[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by HaCo

Hmmm, how long are they building this car allready? :-)

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True, in fact in order to homologate the car they have to have 20 kits ready for inspection by FIA.
But that does not include bodyshells...
Lets see who really has a Fabia S2000 this month and next month :D

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

Wow the Fabia engine "less good" than the Suzuki one ???? :s :s

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That's probably truth. Fabia WRC engine is weak compared to Focus or even C4, especialy torque.

Clever thinking from clever guy who thinks about future of sport..
http://www.rallybuzz.com/chandler-wrc-reduce-costs/

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Originally Posted by Barreis

Meaningless words from the guy who who so far has done nothing to secure the future of the sport..
http://www.rallybuzz.com/chandler-wrc-reduce-costs/

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Fixed your spelling mistakes.

I find this comment of Chandler's absolutely absurd: 'If I've got a Super 2000 car and I'm doing national rallies in New Zealand, for example, and I decide I want to have a go at the WRC when it comes to my country then I will be able to hire the kit, bolt it on my car, do the WRC round, take the kit off my car, pay the hire fee and carry on. It needs to be that simple.'

'That simple'? Would it not be simpler (and cheaper) to come up with a formula that can run in domestic championships and the WRC without the need for a bolt-on kit? The FIA managed this before with Group A.

But FIA can not dictate the national authorities to run S2000+ or not.

So for many countries this will not be a problem, you can use the same car for both. But for people that are running R4 (S2000) in the national series, can bolt on the kit to upgrade to R5 (WRC) if they want to do their own rally in the world championship.

This is a good system, if they can get it to work in practical life !!

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I find this comment of Chandler's absolutely absurd: 'If I've got a Super 2000 car and I'm doing national rallies in New Zealand, for example, and I decide I want to have a go at the WRC when it comes to my country then I will be able to hire the kit, bolt it on my car, do the WRC round, take the kit off my car, pay the hire fee and carry on. It needs to be that simple.

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Wonder what plans they have for countries where rally is not on so amateur level, can those kits be bought as well? I think the swap from s2000 to s2000+kit is bigger job than they think, and not worth to do too often.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I find this comment of Chandler's absolutely absurd: 'If I've got a Super 2000 car and I'm doing national rallies in New Zealand, for example, and I decide I want to have a go at the WRC when it comes to my country then I will be able to hire the kit, bolt it on my car, do the WRC round, take the kit off my car, pay the hire fee and carry on. It needs to be that simple.'

'That simple'? Would it not be simpler (and cheaper) to come up with a formula that can run in domestic championships and the WRC without the need for a bolt-on kit? The FIA managed this before with Group A.

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Yes I don't get what was wrong with GroupA. If manufacturers struggled to make money from it it's because they didn't make decent cars or marketthem properly.

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Wonder what plans they have for countries where rally is not on so amateur level, can those kits be bought as well? I think the swap from s2000 to s2000+kit is bigger job than they think, and not worth to do too often.

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Yes, I think the compression ratio of a turbo vs. normal aspirated engine leads to alot of problems, but this is upto the manufacturers to sort out, as its them that want the turbos in the first place. The option is to just use Super 2000, and forget about the + version.

I think it musts be this way.. Otherwise it will be some Mr.Wilson or Mr.Richards who will think:"Why not to take 2 or 3 millions euro for nothing!!!"
Now it will be 150 drivers in the world who'll have oportunity with their budget to drive proper car in WRC.. Regards.