Rally Croatia 2022

[Eli]

I agree. Maybe early to say but he seems to have matured. But I think his biggest weapon is still Toyota's better reliability compared to Hyundai. I could see Neuville and Tänak challenging him on speed, but not when Hyundai keeps having problems.
Meanwhile, Breen is not good enough yet and Evans seems lost.

I think he's learnt a lot from the 2020-2021 seasons with Ogier, learned how finish rallies even when they don't go his way, and now he's close to winning on all three surfaces, if it weren't for Hyundai's troubled car I'd say Neuville would have a chance due to his experience but it seems that with every rally now, Rovanperä learns how to lead and control this championship. As for Breen, he still needs to get that full season under his belt, after 4 years of not doing half of the events on the calendar (& we don't even have Mexico this year which he's never been too). Evans like you said seems lost, even Lappi managed to find more pace (yes I know, road position but still), and it's only his first time on Tarmac with this car.

[dimviii]

Fourmaux crash was a big one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6_PKP0sVE&t=13s

[AnttiL]

Fourmaux crash was a big one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6_PKP0sVE&t=13s

To me it doesn't look like a big one. They just crash through the fence, that's it. The car doesn't roll or hit anything hard. The speed is about 80 km/h when the control is lost.

[AnttiL]

I agree. Maybe early to say but he seems to have matured. But I think his biggest weapon is still Toyota's better reliability compared to Hyundai. I could see Neuville and Tanak challenging him on speed, but not when Hyundai keeps having problems.
Meanwhile, Breen is not good enough yet and Evans seems lost.

I think getting the first two wins last year was a big step on Kalle's career. Similar to what happened to Tänak in 2017.

[denkimi]

Even without Kalles puncture?

It would be pretty close. Anyway, hyundai doesn't seems to be pretty similar to toyota in terms of speed. Hyundai is just less reliable right now.

[Eli]

I think getting the first two wins last year was a big step on Kalle's career. Similar to what happened to Tänak in 2017.

Exactly but for now at least it looks like he's managed slip right into Tänak's 2019 season.

[dimviii]

To me it doesn't look like a big one. They just crash through the fence, that's it. The car doesn't roll or hit anything hard. The speed is about 80 km/h when the control is lost.

car was going out of control sideways,they were lucky that they didnt hit a pole a tree with side of the car

[SubaruNorway]

To me it doesn't look like a big one. They just crash through the fence, that's it. The car doesn't roll or hit anything hard. The speed is about 80 km/h when the control is lost.

Looked like he had hit some kind of harvesting tool for the tractor

[dimviii]

https://twitter.com/LubomirStauder/s...53276544417793


rallyciak video
https://youtu.be/rme2fwhkS2c

[bearclaw]

In detail I'm not so familiar with the hole tyre regulations. What if there's rain the whole weekend and fully wet conditions, from shakedown to the power stage and no stage gets canceled because of fog like today. I have read that there are just 8 rain tyres for the whole weekend.

Is it possible for the FIA stewards to allow more rain tyres during the rally when they were needed for safety reasons? i mean no extra tyre fitting zones like in sweden 2020 - just a new amount of rain tyres for the teams that they can use with the regular 8 rain tyres. would this work logistically for the tyre manufacturer? or have the teams to deal with 8 rain tyres and the other tyres and cross it on some stages, like some drivers did today at platak 1 stage, and/or going on full wet tyres for the other stages of the whole rally.