Damn seems rally beginner Räikkönen knows how to keep the foot down.

Maybe being a real live F1 winner means he's used to power or maybe all those Finns have some genetic aberration but this looks pretty quick







Where's the equivalent for Kenny?
What happened to Atky?

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Was this testing for the Arctic rally? He really had his foot in it. I hope that rallying loosens him up a bit.

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Rallymech Wrote:
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> Was this testing for the Arctic rally? He really
> had his foot in it. I hope that rallying loosens
> him up a bit.

I believe so.
I wonder how many previous outings he's had in rally cars?


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> Robert.
> "You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy."
> Eddie Fiorelli.

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"I wonder how many previous outings he's had in rally cars?" Good question. I would think that he has done quite a bit of testing. Even so, he was looking very good in that clip. I want to see more. Did he eventually crash? The transition from Fiat Abrath to Citroen C4 is a big step up.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

That was from first testing C4 on WRC roads near Jyvaskyla.
- He did NOT keep his foot down - when he's flying - which shows how intelligent he is and in full control.
It will take him as long as Juan Pablo to get used to NASCAR to start winning, and he knows it. He may win some earlier but to match speed of Mikko, 2x Seb (Loeb/Ogier), and even Jari-Matti, doesn't come easy. He's got cojones, speed and skills but rally is much more than that.
We'll see longer rallies and more night driving thanks to rule changes, and that's when men are separated from boys! Ouninpohja at night in fog is SCARY - 150KPH diving into white cloud is a religious experience...

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> Rallymech Wrote:
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> > Was this testing for the Arctic rally? He
> really
> > had his foot in it. I hope that rallying
> loosens
> > him up a bit.
>
> I believe so.
> I wonder how many previous outings he's had in
> rally cars?
>
>

He grew up in Finland didn't he? I thought he was such a badass F1 driver because he grew up driving rally cars! Aren't lots of Finns BORN in rally cars because dads take fun "shortcuts" on the way to the hospital?

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> - He did NOT keep his foot down - when he's
> flying - which shows how intelligent he is and in
> full control.

So your take is that the car is in ALS mode in the air as opposed to banging off a rev limiter?

(just asking)

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Yeah, when he goes over the crest and is in the air, that sounds like antilag.

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It sounds like "pocketa, pocketa, pocketa" to me.

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You guys may be right. I though he's holding it steady but what do I know? I've never driven modern rally car!

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I thought he was on the limiter while in the air.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

My guess would be limiter as well.
I hear a rise in revs (along with the lightened load) accompanied by a stutter (ALS would have a sharper and less frequent 'bang' I'd expect) - that suggests limiter to me.
(entirely possible that they have sensors that recognize a jump and simply act as a limiter to keep wheelspeed the same as at take-off - pure speculation though. and would be more important on tarmac than snow)

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2010 10:09PM by Morison.

Don't they have a new, softer antilag, now, though? I thought they could do it now with out the super violent BANG noises.

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With the amount of front end lift, there's no way thats the antilag. With no trotle the car would nose dive. Common guys, we all know this.