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Thread: WRC future
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19th October 2020, 14:42 #741
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19th October 2020, 15:05 #742
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Nope; today’s principle is actually more for less.
Again, manus overall budgets aren’t endless; those budgets are being consumed by huge investments on lower emissions and autonomous driving, but there’s still room for motorsport programs, as long they manage to offer more exposure for less money. That’s why FE was an immediate success and this new WEC/IMSA Hybrid class is also looking promising. Hard to see why that can't be achieved in the WRC.Last edited by Rally Power; 19th October 2020 at 15:07.
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19th October 2020, 15:25 #743
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19th October 2020, 15:29 #744
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I have no faith in Matton running anything. The disaster at Citroen and now he's overseeing this....
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19th October 2020, 16:10 #745
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19th October 2020, 16:24 #746
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But not for WRC level and they even struggle for sales at national level.
The large manus wont want to build even rally2 cars unless they provide a return on investment (unlikely) and promote their brand in a good way (nowadays thats eco-friendly).
So that means those tiny companies mentioned by Macebig could be the future for having any new rally cars and a WRC.
I can only see fully-electric cars as a 'proper' future for the sport long-term. And they will turn off as many old fans as they gain new ones.
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19th October 2020, 17:47 #747
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This says otherwise: https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...for-wrc-rally1
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19th October 2020, 17:52 #748
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Full electrics would definitely kill the championship and instead of having 1 manu leave, we would have 3.
The WRC will entertain the green marketing needs with hybrids until another alternative,
capable of a familiar spectacle, comes along. That is just the reality of the situation.
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19th October 2020, 17:56 #749
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Leaving aside the fact that I don't like ,,going full electric'' at all, I see a bigger problem with safety..
Rallying goes thru hundreds of km's of forests not on circuits( Formula-E, RX etc), where the help can get there in seconds vs in the middle of nowhere..
Lappi's car burnt to ground at the end of the stage, next to marshals.. imagine if you add some huge batteries there..
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19th October 2020, 17:58 #750
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Yes I fear so too, you just need to look at the new cost for tourists to get into Venice and when everyone sees the amount of money being made others will soon follow, and prices will go up. As...
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