2023 WRC News & Rumours

[mknight]

I don't agree that it looks impossible for EVs to work in rallying. Baumschlager ran rallies in EV Fabia with zero changes to their schedule.

So it can work just fine with minimal itenary changes. Fast charging truck after 1-2 stages that charges only for short period for 5-10 min per car should be possible for the 10 top cars running.

The only real issue is the need for sound due to safety and spectating (throttle input). Solution is to set a rule dictating the sound levels in various situation and introduce a common sound system.

[TypeR]

Change ICE to meat, EV to soy, taste to sound and we get world saving EVegan-rally car..
I would personally quit watching wrc, if the go all electric microwaves.

They can't even put reporters to every stage end and you imagine to have big charging trucks at the end of every other stage..? So eco friendly, right..

[er88]

I don't agree that it looks impossible for EVs to work in rallying. Baumschlager ran rallies in EV Fabia with zero changes to their schedule.

So it can work just fine with minimal itenary changes. Fast charging truck after 1-2 stages that charges only for short period for 5-10 min per car should be possible for the 10 top cars running.

The only real issue is the need for sound due to safety and spectating (throttle input). Solution is to set a rule dictating the sound levels in various situation and introduce a common sound system.

So you'd go stageside to watch these purring washing machines?!

[typhoon]

So you'd go stageside to watch these purring washing machines?!

If you apply Balance for Performance, it would be only Renault or Stellantis coming with EV cars.

For example, Toyota is the car manufacturer that is pushing the most on Hydrogen, which make as much noise as an ICE car, Ford-MSport would be continuing with Hybrid, etc.

I still believe that BoP is the solution, even though Xavier Mestelan Pinon keeps arguing with that, by saying it's not what the manufacturers and the people wants. Just look how great turned to be again the FIA WEC!

[mknight]

So you'd go stageside to watch these purring washing machines?!

On same level:
Instead of watching dinosaur-burning inefficient and stinky glorified steam engines?

Yes, but that's actually besides the point.

These days I watch maybe 3-4 rallies per year in person max one of which is WRC.

Yet I watch some 16-20 rallies a year for at least 30 mins on live vids or youtube. On these quite often I don't even have sound on. Cause after you heard 1-2 cars passing the sounds are basically the same and Rally2 cars have very little sound anyway.

[jonkka]

So you'd go stageside to watch these purring washing machines?!

No, I would not.

[skarderud]

I don't care about this or that sound, its not like a F1 engine from the 70's anyway, or a quattro 5'er.
The most important thing is that the cars is driven slightly more than at 100% attack!

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[Eli]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...gory/10469998/

Well at least they're starting to see there's an inherent problem with the championship, hopefully it won't be a case of too little too late.

[seb_sh]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...gory/10469998/

Well at least they're starting to see there's an inherent problem with the championship, hopefully it won't be a case of too little too late.

What I get from Thul's statements: they have no clue what to do.

[Eli]

What I get from Thul's statements: they have no clue what to do.

They'll probably just keep going as is with few modifications and then be surprised when the championship finally dies.