According to Dirstfish there could be around 100 pre-orders for the Ypsilon Rally2 :eek: :confused: They still mention Andrea Mabellini as possible in ERC 2026 with Lancia... ...
According to Tuttorally website(italian), the option of Nikolay Gryazin with Lancia starts to collapse, and the probability that the two WRC2 Ypsilon to be driven by the Rossel brothers looks higher...
By the timeline they are working, the WRC27 car will be ready for Monte 2026. The only proper team
Toyota now testing in Spain and/or Portugal. Testing new WRC27 car, not only WRC2 car. At least Hänninen and Hussi are there. Maybe also faster guys...

I wouldn't expect a factory-backed Rally2 team in ERC. That will be in WRC2 where their big effort is being made to win the Title for maximum publicity.
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