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    First nail in the coffin of traditional rallycross. The ohers wont be far behind...

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    Quote Originally Posted by T16 View Post
    Sorry - yeah... I was a year out. Reading between the lines, i'm not sure there is enough certainty that the change will happen and when, so I guess that's enough for PMC to say goodbye.
    I could be completely off - as I don't know if PSA have a central pool for motorsport funding or if each individual manufacturer has a separate budget - but could this be connected to Citroen signing Ogier?

    With Citroen getting Ogier onboard and talking about going all out next year, I just wonder if the extra funding has come from elsewhere within the PSA Group? Or are Peugeot stepping back from rallycross there are concrete plans for electric in place?
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    [QUOTE=tbtstt;1195622]I could be completely off - as I don't know if PSA have a central pool for motorsport funding or if each individual manufacturer has a separate budget - but could this be connected to Citroen signing Ogier?

    Yeah - I guess it's a possibility that the main PSA budget has diverted more funds towards the Citroen WRC project, but Peugeot still will need to market their vehicles and they have always been keen on using motor sport for that.

    Peugeot may have something else up their sleeve in terms of exposure (wait for WRC to become hybrid/ formula E).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    First nail in the coffin of traditional rallycross. The ohers wont be far behind...
    Many people have suggested that manufacturers are making it expensive...now they're quitting and people are saying it's the death of rallycross. Which is it?

    Strange that Peugeot came in so wholeheartedly for just one season. One thing I can't understand is why these teams on a budget have such large setups, the Peugeot rig for 2018 was so noticeably more expensive than previous years when they were Hansen. Likewise EKS have a mad input. I think at Riga they had 4 huge lorries, 4 supercars and space for a static display. I'm sure a huge amount of it is just needless expense.
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    The truth is most OEM's know it will be difficult to promote and excite fans in general with electric races, they may say they are completely behind those changes via PR marketing but in the end they are afraid of spending millions on new technology and having empty stands and no interest in the series.

    Anyway, no sense to invest yet in a full electric series when you just announced you will focus your development of regular cars ands sportscars in Plug-in Hybrid form.

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    is this farce dead yet ?

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    I hate to say this, but GRE will be broadcasted by Eurosport..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arnold Triyudho Wardono View Post
    I hate to say this, but GRE will be broadcasted by Eurosport..
    As long as they have a SuperCar class, not only this spec crap that they preseted today... Then Im sold!
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    Nordic RallyX Is also expandind to 7 races next year, with Latvia and another round in Norway...

    Edit: It looks that GRC Euro car could have a few different body kits... thats a little better than spec cars
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrJan View Post
    Many people have suggested that manufacturers are making it expensive...now they're quitting and people are saying it's the death of rallycross. Which is it?
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    Well, called it last year. VW nearly murdered WRC and are now on course to murder RX. Peugeot will concentrate on the 308 TCR, which has been a pleasant surprise in the WTCR this year.

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