But what you wrote directly confirms what I have written. The need for less cost means exactly that. The higer marketing value = more money to be spent. Less marketing value = less money to be spent.
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Nope; today’s principle is actually more for less.
Again, manus overall budgets aren’t endless; those budgets are being consumed by huge investments on lower emissions and autonomous driving, but there’s still room for motorsport programs, as long they manage to offer more exposure for less money. That’s why FE was an immediate success and this new WEC/IMSA Hybrid class is also looking promising. Hard to see why that can't be achieved in the WRC.
I have no faith in Matton running anything. The disaster at Citroen and now he's overseeing this....
But not for WRC level and they even struggle for sales at national level.
The large manus wont want to build even rally2 cars unless they provide a return on investment (unlikely) and promote their brand in a good way (nowadays thats eco-friendly).
So that means those tiny companies mentioned by Macebig could be the future for having any new rally cars and a WRC.
I can only see fully-electric cars as a 'proper' future for the sport long-term. And they will turn off as many old fans as they gain new ones.
This says otherwise: https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...for-wrc-rally1
Full electrics would definitely kill the championship and instead of having 1 manu leave, we would have 3.
The WRC will entertain the green marketing needs with hybrids until another alternative,
capable of a familiar spectacle, comes along. That is just the reality of the situation.
Leaving aside the fact that I don't like ,,going full electric'' at all, I see a bigger problem with safety..
Rallying goes thru hundreds of km's of forests not on circuits( Formula-E, RX etc), where the help can get there in seconds vs in the middle of nowhere..
Lappi's car burnt to ground at the end of the stage, next to marshals.. imagine if you add some huge batteries there..