WRC future

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Will removal of the centre diff and the change to simpler suspension be enough to cancel out the additional cost of the hybrid system?

Doesn’t seem like a great time for manufacturers to commit to new and probably not very cheap regulations. Keeping the current three manufacturers for 2022 under the current circumstances would probably be a good result.

Agreed. With the Covid-19 downturn the chances of new manufacturers joining WRC in 2022 are slim to none.

M-Sport are clearly the Team in most danger so the new car costs to them must be the key issue. Otherwise I could easily see them pulling out and concentrating on just entering WRC2, plus sales and service.

Just having Toyota vs Hyundai would be a very poor Championship entry. And the costs would dictate that there wouldnt be any privateers for variety either (unlike the Citroen vs Ford days).

[ferrial]

Agreed. With the Covid-19 downturn the chances of new manufacturers joining WRC in 2022 are slim to none.

M-Sport are clearly the Team in most danger so the new car costs to them must be the key issue. Otherwise I could easily see them pulling out and concentrating on just entering WRC2, plus sales and service.

Just having Toyota vs Hyundai would be a very poor Championship entry. And the costs would dictate that there wouldnt be any privateers for variety either (unlike the Citroen vs Ford days).

It would be sad to see only Toyota competing. It seems that, Toyota is the only one to push regulations, which lead to more expensive cars/bigger costs.

[doubled1978]

It would be sad to see only Toyota competing. It seems that, Toyota is the only one to push regulations, which lead to more expensive cars/bigger costs.

I’m not sure that’s the case, reading the article they all seem to have come to agree that specifically talking about the engine, although the GRE is far more expensive per unit, they won’t use anything like as many through a season, and the engines are pretty well developed now anyway. Also if they go back to a production based unit, there is the possibility for 1 to spend a huge amount on a different engine that the other cannot, and then it’s more of a problem.

[Zeakiwi2]

Dirtfish / D Evans - reporting that M-Sport model for 2022 as the all new Puma .

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Dirtfish / D Evans - reporting that M-Sport model for 2022 as the all new Puma .

https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/m...switch-in-wrc/

Check the date ...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/m...switch-in-wrc/

Check the date ...

Oh no its true !!

David Evans @davidevansrally
Just to be clear @DirtFishRally would have run this story tomorrow morning. Or yesterday afternoon... #forgetthedate

[pantealex]

Dirtfish / D Evans - reporting that M-Sport model for 2022 as the all new Puma .

I like that idea.

[Andre Oliveira]

Ford Puma Ecoboost Hybrid Rally1

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/w...han-youd-think

It's not crazy, but the SUV is taking over the world already. It doesnt need another boost via WRC.

For eco reasons family cars should be getting smaller and lighter but instead its the opposite.

[AndyRAC]

I read that article, and it just disappointed me. SUVs sell, so the WRC will go down that route. What about other race series - I bet they won't touch them with a barge pole.