Rally1 hybrid cars (2022-)

[Mirek]

Question on the DF podcast..

On a typical 20km tarmac stage how much time will a driver lose if his hybrid system has failed ?

A question which DF can not answer.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Tanak 5th fastest on run 1 of RMC shakedown without any hybrid boost.

[greencroft]

Can people see those side cooling ducts for the hybrid units working when we get to Sweden?

Maybe not so important there for the cooling given the ambients temperatures, but first snowbank kiss will surely block them up with snow, on the Toyota particularly?

[lmmjvss]

I watched more than 20 videos on youtube from people filming from Monte Carlo, they all have more than 30k views each (more or less) and everybody seems very positive about the cars. Some short clips from the cars on electric engine and then such an awesome sound when it turns the ICE engine on. Nice!

[AnttiL]

I see people wanting more brands and more cars but 3 brands and 8 or 9 cars is already a great number. I mean, its never good to have too many brands cuz they eventually leave because they cant win. Only one brand can win per year.

For the safety of the championship it would be good to have four brands in case one quits. And more manufacturers means more paid seats for drivers.

But for competition aspect, I agree that less can be more. It's easier to follow a competition of 10-15 high-level cars compared to having Rally2 as the main class with possibly 50 cars starting so you would have to wait two hours to find out who actually won the stage (and changing stage conditions could start making properly a difference)

[AndyRAC]

I see people wanting more brands and more cars but 3 brands and 8 or 9 cars is already a great number. I mean, its never good to have too many brands cuz they eventually leave because they cant win. Only one brand can win per year.

I'm not sure I'd class it as great; 4-5 manufacturers is the ideal number, with 3-4 cars per team. When you have 6-7 manufacturers, they all can't win, and some pull out. We saw this in the early 2000s....

[er88]

I'm not sure I'd class it as great; 4-5 manufacturers is the ideal number, with 3-4 cars per team. When you have 6-7 manufacturers, they all can't win, and some pull out. We saw this in the early 2000s....

We saw with Citroen though that even as 4th best team they didn't want to stick around.

However with a bigger pool of top line drivers 4teams should be the perfect number. With 3/4 cars per team, and driver(s) in each team who can fight for wins

[becher]

It could allways be better, but compared to the "golden eras of Group B/A" it isn't all that bad. In those times it was quite common to have just 6-8 serious works cars at an event.

[lmmjvss]

Right now I'd rather something like... If in 2023 someone like Kimi Raikkonen could start his IceOne team racing with two 2022 Yaris, since Toyota will probably build new cars for 2023. If Petter Solberg could enter a two Hyundai 2022 car team, since they will probably build new cars. If ProDrive could buy latest versions of the Puma and enter a new team. I think this could be morr healthy than more actual manufactures. I want more drivers, not brands

[pantealex]

I want more drivers, not brands

Why don't you want more brands ?

For me Rally is about cars not drivers.