![]() ![]() On the hybrid, many things are not working yet, and getting real feedback is very difficult.Ībout my driving style, the new system is going to be a change, as you are recovering energy under braking and discharging it in acceleration. Nobody knows how it will be and what to expect. He complains about the fact that “ too many things (about the new cars) are not clear yet. ![]() Thierry Neuville admits that he has been driving the new car a lot in the days previous to Rally Catalunya. T.Neuville/M.Wydaeghe, Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC, Rally Catalunya 2021, 1st This is probably why most of the team efforts (Hyundai and Toyota, at least) have been addressd towards the evaluation and understanding of the hybrid system. On the Hyundai side, Ott Tanak believes that “ it is too early to make conclusions, as we are still working in an early version of the car, and many things are still under development“. O.Tänak/M.Järveoja, Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC, Rally Catalunya 2021, retired Also, with fewer tools available (simplification in suspension, transmission and aero), the cars will have a more compromised setup“.Ī.Fourmaux/A.Coria, Ford Fiesta WRC, Rally Catalunya 2021, 16thĪdrien Fourmaux feels that all his previous experience (also in Rally2) will help him with the new cars, while for M-Sport Team Manager Rich Millener is time to move on and look into the future, which is now the new hybrid regulations. Now, with all these regulation changes and building a new car from zero, it will be different. While he adapted very fast to the Yaris WRC, with the new cars he believes it will be different: “ When I joined Toyota the Yaris was a well-established car, with three years of development and multiple title winner, so it was easy to adapt. Also, for me, it is very important to remain in the same team with the same guys in a year with so many changes“.Į.Evans/S.Martin, Toyota Yaris WRC, Rally Catalunya 2021, 2ndĮlfyn Evans finds the new car very different from the current WRC. So, to drive them it will be necessary to use a Rally2 driving style, rather than WRC, and I have both recent, so I have good expectations. Some features are good, such as suspension and transmission, that will be similar to that of a Rally2 car. Kalle Rovanperä shares the feeling that the 2022 cars will be exciting: ” We have still a lot of work to do, to make it progress. K.Rovanperä/J.Halttunen, Toyota Yaris WRC, Rally Catalunya 2021, 5th Also, without the center differential, you will need to put the car sideways to make it turn“. As soon as the new cars have wings and keep their look aggressive, keep the sound and increased power, I’m sure they will be still exciting. But we were curious about their feelings at the wheel of the new cars, as well as about the impact of the new machines on their driving style, and this is what they explained to us.įor Jari Matti Latvala, Toyota Team Manager, who has not driven the 2022 car yet but has codriven Juho Hänninen, the new cars are a bit slower, but he believes “ it has been a good reaction, as the current cars could not go any faster. Obviously, secrecy prevents anybody from explaining how these cars behave. Three months before their official debut at Rallye Monte-Carlo 2022, multiple tests have been developed in the last weeks, and the plan is to continue this week. Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has justified the EV charge – panned by environment groups and carmakers as the worst policy of its kind in the world – as a fair way to replace the federal petrol excise of 44.2 cents per litre (which has been halved until September 28 as an emergency cost-of-living relief measure).īut Electric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said Victoria was sending “perverse signals” with its road-user charge and nudging motorists towards combustion vehicles rather than encouraging a green shift.We took advantage of the recent Rally Catalunya to know the opinion of the WRC drivers about the new (hybrid) cars for 2022. ![]() it’s the inequity and the principle that’s not been properly considered.” “It’s not a lot of money in the scheme of things. “Because you’re driving country kilometres, the battery doesn’t go very far, so you’re still paying significant road tax on every litre of fuel,” Gill said. But the agricultural scientist, who lives outside Shepparton, believes he could be paying more in motoring taxes than if he had bought a fuel combustion model because he is slugged twice: 2¢ for every kilometre he drives under Victoria’s EV road charge as well as excise on fuel when his battery runs out after about 40 kilometres.
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