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I took a look at the provisional specification described in the Appendix J, and it says "the maximum internal diameter of the restrictor is 32 mm * subject to additional tests". You're right then, at least for now :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
So, will the power output of R5's engine be comparable to RRC's?
With 32 mm I'm sure the engine will be more powerful than the RRC.
Peugeot Sport Press Release (EN) http://peugeot-media.com/index.php?n...type_r5_en.pdf
Think that if they do allow R5 cars have more power, I imagine it will be to make up for not have a sixth gear & even it up somewhat between R5 & RRC
So this is the new roaring lion
It looks like the R5 category is now breaking away from what R categories are all about.
ie driven wheels and bodywork as road car.
So will R5 replace the World Rally Car category in time?
R5 looks just like another custom category that will run for a few exciting years and then fade away after manufacturers stop getting involved.
Seen it with F2, S1600, S2000, WRC (2 litre). Then the cars become too expensive/near impossible to maintain after some years and then people who bought them cannot sell them on as no one wants them.
RRC the most recent custom category has not had many people buying into. Perfect example.
May be that is the original plan :confused: may be...Quote:
Originally Posted by navtheace
nactheace, you've been told several times that RRC isn't a category. It's how M-Sport calls one of its Fiesta versions. Prodrive has it called Super Production.
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Originally Posted by navtheace
R5 is not intended to replace WRC. It is meant to be the pinnacle of the sport on regional and national basis. It is clear that to keep large audience rallying must offer also a kind of show. For that You need really fast cars. You can see how it works with GB with stock-based FWD cars. Did the championship get more publicity, more spectators, sponsors and competitors? I remember when we had here up to 20 WRC cars on stages (in a country of 10 million in a time when 1 GBP or Dollar was twice more Czech crowns than now!). The stages were completely crowded by thousands of spectators. After the ban of WRC cars there was almost no-one. Only with the S2000 people started to come back.
The classes You name died mostly from other reasons, usually from change of rules by FIA. They slowed down the F2 not to compete with WRC, introduced S1600 instead and JWRC instead of F2 championship. With the crisis of WRC championship a crisis of JWRC followed so they introduced R3 as cheaper cars of similar performance. S2000 was an extremely successful formula of which only problem is that FIA banned new homologations already two years a go! That's why we don't have any new cars and any new manufacturers involved. That was big mistake of FIA not a problem of those cars.
I only agree that S2000 1.6T (RRC) was completely wrong move. Way cheaper but not slower R5 shall be a cure for that mistake.
Mirek why you said that r5 will be cheaper? Cheaper in running, or purchasing?