Rally Portugal 2022

**Danny0405** · 20th May 2022, 14:55

Also Ingram apparently, should be enough to give the lead to Marczyk in WRC2J ... if nothing happens to him

**denkimi** · 20th May 2022, 14:57

Originally Posted by itix

I wonder if they should reintroduce the mousse tyres of the mid 2000s.

I can't really see any reason why they shouldn't.

As said here before. It makes the big guys cut even more, so the small teams have to use it as well or they are disadvantaged.

Al they have to do is make tyre choise free so pirelli has some incentive to do something about it. Just like in f1, giving them a monopoly has done nothing good for the sport.

**TypeR** · 20th May 2022, 14:57

They must do something about that.. ridiculous how many punctures..

Everything cost millions in rallying and now adding some mousse/tyre noodle to tyres wouldn't really change the budget.. except would maybe keep some costs down thank to not retiring..

**flat_right** · 20th May 2022, 14:57

If you see me driving with Pirellis, you know I have a dementia.

**itix** · 20th May 2022, 15:01

How expensive can they be?
If you keep them on rough rallies only it will keep the budget cost down as well.

**flat_right** · 20th May 2022, 15:05

On Estonian TV the commentator said that only on SS7 he counted 13 punctures and all the cars had not passed yet. Ok, not all are Pirellis but it is a problem.

**AndyRAC** · 20th May 2022, 15:07

Originally Posted by denkimi

As said here before. It makes the big guys cut even more, so the small teams have to use it as well or they are disadvantaged.

All they have to do is make tyre choice free so pirelli has some incentive to do something about it. Just like in f1, giving them a monopoly has done nothing good for the sport.

Agree. The top tiers of motorsport should never be like this; F1/ WRC with Pirelli, and MotoGP with Michelin..... However, we get told a 'tyre war' isn't good for the sport. Neither are poor tyres...