Rumor has it he will be contesting a few events in an R5, but no mention of which events.
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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.