WRC Testing

**EstWRC** · 17th June 2024, 09:10

Sesks today https://x.com/paddocknews/status/1802627019244462570

**paddocknews** · 17th June 2024, 20:14

Martins Sesks Ford Puma Rally1 | Pre Event Test WRC Rally Poland 2024
https://youtu.be/icOagwiwpC8

**AMSS** · 18th June 2024, 11:39

Originally Posted by Prill99

Sesks today was really fast. Impressive drive. Nice line. Full on. He knows how to hold leg on throttle.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZeJRLCShv...tSNEvuHPVs1uEq
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Has probably been written somewhere, but Sesks doing Poland without Hybrid, will they remowe it completely and add extra weight or how does it work?

**Tauri_J** · 18th June 2024, 14:21

Originally Posted by AMSS

Has probably been written somewhere, but Sesks doing Poland without Hybrid, will they remowe it completely and add extra weight or how does it work?

Sadly they replace it with ballast.

**Managarium** · 18th June 2024, 15:23

Originally Posted by AMSS

Has probably been written somewhere, but Sesks doing Poland without Hybrid, will they remowe it completely and add extra weight or how does it work?

https://www.wrcwings.tech/2024/06/18...d-puma-rally1/

**Eli** · 21st June 2024, 07:58

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/evans...g-limitations/

I remember pre rally 1 cars they had 42 days of testing and before that 55. What do you guys think? 21 is too little?

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 24th June 2024, 08:58

Originally Posted by Eli

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/evans...g-limitations/

I remember pre rally 1 cars they had 42 days of testing and before that 55. What do you guys think? 21 is too little?

Sounds like an excuse for his poor recent performances by Evans.

Plus the teams can test as much as they like at their home base.

And the top drivers are very experienced now and Teams have a lot of data plus videos to watch so they should be well-prepared everywhere.

**Eli** · 24th June 2024, 12:31

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Sounds like an excuse for his poor recent performances by Evans.

Plus the teams can test as much as they like at their home base.

And the top drivers are very experienced now and Teams have a lot of data plus videos to watch so they should be well-prepared everywhere.

I wasn't making excuses for Evans, he is off the mark this year, but it's wild to think only 5 years ago they had 52?60? days of testing a year and now they have half..or less.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 24th June 2024, 17:24

Originally Posted by Eli

I wasn't making excuses for Evans, he is off the mark this year, but it's wild to think only 5 years ago they had 52?60? days of testing a year and now they have half..or less.

I meant he was making it an excuse in his quotes on reduced testing.

The reduction in testing was one of the money-saving changes. Probably to limit big spending by the factory teams and to make it easier for M-Sport to complete.

**denkimi** · 24th June 2024, 20:01

Originally Posted by Eli

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/evans...g-limitations/

I remember pre rally 1 cars they had 42 days of testing and before that 55. What do you guys think? 21 is too little?

Yes.
not perse for the old veteran drivers, but it's making life more difficult for new young drivers.

And it's just a stupid rule that doesn't make any difference, if they run out of test days they just enter some local rally somewhere.