for real? whoooa, interesting! haha on the yokohama tires page they post japanese championship results and some footage, didnt knew these guys, was only reading the names haha. thanks for the infoQuote:
Originally Posted by focus206
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for real? whoooa, interesting! haha on the yokohama tires page they post japanese championship results and some footage, didnt knew these guys, was only reading the names haha. thanks for the infoQuote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Iirc Arai was little bit bellow level of speed back then when he was in academy alongside Taka, but was even more inconsistent.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
But Toyota have new bunch of academy drivers now, I'm pretty soo one of them will be in Rally1 in year or two.
The second generation of academy drivers is already 27 years old Yuki Yamamoto https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...yuki-yamamoto/ and Hikaru Kogure (23) https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...hikaru-kogure/ and looking at their performances, there is very little reason to believe that one of them will be in Rally1 in a year or two, they have plenty to do even with rally2 for now.
Actually, Katsuta was very consistent a while ago, I don't know what got him at the moment. And the speed. He wasn't doing good but finished the rallies. I was quite sure, he would never get faster. Now he is fast but inconsistent. Remember that Neuville was the same. Even Tanak bin it quite often. Breen, Meeke...
I would give him last chance next year, every champ began with mistakesQuote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Can this be true !?
Jorge Basualdo @jorge_basualdo:
We have confirmed that there is an order for 9 Rally1 cars from Paraguayan drivers for the 2025 Paraguay WRC Rally.
The expectation is at its maximum !!
Sounds a bit crazy, would there even enough chassis around and the will by Toyota and Hyundai to offer/run them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
don't tell fia and wrc about it.. otherwise they take it as ,,You see, so many cars, we don't need to change anything about WRC's future''.
:D
Do they still think it's Group A days? Nobody can supply them with 9 cars. Even if the teams had the ability to do it, it makes no sense for them to get so many chassis up and running for just one event.
"renting" cars, right? not buying, i assume.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
im south american, gonna keep an eye on the rally midia here. thats really interesting tho
Why not? It's a year till then, they have plenty of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
You don’t build a chassis just to be used one time.
And I don’t believe at all there will be 9 additional Rally1 in Paraguay
Maybe 9 people has asked how much it would cost but only a pair of them will be able to pay it - all the more that you have Chile consecutively so except if there are clients for running it in Chile, it will be more expensive.
but its for renting. a chilenean fella rented a msport rally1 last year. it something like that. theres even articles from when Paraguay was confirmed about 2 or 3 paraguayans already talking about renting rally1s for '25. interesting to see if they will all get msports or cars from the other brands tol. they sure have a few of them at their shops
Because there are likely not enough usable chassis around and the teams would have to charge a ridiculous amount to build up an old spare chassis for basically one event.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
We also have three teams at the moment wich means on average three additional cars per team, that is not possible with the available staff and probably difficult for the respective facilities in the service park.
Additionally both Toyota and Hyundai rarely ever rented a car and ran it for their customer let alone sold one to be run by a private party. As far as I know there is maybe one Puma in private hands rund by someone other than M Sport.
Sure would be nice to have six Pumas, five i20 and six/seven Yaris but I don't see it happening.
One thing is sure, money is not a problem for these guys in Paraguay...
I watched a video a few months back of a visit to M-Sport and I think I counted 8 Pumas in the workshop...
The teams build the chassis, if they wanted to build 100 new ones they could do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
I also doubt there will be 9 cars, but selling or renting old cars without hybrid is very well possible.
eWRC shows the number of Rally1 car chassis that are active:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/163-ford-puma-rally1/
https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-i20-n-rally1/
https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-yaris-rally1/
2 Puma are of privateers.
jeeez! imagine removing all these hybrids, not adding 100kg of ballast, changing that rear wing for a simpler one, changing this exagerated general aero kit (body) for a simpler one and saying "these are the cars for 2025-26, no updates allowed".Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
if that would not attract smaller teams and privateers, then wrc is just dead
Cool I that became a premium feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I always wonder what they do with them. They don't sell them, they don't rent them out. They just seem to store them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
https://x.com/lancia_official/status...438271327?s=61
Lancia launched the Ypsilon Rally4 today, don’t know how far they’ll go and if they have plans to develop a Rally2 and then later a Rally1, guess everything now rests on the regulations that hopefully will (& need) to come before the end of this year for 2027.
Stellantis will probably rebody the C3 Rally 2s into Ypsilons, as this Rally 4 is pretty much a restyled 208 Rally 4.
Latvala on the Katsuta decision...
https://rallyjournal.com/jari-matti-...-big-decision/
He could always copy MSport & give him a year in the British (or Finnish) Championship to reset!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
With their resources they could get him all the rallies in WRC but in a rally2 car. Kinda like Gryazin this year. And I bet Katsuta could actually do very good in WRC2. The car did prove that it's quite good and can challenge Skoda. And yet boost marketing for that car, and Toyota as a whole. If he could clinch a WRC2 title it would be something too for Japan. Because realisticaly he probably will never get WRC title, maybe just 1 or few rally wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Boyd
Worrying comments from Malcolm Wilson to Dirtfish today... :disturb:
"M-Sport's managing director is confident he can keep Fourmaux if M-Sport remains in the WRC."
"Unfortunately, we can’t continue like we have been,” Wilson added. “But let’s wait and see. I mean, as you know, it’s the last thing I want to do is walk away from WRC. It’s been my life."
“[Ford is] exactly like myself, they want to stay in rally. There’s a big commitment now to Dakar. There’s no question Ford is moving more to the off-road world.
"So, yeah, there’s definitely a desire, but at the end of the day, it’s about return on investment and that’s the big target at the moment."
This is a copy paste talk from Wilson from past years.
Well Ford will probably decide what they will do from 2027 onwards. If the regs will suit them, they will commit fully, if not they will take out that little they give to the M-Sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
One of these years he wont be crying wolf.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
But if Hyundai leave or go to PH Sport, maybe Ford will see it as an opportunity to compete properly.
Who knows maybe they will still get a quite of chunk of money for the programme. And them actualy do better than official works team. And that would be a call for everyone to step up with a team who knows how things run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Janne Ferm has announced his retirement
https://rallyjournal.com/esapekka-la...mes-to-an-end/
It seems that there is no WRC in Croatia in 2026 also
https://www.jutarnji.hr/autoklub/akt..._FvXAXUa5cq9Xg
croatia deserves a place in the wrcQuote:
Originally Posted by Managarium
Of course, it does, but we see the government clearly doesn't care too much. I hope that at least one new tarmac will be added in the middle of seasons in the future. Or they should replace that Sardegna with legend Sanremo, mixed or tarmac event.
+10 Its a great event.Quote:
Originally Posted by manthey
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by manthey
https://www.wrc.com/a/news/w28722_Ne...39;-crown-next
,,It’s important not to have an internal fight and to get things done to be ready to beat the Toyotas in the manufacturers’ championship.''
In short: we have to push to catch Toyota, but ,,Tanak shouldn't fight me''.
Very logical. Huuge lead, but feet are shaking..
Kalle said he fulfilled the expectations from his part time season. Does this mean that Chile was the final round for him ?
Anyway summarising his season 4/7 is still good. However this could have easily been 7/7 and to be honest except Safari he didn't even really capitalise his road position advantage on Fridays IMO