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Originally Posted by Steve_PPP
I would say the hatch has had quite a bit more success than the hawkeye now. But imo the hawk in the rallying world wasn't a new car, it was just a facelift of the blobeye which was already starting to struggle by 2005/6 when the hawk was introduced (mainly due to other competitors developing faster!)
Maybe it takes a few years for complete new models to peak? Newages introduced in 2000, 3 years later Petter won the title. Hatches introduced in 2008, and we're now 3 years later  |
Yeah, I guess all new cars take time to get to grips with, especially if its a completely new chassis to get used to; though Burns won the WRC in 2001 in a Bug, didn't he?
I'm not sure on the specifics, but haven't there been limitations placed on testing time in the WRC in recent years? I'm sure allowed testing time was cited as an issue for SWRT when they were running the hawkeye and hatchback Imprezas?