Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[mknight]

Yep, terrible debut in terms of speed (only one very good stagetime) and reliability.

Best possible points for Huttunen though, making WRC2 title a possibility.

[Jarek Z]

...but their marketing department can say that they won WRC2

I told you

"Jari Huttunen drove the car to an impressive debut victory in the FIA World Rally Championship 2 category on the Ypres Rally in Belgium"

source:
https://www.fiaerc.com/new-erc-bound...ead-its-wings/

[Jarek Z]

Huttunen didn't sound very optimistic during the post-event press conference in Ypres:

Questions to Jari Huttunen - Hyundai Motorsport N

Q
Jari, looking back to this week, how do you feel about this rally and your WRC2 win here?
JH
Not in every stage but in most stages I had some problems. I am so lucky that I am here.

Q
Your teammate experienced similar issues yesterday, were you able to affect any fixes or was it a case of muscling your way through?
JH
It is difficult to drive but the fault is not so big. It is a small fault. When you don’t have any oil in the system, it is hard to drive.

Q
It is a brand new event in the Championship this year, what have you made of the stages and the event itself?
JH
I like this rally, this kind of rally. It is really nice. I like the Spa element too.

Questions from the floor:

Jose Luis Abreu – Autosport Portugal (POR)

Q
Jari, how do you compare the new Hyundai Rally2 to the old Hyundai R5?
JH
I think it is a big step with everything working well. Particularly with the handling side. Now we are in the window. I think the gap is big.

source:
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-t-neuvi...-championships

[Andre Oliveira]

Crugnola

Pic of Marco de Cecco

[mknight]

Compare the pic with the one on start of this page. The grey instead of red area just above the radiator makes a huge difference for the looks.

[ictus]

Compare the pic with the one on start of this page. The grey instead of red area just above the radiator makes a huge difference for the looks.

hyundai marketing team must be reading this thread

[RS]

https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/...ed-test-phase/

New Fabia has already tested on tarmac and gravel in Spain, France and CZ. Mikelssen and Lindholm tested as well as already known Kopecky, Tidemand and Meeke.

[mknight]

So that was the test in Spain Mikkelsen mentioned. He didn't say anything else than "going to test" and no pics.


Anyway still haven't seen anything about proposed homologation date. First realistic date could be before next season, but that's maybe not enough time?

[RS]

Anyway still haven't seen anything about proposed homologation date. First realistic date could be before next season, but that's maybe not enough time?

Skoda usually like to test a lot before homologating a new car so I would be surprised if it was as early as January 1st.

[Jarek Z]

Andrea Crugnola is testing his new Hyundai i20 N Rally2 before Rally del Friuli Venezia Giulia. It will be the debut of this car on Italian stages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCeOst-B4qc

Entry list:
https://www.rallyalpiorientali.it/do...%20moderne.pdf