Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[lmmjvss]

Tho Im still scared about the day when one of the trucks get on fire and the driver is inside... Safety crew is aaalways so far away from the actual track

[Päss1928]

Just a thought. Why couldn't WRC do 1 stage per rally in full EV mode. It wouldn't bother the fans if it's just 1 stage, but would give the manufacturers a chance to demonstrate their EV capabilities, which could in theory attract more manufacturers. Win-win?

[AnttiL]

Just a thought. Why couldn't WRC do 1 stage per rally in full EV mode. It wouldn't bother the fans if it's just 1 stage, but would give the manufacturers a chance to demonstrate their EV capabilities, which could in theory attract more manufacturers. Win-win?

It would require a huge and heavy battery

[J4MIE]

The currant HIV distance is in single figure kilometres per event. So no chance of even a full road section, never mind a stage.

When it was first announced I had naïvely assumed that all road sections would be done in EV mode. I really don’t see why they seem to have focused on boosting the already huge amount of power the car has, there wasn’t really a need for it. It’s a way of saying the cars are hybrid, environmentally friendly etc but doing the absolute minimum required.

[wyler]

It would require a huge and heavy battery

What about the super special? it's already far from "real" rally and just a showcase for catching people in town. km are few enough, and is normally close to service park... it could become the sponsor-show before the real start of the race...

[Sal yet again]

The currant HIV distance is in single figure kilometres per event. So no chance of even a full road section, never mind a stage.

When it was first announced I had naïvely assumed that all road sections would be done in EV mode. I really don’t see why they seem to have focused on boosting the already huge amount of power the car has, there wasn’t really a need for it. It’s a way of saying the cars are hybrid, environmentally friendly etc but doing the absolute minimum required.

Hyundai did a mock test with so called road sections allegedly using only EV mode? The WRC site/DF waxed lyrical about it. In retrospect its a bit of an own goal and opens the sport to ridicule if its not already there.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/geari...e-rally1-test/

[AnttiL]

They only had a short city HEV zone, like current rallies (should) have

[Sal yet again]

True and I think Tanak's words in the follow up said what it really was about...PR

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...e-wrcs-future/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

In the latest series of TopGear, Chris Harris drove the Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 built by M-Sport.

Join Chris in conversation with TG Magazine’s Jack Rix, where they discuss Ford’s hybrid WRC contender, the current state of rallying, electrification in motorsport, and more...

Video here: https://twitter.com/i/status/1546524721444839424

[WRCStan]

In the latest series of TopGear, Chris Harris drove the Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 built by M-Sport.

Join Chris in conversation with TG Magazine’s Jack Rix, where they discuss Ford’s hybrid WRC contender, the current state of rallying, electrification in motorsport, and more...

Video here: https://twitter.com/i/status/1546524721444839424

I, or we, couldn't have written a better script for him.