[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[Brynmor Pierce]

Careful - that isn't the UK National Championship. It's a club championship of the British Trials and Rally Drivers Association Ltd. The UK National Champiionship is Brittish Rally Championship which doesn't permit WRC cars, current or obsolete.

Tomato / tomato but that’s pulling at semantics now, you and I both know the level of competition that exists in Btrda, the Brc is no more national by virtue of having to be registered competitors ( just like btrda).

My point is that in the UK you could use a new WRC car on a championship that covers the country.

[Googol]

Will the hybrid rules make the cars even faster, or could the current cars beat them?

[Portimao]

Will the hybrid rules make the cars even faster, or could the current cars beat them?

Hybrids might generate additional power, so maybe drivers could use it sort of like DRS in F1?

[Tauri_J]

How in the hell does DRS give more power?

[Norm75]

How in the hell does DRS give more power?

Think he meant like the KERS system, where it gives an additional boost of power at the press of a button. That would then give drivers a strategy as where would be best to deploy it, like uphill sections.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Even if the WRCars are allowed in places, who is going to be able to afford to buy and run them (especially the parts, like aero) ?

Most people running WRC"s privately now are old Subarus and Focus's.

[AnttiL]

One solution would be to run the current WRC cars with a restrictor to ensure they won't be faster than the hybrid cars.

[Tarmop]

Even if the WRCars are allowed in places, who is going to be able to afford to buy and run them (especially the parts, like aero) ?

Most people running WRC"s privately now are old Subarus and Focus's.

Quite many, probably. You have to remember, that nationals are nationals (= no longhauls, 1/3 or more shorter events with less maintenance, maybe, most probably smoother roads, due to the fact that there aren`t 10+ WRCs with top druvers tearing them, own crew etc). There is that money issue, yes, but if there is a market, the prices will come own a bit, repairs can be made (like today privateers do)...or run them in RX and replicate the aero.

[TypeR]

on rally Sweden I heard something, that hybrid systems could/will be used on liaisons..

[AnttiL]

on rally Sweden I heard something, that hybrid systems could/will be used on liaisons..

Most likely nothing has been decided yet, but ideas are being thrown.