Andolfi and his 124 Abarth on SS8 of the Monte Carlo Rally - Who put that tree there?
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Good to hear that the drivers are ok. Not so sure if those rally cars even have side airbags. The car held up fairly well given the severity of impact. In our case it could be an SUV running a red light instead of a tree.
It looked like a case of oversteer, simply going in a little to hot for the road conditions. The driver is only 23 and was doing very well up to that point.
Greg
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Monte Carlo results
Quick update.
3 cars entered. 4 cars in the class, the other was a Porche 997 RS 4.0 RGT - evperienced car and crew.
Results:
Day One - Delecours retired - differential failure. Delecours is an experienced top driver. The car has to cope with 2 wheel drive and 300BHP on snow and ice with studded tyres and bits a bare tarmac - possibly the biggest test to date for the diff. He didn't participate in the shake-down stage before the formal event - did they know something?
Fabio as we have seen was doing well until the tree - conditions, new car etc.
Noberasco - always the slowest of the 3 124's but he got to the finish - 2nd in class behind the Porche ( 3.24 mins) and 45th out of 54 finishers.
What can we take from this?
The 124 finished it's first WRC event.
It was fastest in class until it broke - diff or bodywork.
It was in the top 20 on day one.
Diff failure - could it be due to the extreme conditions of the Monte or is 300bhp too much? We may learn more prior to the next event.
Overall a very good first event in this extreme class of racing.
Danny
Quick update.
3 cars entered. 4 cars in the class, the other was a Porche 997 RS 4.0 RGT - evperienced car and crew.
Results:
Day One - Delecours retired - differential failure. Delecours is an experienced top driver. The car has to cope with 2 wheel drive and 300BHP on snow and ice with studded tyres and bits a bare tarmac - possibly the biggest test to date for the diff. He didn't participate in the shake-down stage before the formal event - did they know something?
Fabio as we have seen was doing well until the tree - conditions, new car etc.
Noberasco - always the slowest of the 3 124's but he got to the finish - 2nd in class behind the Porche ( 3.24 mins) and 45th out of 54 finishers.
What can we take from this?
The 124 finished it's first WRC event.
It was fastest in class until it broke - diff or bodywork.
It was in the top 20 on day one.
Diff failure - could it be due to the extreme conditions of the Monte or is 300bhp too much? We may learn more prior to the next event.
Overall a very good first event in this extreme class of racing.
Danny
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Thanks for posting this. I tried to find this info last night but didn't have much luck.
It will be interesting to see how the reliability of the rear differential pans out going forward. Would be good to know the failure mode; clutch pack disintegration or half shaft borkage listed as diff failure or other?
Does anyone know if it is an Aisin unit? 230mm? Shared with the S2000 and the ilk? There's lots of aftermarket for diffs in the other Japanese cars so here's hoping for some solid "cross-pollination".
It will be interesting to see how the reliability of the rear differential pans out going forward. Would be good to know the failure mode; clutch pack disintegration or half shaft borkage listed as diff failure or other?
Does anyone know if it is an Aisin unit? 230mm? Shared with the S2000 and the ilk? There's lots of aftermarket for diffs in the other Japanese cars so here's hoping for some solid "cross-pollination".
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Monte Carlo Rally update - Fiat press release.
Delacours retirement was due to Diff oil cap failure. Perhaps Greg or others will know how important this is for us?
Link to full report below.
http://www.fiatpress.com/press/arti...s-racing-debut-at-the-85th-rallye-monte-carlo
Danny
Delacours retirement was due to Diff oil cap failure. Perhaps Greg or others will know how important this is for us?
Link to full report below.
http://www.fiatpress.com/press/arti...s-racing-debut-at-the-85th-rallye-monte-carlo
Danny
I really wish I know more, but I don't. I do think the results were pretty good. This was a very tough event, and these were private teams, not factory teams running a new car in conditions that were far from ideal.. Hopefully Fiat sees it this way and jumps back into rally racing.
Greg
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