WRC 1.6T or IRC S2000

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Originally Posted by OldF

Let’s hope that those manufacturers also will attend WRC in the near future. Would also be nice to know which these manufactures were.

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The 6 manufactures are Citroën and Ford from WRC and BMW, SEAT, Chevrolet and LADA from WTCC. FIA's idea was that it would be easier for those brands to let cars race in both series.

Of course the big question marks is, will it work.

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Originally Posted by MikeD

The 6 manufactures are Citroën and Ford from WRC and BMW, SEAT, Chevrolet and LADA from WTCC. FIA's idea was that it would be easier for those brands to let cars race in both series.

Of course the big question marks is, will it work.

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and the sourse is?

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Originally Posted by Tomi

and the sourse is?

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I think it was written both on Crash.net, TouringCar Times, Autosport and Rally-Info. It was also discussed on Eurosport during the last WTCC event at Donnington.

Well I can't imagine BMW or Seat would do the WRC, so that's 2 less possible Manufacturers.

Same here, i guess its differnt issue from the Mahonen thing, OldF is talking about.

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Originally Posted by MikeD

and BMW, SEAT, Chevrolet and LADA from WTCC.

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If they are competing in WTCC, they WON'T do WRC ... trust me.
It's the same as saying Ford and Citroen doing WTCC in the future ! Impossible (at least not while they're doing WRC).

IRC may not been around for ever but I'm going to enjoy it whilst it lasts. Have you guys seen the entry list for Barum this weekend? 5 different makes of S2000 (25 in total) and maybe 10 potential winners. Surely this is the kind of variety we want to see in WRC?

Contrast this to Rally Australia, next up on the WRC calendar where we already know one of two drivers is going to win it bar problems for Loeb or Mikko.

Perhaps that is why the Barum Rally thread on the IRC board has 258 posts and 19,464 views already and Australia has, errrrm, 3 posts and 481 views.

We desperately need more teams and drivers in WRC, maybe the new technical regs are the thing to do it, although I think WRCs problems lie deeper than that alone.

And one more thing, I don't think you can really say that the 4 works WRC drivers are definitely "the best in the world" when they have NO COMPETITION! Is Matthew Wilson the 7th best rally driver in the world because he is 7th in the championship? I don't think so.

The secret of rally for many years was the change to drive the same car in the same specifications as the championship regular stars. In IRC, the client Peugeot's beat the factory Peugeot because they have the exact same equipement. WRC now demands a miljion euro investment plan and even the you get a half compettive car. Make rallycars available for everyone for a descent price like IRC does. Now they force everyone to build a hightigh F1 Space Shutle look a like thing. Rally was a thing for normal people with some kind of normal street cars. IRC is the best alternative for such an idiolistic world

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Originally Posted by RS

IRC may not been around for ever but I'm going to enjoy it whilst it lasts. Have you guys seen the entry list for Barum this weekend? 5 different makes of S2000 (25 in total) and maybe 10 potential winners. Surely this is the kind of variety we want to see in WRC?

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I know I do :up:

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Originally Posted by Saabaru

If they want to call themselves the “World” Rally Championship they need to be more open to more worldly cars and engine platforms. Another thing you need to take into account is that most all organizations whose names begin with the word “world” are usually corrupt and maybe the WRC isn’t any different.

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Exactly what do you mean by worldly car and engine platforms? From an american standpoint the WRC should then preferably be fought out with 1,6 ton rearwheeldrive cars, and engine platform should be cast iron V8`s with or without restrictor plates depending on the nature (speed) of the different rallies. Isn`t that a "worldly" car and engine platform for an american?

Honestly, I haven`t made up my mind if 1.6T is the right way to go or not. I just suspect that proper WRC rally cars needs a turbo and the engine torque that comes with it to remain spectacular and fast enough. In my eyes S2000 is just way to slow to maintain interest as the spearhead of international rallying.