Freddy Loix made a cautious start to the event but picked up speed quickly after making changes to the set-up of the Accent WRC³ and then continued to set a string of top ten stage times. “This afternoon has not been too bad and after our short Monte Carlo we are learning a few things about the handling,” said Loix. “We will start tomorrow with a much better car than today because we are making a number of changes that will help us, particularly in the fast corners. I’m not too happy about our road position tomorrow as we will be running too near the front so I would prefer no snow and lots of ice. But on this event there are new stages and we seem to be able to go better on new stages so I will try my hardest to make the most of that tomorrow.”
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Bron: info@hyundaiwrc.com )
Freddy Loix said: “The car is not great, but that’s the trouble with not
having any testing. It’s not catastrophic, but things could be better. Our
first test was at the shakedown, and our base settings were from Australia
last year, this doesn’t help. Taking that into consideration, I pleased
with the times which we are settings. There are people behind me who have
spent a lot of time testing.”
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Bron: newsletter@wrc-online.net )
Foto's Rally Action
=> wel een rare helm voor Loix... Een aantal piloten zijn overgestapt van een open naar een gesloten helm na een aantal zware accidenten de afgelopen jaren... Loix en Schwarz (en misschien nog enkele anderen) hebben voor iets "anders" gekozen!
Zou dat met veiligheid te maken hebben of gewoon radiocommunicatie?
