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2nd August 2013, 09:49 #1
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WRC Tyres 2017 onwards
Looks like we will have competition in the rally tyre department again.
Not quite sure when the Michelin vs Pirelli competition was on last time in rally, and FIA decided to make it a single tyre provider championship. But remember that Petter and Subaru sometimes won and sometimes lost with the Pirellis, depending on the conditions.
Not quite sure how FIA plans to play it this time around, if they plan on making Tyres free, or if 2 or 3 manufacturers will be allowed to provide rubber for the top class.
But what is certain is that we will again have an element that brings uncertainty into rally again.
What system do you prefer, one or multiple providers?Last edited by Sulland; 12th June 2016 at 12:49.
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2nd August 2013, 10:26 #2
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I prefer the multiple suppliers for the WRC approach as this potentially will bring more investment for teams, and is a great platform for new suppliers to test and promote their product. This is evident with DMack.
The single supplier approach had its drawback when the rules made all 4WD cars use their tyres. This was such a crazy rule for local entrants in their home WRC event. An example of this was Rally NZ a year or so ago when all the locals NZ Championship runners had to turn their backs on their sponsored/subsidised tyre suppliers (Dunlop, Yokohama, Falken, Hankook, Toyo, etc) and buy expensive official supplier tyres, I think it was Pirelli.
This was just another unnecessary expense to hinder private entrants
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2nd August 2013, 10:32 #3
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2nd August 2013, 17:24 #4
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The top of any category should always be an open tyre formula. This is were the WRC is showing F1 the way. It adds a possible 'variable' to proceedings. In the past we've seen Pirelli excel in wet gravel events, but struggle on dry Tarmac.
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2nd August 2013, 19:19 #5
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Hankook will only supply tyres for the JWRC?
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2nd August 2013, 21:22 #6
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5th August 2013, 00:19 #7
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Is the plan that all 4 can supply alle classes apart from the juniors in 14, or is it not decided yet?
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5th August 2013, 09:56 #8
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5th August 2013, 11:10 #9
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Originally Posted by tommeke_B
It's called 'marketing'.
Hankook is obviously planning to offer their tyres to upper class competitors next year. They don't have to be a homologated supplier to do JWRC (hence why they weren't registered for this year...).
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I think that nowadays, most big companies want every section of the company makes profit, and I can not believe that Michelin, Pirelli and DMACK are actually investing money with selling their tyres for rallying... The profit/tyre is huge (of course the development must be paid by this).
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