I read on a Belgium forum that it is confirmed that Mikko Hirvone wil drive a Ford Fiesta S2000 as 0-car in the Monte Carlo Rallye?
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I read on a Belgium forum that it is confirmed that Mikko Hirvone wil drive a Ford Fiesta S2000 as 0-car in the Monte Carlo Rallye?
Don't know about Monte, but it is rumoured for IRC Scotland. Matthew Wilson will shakedown the car soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
At the moment there isn’t any new manufacturers at all. If the engine would be a 2-litre NA engine there are three potential new manufacturers with S2000 cars: Fiat, Peugeot and Skoda. If the engine will be a 2-litre NA engine I think we will loose one manufacturer, Citroen.
If I could decide the manufacturers could choose a turbo engine between 1,4 – 2,0 litre. These different size engines can have equal torque and power with different boost levels.
I had a look in the IRC forum at the “Skoda begin testing Fabia S2000” thread and the first post was in February 2008. By this I assume that proper testing of a new car takes about one year and maybe another year or a half for designing and building the prototype, so about 1,5 - 2 years from “blank paper” to “ready to race”. For a manufacturer with no motor sport activities at all it will take even longer because they have to start with hiring staff and acquire facilities etc. Of course this could be done more quickly by signing an agreement with a team like Prodrive.
(warning: this post contains sarcasm ^^)
Come on FIA ... don't decide so quickly ! Wait another 3-4 years, who cares ... WRC is WRC, would be da best rally championship even without any manufacturers, you figure with the INCREDIBLE number of 2 ! Woho !
Ps. FIA = FAIL (not sarcasm).
Portuguese Autosport news site has published Martin Holmes report of last WRC commission meeting, suggesting that from 2011 it will be allowed manufacturers to enter Gr. N, S2000 or WRC 1.6T cars!
Each category will have an extra aerodynamic package but WRC 1.6T technical definition is still under discussion.
http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=s....stories/76550
After all the delays, this is clearly a B plan showing that FIA is finally convinced that 1.6T WRC’s wont be ready for 2011!
Will FIA be able to equalise 1.6TWRC to S2000 and Gr. N cars? If so, this amplified technical layout could be very interesting…
Bring in S2000 and that's it ... for Colin's sake ! ¬_¬
1.6T in next years if they really really really want to be 'superior' to IRC (at least in machinery ^^).
It isn't confirmed. Still a few months to go to Monte-Carlo.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Be nice if they grew a spine and chose one formula instead of ticking "all of the above"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
It would be nice if they made Group N a proper Showroom class. Not the silly regs they have now - trying to make it equal with S2000 cars.
If they’re equalised it means that the future WRC cars won’t be so powerful. IMO a WRC car should have more power than a S2000 or N4 car have. Otherwise the formula could be interesting with the different option of bases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
That I don’t understand if one of the option is a 1,6why it could be, as I’ve said earlier, an option between 1,4– 2,0.