For this year WRC2 was changed from last year's WRC2Pro so that private teams can also enter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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For this year WRC2 was changed from last year's WRC2Pro so that private teams can also enter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Pluto hit the nail.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
@Per if he wants to just have fun,and what he loves is ok.
But if he wants to make the next step,nobody will impressed because he won a class,when a same car with same tyres was faster.
First there was a quote about Kajto being faster than PT. My answer was: there are two classes. WRC2 and WRC3. PT want to win WRC2.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Secondly, PT has no future but to drive in WRC2/3. Budget and speed are the two negativs for him. So, he want to show he can win WRC2.
WRC2 and WRC3 are series. RC2 is a class and Rally2 (previously R5) the type of car used in both.
The team bosses know how to read results and see who's the fastest RC2 car, no matter the series.
I guess WRC2 & WRC3 is about giving more teams and drivers the chance to say they won their Class or a Championship. This is what their sponsor's want to hear.
WRC2 entry fees are also higher, so it means more money coming in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Red Grey (ex MarkkoMärtinMotorsport) is not factory team eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
MSport isn´t full factory team
and in my mind Østberg is also not factory driver, PH-Sport is not factory team
Why you think Skoda should use factory team ???
Ones you mention are 'factory-blessed'...Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
In 2019 we had Skoda (factory), M-Sport (as factory as in WRC) and Citroen (run by PH-Sport but supported by factory)
And this year? Only 'blessed' ones? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
http://slavicstyle.com/romanian-orth...ng-rally-cars/
Funny one though, they are literally a 'factory team'. They are the team of the factory that make the rally cars! Though their own team isn't even fully funded by the factory... And the factory isn't fully funded by the Manufacturer, if you take that to mean Ford!Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
"Small" problems for Bulacia
https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...gna-2020/3101/
and Brynildsen
https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/6...gna-2020/3100/
in the first loop of Rally Sardegna. Solberg leads.
So Huttunen won his second WRC3 round this year. Kajto was second and Bulacia third. This time it was relatively easy to collect some points, because even the drivers who crashed out on the second leg (Solberg, Ciamin) managed to do it.
Huttunen and Kajto were faster than all WRC2 crews again.
If my maths is right it is still Bulacia who leads the championship:
1 Bulacia - 70 pts
2 Huttunen - 68
3 Kajto - 55
4 Solberg - 43
5 Ciamin - 28
Bulacia has one more rally than Huttunen
https://www.rallit.fi/jari-huttunen-...sansa-jalkeen/
Huttunen will likely two the both remaining rallies :)
Good luck to him, but... according to this info:Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.wrc.com/en/championship/...onships/wrc-3/
competitors count best six scores from seven rounds.
And according to the standings:
https://www.wrc.com/en/results-stand...tandings/wrc3/
Huttunen cannot complete 6 rallies, Bulacia still can.
WRC3 summary of the second leg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOpHGHLrHDw
Yeah, but has there been any information whether Bulacia's season is continuing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I think everywhere where it will be possible...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I don't know of any.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
So that means both can count all remaining rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Bulacia has only 2p lead and I´m pretty sure that Huttunen is faster wet tarmac driver...
but also other drivers still have full championship chance. (Kajto is only 15p down etc)
The sporting regulations have been changed. In WRC 3 they will count only 4 best results out of 5 events. Bulacia should continue.
Yes, Bulacia is planning to compete at Monza and that should be his 5th event...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom K
Bulacia has finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. That means that if he finishes 4th or lower in Monza that will not increase his total score since the lowest result is omitted. However, if he finishes third he will only exchange the fourth place to third and get three points more. In the situation that he would win Monza, he would get only 13 points more, since that's the difference between first and fourth place point scores. Thus if Huttunen is on the podium in Ypres (or Monza), Bulacia has no chance to get more points than him.
Kajto and Oliver both have four starts, including one retirement, so anything they score in either of the remaining rallies will be added to their score, but they can participate in only one rally.
EDIT: Oliver does not even have a theoretical chance at the title anymore, he can only get level with Huttunen at his current score.
So the situation has changed completely and now it is Huttunen who is in the best position. I didn't know about the modification of sporting regulations. Thanks for the update.
But Bulacia is still leading ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Yeah, it’s even still possible that no more rallies are drivenQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Yes, Bulacia is still leading, but Huttunen's budget seems endless, so I assumed, that there is no way that he doesn't score those missing 2 or 3 points in the last two rallies.
LOL watQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
The guy has done only three WRC3 rallies in an old spec car supported by a small Polish team.
It's Kowax Team of Martin Vlček from Czechia ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
What? In very difficult times of pandemic and lockdowns he competed in as many as 9 rallies and that's probably not all. Show me another driver in WRC3 with such budget (apart from Solberg of course) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...jari-huttunen/
The Polish championship rallies are short, under 10 stages, all three of them are most likely worth one WRC3 event.
Rally di Alba and Louna-Eesti Ralli were driven under Hyundai Motorsport for whatever reason.
That leaves Rally Bohemia, which is an ERC length event, again shorter than a WRC rally. And anyway Rally Estonia was shorter than WRC events normally.
So basically we could sum that he's done worth of 5 WRC3 events.
Not competing for the WRC3 title, but someone with such budget is Grégoire Munster. Did 10 events so far this year. If everything goes to plan, Ypres will be his 13th event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
You shall not ignore that it's often not him but interest of Hyundai Poland and Vlček alone what drives the decisions where to start. It's not like Huttunen would be simply renting the car from them. See that even in WRC he has large KoWax banners on the car. KoWax is a brand of Svarmetal company making welding equipment and materials and is owned by Vlček.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
... which is the biggest number among all top drivers in WRC3.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Yeah but you need to also count how many non-WRC3 events the WRC3 drivers have done. Like Bulacia has driven in Italy and Oliver does ERC. Will Kajto do Rajd Barborka again in a WRC car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
BTW Huttunen was interviewed in Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest newspaper in Finland
https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000006671456.html
He says that the Kowax team was looking for a driver and Hyundai adviced them to get Huttunen. Huttunen says the team is good, they have a lot of enthusiasm for rallying and they listen to him. He says the 2018 season failed because the car wasn't developed at all during the year. He has no idea about his next season, saying "you can only hope".
He also talks about his side hobby business, converting old buses into RV's.
It doesn't change anything. Huttunen still wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
At the moment nobody knows if this rally will go on this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I really don't see why you even start with that and what is your goal in such discussion. That's plain weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z