Rally Portugal 2022

**wwbroe** · 20th May 2022, 15:41

Loubet's car full of dust

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 20th May 2022, 15:42

Loubet off and now full of dust.

**wwbroe** · 20th May 2022, 15:44

He went off, so third will be for Sordo

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 20th May 2022, 15:47

Greensmith now the leading M-Sport... but he's not a points scorer.

**Danny0405** · 20th May 2022, 15:47

No split for Armstrong in J-WRC in SS7?
Again a U-turn in this category?

RS · 20th May 2022, 15:50

Why are the roads in such bad condition? Are the new hybrid cars tearing up the roads more?

And given that Pirelli have no competition, can they not just build a tyre strong enough for the conditions with no concerns over weight? Or can no conventional tyre withstand this (ie without mousse)

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 20th May 2022, 15:52

Sordo saving the day for Hyundai with a solid drive, otherwise it'd be a Toyota 1-2-3.

**wwbroe** · 20th May 2022, 15:52

Sordo into third position overall

**wyler** · 20th May 2022, 15:52

cheers to antii

**jonkka** · 20th May 2022, 15:53

Originally Posted by RS

can they not just build a tyre strong enough for the conditions with no concerns over weight?

They probably could but teams are concerned about the weight. If tyre weight goes up, they have to strengthen whole suspension assembly proportionally (engineer-guys in this forum can give you specifics).