2024 WRC News & Rumours

**rallyfiend** · 9th July 2024, 07:40

Didn't he leave WIlliams under a cloud of fraud allegations?

Even without this, the WRC doesn't need him around...

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 9th July 2024, 10:51

Originally Posted by flat_right

I have understood that there is one testing car which was used by Tänak in ERC Rally Estonia. So I assume they could repair that?

Surely not...

**TypeR** · 9th July 2024, 13:08

ORLEN Lietuva Rally facebook:

Many of you have probably already seen Ott Tänak's breathtaking crash during Rally Estonia 2024. 🤯

How is this related to ORLEN Lietuva Rally 2024?

The car driven by Ott was supposed to arrive in Mažeiki today, but a painful accident changed the plans of the entire Hyundai Motorsport team, and although the team tried hard to assemble a new car in a few days, due to the lack of details and time resources, T. Neuville unfortunately, but we will not see in our gravel.

**CeskyOndra** · 9th July 2024, 13:34

So championship leader won't get any test before gravel rallies because his teammate just destroyed the car. Great job, Ott

**bandit12** · 9th July 2024, 13:47

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

So championship leader won't get any test before gravel rallies because his teammate just destroyed the car. Great job, Ott

Do you really think, that it was intentional?

**EstWRC** · 9th July 2024, 13:50

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

So championship leader won't get any test before gravel rallies because his teammate just destroyed the car. Great job, Ott

lol. Neuville destroyed the car 3 years ago (before 2022 season) at the most critical time when they had to do the final tests before the car homologation. (bcs of that they couldnt test on gravel at all)

but of course you dont remember that.

**TypeR** · 9th July 2024, 13:51

Originally Posted by CeskyOndra

So championship leader won't get any test before gravel rallies because his teammate just destroyed the car. Great job, Ott

well.. Tanak didn't get to test either

To me it is weird that Hyundai is big manu team and you can't find an extra car.. Yes, such crashes rarely happen, but with so tight schedule there should be plan ,,what if..''

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 9th July 2024, 14:23

Originally Posted by TypeR

well.. Tanak didn't get to test either

To me it is weird that Hyundai is big manu team and you can't find an extra car.. Yes, such crashes rarely happen, but with so tight schedule there should be plan ,,what if..''

Tanak tested it to destruction !

And I agree that they should have another car. I saw a visit to M-Sport a few weeks ago and I'm sure there were 7 Puma's in the workshop.

**Eli** · 9th July 2024, 15:06

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Tanak tested it to destruction !

And I agree that they should have another car. I saw a visit to M-Sport a few weeks ago and I'm sure there were 7 Puma's in the workshop.

Remember when Paddon crashed the Fiesta WRC before Neste Rally Finland 2019?

**WRCStan** · 9th July 2024, 15:14

Originally Posted by TypeR

well.. Tanak didn't get to test either

To me it is weird that Hyundai is big manu team and you can't find an extra car.. Yes, such crashes rarely happen, but with so tight schedule there should be plan ,,what if..''

But then you have to ask what if and what if some more. What if 2 or 3 are written off in Latvia with Finland so soon? To justify another build they'd need to also expand the testing programme, which they can't and wouldn't want to; or either expand the extra rallies program or find customers in WRC, both which is against the idea of Rally1 and involves a high risk/reward ratio - they just wrote one off for nothing.