WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[skarderud]

Virves ended 7th in 1th rally in the Norwegian championship with the Ford this weekend, tidemand 5th also in ford, behind Larsen, Veiby, Brynhildsen and Linnamäe, so maybe not to much hope.

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[Danny0405]

Virves ended 7th in 1th rally in the Norwegian championship with the Ford this weekend, tidemand 5th also in ford, behind Larsen, Veiby, Brynhildsen and Linnamäe, so maybe not to much hope.

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Tidemand apparently, it was the old R5 (according to ewrc).
But yeah, I took some notes, in 2022, the only championship a bit consistent where the Fiesta Rally2 was playing a role (multiple podiums or wins) is the Swedish championship ... which is in decline; well, at least it is consistent with the car.

Think it’s pretty much the end for this car at international level, a bit like the Peugeot 208 T16 in its time... well, only difference is that apparently they succeeded in selling (delivering to client to be more precise) a dozen in UK and Ireland in the last 12 months (probably some effects of logistics issues of competitors + Brexit? Maybe also, as they have a «*works*» RC2 team, they sold more car that have been already used so cheaper?). Could last 1 year or 2 still like this but probably not much more than that and it cannot help to come back at the international level.

Well, in the end, in terms of sales, they have reached 100 which is not that far from the Polo (and better than old Hyundai R5 with which Huttunen won WRC-3 or not very far away from the Citroen Rally2). Don’t know how they did but the commercial worked better than the sport side with this Fiesta (100 after 3 years and half is not huge but it could have been much less considering how much it has been outdated from the beginning).

[Jarek Z]

Guys, do you live a fun life?

https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/7...rlo-2023/3878/

[Jarek Z]

Oliver Solberg:

https://twitter.com/OliverSolberg01/...48960571666434

[Jarek Z]

Sean Johnston in Rallye Monte Carlo 2023 - Big Crash on Col de Turini:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-gPtt0hH7o

https://www.ewrc-results.com/media/7...rlo-2023/3880/

[Andre Oliveira]

Tidemand apparently, it was the old R5 (according to ewrc).
But yeah, I took some notes, in 2022, the only championship a bit consistent where the Fiesta Rally2 was playing a role (multiple podiums or wins) is the Swedish championship ... which is in decline; well, at least it is consistent with the car.

Think it’s pretty much the end for this car at international level, a bit like the Peugeot 208 T16 in its time... well, only difference is that apparently they succeeded in selling (delivering to client to be more precise) a dozen in UK and Ireland in the last 12 months (probably some effects of logistics issues of competitors + Brexit? Maybe also, as they have a «*works*» RC2 team, they sold more car that have been already used so cheaper?). Could last 1 year or 2 still like this but probably not much more than that and it cannot help to come back at the international level.

Well, in the end, in terms of sales, they have reached 100 which is not that far from the Polo (and better than old Hyundai R5 with which Huttunen won WRC-3 or not very far away from the Citroen Rally2). Don’t know how they did but the commercial worked better than the sport side with this Fiesta (100 after 3 years and half is not huge but it could have been much less considering how much it has been outdated from the beginning).

[mknight]

@Fabia

Yes it is faster on dry tarmac. But dry tarmac and fast gravel was where it specifically was expected to be better than old. So question remains if it now is slower on bumpy/narrow tarmac or slow gravel. Guess we will see first in Croatia.

@Fiesta on 1st round of Norwegian Rally Championship. Due to low temperatures for all but the last 4 stages there was insane ammount of hanging snow "dust". After first car it was basically like dense fog for everyone. I was there for 3 stages (in -22).
So I wouldn't read much into results.

Btw. Linnamae looked really uncomfortable first few stages and then visibly improved by the end.

[Myrvold]

@Fabia
@Fiesta on 1st round of Norwegian Rally Championship. Due to low temperatures for all but the last 4 stages there was insane ammount of hanging snow "dust". After first car it was basically like dense fog for everyone. I was there for 3 stages (in -22).
So I wouldn't read much into results.

It wasn't that bad on Saturday. On Friday it was worse, not helped that one of the stages were run at the military area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmkmnQlHpNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGu5uYeEcEU

With that being said. Tidemand in an older Fiesta and Virves in one of his first R5/Rally2 events are not the best ones to use for comparisons.

[AnttiL]

https://twitter.com/skodaautonews/st...94907174993920

So this is what Mikkelsen was doing with the Skoda in Sweden

At the 4x4 Winter Experience event in #Sweden, #Skoda organised co-drives with
@AMikkelsenRally
and
@Emil_Lindholm
in the new #FabiaRSRally2 in collaboration with
@MotorsportSkoda
. It was an out-of-this-world experience! ��
#SkodaExploresSweden ����❄️

[Bartolbia84]

Zaldivar sr (Hyundai I20 rally2): SWE, POR, ITA, EST, GRC, CHL

Villanueva (Skoda Fabia rally2 evo): SWE, POR, ITA, EST, FIN, GRC