My guess is that there is zero chance of SKODA entering the ERC ever again.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
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My guess is that there is zero chance of SKODA entering the ERC ever again.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Not as a full factory team, but Nordgren already drove a few events for them there this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Mail
Østberg is not doing SpainQuote:
Originally Posted by RS
Did the FIA change WRC cars development cycles? 2017-2019 and 2020-2022 without major changes and new regs only from 2023, that was the initial plan. If it remains like that, why can’t Skoda enter in 2020?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
To bad really. Would like to see him towards Petter.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I don’t know, I think Mirek said new rules would be 2021..Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
if i´m not mistaken, i´ve read somewhere that there are tendencies to prolong current tech regs until end of 2020 (si it would last for four years) and then start with new regs in 2021
That would be nuts; no manu can cope with new regs every 4 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by kure91
AFAIK, VW was the only manu asking to short the 3+3 cycles (to a 3+2, not a 3+1), in order to rush new energies introduction, but hopeffuly the FIA will stick to the original schedule.
The WRX is delaying EV’s use because only VW and Peugeot signed for them; the WEC slowed down Hybrid expansion after having lost 4 (out of 5) manus; why should the WRC rush for major tech changes and put the series future at risk?
Something major is supposed to happen that year, because apart from these Škoda talks, Toyota was also making a a limited quantitiy of Yaris' homologation specials to introdue a new chassis 2020-2021.
I may be wrong but I understood that in 2021 we'd get some sort of hybrid WRC and that all manufacturers have known about that already for quite some time.
That would be a total surprise. Alternative energies on the WRC were said to be discussed on a WRC commission meeting earlier in the year, but nothing come out from it. Besides, Smeets recently (last July) made a public request to get hybrids in the series from 2022 (one year earlier than the original 3+3 cycles), but theres was no (public) reaction from other manus to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Evans reported it on a bit confusing piece, althouthg Smeets clearly said at same point: "Maybe the answer is to have a two-year cycle next. That would give the current manufacturers another three years, including next season, but it's also enough time to make a change in the regulations”. Full article here: https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...lectric-future
Anyway, it’d be quite amazing to see the FIA and the other manus rushing things just to please VW, the same brand that pulled out from the WRC in a hasty way, not showing then to care about the series future.
That day when there´s no sound from turbo engines in WRC, I´ll quit WRC. Promise. Possibly only follow Rally Finland. And that just for friends and environments around Jyväskylä.
BDAQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
S2000
Kit-Cars
no need for turbo, just gazoline and high revs.
(I know what you mean, NO to fully electronic cars)
Chill out, hybrid is not an electric car. Electric cars won't come anytime soon into WRC (unlike in rallycross).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Not that I like hybrids but the sound is the last thing to be afraid of with them.
Anyway this is off topic in WRC2 thread.
Veiby testing c3 r5 at gravel
http://planetemarcus.com/o-c-veiby-a...-puis-espagne/
You can add RGT GT3 to that list alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
It happened in a strange way but Škoda has just officially announced that Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler are World Champions! :)
It seems that they were waiting for closing of entries for Australia to announce that.
https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/...h-another-win/
I'm going to celebrate... well, not because I'm on a forced diet :(
if skoda wasnt sure about if their driver will enter Australia,maybe this means that Tidemand has secured another drive for next year?
At the moment it probably meant, that they couldn`t confirm what one would do with his own money.
Happy for Kopecky, deserved title, he had an amazing year: 1st in WRC2 in every WRC event he took part of and 1st overall in every any other event so far.
if he had a contract with skoda for next year,you believe that he would enter at Australia against skoda wills?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
Well...but that's the case, he isn't. Always excpect the unexcpected before making public announcments.
Many people complain that the competition in WRC2 is not shown on TV at all, so I thought I post some videos here.
The first video is for the lovers of mechanics - how to convert a rally car from gravel to tarmac spec in 1h 15 mins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZlNW6A6RNo
The second video is a traditional summary of the first leg of Rally Catalunya by Lotos Rally Team:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ3Ay60aa3s
WRC 2 highlights from FRIDAY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXP65ljKwWE
https://twitter.com/SaariJarno/statu...358500864?s=19
Volkswagen considering WRC2 Pro entry.
Good news!!
Not a surprise actually. Having seen their appearance in Spain, I´m pretty sure that this wasn´t a one-off. Nobody invests so much into a motorhome and all this stuff just for one rally.
Moreover, there could be some new financial ressources with VW leaving World RX.
i would like to see Luky at a works polo
me 2Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
me too :)
Do you know something we don't? Audi and Peugeot and Olsbergs are leavingQuote:
Originally Posted by JUF
It was a new one? Or one from the WRC time?Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
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Moreover, there could be some new financial ressources with VW leaving World RX.
In addition, doesn't Solberg & VW Sweden pay VW for their services?Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
To be honest, I don't know anything. Just rumors I've heard. But with only a few cars left on the grid I can see them leaving although Petter Solberg has already confirmed his participation for next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Well, I´ve checked it. Looks pretty much the same as the one they used back in the WRC days. But still a very professional appearance for a one-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
Not 100% sure about that. Surely they're paying a huge part, but I cannot imagine that VW Motorsport invests nothing into World RX. Just my assumption.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrvold
https://twitter.com/worldrallytest/s...02256883838976Quote:
Originally Posted by JUF
Three champions, but how many titles?
https://www.facebook.com/KajetanKaje...075245/?type=3
Well, VW has said, that they would provide a full package to who ever pays for it, so turning up with a motorhome (probably used from the WRC period) really doesn`t suggest a return as a manuf., also pretty sure they repeated it in All live last weekend.
ŠKODA Motorsport Press Conference will be 27th November this year.
SO what, they already told us that they are not coming... You know where.
A first hint of the new livery on the new car:Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Mail
https://scontent.fprg1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...73&oe=5C6A85DE