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.
We took advantage of the recent Rally Catalunya to know the opinion of the WRC drivers about the new (hybrid) cars for 2022.