WRC Testing

[denkimi]

Now they can bring back the old car and test rims

Jokes aside, then do they in a way insure themselves for these kind of situations and make 2 cars ready, if something goes wrong with the main car?

I assume at this point they will have at least 3 cars ready or about ready.

[Mirek]

I assume at this point they will have at least 3 cars ready or about ready.

I wouldn't bet on that because of how late they started the testing of the actual 2022 cars. Everything seems to be pointing out to them being behind the schedule

[rallyfiend]

I can't imagine this is anything less than fairly catastrophic for both the testing /development phases and the impending homologation inspections...

[Andre Oliveira]

[EstWRC]

Jesus Christ

I don’t even have words

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I assume at this point they will have at least 3 cars ready or about ready.

Nope. They only had the one and another will take some time.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/will-...for-the-monte/

[doubled1978]

Jesus Christ

I don’t even have words

Mate, I’m with you. All I can say is let’s be grateful those two lads are ok.

[flat_right]

Looking at the pictures and seeing the damage, then it feels in a way bigger shunt than Tänak had in Monte. Possibly maybe because here are more bedrocks and trees exposed + river. Thank god that cars are that strong and nothing happened to them. Would not even want to imagine what would have happened, if they had landed to river roof first.... crazy..

[rallyfiend]

Given that this was the first high-speed test for the new car (the previous tests being on ridiculous amounts of snow on tarmac tyres...), I hope the crash wasn't caused by some sort of fundamental flaw in the new car....

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Meanwhile TGR have sent a 2022 Yaris Rally1 test car to Japan to show and do demo runs.

https://www.as-web.jp/rally/767186