WRC Secto Rally Finland 2025

**focus206** · 24th July 2025, 12:04

Originally Posted by denkimi

I have some doubts to him pointing at the tyres.
They provide grip or they don't, that's all there is to them. Him being slow doesn't seem to be the tyres fault.

Clearly he's very fast on asphalt, as we saw from Canarias. He can't have just forgotten how to drive on gravel, it must be the balance and the set up of the hybridless + Hankook tyres. Others adapted better, Kalle and Neuville not so much...

**EstWRC** · 24th July 2025, 13:14

Originally Posted by denkimi

I have some doubts to him pointing at the tyres.
They provide grip or they don't, that's all there is to them. Him being slow doesn't seem to be the tyres fault.

It’s not that simple

**saco0o** · 24th July 2025, 13:47

no Oli eh? such a shame, man.
Taka is not perfoming well enough over these years to justify his seat in the top team. i wonder how long toyota will keep him just because thats how japanese mentality works.
i find it cool, sure, but he is not that good, sorry :/

**Tauri_J** · Today, 06:14

It has been really dry in Finland and looks like it stays like that before the rally.

Cleaning usually not that big of a deal there, but this year might be worse than years before?

**M3 Jambo** · Today, 06:22

Recce'd Friday's stages yesterday and the first guys will definately lose a fair bit of time road cleaning.

**EstWRC** · Today, 07:01

yeah surviving mode like always for first runners on friday

will be interesting to see how Tänak manages it, he was good in 2019 even when first on the road but that was with Toyota which has always been good in low grip conditions while its Hyundais weakest point

have they managed to fix that problem with the new chassis like they intended to, we will find out on friday.