[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

Can it be worse?!

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Originally Posted by Allyc85

Or for VW to continue out spending everyone and develop the aero and electric diffs even more.

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Originally Posted by HaCo

The Yaris will be wider then its length :-) :-) :-)

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Originally Posted by Mirek

By the way I guess that with 36 mm restictor they shall be able to reach more than 380 Hp. It's 19% of air more. If current WRC cars have let's say 340 Hp (I don't know) it shall bring around 400 Hp.

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I agree with that. I think that about 10-20 hp can always be added to these official numbers. If the power is now 340 hp, it will be quite exactly 405 hp with 36 mm restrictor. This would be similar what the group A cars had in the beginning of 90’s.:)

They didn’t increase the boost so no increase in torque, at least much. The revs will increase.

WRC 2017 -> https://www.facebook.com/RallyChePas...ed_target_id=0

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http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/media/podc...114--80--.html live regroup from today

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

I like the direction the new rules are taking...

We are at an era where everything is safer and we have a far better understanding of how everything works, now is the correct era to move things towards more power in rallying...

It is time to have a revival of the group B way of thinking simply because it will be safer now, and send those useless F1 sport made of ladyboys and overweight hamburger fans back to the abyss of motorsport where they belong.

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With you here N.O.T., lets just hope the `Spectator` Issue can be improved.

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Originally Posted by Allyc85

Or for VW to continue out spending everyone and develop the aero and electric diffs even more.

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Yes.. I'm not convinced these new rules are a great idea.

As has already been pointed out, WRC has been going through a good phase of attracting new manufacturers. Personally I find the current cars quite spectacular (much better than the Focus2 era cars).

Why change a good thing for something that is likely to cost more and possibly be less spectacular?

I think they should focus on the marketing and tv side of the sport instead. The live stuff we have now on every event is a major step forward but it is only on pay-tv. That's only going to attract the die-hard fans.

Just a bigger restrictor would have been enough in my opinion, and it would have been something that could be applied to the older privateer WRC cars as well. I liked the cars with the mechanical diffs (S2000 and WRC 1.6T) much more than the last 2L WRC's with the more sophisticated diffs...

Positive response from the drivers will be a good sign. Ogier has given his approval, will be interesting to hear what others say...

Reigning world champion Sébastien Ogier was delighted with the new proposals.
“As a racing driver you are always looking for more performance. I think the larger wing and new aerodynamics will give the car a bit more downforce, more grip and more speed going into the corners. “This is also good for the show, because the extra power will definitely make the driving more spectacular for the fans. And it will also make the car look a bit more aggressive with a wider body,” he said.