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Thread: Rally1 hybrid cars (2022-)
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9th March 2022, 12:01 #621
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It was one of the reasons, sure. But it's wasn't "really only brought in so new manufacturers could enter and re-size their relevant car model to fit" - the primary objective was to make the cars safer, both for the occupants, and the hybrid system. Chopping up standard road car chassis to turn them into rally cars will never be as safe or purposeful, as building a spaceframe from scratch.
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9th March 2022, 13:28 #622
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Strictly speaking that is not true, you can make a modified production shell so strong that the driver dies of deceleration (which actually happend in circuit racing), so there isn't really a limit to make a production based car save enough other than the laws of physics. It is however much cheaper to design a space frame from the ground up than to chop up a roadcar shell and modify it in such an extensive way like a WRCar.
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9th March 2022, 18:06 #623
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Using a traditional road car chassis is still actually permitted under the Rally1 Regs. The tubular spaceframe was initially brought in when they wanted additional manufacturers to join who maybe didnt have a road car of the right size.
The existing teams then also used them for the hybrid packaging and safety advantages.
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9th March 2022, 19:50 #624
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13th March 2022, 09:23 #625
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Not sure if it's something new, haven't noticed it on any photos from Monte Carlo. There are two valves on the rim. From what I heard the 2nd valve could be for pulling out regular air when filling up the tyre with nitrogen. Anyone on here who can confirm what they use it for?
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13th March 2022, 11:19 #626
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13th March 2022, 17:35 #627
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Pressure sensor
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14th March 2022, 09:03 #630
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Rallye Hannut, with Jourdan Serderidis.
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Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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