[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

how it MAY look a 2017 ngi20

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

if current wrc doesn't give You the buzz, 2017 won't do it either. Even supercars in rallyx aren't exciting enough.

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The current cars gives me a buzz don't get me wrong, but i don't feel the 2017 cars adds much. Just have to wait to see it in real life i guess :) They ruined the RX cars with the new ALS rules so they don't need to have the bang bang type anymore, don't ask me what changed, boost control maybe?

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

The current cars gives me a buzz don't get me wrong, but i don't feel the 2017 cars adds much. Just have to wait to see it in real life i guess :)

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Hmm, well matter of taste I guess. As for the future cars don't expect that much sideways in the corners I guess. As for the rest they look little more spectacular as pure vision. But we'll see what hey come with at the end, it is early to say for sure.

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Originally Posted by Zeakiwi

Why is it so difficult to allow 2016 spec WRC cars to run with 2017 WRC cars in the same category?Do the FIA officials not like to see well funded private teams in WRC cars beating (running ahead of) works supported WRC2 R5 etc cars with young drivers. Does it make it difficult for the limited camera crews to travel from stage to stage covering the first ten cars etc? Could always run WRC2017, WRC2 then a gap to the WRC16 private cars for live coverage to keep sponsors happy etc.? (or restrict the 16 cars to run at the same speed as R5)

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Actually, WRC’s were previously leveled with R5’s in WRC2, running in RRC specs with the 30mm restrictor. Unwisely, FIA decided to impose the 28mm restrictor at the end of 2015. If they kept 30mm, RRC’s could still be competitive in WRC2 and other international or national series.

With the permanent evolution of R5’s cars, 30mm RRC’s would hardly dominate those series and outdated WRC’s could easily run some years more, without the need to create another (hopeless) competition inside WRC.

I think that in WRC2 RRC cars, even with 28mm restrictor still would be competitive, mainly not because of speed, but because of relability. As most of R5 cars struggle to do complete WRC loops full throttle. So RRC even if slower then in long term could win. Of course to run RRC it costs much more than R5, so that's also the reason those cars disapear.

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...ut-auf-paddon/ not only portugal but also in Sardegna Paddon will be the N.3 car...

Logical because he was 2nd there last year.

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Originally Posted by br21

now no center diffs at all in WRC cars (same with R5).
active center diffs is huge difference, big advantage over non diff at all or mechanical center diff.
mechanical centers were used/tested in beginning of S2000 cars, but finally everyone decided not to use them at all.
subaru or mitsubishi with well set active center diff is much more easy to drive (and way more faster) than same car with mechanical center diff.

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From reading and watching exploded views from sadev it seems they have a transfer case built into the front "differential" housing but it it mechanically locked to the same speed front and rear.

That's how I understood it.

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Originally Posted by Eli

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...ut-auf-paddon/ not only portugal but also in Sardegna Paddon will be the N.3 car...

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Has Paddon and Neuville ever competed in the Shell team together, before?

They always seem to make it Paddon and Sordo..

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Has Paddon and Neuville ever competed in the Shell team together, before?

They always seem to make it Paddon and Sordo..

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Sweden 2015.