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16th December 2020, 11:18 #1101
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What is your guess, how much the team budget would change for these "R5+" cars? Let's say the yearly budget is now 100 million euros, how much of that would be reduced with cheaper cars? And how expensive would these "R5+" cars soon be if the manufacturer teams could start tossing money into them with the intention of winning the title (not making profit by selling cars to privateers)
Now, think again: could it be possible that there's currently only two manufacturers in the world who are interested in putting any money in supporting a whole WRC team, regardless of the car type?Last edited by AnttiL; 16th December 2020 at 11:20.
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16th December 2020, 11:26 #1102
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I do not know the numbers and what percentage of the total cost is the car development. If it is low percentage, then there is no point for a cheaper car. If it is high percentage, then there is. If you can show the actual numbers it would be very good.
I just see that there are seven manufacturers with R5 cars and this might be a good reason for attracting them.
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16th December 2020, 11:31 #1103
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Obviously I don't have the numbers, but we can think about all the costs in running a WRC team, which are not depending on the car type: salaries (especially drivers), fuel, tyres, flights, cargo, accomodations, insurances, service park equipment, team headquarters, arranging test days etc.
I just see that there are seven manufacturers with R5 cars and this might be a good reason for attracting them.
As for attracting new manufacturers, you need to think what gives them value. Do they want to market small ICE cars or maybe bigger models with hybrid?
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16th December 2020, 13:13 #1104
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also r5 is much more a "direct" market than wrc, that is mainly "promotional".
most of r5 manufacturer just sell the car without having an official team. that's also quite always the model for regional championships, where private teams wins the title and manus can claim their brand title as well.
i think it's not so automatic that making r5 top category will bring this manus to official involvement. probably it is more likely the opposite as in wrc2/3 already happens.
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16th December 2020, 13:32 #1105
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16th December 2020, 14:06 #1106
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It's looking that way. And in other news, another series, the WEC gains yet another manufacturer.......
https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/1...lmdh-prototype
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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16th December 2020, 14:27 #1107
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16th December 2020, 14:27 #1108
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16th December 2020, 14:48 #1109
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16th December 2020, 16:22 #1110
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And what is it that every manufacturer talks about in their WEC/IMSA program announcements? They talk not about the series, but about their classic endurance events, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring...
The last time manufacturers were joining the WRC in the early 2010s, the WRC was all about talking up longer events, returning to endurance... That lasted, what, a few years, before people realised it was too much like hard work?
If there's an announcement from a manufacturer re-joining the WRC, I doubt it'll sing the virtues of taking on a quick sprint around a small bit of Croatia. Though there won't be many classics left to mention.
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