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So did Loubet win the title then?

Sounds promising.

I agree potentially WRC2(pro) could be good if all those brands come with proper teams next year.

Anyone know when regulations for the next generation WRCars will be...

The Belgian roads are quite specific are they not?

In Catalunya, Loubet was quicker than Rovanpera on day one. Same car, same tyres.

Loubet is pretty good.. I think he deserves it.

Thanks for your detailed explanation. I see where you are coming from, however if Skoda do indeed pull the works team and move onto some new project the timing would be about normal as the current...

Why don't you believe they could win?

That would all be nice timing for Skoda to come back in 2022 with a new hybrid Fabia WRC based on a new Fabia road car :)

Or the Hyundai R5.. Germany is closer to home too..

He mentions ‘on tarmac at least we can show something’.. Shame there’s only two full asphalt rounds next year and they’re both at the end of the year.

So no Skoda Motorsport next year or are we...

interview with Kopecky on auto.cz.. he says:

- He’s not retiring
- Jan Hlousek was on loan from Mares for two events only
- Has no contract for next year ‘We’ll see what happens to Skoda...

I don’t think he said anything out of the ordinary. Wasn’t much fanfare if it was Kopecky and/or Skoda Motorsport’s last event.

Press release said this: At the final WRC round in Australia, only...

When the FIA announced last week that WRC2 would be for manufacturer ‘and private’ teams I thought this news might be coming.

I guess Kopecky will retire too.

End of a very successful era for...

That’s the key question..

Presumably to compete in future WRC2, crews will need to register a team otherwise they will be in WRC3.

If most good R5 crews do register a team and compete in WRC2 going forwards this will be a...

I guess so. We’ll have to see what the scoring/nomination rules are to assess whether this is an improvement

FIA World Council decision on WRC2:

The current WRC 2 Pro class will become the WRC 2 class for manufacturer and private teams, while WRC 3 will be for independent Rally 2 competitors. These...

Yes after a long and succesful partnership.. he and Kopecky seemed to get on very well.

Mirek?

What were Camilli’s penalties about?

It looks like Kopecky did his comfortable pace and waited for others to screw up (he did that in Barum too). Not the most exciting way but it often works..

The whole WRC2/Pro class is a joke really.. not the quality of drivers because there are some good ones but the way whole thing works, or rather doesn’t.

Gryazin in Germany was obviously under...

You can also look at it in another way. Because of less damaged roads and shorter rallies, ERC (formerly IRC) requires flat out driving a lot of the time, which is perhaps why in the past it has been...

This is half-plausible. Lukyanuk didn’t go very well in Latvia which is also a high speed gravel event (although not with so many jumps). However seems a bit of a stretch to complain the car is...

I just watched WRC2 highlights and they didn’t show him once :(

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=friTqg8uraQ

At the moment, of those who are not already linked to a works team, I think Loubet and Gryazin are the most interesting prospects in WRC2.

And more than 40s of coverage in the daily WRC highlights programme.

Young. Son of former ERC champion.