The new FIA WRC-car concept 2017

They should easily have been able to stuff said engine in the 206 the magicians from pipo moteurs should have been able to sort that out, no issues there... If they had stayed with the 206 and the 5 speed they would have had more manufacturers titles.

"I am fed up with this car"
-Grönholm about the 307

Anyway, we are hiking pretty far off topic now hahahaha.

Does anybody think it is likely that Peugeot will return to WRC if PSA mates Citroën give up?

They should (in my hopeful mind) be able to take over since they are the same house and all.

I was thinking the same about Peugeot, but seeing the hash they've made of the R5 car I am not sure this would be a great time to approach the board and tell them you can build a WRC-winner.

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Originally Posted by itix

They should easily have been able to stuff said engine in the 206 the magicians from pipo moteurs should have been able to sort that out, no issues there... If they had stayed with the 206 and the 5 speed they would have had more manufacturers titles.

"I am fed up with this car"
-Grönholm about the 307

Anyway, we are hiking pretty far off topic now hahahaha.

Does anybody think it is likely that Peugeot will return to WRC if PSA mates Citroën give up?

They should (in my hopeful mind) be able to take over since they are the same house and all.

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Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport is two separate entities with higher walls between them than You might think.

Its VERY unlikely that Peugeot enters WRC anytime soon, this is because of the poor TV/Media coverage, wich yields low ROI.
They are focussed totally on Dakar, with smaller "privateer" efforts like in RX with Hansen, and one-offs like Pikes Peak.

BTW, the 307 WRC was hampered in the beginning also by a very free spirited central active differential, that was as predictable as a North Korean leader.
The engine was great, and the car was developed to be the fastest privateer WRC car.
But staying with the 206 would have been better, no question.

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I was thinking the same about Peugeot, but seeing the hash they've made of the R5 car I am not sure this would be a great time to approach the board and tell them you can build a WRC-winner.

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Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport is two separate entities with higher walls between them than You might think.

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Peugeot Sport and Citroën Racing are more or less one entity. In two months they shall even share same facility in Satory.

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Its VERY unlikely that Peugeot enters WRC anytime soon, this is because of the poor TV/Media coverage, wich yields low ROI.

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That's not true. Matton presented the results of PSA marketing studies to public just weeks a go. He said literally that in the world of car motorsport there is only F1 upon the WRC level of publicity and popularity and that any other forms of motorsport are way behind. He also expressed that they are very unsatisfied with WTCC. He also said that their partners namely Abu Dhabi very much prefer to stay in WRC.

The question if Peugeot will go to WRC or not is purely about internal politics in PSA and I do expect that Citroën stays there.

Peugeot 207 powered by a Formula Renault V6 engine - Next level WRC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMAR9mBFN4c

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peugeot 207 powered by a formula renault v6 engine - next level wrc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmar9mbfn4c

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woooow!! Damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WALqr9KTw

Its not a 207,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WALqr9KTw

Its not a 207,

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No it is a space frame with a WRX fibre glass body I think.
Here is another vid about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1blrI7kt6m8
(Thats the one I wanted to share ^)

I have followed that project for a while, it is pretty cool! The dude has dedication in abundance!

Also the title "too fast for the WRC" is hilarious given that he had problems beating S2000-cars in Whangarei.

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Also the title "too fast for the WRC" is hilarious given that he had problems beating S2000-cars in Whangarei.

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Sure if you think beating Pontus Tidemand by 37 seconds after the first 2 proper stages is problems then you are right.

Ah... I must have missed those two stages completely. I followed the times of Tidemand and saw he was behind on the first two and then never saw him again in the top and just assumed he fell in the order. Saw now that he retired on stage 6. My bad! Sorry for that one Alex.

I assume the clutch issue was what kept his time low on SS5.