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24th January 2021, 21:30
Thread: Civid-19 impact in WRC
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Banning spectators has been the stronger Covid...
Banning spectators has been the stronger Covid impact in Rally; events depending on tickets sale have little chances to go on and those supported by local partners are also in trouble, once public...
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24th January 2021, 21:05
Thread: GT Class
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That's hardly a surprise, considering the rally...
That's hardly a surprise, considering the rally conditions. Anyway, hats off to all the brave Alpine crews on this Monte.
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24th January 2021, 20:58
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It's impossible to avoid liaisons problems to...
It's impossible to avoid liaisons problems to happen but bringing road legal issues into the sporting rules is a way to open a Pandora's box.
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22nd January 2021, 20:47
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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Manus concentration will continue but on the well...
Manus concentration will continue but on the well succeded mergers most car brands are kept and revitalized, many even manage a return to motorsport. Now it's up to the FIA and the promoter to...
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22nd January 2021, 19:28
Thread: Wrc 2/3 2021
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Thanks to the 'brilliant' WRC2/3 split, Bonato...
Thanks to the 'brilliant' WRC2/3 split, Bonato only has to care about Rossel, his WRC3 rival; there's no real incentive to go after Mikkelsen or Fourmaux.
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21st January 2021, 20:11
Thread: Rally4 News
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You're right on the R2, not so right on the R3;...
You're right on the R2, not so right on the R3; on tarmac the Clio R3T was probably the fastest 2wd car, before Rally4 models came out (on gravel, as most RS cars, it was a bit underdeveloped).
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21st January 2021, 19:58
Thread: [WRC] Rallye Monte Carlo 2021
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Nice first day of the season. Hats off to the ACM...
Nice first day of the season. Hats off to the ACM for taking the rally to the road and to the French authorities for allowing it.
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20th January 2021, 21:04
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1 Tanak 2 Ogier 3 Sordo 4 Evans 5 Rovanpera 6...
1 Tanak 2 Ogier 3 Sordo 4 Evans 5 Rovanpera 6 Suninen 7 Mikkelsen 8 Camilli Rally Power
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20th January 2021, 20:59
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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PSA and FCA merger was completed last Saturday,...
PSA and FCA merger was completed last Saturday, with Stellantis official launch. For now the company aim is to keep the existing 14 brands, giving each one of them a chance to rebound. In Lancia...
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20th January 2021, 20:42
Thread: 2021 ERC News and Rumors
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These R4 Swift's are competitive on gravel (top10...
These R4 Swift's are competitive on gravel (top10 on last year Serras de Fafe) but not so fast on tarmac (usually beaten by top Rally4's). The cars are built by Oreca for Suzuki Iberica and Rallycar,...
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20th January 2021, 20:34
Thread: Rally4 News
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My money will be on the Clio, especially on...
My money will be on the Clio, especially on tarmac events (Rally4 field will probably be more leveled on gravel).
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13th January 2021, 16:07
Thread: 2021 ERC News and Rumors
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Ares has no rally gravel experience but he was a...
Ares has no rally gravel experience but he was a KartCross champ before becoming a rally driver and he still competes in KC now and then.
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13th January 2021, 15:56
Thread: Rally Museums around the globe
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Not a museum, but a top (visitable) collection on...
Not a museum, but a top (visitable) collection on MSI state-of-the-art motorsport company, in Madrid. Hats off to founder and owner, Mr. Teo Martin.
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13th January 2021, 15:42
Thread: WRC future
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The road legal thing isn't a issue; in...
The road legal thing isn't a issue; in Rally-Raids there are tubular chassis protos from all sizes and shapes and they're free to use open public roads on liasions. Besides, road homologation of a...
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12th January 2021, 20:07
Thread: WRC future
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The debate was started in the 'Rally Bar' thread...
The debate was started in the 'Rally Bar' thread but it makes sense to bring it here: Should private tuners be allowed to homologate WRC cars in the future, once WRC cars will stop being based in...
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12th January 2021, 19:40
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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Btw, besides Autohebdo and many other...
Btw, besides Autohebdo and many other publications, Michel Hommell was also the founder of Echappement magazine; in the 90's he asked Echappement readers to define the general layout of a new French...
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10th January 2021, 16:33
Thread: Rally4 News
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Clio Rally4 expected to be homologated in March....
Clio Rally4 expected to be homologated in March. Tech details and a small testing video here: https://www.rallye-sport.fr/la-renault-clio-rally4-bientot-en-speciale/
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10th January 2021, 16:23
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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It’s possible to have street legal protos, as it...
It’s possible to have street legal protos, as it happens on Rally-Raid series (which also use open public roads as liaisons). Rally homologations are a manus monopoly because one of the established...
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10th January 2021, 16:16
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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Spot on. Once current manus were in favor of...
Spot on.
Once current manus were in favor of having full protos (without any link to the industrial production, apart a silhouette body) from 2022, what’s the reason to keep private tuners unable... -
6th January 2021, 17:13
Thread: Rally4 News
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That could be the case. On the other hand, Rally3...
That could be the case. On the other hand, Rally3 was initially planned to use Rally4 engines (up to 1333cc) and the cc limit raise was apparently asked by some of the manus (including Toyota), not...
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6th January 2021, 14:19
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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The first link is pro EV but the second it isn’t;...
The first link is pro EV but the second it isn’t; they mostly quote German or French automotive sources (VDA, CCFA). The EU official document, with 3 options for future emissions standards (only...
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6th January 2021, 13:48
Thread: Rally4 News
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https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/yaris/specs/...
https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/yaris/specs/
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5th January 2021, 17:27
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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Actually I believe Hybrids are the right choice...
Actually I believe Hybrids are the right choice for the WRC, once battery powered EVs (BEVs) aren’t ready for a proper Rally use (unless the WRC is suddenly transformed into a Mickey Mouse...
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5th January 2021, 15:32
Thread: Rally4 News
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Time will tell, but Peugeot and Renault interest...
Time will tell, but Peugeot and Renault interest on Rally3 wasn’t confirmed. Renault is developing the Clio Rally4 and PSA Motorsport seems pretty busy making Peugeot and Opel Rally4 models for their...
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5th January 2021, 15:09
Thread: Belgian Rally News
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Sports&You represent PSA Motorsport brands in...
Sports&You represent PSA Motorsport brands in Portugal and Spain, but the Rally Cup Ibérica is expected to remain only based on the 208.
Chinese Grand Prix: More competitive race for Williams. The 2024 Chinese GP would see the Williams Racing Team again come away with another failure to score points but this race would see a more...
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