[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[stefanvv]

You mean something like that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RYp8tXgSNc

Noise like noise, You know. Whether is something appealing is another matter. There was no antilag noise until mid '90s, but now we can't imagine rally sound without it.

[Mirek]

Noise like noise, You know. Whether is something appealing is another matter. There was no antilag noise until mid '90s, but now we can't imagine rally sound without it.

I have attended number of electric races and I can say one thing - it's utterly BORING.

[stefanvv]

I have attended number of electric races and I can say one thing - it's utterly BORING.

Who said it isn't?

[dimviii]

There was no antilag noise until mid '90s

but we had revy engines,exhaust bangs,turbo/wastegate chatter.

[stefanvv]

but we had revy engines,exhaust bangs,turbo/wastegate chatter.

That sounds like a symphony.

[RS]

As there is no wheel to wheel racing in rallying, the noise is probably a much bigger part of the spectator experience than in circuit racing.

But many countries are banning internal combusiton engines in the coming decades. What are we going top do? Will manufacturers still want to be involved in the sport using combustion engines? Or will it become more a privateer sport?

[tommeke_B]

Well, you can already see with Fabia R5 how most people find it a boring car to see in comparison to other R5 cars, just because of the sound... So electric cars will be a disaster.

[N.O.T]

electric cars are dangerous for rallying, apart from boring...

Nobody cares if the arab nobody team leaves... good riddance.

[tommeke_B]

Can't FIA leave the WRC as it is, and make some new championship nobody cares about, like Formula E?

[Rallyper]

So people want to go electric because it is clean and green and saves the earth etc. What about the 58 nuclear power stations located in France that are providing the charging power for these save the world electric vehicles all around Europe. Just remind me how clean all this is. Just remind me where France disposes of its nuclear waste, for sure they don't bury it in rural France or beside the Seine River

Actually I like the new compression ignition petrol engine that will be powering the new Mazda 3 and 6 this year as that is a whole new ball game in fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions.

Without those Nuclear Power plants there would be no chances to charge batteries on electric vehicles in normal traffic...