winter rally next* weekend.
Should be quite a lot different from Arctic stages, but still better than nothing..

e: thanks, yes next wknd

**EstWRC** · 4th February 2021, 15:29

Next weekend and Hyundai is currently around rovaniemi somewhere also testing.

**dimviii** · 4th February 2021, 16:03

Lasse Paanala
@LPaanala

Today it was @TakamotoKatsuta
behind the wheel alongside coach @JuhoWRC
. Good fun to spectate.
#TK18 #ArcticRallyFinland #WRC

**EstWRC** · 4th February 2021, 16:16

Taka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX8Ypi3ZXnA

**dimviii** · 4th February 2021, 16:27

WRC Timo
@HautamakiTimo
· 2h
Takamoto katsuta.. fast but now offroad again... 3 offroad in 1 test. #WRC #rallytest

**EstWRC** · 4th February 2021, 17:29

Hyundai Motorsport is running its i20 World Rally Car in Lapland this week with Thierry Neuville first to run the car in full snow specification.

The Belgian has new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe alongside for the first time at a pre-event test, following their successful debut together at last month’s Rallye Monte-Carlo.

Team-mates Craig Breen and Ott Tänak follow Neuville into the test car in readiness for the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Toyota ships its Yaris World Rally Car north next week, but the current manufacturers’ championship leaders have made the most of solid winter conditions at their permanent test venue close to Jyväskylä.

Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanperä and Takamoto Katsuta have all driven the car this week, with Sébastien Ogier due behind the wheel on Friday.

While Toyota’s rally HQ sits some 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle, conditions in central Finland have been perfect for winter rally testing, with heavy snow and temperatures as low as -20°C.

Evans said: “We had quite a nice fast stage to run on. I don’t know much about the stages up around Rovaniemi, but I think the road we had was fairly similar. It’s always good to get out in the car again and the conditions were really nice – trust me, it was properly cold!

“Next week’s the set-up test for the event, but this was a good way of getting back into driving the car in this sort of specification, which is pretty different from what we had in Monte.”

M-Sport Ford begins its pre-event preparations with Gus Greensmith and Teemu Suninen the weekend before the event (February 20 / 21) ensuring conditions are as relevant as possible.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...rozen-finland/