there's a difference between manufactures timeline and public statements. this have been discussed a lot behind closed doors for sure. when lancia told "we are interested in wrc27" whitout 27 car,...
Those kind of last ditch decisions (6 month before 2027, yeah, totally according to plan) are all just a sympthom of WRC (regional will be fine) dying. At some point all the bad decisions of the last...
why should they? there's nothing in wrc2 that has an appeal for the manufacturers... no-one else has an official team in wrc2, so...why them? wrc2 is for customers. not even skoda has an official...
Your expectations are on too short a timeline, 2029 is your new actual deadline when there's no Rally2 in the top category.
WRC mainclass from 2027