[WRC] Tour de Corse 2019

[mknight]

Mouse tyre problems:
- very expensive
- more cutting, road degration (expensive for organizers, horrible for privateers, wrc2, juniors etc
- even less level playing field for private teams - no chance to get those tyres
- more punctures for those without mousse
- speed increase, demand for even slower roads

- I was questioning the "very expensive" part. I dunno how the mouse is applied but I would assume you could attach it to the rim in some way (instead of the tire, or something similar with the same function). So their "use" will be on the order 10-15 per car/rally. With 400 euro per piece that is 6 000 euro which does not look expensive at all to me for WRC cars. Even if you attach one to each tire that is mounted on the car its about 30 tires/car = 12 000 euro. But this is just my quick assumptions which is why I write them here to get some feedback of people with more accurate figures.

- "Private teams" is kind of void if it's only allowed for "factory" WRC teams, only the likes of Suninen and Tideman were somehow "private" recently. But if the above listed price figures are anywhere near correct it doesn't look like a massive expense.

- Cutting and road degradation is a valid concern, how about allowing their use only on gravel roads (drivers cut there anywhere they can anyway).

- Speed increase (looking at avg. speed over stage, which is what FIA does) will be imo negligible (< 1 km/h)