Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

**dimviii** · 27th April 2022, 12:34

Originally Posted by flat_right

Was thinking about Hyundai and why they started so late with the new WRC car and I don't know if it has been discussed here but maybe the reason was that they were waiting for Christian Loriaux arrival to the team? And maybe this was the reason why Ford started so early that they knew Loriaux would be departing and needed as much input from him as possible.

late ok from Korean headquarters could be a reason.

**bomber21** · 27th April 2022, 13:14

Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos

They have a new one!

Even worse…

**EstWRC** · 27th April 2022, 13:17

Late Ok from headquarters + late arrival from Loriaux and other engineers

Ott mentioned it in the betsafe podcast

**wyler** · 4th May 2022, 19:03

nice one from wrc social:

https://www.facebook.com/WorldRally/...9009558800678/

**focus206** · 7th May 2022, 19:47

Second round of World Endurance Championship in Spa:
Ogier's Richard Mille Racing Team finished 8th in LMP2 class, out of 15. A bit of a joke of a race, more than half of the race under yellow / safety car / red flag. Impossible to properly compare Ogier's times with his teammates because as it rained a lot, conditions varied massively.
Not a good drive by Ogier in my opinion. He drove on a very wet track, got overtaken by 2 competitors and then went off, hitting the barriers and losing 2 more places. In typical Ogier fashion, the car was unharmed and he continued (haven't I see this before?

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Later he went off in the gravel again and went to the pits to change nose (so maybe the contact with the barriers did damage the car a little). His team was close to last in category, but later they managed to recover places thanks to favourable safety cars / tyre changes.

**WRCStan** · 7th May 2022, 21:34

Meanwhile, the other Seb is leading a second FIA world rally championship like the unstoppable force that he is. Sorry if that point has been made, I only just noticed. Loeb leads Al-Attiyah 112 to 111 pts after 2 rounds with 2 to go.

https://www.worldrallyraidchampionsh.../rankings/fia1

**lmmjvss** · 13th May 2022, 01:26

IDK why but I dont get the feeling of a WORLD RALLY event in Croatia and Ypres (last year).
Same for Monza and the Artic rally too. I dont know, these four places screeeeam "Rally2" only. Not sure what you think but I'd ditch Croatia and Ypress for 2023 in a heartbeat

**steve.mandzij** · 13th May 2022, 03:43

Originally Posted by lmmjvss

IDK why but I dont get the feeling of a WORLD RALLY event in Croatia and Ypres (last year).
Same for Monza and the Artic rally too. I dont know, these four places screeeeam "Rally2" only. Not sure what you think but I'd ditch Croatia and Ypress for 2023 in a heartbeat

I don't know what you're on but Croatia is easily one of the most exciting events on the calendar.

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**denkimi** · 13th May 2022, 14:11

Originally Posted by lmmjvss

IDK why but I dont get the feeling of a WORLD RALLY event in Croatia and Ypres (last year).
Same for Monza and the Artic rally too. I dont know, these four places screeeeam "Rally2" only. Not sure what you think but I'd ditch Croatia and Ypress for 2023 in a heartbeat

i think it's just because we already knew those rallies before.

**WRCStan** · 13th May 2022, 16:08

Originally Posted by lmmjvss

IDK why but I dont get the feeling of a WORLD RALLY event in Croatia and Ypres (last year).
Same for Monza and the Artic rally too. I dont know, these four places screeeeam "Rally2" only. Not sure what you think but I'd ditch Croatia and Ypress for 2023 in a heartbeat

A lot of people don't get the WORLD RALLY feeling at any WRC event these days.