Former Finnish rally driver Kristian Sohlberg will make a comeback to WRC next season. He has announced to start Rally Sweden in Autotek Fiesta R5, and he is aiming for more selected rounds. It's been 6 years since his previous start in WRC.
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Former Finnish rally driver Kristian Sohlberg will make a comeback to WRC next season. He has announced to start Rally Sweden in Autotek Fiesta R5, and he is aiming for more selected rounds. It's been 6 years since his previous start in WRC.
How about Riku Tahko? Has he bought any R5 yet?
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The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) and manufacturers are in favour of stability in the WRC’s technical rules until 2016 in order to curb costs. Next year, two-car teams will only be able to use six chassis compared with eight in 2013 (subject to confirmation by December’s World Council meeting).
As was the case this season, only three engines per competition number will be permitted in 2014, while key mechanical assemblies (transmission, front subframe, rear subframe, steering rack) will be grouped in sets for two, three or four rallies.
Today’s World Rally Cars will be frozen on December 1, 2013. Ahead of this date, manufacturers will be able to homologate certain so-called ‘joker’ parts. Some makes have already homologated them with the car, but others still have some jokers available. The homologation rules say that if a car is homologated without any declared changes as of December 1, it will be able to homologate a single ‘chassis’ joker and a single ‘engine’ joker in 2014.
World Rally Cars will have to compete in their current specification for the next three years. That means, for example, that we won’t see any hybrid cars until at least 2017.
For 2014, the manufacturers have come to a gentleman’s agreement not to make any major changes to their cars, although a re-homologation will be possible again in 2015, which will cover the case of Hyundai, for example, which joins with a new machine next season. The homologation papers for the i20 WRC for 2014 are in the hands of the FIA and the necessary inspections will take place in December.
From the end of 2014, R4 cars (Subaru Impreza, Mitsubishi Lancer) will no longer be authorised to compete in Europe, although they will be able to continue for an additional year in Africa and Asia. S2000 and RRC cars will continue to be eligible, but there won’t be any new homologations.
The FIA is favouring the use of 'RGT' (GT) cars in the WRC by permitting privateer teams to homologate models themselves. For the moment, however, nobody appears to be interested in taking up this possibility in the world championship.
Lastly, the FIA hasn’t yet received homologation requests for the Peugeot 208 R5 or Citroën DS3 R5, so they will not be homologated in time for January 1, 2014. There are only four homologation dates per year, and the next watershed is March 1.
Indeed MattonYves Racing who also runs the DS3 of Chardonnet and some Citroën's in Belgium.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Could someone explain what for this chassis rule is?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
- in whose favor is the so-called "stability"?!
- no samurais allowed?!
To stop teams from building a brand-new chassis for every event and driving costs up. Most FIA championships these days have s focus on longevity of parts. It's more sustainable, cuts down costs and most importantly, reflects well on manufacturers who can develop parts that are still competitive after half a dozen races. Especially in a series like the WRC, where the cars closely resemble their road-going counterparts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
R4 wil end in 2014. What happens to the group n evo s and subaru s?
Local unrestricted events, looks like their value just took a nosediveQuote:
Originally Posted by AdvEvo
Nothing will happen to gr.N cars. Gr.N stays as it is. Only the R4 experiment will not continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory