Think so too, but not every n/a engine is suitable for that treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
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Think so too, but not every n/a engine is suitable for that treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
True, but my point was it doesn’t have to be a turbocharged production engine. Unless I’m wrong about that aspect of the regs
Also the new bmw LmdH engine comes from a former n/a Dtm engine
Does even any part of the engine have to be a production?Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
For Rally2, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
I guess nothing more than the block then.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
https://twitter.com/TGR_WRC/status/1...If0D9pTqQ&s=19
So 1 of 3 is now clear. Full season for Rovanperä, Evans and Katsuta while Ogier drives what he wants and for those events Toyota will enter four cars. Just as expected.
And that announcement was worth waiting so long :D
If Evans doesn't step up his game, then Kalle has to perform at least as good as this year.
This line-up doesn't seem unbeatable tho.
A sigh of relief for whole Finland after this announcement
Don't have to write articles about Tänak anymore and worry about Kalle not winning next 14 titles :DQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I really thought Tänak was going to Toyota but it still remains if he will go to M-Sport which I HOPED or retire.
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Now the question is, if someone and who will drive the next gen toyota when katsuta is the points man.
Maybe someone who helps to develop the Rally2 GR yaris when not doing rallies?
Eh?
Most likely no-one. The whole NG thing was built around Katsuta and there's no need for that in 2023.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
Probably, but i hope you are wrong and they would give someone young a chance to learn in the strongest car, considering the championship and the lack of competition coming soon it would be good to develop someone new and a challenger for Kalle for years to comeQuote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
They need a proper test driver with experience from current R5 cars for the Rally 2 project, and who better than 1 of the 3 drivers who have been testing for Skodas new car..Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
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Originally Posted by TypeR
I actually thought you wrote England....Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Anyway huge sigh of relief from me that we will have a championship, cause as TypeR says, while strong this lineup indeed doesn't seem unbeatable. Specially considering both Evans and Ogier performances this year.
Now let's hope MSport is not going full money saving.
Thank god Toyota was sensible like I believed them to be.
Latvalas dream team
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...61f4a2f34c.jpg
Now that Lappi is out, maybe next year we could see Toyota in Red Bull livery? :cool:
I think the rules state that a driver can't score points for both the main team and the satellite team within the same season. Thus Toyota wouldn't have a "NG Team" in 2024 at all, Katsuta would be just driving a fourth non-scoring car in Ogier's rallies.
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/...eeseen/8574484
EP talks about his time at Toyota. Says he was being pushed around because Seb couldn't make up his mind and it wasn't always clear which rounds EP was allowed to drive.
For example regarding Safari it went like this: at first Seb was willing to drive, then it was EP who should've been there and then when all the plans were in place already Seb suddenly changed his mind again.
Apparently it would've been more or less the same story next year because in TV he said he wasn't offered any specific number of events by Toyota.
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/...ttavaa/8574432
More of EP's thoughts here. Reveals that there was even an end-of-career party organized at Jyväskylä in December 2020 when he thought he was done in WRC. And btw his first Hyundai test is scheduled on Wednesday.
https://www.rallit.fi/lapin-loikka-v...an-tarjouksen/
Latvala states the obvious. When full season at Hyundai was in play for EP there was nothing Toyota could've done to match the offer.
But all of this just confirms that he actually left voluntarily and wasn't kicked.
(After he said.he would rather stay at home than drive a Hyundai)
Rather risky move.
So when is Gus Greensmith likley to be announced as the 4th/renta-driver at Toyota?!
Hopefully never!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal yet again
The very same Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda from the above Rally Japan 2022 picture is now dropping a bombshell in the Wall Street Journal which might have a big influence on the course of the future WRC:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sergiow
Toyota Chief Says ‘Silent Majority’ Has Doubts About Pursuing Only EVs
"Global car companies have made a sharp pivot to electric vehicles within the last few years, driven in part by the success of EV-only maker Tesla Inc.
Traditional auto makers such as Toyota, Ford and GM are also facing new competition from startups such as Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group Inc., which make EVs exclusively and have captivated Wall Street in recent years.
At the same time, the legacy auto makers have a much broader base of customers, including many living in rural areas and developing economies with unreliable electricity supplies.
And their gas-engine businesses are still driving the bulk of profits needed to fund the costly shift to electric vehicles, which not only requires the development of new models but also construction of new facilities and battery plants."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-...72223?mod=e2li
Given the above, Ford could be in serious trouble as they are going all-in on EV's. These may not be the future panacea for transport after all... and Toyoda should know.
Any chance getting the whole article??Quote:
Originally Posted by Sergiow
Here. Different news outlet but the story seams to be exactly identical, including same author.Quote:
Originally Posted by jiipee64
Fowler about the upgrades https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/toyot...nges-for-2023/
https://t.co/FFZg0qOCKE?ssr=true
There’s no new sponsorship deals for this year right?
Prada as the main sponsor :vader:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
ok so Toyota will be revealing the car on friday
i guess M-sport then either tomorrow or next week
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Sooo, everyone start attacking toyota now for not changing their corporate livery ? :D
Looks like they hired the same photographer/retoucher as Hyundai :D
https://opu.peklo.biz/p/23/01/13/1673599809-e2fe0.jpg
As usual, it's up to M-Sport to spice things up again, I still don't know why Toyota bother even bothers with an unveiling when it looks literally the same (minus the fat air vents).Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Mad photoshopping skills in rallying hehe
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Those blue stickers on front bumper are really awkward.
but they add horsepowerQuote:
Originally Posted by bandit12