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Thread: [WRC] Rally Islas Canarias 2025
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25th April 2025, 11:26 #191
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25th April 2025, 12:03 #192
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You cant have a last rally, last stage decider every year. 2024 was pretty good with chances and drama going late into the season and a brand new Champion crowned.
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25th April 2025, 12:07 #193
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I'm kinda suprised ogier is already so far behind kalle.
Also suprised by how bad hyundai fucked up.
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25th April 2025, 12:13 #194
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25th April 2025, 12:18 #195
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It was closer than last year, but also then Evans had 14 points over Ogier before Monza, so something wrong had to happen to Evans to make Ogier win.
It's very rare to have a close fight for the title into the last round. We've had in Australia 2018, but Neuville had to put quite some cars between him and Ogier, very difficult with the huge cleaning there was in Australia. Also in Wales 2011 with Loeb and Hirvonen, but Mikko had to win and instead had to retire on day 1. Probably Loeb vs Hirvonen in Wales 2009 was the closest of the last 20 years.
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25th April 2025, 12:27 #196
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Any interviews yet at Service with the Hyundai crews and manager ?
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25th April 2025, 13:02 #197
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A bit of analysis from the drivers:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/why-h...slas-canarias/
Basically, the car isn‘t reactive enough from corner to corner (Fourmaux) and, according to Tänak, also works the tire too much, which tallies with most of the time loss coming the longer the stage goes on.
Like Tänak mentioned, it‘s a known issue that occurred during testing and on shakedown, but there‘s no clear fix yet.
Ogier mentioned the new hard tyre as a possible contributing factor as well.
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25th April 2025, 13:11 #198
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The 2019 world champion confirmed to DirtFish that he and Neuville’s problems with the i20 were “quite similar” and, like Neuville, did not appear especially optimistic that a solution was on the horizon.
“It’s been since the beginning with this car and somehow not able to find a way forward,” said Tänak. “It was the same in the test and it was the same yesterday on shakedown. We’ve been trying a couple of things now but still unable to iron it out yet.”
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25th April 2025, 13:32 #199
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Neuville:
"I dont know where to start. The list is too long."
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25th April 2025, 13:42 #200
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WRC reporter states a full suspension change at service for Nueville and probably gone softer to make the hard tyre work harder as the ones used this morning were still like new.
Whatever happens tomorrow, Oliver has been awesome. For his sake I hope it’s dry and he can just drive normally to take the win. You could sense that Tanak was pissed off that he can’t seem to take...
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