For sure they can negotiate to drive as VIP or zero cars somewhere.
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How come minimum weight on these is lower than R5/Rally2? Do R5 carry ballast?
Anyone who cant/hasnt listened to the AR Podcast, there was a consensus that the Rally3 car doesnt really make sense for the following reasons:
1. The rally 'ladder' isnt really used - no-one really goes up this step by step.
2. A top impressive young driver can go from (old class) R2 2wd to R5 4wd car quite easily, no need to adapt before
3. Such drivers, or rich gentlemen drivers', just want to get in an R5 asap as this is the class to be seen in and with the extra power
4. Money-wise people would also rather have a used R5 than a new Rally3
5. What is the competition in Rally3 without other manufacturer's
Exactly, the car is made for JWRC and it seems that it has a potential to bring the JWRC championship to a whole new level similar to what was known 15 years ago. Except for that it can work in gravel countries but I don't expect it to be very popular in asphalt ones.
I think this is a weird argument considering they've repeated for years that R5's are too expensive for national leagues and that's why BRC has too low entry numbers.
When you go from Rally4 (R2) to Rally2 (R5) not only the budgets get much higher, but the cars also start going a lot faster, and you also need to learn driving 4WD and setting up the car at the same time (Rally4 cars have very limited setup capabilities, which will be similar in Rally3).
Especially if we start having Rally3 as common cars in the second tier national and ERC leagues, I see them very useful. Nowadays these second tier leagues are still filled with Evo's and Imprezas, which are quite outdated by now. I would also assume Rally3 is closer to Rally2 in feeling, compared to N4/R4 cars with bigger chassises and engines.
I see (used) Rally3 as replacement for Mitsu/Subaru on national level.