[WRC] Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2021

[mknight]

Experience is key. This will only do him good long term, no expectations to deliver a result like Croatia I would guess

What if the ammount of money is fixed and he could do 2 or 3 rallies in Rally2 instead? (maybe it isn't)

Another thing is that in WRC there sometimes isn't anyone to compare with (only comparing to top drivers can be frustrating). I guess there will be Loubet, Greensmith and Katsuta in Portugal though.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I wouldnt be surprised if Red Bull sponsorship paid for more rounds in the WRC car after the great publicity Fourmaux gave them in Croatia.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/why-m...x-for-portugal

AF: "I’m really looking forward to experiencing this car on gravel and will work hard to learn as much as I can and really make the most of the experience. I’m so grateful to M-Sport and Red Bull for this opportunity."

[EstWRC]

#WRC2
@OliverSolberg01 will make his debut in WRC2 at @rallydeportugal while @OCVeiby will continue his campaign after a 5th place at the Arctic @RallyFinland
! They will drive the i20 R5 & score points for Hyundai Motorsport N in the Teams' championship!

[mknight]

So we now have (semi) confirmed in WRC2: Østberg, Mikkelsen, Solberg, Suninen, Lappi (and Veiby).

Basically only Huttunen and Fourmaux missing from the WRC2 "competitors". (Dunno about Gryazin)

Nice. Let's hope punctures/technical issues don't play too big role. There will likely be some road-cleaning but then again in WRC2 leading car drives first on saturday/sunday so it should compensate first day.

[rp]

Dunno about Gryazin

Should be there, but not sure that will nominate Portugal...

[AnttiL]

There will likely be some road-cleaning but then again in WRC2 leading car drives first on saturday/sunday so it should compensate first day.

Do WRC2 have road cleaning issues? I don't remember anything like that. The road is cleaned already by 8-10 WRC cars anyway. Usually it's more about just running into stones on the road and getting punctures, so the best road position is the first WRC2 car.

[mknight]

Do WRC2 have road cleaning issues? I don't remember anything like that. The road is cleaned already by 8-10 WRC cars anyway. Usually it's more about just running into stones on the road and getting punctures, so the best road position is the first WRC2 car.

Østberg was complaining about that a few times the last two years (Sweden 2019 comes to mind), but often the position difference was large vs WRC3/other Rally2 cars.

[Tom K]

https://storage.googleapis.com/downl...3649&alt=media

Nice entry list, especially in WRC 2 and WRC 3.

[mknight]

https://storage.googleapis.com/downl...3649&alt=media

Nice entry list, especially in WRC 2 and WRC 3.

Must be extra nice when you'r on it 😉