The FIA plan is that Rally3 will take over the place that was meant for R4, but underrated the price issue, and class flunked.
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The FIA plan is that Rally3 will take over the place that was meant for R4, but underrated the price issue, and class flunked.
There was a very important point given by someone here on the forum few years ago. There are places where a vehicle import tax makes R5 cars enormously expensive. In these places these kit cars actually make sense because they are built locally and thus far cheaper than R5 cars.
That's not the case of Europe of course, hence why we in Europe usually fail to see this point.
It's a shame that these cars will never have a chance to compete against real Rally2 cars, and on the other hand they won't be put in the same class with Rally3 cars, which their pace is closer to.
Riku Tahko drove a Rally2Kit Mini in the Finnish championship last year and at best he was matching the fastest Group N Mitsubishis, usually 2s / km behind the fastest Rally2 car. I'm expecting the Rally3 to be near the same level...
What is the best driver that has driven these cars in one or more rallies, and what have they said about the package, compared to R5?
This cars were never planned to compete with R5 cars, but to replace group N Mitsubishis and Subarus.
Audi A1 Rally2-Kit by EKS
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvpY-cOX...jpg&name=large
With new structure of FIA, where will race Rally2-Kit in WRC?
Own class only nationally, as far as I can read the two pyramides.