WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Rallyper]

Does something happens also with private messages? I read a new message and I answered twice but it doesn’t seem to send anything… Rallyper?

I got two messages from you. And answered too.

[Rallyper]

I got two messages from you. And answered too.

Btw. Sitting with envelope now, posting this week...

[Kenneth]

You have to call FIA and tell them that a WRC2 championship is not a real WDC.

Well I mean... FIA will agree with you, only overall winner is WORLD Driver's Champion... Lindholm is current WRC2 Champion, but not WORLD Champion. Same as RX2e champion is not world champion or Formula 2 champion is not world champion.

[wyler]

Well I mean... FIA will agree with you, only overall winner is WORLD Driver's Champion... Lindholm is current WRC2 Champion, but not WORLD Champion. Same as RX2e champion is not world champion or Formula 2 champion is not world champion.

but wrc2 means WORLD rally championship 2. so it is world champion, of the 2nd championship. just as for motorbikes, a moto2 or moto3 champ is a world champion, just in support championship.

[Mirek]

Well I mean... FIA will agree with you, only overall winner is WORLD Driver's Champion... Lindholm is current WRC2 Champion, but not WORLD Champion. Same as RX2e champion is not world champion or Formula 2 champion is not world champion.

No.

[TypeR]

Well, there was same discussion at the beginning of the year/season.. and I am on the ,,it is world champioship title'' side..



The discussion is here..
https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...96#post1316696

[Kenneth]

but wrc2 means WORLD rally championship 2. so it is world champion, of the 2nd championship. just as for motorbikes, a moto2 or moto3 champ is a world champion, just in support championship.

Moto2 and Moto3 champions are World Champions, but it's FIM, not FIA. Just look at FIA website. It's WRC2 Championship, not World Rally2 Championship, as dumb as it sound.

[wyler]

Moto2 and Moto3 champions are World Champions, but it's FIM, not FIA. Just look at FIA website. It's WRC2 Championship, not World Rally2 Championship, as dumb as it sound.

mmmm to me, wrc is just an acronym...stands for...

"Now in its 51st season, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) continues to shine a spotlight on sustainability while also placing a firm focus on safety and performance." FIA website

can't think wrc is acronym for rally 1 and not for the others...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...Championship-2

still, we can ask dirtfish or all live to shine some light on it! : )


edit:
skoda use it as world championship...

"and four crews have won World Championships in its colours in their categories."
https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...-championship/

[WRCStan]

mmmm to me, wrc is just an acronym...stands for...

"Now in its 51st season, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) continues to shine a spotlight on sustainability while also placing a firm focus on safety and performance." FIA website

can't think wrc is acronym for rally 1 and not for the others...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...Championship-2

still, we can ask dirtfish or all live to shine some light on it! : )


edit:
skoda use it as world championship...

"and four crews have won World Championships in its colours in their categories."
https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...-championship/

I'll add for everybody reading that WRC2 crews inherently also compete for the World Rally Championship, which itself stretches beyond Rally1.

Skoda's four world championships claim is not accurate, just as four of five of the manufacturer's titles did not happen. They're being understandably liberal for readers who aren't as 'nuanced', and probably don't care themselves.

Wikipedia refused on vote to change the article titles as they will not accept what the FIA says (regs) for being "too close to the subject matter" to be used as a reliable source; and the term WRC2 was found 'not to be commonly used'(!). The 'common' name for a subject being the policy over any 'official' name.

I'm with Kenneth, the regs or this FIA publication has best authority and every title in full. No World Champions in WRC2/3 meanwhile no abbreviation of T3/T4/T5 W2RC. But this doesn't make the wins any less of their own achievement or useful for the conversation.

[Jarek Z]

I like Oliver Solberg, I have nothing against him, but isn't it it a little "funny" or childish that after he probably lost the chance to win WRC2, he criticizes the regulations?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...ke-about-wrc2/