It is the only explanation they can give to this situation while not telling that they are team Neuville not team Hyundai.
Like it has said many times since then, 1-2-3 would have happened also if Tänak and Neuville changed the positions.
i don't get it, they can reverse the argument and is still valid:
if the point is to have a 1-2-3, and doesn't matter who is p1, there's no need to change.
I believe Paddon is more here because of development of Rally2 car. And probably because he may be the only one who could actually bring results with it next year if they will go that route. I just...
I can imagine the test debriefing meetings. Nothing much said & a lot of "Gallic shrugs" - and they wonder why they aren't getting anywhere!
I think they need a good test & development driver...
I've noticed multiple times now, the forum is very sluggish in the evening. Then after 23:00 UTC (00:00 CET), like clockwork, it becomes instantly loading and instantly usable again. I don't know...
And at the end of the 2025 season he said that all of his vacations are planned on the rally weekends so he wouldn't have time to watch or participate :D
After Monte they said, dont worry Sweden will be better.
They'd moved their test base to Finland 3 years ago to sort the car on fast gravel (and snow).
And in Sweden... they were worse.
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I believe Paddon is more here because of development of Rally2 car. And probably because he may be the only one who could actually bring results with it next year if they will go that route. I just...
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