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Thread: 2022 WRC News & Rumours
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21st July 2022, 11:17 #861
Speaking of the devil:
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/f...map-/10340909/Only you know your true potential.
This year we rally #ForCraig
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21st July 2022, 12:25 #862
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21st July 2022, 12:53 #863
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Viable route could be manus own electric motor for rally1 and rally2 from 2025 and extended mileage on ev (maybe also a couple km ss dedicated to it)
it's not full ev, but brands involved in ev could still pr a lot on it. i think this could be good compromise between manus and fans...
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21st July 2022, 12:54 #864
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21st July 2022, 18:27 #865
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Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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21st July 2022, 19:35 #866
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In VW days (as a fresh WRC driver) he tried to mimic Ogier in everything. Latvala did as well (less left foot braking etc, was interviewed om that) and it didn't work for him so he went back. Worked for Mikkelsen since he started winning rallies.
I very much doubt this was the case at Hyundai since he was getting own diffs etc. (commented on when Loeb was forced to drive same diff in Portugal), and it certainly isn't true in Skoda when he is the only top driver ( and got own dif. made both for snow and fast gravel last year).
That he was struggling to set up the Hyundai is certain, Loeb and Tanak were as well for multiple years.
About being hard to work with... I have no idea, but the same has been said about every second driver in WRC at some point.
I don't think there is one specific reason for him not having a drive. Just a sum of circumstances. Note that in 2017 he got the 2 year Hyundai contract which at that time seemed to be the best contract you could get. Struggling there certainly hurt a lot. Now with Loebs and Tanaks experience it looks very different.
On top of that Citroen unexpectedly left and then corona came, note that Latvala and Meeke also lost their drives at that moment.
Another real option came before this year. Again small things, Lappi fits better for fast rallies that Ogier doesn't do (Mikkelsen is better at "Ogiers" rallies), Breen seemed on upwards trajectory and MSport only has one paid driver seat and Hyundai goes all or nothing with Solberg no matter results.Last edited by mknight; 21st July 2022 at 19:38.
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21st July 2022, 19:41 #867
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21st July 2022, 21:53 #868
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22nd July 2022, 04:34 #869
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22nd July 2022, 07:15 #870
Finnish rally site is reporting that they couldn't speak with Ott and Thierry during the test in Finland although they had agreed some interviews. The order came from somewhere higher up in the team.
https://www.rallit.fi/hyundain-ralli...suut-suomessa/
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After 5 stages, top 11 covered by less than 30 seconds and top 20 covered by 1 minute 42 seconds.
[ERC] Royal Rally of Scandinavia...