A lot of testing are going on currently, with Rally Estonia, Rally Finland and Rally Acores close to each others. Here is a video of Norweigan Mads Östberg testing for this weekend’s Rally Estonia.
Archive for the ‘Rally testing’ Category
Video: Mads Östberg testing for Rally Estonia
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Video: Mini WRT testing for Finland
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Mini has been testing in Korpilahti the last few days for the upcoming Rally Finland. The tests were held on fast gravel roads with a lot of jumps – typical settings for the Finnish terrain. Both Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo have been driving – but Meeke’s testing have been a bit affected by an accident wounding the car and making the team return it to the team base in England for a checkup. This also means that Meeke wont start as planned in Rally Estonia this weekend, which was a part of the teams’ preparations for Finland.
Here are a few videos of the Mini tests:
Dani Sordo test day two
Dani Sordo on Finnish television
Video: Patrik Sandell test before Rally Acores
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011Patrik Sandell and his co-driver Staffan Parmander tested before the Rally Acores this monday. At least the test roads seem really nice and fast. Question is how Patrik will perform after a doubtful start of the season where he has been followed by various problems, not least punctures. The team have now switched tyre brand to Pirelli, which they hope will solve the problem and enable Patrik to go for the win. Personally, I’m not convinced it will be enough to reach all the way to a victory, but maybe he can at least get a step closer…
Video: Sebastien Ogier pre-Finland test roll
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Sebastien Ogier rolled his Citroën DS3 WRC today while testing for Rally Finland in the end of this month. Perfect footage below!
Video: Citroën DS3WRC test in Malaga
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Citroën tested their new car, the DS3 WRC, last week in Malaga. Sebastien Loeb and Dani Sordo did most of the testing and even Kris Meeke was there for the tests. Here are a few videos:
Thanks to tamayofotos1 for the videos.
Video: Petter Solberg Rally Sweden test
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Here is a video uploaded by PSWRT today from service in their Rally Sweden tests:
Video: PG Andersson test in Norway
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Here are two fresh videos from PG Andersson’s test yesterday with the Skoda Fabia Super2000 in Norway. This Monday was PG’s only test day with the Skoda and the team, Czech based JM Racing, before Rally Sweden. The team has brought six men to Sweden, including three mechanics, one team manager, one engineer and one coordinator. PG himself brings in his regular mechanics “Pitan” and “Henke”.
Thanks to Hedlund80 for the videos.
Video: Patrik Sandell test [onboard] and Anders Gröndal testing in Norway
Monday, February 8th, 2010Patrik Sandell tested his Red Bull Skoda Fabia Super2000 in Norway earlier today. Here is a video of it (thank’s to Patrik himself for this!):
More of Sandell including the car livery:
Anders Gröndal performed tests with his Subaru Impreza on Sunday in Norway, and even he got caught by the cameras:
Video: Janne Tuohino and P-A Sääv tests
Monday, February 8th, 2010Janne Tuohino has tested the Ford Fiesta Super2000 he is set to drive in Rally Sweden. The test took place in Nilsiä, Finland on the 4th of February and here is a video:
Even Swedish Skoda Fabia Super2000 driver P-A Sääv has been testing recently, in the local rally Vinternatta and on private tests. Today his tests go on together with PG Andersson. Here is a video of him in Vinternatta:
Patrik Sandell’s new livery and test report
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Some of Sandell's new livery exposed at the successful test in Norway. Photo: James Holms
Patrik Sandell with co-driver Emil Axelsson have spent the day testing on snow in Norway with their car for the 2010 season, the Red Bull Skoda Fabia Super2000.
Sandell himself said at the test:
- We’re doing just fine. It was good to do a rally in Norway last weekend, so we didn’t have to start at zero now. We are doing some small adjustments to the dampers to find the right setup for Rally Sweden, but the feeling is really good. Since it has snowed so much this winter the roads will be narrower than in 2008, which will make the speed go down. However, it will still be a fast rally so we chose a fast test road to see have the Skoda behaves in full speed bends.
Patrik, who will drive in the new S-WRC / WRC Cup class, continues:
- The competition in the rally will be the best we have ever met. PG is driving exactly the same car on a wild card and will be incredibly fast, so he will probably be our biggest challenge. But even Prokop and Tuohino will be there fighting for the points, he concludes.
