Wrc 2/3 2021

[dimviii]

After driving a Hyundai i20 R5 and Skoda Fabia in recent years, Gryazin stepped into a Polo this season.

“We have reached the point where we have to decide which direction to go in 2022 and further years,” Gryazin told wrc.com. “Since the Polo is not developing, we decided to change it for the upcoming years. One of our options is to continue with Fiesta.

“I have really liked the performance of the Fiesta on gravel (and on Tarmac as well) this year and I would like to drive it to see for myself. M-Sport will provide the car for us. We will be under their wings in Greece but still as a competitor of Movisport.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...zin-in-greece/

[RS]

After driving a Hyundai i20 R5 and Skoda Fabia in recent years, Gryazin stepped into a Polo this season.

“We have reached the point where we have to decide which direction to go in 2022 and further years,” Gryazin told wrc.com. “Since the Polo is not developing, we decided to change it for the upcoming years. One of our options is to continue with Fiesta.

“I have really liked the performance of the Fiesta on gravel (and on Tarmac as well) this year and I would like to drive it to see for myself. M-Sport will provide the car for us. We will be under their wings in Greece but still as a competitor of Movisport.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...zin-in-greece/

That will be very interesting. Gryazin is one of the fastest drivers in RC2 so this should give us a clear picture of where the Fiesta stands.

I guess this is also a way to get a foot in the door at MSport and possibly into a Rally1 car in the future.

[mknight]

From what Suninen and others say Fiesta is best on high-grip surfaces and struggles when there is low grip.
No idea how much grip there is in Acropolis this year.

Other than that as I already commented elsewhere Polo has had more upgrades this year so far than Fiesta, but it's "final" upgrades with no more development. So while there is no doubt it's competitive this year, it might be less so in the future. So as you say it's a way to get foot in the door.

[AnttiL]

From what Suninen and others say Fiesta is best on high-grip surfaces and struggles when there is low grip.
No idea how much grip there is in Acropolis this year.

Greensmith had a pretty good run in Turkey 2019, where he won the RC2 class against the likes of Rovanperä, Kopecky, Henning and Kajto. And not just winning because of others having issues or mistakes, but also fastest stage times.

[mknight]

Yes I remember that, but I assumed that Turkey is mostly high-grip/stones, specially after WRC cars passed. Unlikely say Sardinia which has some quite sandy stages.

[Jarek Z]

Kajto's short video from the city stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3JA3LNqe2U

[Sulland]

Too bad for Østberg to have the front diff go on the first proper stage. Guessing he is now in a BMW M3, enjoying his wide slides!

Impressive by the two youngsters Bulacia and Solberg so far.
But the older and maybe wiser crews are taking it slow so far.

Acropolis is an attrition rally, so lets see what tactics prevails!

[macebig]

Both new i20s didn't make it to midday on their first tough rally... Work is still needed.

[bomber21]

Another disastrous rally for Oliver Solberg…

[Got Mail]

Another disastrous rally for Oliver Solberg…

Dirtfish will be on suicide watch...