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Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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16th February 2021, 16:43 #3441Senior Member
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stick shift was news to me, i must have been under the rock then...first time hearing it
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16th February 2021, 17:13 #3442Senior Member
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Indeed.. (found spring 2020 DF interview w Matton)
Somehow hadn't heard that..
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16th February 2021, 17:45 #3443Senior Member
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I have to admit I was wrong. I also tried to search for a source mentioning manual shifting, but I guess I just assumed all along that they are going back to that. Sorry.
This is the closest implying of it:
"five-speed transmission very similar in concept to the current Rally2 rules"
https://mailchi.mp/fia/jja3q9igfw-1470585
This is from March 2020.
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16th February 2021, 18:08 #3444Senior Member
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Me too, I hadn’t heard that. I have to say I wonder what the motivation for that would be? I presume they mean a mechanical sequential shift.
Originally Posted by EstWRC
EDIT. Cost I suppose.
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16th February 2021, 18:29 #3445Senior Member
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In here Millener talks about hydraulic systems which cost around £40,000 so maybe the paddle shift could also be a way to make the cars cheaper.
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...2022-wrc-rules
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16th February 2021, 19:50 #3446Senior Member
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and yet they put paddle shift to nearly 10 y.o Berlingo, rather put parking sensors
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Also Wilson wouldnt confirm Fiesta or Puma as their 2022 'base' car.
But I see today Suninen was given a Puma road car...
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19th February 2021, 17:59 #3448Senior Member
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The Fiesta WRC's big engine upgrade is coming in Croatia according to Gus Greensmith.
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At least it's not yet in Arctic Rally, but it has been tested, told by Suninen in a Finnish podcast Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
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Wet conditions. Portuguese Autosport brought something to the table... the WRC2 crews are using a WRC spec tyre that is harder than the spec Meeke and other CPR runners are using.
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