What changes will come in 2018?
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Generic N&R thread for next year
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What changes will come in 2018?
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Generic N&R thread for next year
TEAMS & DRIVERS:
1. Citroen
-Meeke
-Breen
-Loeb/Qassimi/Lefebvre (PH Sport)
-Serderidis (???)
2. Hyundai:
-Neuville
-Mikkelsen
-Paddon/Sordo (4 cars on some events)
3. Toyota:
-Latvala
-Tanak
-Lappi
4. Ford M-Sport:
-Ogier
-Evans
-Suninen/Ostberg
WRC2:
1. Skoda:
-Tidemand
-Veiby
-Kopecky
2. Hyundai:
-Huttunen
3. M-Sport:
-Camilli
-Suninen
4. MEM (Proton)
-???
5. Holzer (Opel)
-???
6. VW (Polo)
-???
7. Citroen (C3 R5):
-Bonato/Lefebvre
8. Peugeot (developing 208 Evo2)
9. Toyota:
-R4 Spec car (Oreca)
-develop R5 car
Maybe new formula for R2 regulations.
2018 Junior WRC champion gets a prize of car (R5 Fiesta for WRC2) and budget I think with free pass and gasoline.
CALENDAR:
-Turkey replace Poland
-Every month gets covered with rally (no big gaps) except december - april & october have 2 rallies.
-Spain & GB swap places.
-Italy have to confirm to held rally on Sardegna
-Croatia will (maybe) have candidate event in 2018 for 2019 round.
SPORTING REG:
-Chicanes are under big questions...
-4 car rule is probably dead.
NO big changes... They have said late in 2016 that 2019 will have some big changes (maybe).
Man I would be happy if they could cover more live stages not only 2 different and 3 total.. With drone tech still not possible or what. And placed cameras in all cars...
FIA R4 formula can score WRC2 points?
On the Ogier subject again, after hearing Colin's kitchen table, I was thinking if Ford are coming back next year, we might see Citroen out by 2019...which tbh would be quite a shame, the FIA needs to make sure what they have now 4(ish) teams in the WRC should stay for the long term.
Abu Dhabi contract was for 2016/2019
Paddon sticking with the team in 2018 despite probable reduced programme
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport...ectid=11944339
4 cars. Or maybe allow again satellite teams, that could get more drivers compete, more teams in the leaderboard.. Abu dhabi will then seeking Hyundai, Toyota or M-Sport again? Citroen are screwed. That cheapstakes will never win again...
4 car teams whilst expensive for the teams would be so good for the sport. more seats, more drivers.
Looks like Hyundai will run their own team championship. They will compete against each other to get next drive... What a morale or maybe motivation to get the good results? I don't know. What if 2 of their drivers will deliver poor results will they promote Huttunen like they are that muh desperate? And bloody fix that suspension. Don't blame all on drivers, deliver them a good machine...
I dont really understand it considering they stood by Theirry so staunchly during his slump, and now they bugger both Paddon and Sordo. I can understand the need for results I guess. The best thing would be for Paddon and Sordo to switch between the WRC car and WRC2 for their non nominated rounds... Because otherwise not only does it hurt Paddon in particular for 2018, it has an effect on 2019 too having missed tarmac development potentially.
well.. dmack is gone as i predicted.
Paddon and Sordo to split opening 2018 WRC rounds
https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...rounds-979157/
Paddon not competing on tarmac events will hurt him big time IMO. It is his weakest point anyway and when you cant compete on tarmac rallies and gain experience it will make it even worse.
That will kill Paddon carreer.
Knew what ? Proof ?
@DMACK_Tyres
We WILL have a full-time presence in WRC next season as a tyre supplier, our eighth season.
“Our focus on winning the world championship remains absolute, but what we need next year is a season of development and reconnection with our key markets. This in no way means we’re walking away from the WRC and if we can’t find [a manufacturer] agreement then we will pick out some events and try to win those with a hired car.”
2018 was the year Paddon was targeting for the championship. That's not gone to plan..., but when you're in such a big budget team and don't deliver you can't have many complaints.
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At least Hyundai NZ could pay for R5 drive on tarmac events...
Rumor has it he will be contesting a few events in an R5, but no mention of which events.
Changes for 2018
- Shakedown tyres are not included in the tyre quota for a rally
- R5 drivers are free to choose their tyre brand
- WRC Trophy is no more, privateers can enter WRC2017 cars (as we saw Serderidis already is going for this)
- No more mandatory events for WRC2 (this season Portugal, Deutschland and Wales were mandatory)
http://www.urheiluuutiset.com/rallin...kaudelle-2018/
Umm, privateers could enter 2017 cars this year, if they could afford it and the manufacturer agreed....or am i wrong?
Only a registered manufacturer could enter 2017 cars this year. Østberg was entered always under M-Sport, same for Bertelli and other privateers. In 2018 Adapta could enter Østberg, FWRT could enter Bertelli, Serderidis can enter himself. A manufacturer can only enter 6 cars per rally so theoretically we could now see more WRC2017 cars
Oh, that difference. Ok, but not a big change (if one could get his hands on that new car, he would probably be registered by manu. also, six same cars would be a wonder).
Yeah it just means teams don't have to get creative with their paperwork any more. Not a big change but good to see a daft rule removed. Good to see the Shakedown tyre thing sorted too. All quite sensible.
Was there a rule in place about this before regarding WRC2? Did you have to stick with the same tyre manufacturer across a season? Don't seem to remember that being the case.