[WRC] Rally Islas Canarias 2025

[EstWRC]

Cachon livery looks amazing

[satnav]

Sami done a fair bit off damage;

https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/...43580695_n.jpg

[Morte66]

Sami done a fair bit off damage;

https://www.ewrc-results.com/quickp/...43580695_n.jpg

I hope that didn't bend the rollcage.

[rallyfiend]

It did something bad.

Not restarting

[focus206]

Shame for Pajari. At least he showed pace on asphalt... ignoring the village Hyundais which weren't difficult to beat this weekend, Sami was 20 seconds behind championship leader Evans.
Hope Kalle will bring it home tomorrow, would be a shame if something ruined his amazing performance, and it would be good for the championship.

[satnav]

Sami's car in the service park after his off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_mC1WACoLo

[Steve Boyd]

In fact, Wikipedia says you're right but doesn't quote source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...0type%20except

Article 10.1.1 of the 2025 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations states:

The surfaces of all special stages must remain the same during a rally. A super special stage may have different road surfaces. However, for the use of limited sections of asphalt on gravel stages or vice versa, a waiver request may be sent to the FIA.

Edit: Spotted the other post on the regulation change after I posted this!

[Steve Boyd]

Amazing change by M-Sport to disconnect the front ARB !

It is on tarmac but used to be the thing to do on a Gp1 Avenger or Sunbeam for gravel.
It had to be fitted to the car to comply with the homologation but to reduce understeer on gravel one of the drop links would somehow become disconnected!

[doubled1978]

It is on tarmac but used to be the thing to do on a Gp1 Avenger or Sunbeam for gravel.
It had to be fitted to the car to comply with the homologation but to reduce understeer on gravel one of the drop links would somehow become disconnected!

It just shows how out of balance the MSport chassis really is if they are trying that. Fundamentally, the front and rear of the car are just not working together. We have seen it from the very first tests with the Puma, the rear is very roll stiff and the front is very roll soft, like a 2017 spec Hyundai, that car had the tricky diffs to play with to help compensate though.
These roads with the smooth tarmac and long corners are completely exposing the relative qualities of each of the chassis, and the Toyota is miles ahead, the whole car just works as one.
When I heard Millener on the commentary trying to half blame the drivers for the speed of the car, I knew they were doomed because that’s just deflecting what is blatantly obvious to anyone watching with half a clue.

[Tauri_J]

Watching it live I was really scared that Pajari could do Kubica/Breen. Thank god everything is fine