Toyota Celica should have taught manufacturers to avoid trying to turn sportscars into rallycars. Those usually have larger overhangs and poorer visibility than family saloons do.
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Toyota Celica should have taught manufacturers to avoid trying to turn sportscars into rallycars. Those usually have larger overhangs and poorer visibility than family saloons do.
Rubbish!Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
The ST185 Celica was one of the very best GroupA cars because of it's balance front to rear. The Hyundai Coupe & Renalt Megane were built along simular lines and were the cars to beat in F2. They are harder to get right but when they are right they are very difficult to beat.
What realy is rubbish is to ban sportscars from beying used in sport.
Where is any logic? Why should we bulit 100% new car looking like a tiny shopping bag on wheels and in the same time can't use cars already bulit for sport which needs much smaller upgrades to be on some reasonable competitive and spectacle level?
I didn't know sports cars were banned? I thought a World Rally Car could be based on any production vehicle with more than 2500 produced, and some restrictions on the engine... but all I know about this is what I've read on Wikipedia.
Can we put the pt-86 and other technical discussions in a seperated tread?? And keep the news and rumour tread for... news and rumours?
Marcus driving for Ford in Sweden:
http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk...+Rally+Sweden+
From January 2010, there will be a Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers. The number of qualifying rallies is 10, and at the time of registration the entrant must nominate seven rallies, including two outside Europe, in which to score points. This Championship is in addition to the WRC Cup for S2000 Teams.
From 2011, S2000 cars (1.6L turbo and 2.0L normally aspirated) and Group N cars will be eligible for the WRC and all FIA Regional Rally Championships. In addition, from 2011, all new homologations of S2000 cars must be fitted with a 1.6L turbo engine.
From 2010, the latest FIA 8860-2004 helmet will be mandatory for all Priority drivers competing in World Rally Championship events. The helmet, which took eight years to develop by the FIA and FIA Institute, provides drivers with increased protection in all key impact areas. It absorbs 50 per cent more impact energy and has improved load spreading during side impact accidents. It also resists 30 per cent more penetration energy and provides up to 30 per cent more protection against injury caused by excessive rotational accelerations.
Further details regarding the helmet specification and its associated benefits will be distributed in due course.
The dates of the following 2010 events have been amended:
31/3-3/4 HKJ Rally Jordan
7-11/7 BGR Rally Bulgaria
28-31/7 FIN Rally Finland
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...sc_111209.aspx
You can use only car with 4 and more seats however many sportscars have only two...Quote:
Originally Posted by serial jeff
Sorry for offtopic.
Finally some concrete regs from the FIA. Hallelujah!
Can this be interpreted this way? - any new cars that are homologated in 2010 (ie 2 litre n/a) will still be able to run from 2011 onwards for the lifetime of the homologation.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford