Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress # 39; Sally B # 39; - Duxford, UK, 2016
New Zealand World Rally duo Hayden Paddon and John Kennard clear emphasis they head towards the famous Tour de Corse rally this weekend.
Paddon said that they focus on the continuous improvement of their performance on the tarmac rallies On 29 September to 2 October French event of the World Rally Championship marks the second of three consecutive European asphalt rallies at the end of the tail WRC season, so performance on this surface is an essential component of current and future results of Paddon.
Obviously we want to be more competitive than Germany where they finished fifth and I think this rally suits us best, but the goals are not motivated outcome, said Paddon is about improvement and progress to compete at the front in the future.
This is just the second time that Paddon and Kennard have contested the Rally of Corsica after his return to the WRC calendar last year Kiwis got a fifth place deserved the rain interrupted 2015 edition.
Paddon said it is a pleasure to drive the Corsican roads that I would call a more traditional tarmac rally with wider roads, twisty but runny grip levels are often consistent and you can refer to more a type of driving style racing circuit.
This year, 70 percent of the special stages are new and the distance of the total scene is 20 percent more than having yet Despite ten special stages the lowest number on the Corsica Tour calendar is the second in Rally Mexico in terms of its total competitive distance 92 km 390.
Yes, much of the road is new, but Corsica is Corsica It's called the rally of 10,000 corners for a reason because it is common corner after corner and look the same as the reason why the pace notes are more important than ever on this rally, something John and I work very hard.
It is certainly a unique route, with less but more steps but it doesn t change our approach, we need to be on it from beginning to end.
copilot long John Kennard added the large number of turns, the average speed is very low, just over 90 km h, against 126 km h in Finland, but it also means the information from the rating is pretty relentless and the moments to breathe when reading is sometimes very little.
Since mid-August Rallye Deutschland, Paddon's continued to work on his asphalt driving skills.
With the long interval between Germany and Corsica, it's been a good opportunity to cool off a bit, especially since the next five weeks will be crazy busy with four rallies and four trials This downtime has allowed us to conduct a little what happened survey in Germany and work on some things to improve this rally, we also had a good test session with the team.
The rally officially begins Thursday night during a departure ceremony on the west coast of the island before Friday's schedule covers 157 km of special stages two discussed twice with the added challenge of teams do not have to a Saturday lunch service is the longest with two loops of two stages totaling 169 04 km the morning of the Sunday's final action in the east includes only two steps, but includes the longest of the rally, the 53 78 km Antisanti-Poggio di Nazza, which will prove decisive before 10 42 km rally-final power stage tire wear on rough and abrasive asphalt is a consideration when navigating narrow mountain roads, winding often bordered on one side by a rock wall and the other a sharp drop in the sea.
For the Tour de Corse, Paddon and Kennard compete in the Hyundai Mobis banner World Rally Team in the 20 Hyundai NG i20 WRC, while his teammates Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo are in the 3 and 4 competing cars, respectively, for the Hyundai Shell World Rally Team Paddon and Kennard are one of 12 teams competing in the WRC 10th round of the WRC season this year.
Paddon and Kennard hold the third equal place on the conductors and tables points of co-drivers championship respectively, corresponding to their appearance Motorsport Hyundai Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul.
Paddon seeks top finish in the famous French rally Finance Stadium, Paddon finishing French rally.