M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Hardly a fan of the sport then, are you? The top drivers will make most cars look good......

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Been doing this for nearly 20 years, done 300+ events and things are not getting any cheaper, like doing Rally Sweden is 2/3 times more expensive these days.
We need the Rally1/WRC to make it worth it for me at least.
ERC was fine but it's just like watching Norwegian championship, it's just 5 more cars going fast.
Impossible to judge what Rally2+ would be like without seeing a car though, sound is a big part where Rally2 is lacking right now at least.

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Originally Posted by Kras

How will rally ever recover from you not attending...

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If Youtubers making free promotion didn't exist, I'm pretty sure rally wouldn't be as popular as it is.
Hard to count total views, but i don't think I'm far off if i say i have generated 500 mill views over the years through all social media channels.

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

If they go rally2+ i probably won't go to events, that's not 100% helping the series

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Hundreds of thousands of people attend the best 'Rally2' events such as Barum or Ypres. With an improved car and the best drivers i'm sure it will be more than ok.

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Originally Posted by fiscorpun

Great. FIA, Promoters, Stakeholders, Manufacturers, Team Principals, Drivers... NONE of them wants to change a thing - especially for a cheaper thing that would 100% help the series.
They just want to sit and wait until something awesome happens out of nothing. THis is great

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It's sad when fans invent the problem and the solution, but even sadder to see the obliviousness and arrogance in thinking ALL those groups have got it all wrong.

Any news on an M-Sport WRC2 programme? Is there even going to be one?

New rear wing in Monte Carlo PET

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

Been doing this for nearly 20 years, done 300+ events and things are not getting any cheaper, like doing Rally Sweden is 2/3 times more expensive these days.
We need the Rally1/WRC to make it worth it for me at least.
ERC was fine but it's just like watching Norwegian championship, it's just 5 more cars going fast.
Impossible to judge what Rally2+ would be like without seeing a car though, sound is a big part where Rally2 is lacking right now at least.

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Sound is important, I agree! And much more important than wings!
And to give a bit more of it to both Rally2, Rally3 and Rally4 - they all deserve it, and it is an easy fix!

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Originally Posted by Managarium

New rear wing in Monte Carlo PET

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nice to see updates, maybe Fourmaux put his head right and he will surprise us, seems a lot of people expect him to be the same as two years ago.

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Originally Posted by typhoon

This is an impossible solution, due to the high mileage the WRC needs to cover. The batteries would be enough for road section and a couple of competitive mileage. Then what?

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mknight will show up with charging trucks and everyone will get their juice. At least that was the idea he was proposing when the EV rally cars were discussed in the past.

With this "Rally2+", I don't understand why no one has mentioned keeping spaceframes as it's supposed to be easier (and most likely cheaper?) way of making the car without having to work on modifying an existing shell? Also if the homologation rules would be relaxed more, it could open up the path for non-manufacturers.

There is a reason why Extreme E is going to be replaced with Extreme H as soon as from 2025 season. There are new tides in the sustainability trends; Toyota also pushes more for Hydrogen then electric.