R-Classes News

Who has some more / last info for R-GT?

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It certainly looks like R categories is bringing things comparable to GpA days. If other European countries follow Brit Rally Champ. It could well slow the privateer market for wrc & s2000 works cars.

prodrive and m sport will not like this, as who will buy their ex works cars?

Other countries won't go that way. It's pretty much a suicide. General public will simply ignore BRC and what is it good for when there is no publicity, no public interest? People want to see something special, very exciting. But with FWD cars it's possible only in high speed places where most of common spectators doesn't go and only with top drivers. It's not a long time a go when thousands of spectators disappeared from our stages after ban of WRC cars. Even 4WD Gr.N cars were simply too slow and boring for keeping them. Situation started to improve slowly with S2000 cars but it's still nowhere near the crazy times of early 2000'.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

Other countries won't go that way. It's pretty much a suicide. General public will simply ignore BRC and what is it good for when there is no publicity, no public interest? People want to see something special, very exciting. But with FWD cars it's possible only in high speed places where most of common spectators doesn't go and only with top drivers. It's not a long time a go when thousands of spectators disappeared from our stages after ban of WRC cars. Even 4WD Gr.N cars were simply too slow and boring for keeping them. Situation started to improve slowly with S2000 cars but it's still nowhere near the crazy times of early 2000'.

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Spot on Mirek. The british association is crazy! You can´t stop development.

The R cars will still be developed.

They are still fast and competitive. It could be a positive move in that it brings rally cars closer to the road cars. Which is of interest to all the car dealers who sell them.

It will be interesting to see how it goes for BRC with just 2WD R category cars. There is a lot of for and against of the BRC doing this though on the british rally forum.

Strange that UK do not follow the R Class concept in total and include R4 as the top class.
Do anyone know why ?

The UK have gone in this direction once before, in the 90s or something, where F2 kit cars was top class - and that was not a huge success if I remember correct.

R4 rules are published. The R4 rules are part of article 260 on pages 24-26.

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public...2811-12%29.pdf

Remember that BRC went to F2 back in an era when many manufacturers had their 4wd turbo road cars as GpA & N rally cars. Things are different now.

Is it 33mm for R4 ?

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Originally Posted by navtheace

Is it 33mm for R4 ?

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Yes.

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Strange that UK do not follow the R Class concept in total and include R4 as the top class.
Do anyone know why ?

The UK have gone in this direction once before, in the 90s or something, where F2 kit cars was top class - and that was not a huge success if I remember correct.

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And look what they breeded in good rallydrivers since then. How many? None of WRC-top driver caliber.