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He talks about the service park for Rally Portugal moving to the city of Viseu next year (Exponor - the current service park in Matosinhos will be demolished and the construction work in the area will take at least 2 years).
Then he talks about what the new promoter wants to implement and a new manufacturer (european) entering the championship that will be announced in june.
Great news about new manufacturer. Looking forward for 2028 season, if actually they sort things out until then.
After talking solely about the rally: "For the year we will have another official brand, but I cannot reveal it, it will be announced now in June."Quote:
Originally Posted by pedro16
Why would he talk about not talking about a manufacturer, seems odd. Also not seeing where they are European.
I'll link the reddit topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/WRC/comment...ng_closer_to/?Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Here the OP says that "Regarding the new manufacturer, on another interview live on portuguese tv (can’t find the source, but I saw it live), he has said that it was an european manufacturer, but it wasn’t Lancia. "
-VAG group: Skoda, as they are the most active in rallying.
-Stellantis group: there is already Lancia, and they said it isn't them, so that left with Peugeot (already tease with some GTi models, and doing poor in WEC), Citroen (nothing on them, except they said they are looking at 2027 regs), unlikely it will go through the budget for 2 of their brands being involved in same sport
-Renault group: left Rally-Raid and WEC, in F1 doing very badly, so it's possible, also strong rumours about Prodrive already building a car for WRC27 regulations, and they have close connections to the brand
-Geely group: not actually European, but there was some rumours about Lynk&Co, maybe Volvo will take over, but I think not even a slight chance of that happening
-BMW group: highly unlikely
now you all figure it out, who is the most possible of what we know, that could be.
Skoda seems to be the most obvious one. They already have a long and successful history in rallying and good customer racing program. Eventually the current Fabia will be outdated in a few years and they have to replace it with something.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
There is also a question mark on M-sport. We can be 99% sure they also will be there 2028 onwards, but Fords involvement is unknown.
I've no time for some chump off Reddit. Luckily June is only next month.Quote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
Can't even assume this rumour if true even means a new WRC27 constructor. It could be Skoda with the Fabia or Hyundai with the i20.Quote:
Originally Posted by trykmann
Like I said, the most possibility is Skoda, then Renault with Alpine or Dacia or even Renault itself (Prodrive driven, project). Then again Stellantis, but I don't believe they would found two simultaneously projects in the same sport. If they would have serious interest, they would back up Lancia as if they fund another of their brand for top class, it would shone a bad light on their Rally2 and it would kill the brand instantly.
There is also one other chance. That it will be nothing: 1. If the potential new buyer of promoter rights will back off, and 2. If they will back off if the regulations will not suit them even before we would know of whom we talking about.
All possibilities have equal chances of succeding or failing.
Is it all that much cost for many teams if they were doing one WRC27 team? The different brands are as good as different liveries.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Also, the new promoter is in it for 25 years. They wouldn't back off at this stage due to the regulations - which they are already privy to.