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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2021
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11th June 2021, 08:06 #1181
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11th June 2021, 14:25 #1182
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Huttunen expected to drive the new i20 rally2 in Estonia, but won't happen(neither anybody else). Maybe in Belgium.
To me the new i20 rally project looks quite a failure..
Tons of testing since Nov 2020 and still nothing(it's already mid-season). Customers don't buy old ones and can't wait for new.. they will simply go for Ford, VW, Skoda or Citroen..
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11th June 2021, 14:51 #1183
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We already wrote about it in the R5/Rally2 thread under ERC.
In a way the delay is a fail that reduces Hutt imens and Solbergs chances om WRC2. On the other hand, the new car will be there for a while. So it's better to introduce it a bit later and make sure it works and is competetive, rather than risky reliability issues.
Polo had reliability issues in the start (fuel tank fires, rear axle breaking off) while Fiesta Rally2 had performance issues. Both seriously hampered initial sales and took quite some time to fix.
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11th June 2021, 15:44 #1184
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12th June 2021, 08:10 #1185
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So rushing it like M-Sport did with their last Fiesta is a better option? Once the car is homologated, you're pretty much stuck with it. The competition has very strong cars. Also with the narrow "frame" of rules to make a new Rally2 car in, it's probably very difficult to make something better than what's already available. No surprise it takes a long time to develop...
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14th June 2021, 17:00 #1186
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15th June 2021, 12:15 #1187
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17th June 2021, 15:41 #1188
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from Italy: rumors on Monza replacing Japan (maybe just a wish...)
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18th June 2021, 09:26 #1189
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Molly Taylor has just announced she has done a deal to run a Rally 3 Fiesta in three rounds of the WRC, starting with Estonia. Seb Marshall will be back beside her.
"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting." Steve McQueen
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18th June 2021, 15:04 #1190
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I guess they are still discussing. But I think it's high possibility it will be there, especialy now when Ireland fell out. Maybe they could spice things up and mix some stages with gravel. And...
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