WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Andre Oliveira]

FIA Rally Star is good program.

[pantealex]

FIA Rally Star is good program.

Yes, right now it seems to be working.

[Danny0405]

couls be interesting to have a fia/promoter solution, like an under25 team entry by regulation, or an m-sport puma reserved for the wrc2 winner...

I like the idea with M-Sport but I would say the best youngster (criteria to be defined) if no offer from manufacturer because, else, we could have some old guys trying to benefit from this (a bit like Bergkvist did at a lower scale in JWRC when a new Fiesta was offered).
However, I see a big con: he would a bit lower the responsibility of teams about launching new guys; and also, we know it, you generally need one year to master a car and then you can have some results. Maybe a 2-year deal with half-time the first year and full-time the second would be better.

[pettersolberg29]

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/a/f9d...1-f5e71dd4636b

Summary:
- Very difficult situation financially speaking for Huttunen, really hard to find money for a WRC2 program
- his career is really at stake
- he is in vicious circle with results not good enough to attract backing and difficult to make good result with low backing
- they (through Gronholm) have tried for testing jobs at Hyundai and Toyota but both have replied they have what they need

It's super tricky now in this climate - there just isn't enough sponsorship money to go round! I think most of us would agree Oliver Solberg is possibly the most marketable driver in the WRC - certainly in WRC2 - yet even he is seriously struggling to get backing. For smaller names who have even less marketability like Huttunen (especially in a country where there are many other drivers who are taking the sponsorship money) it is almost impossible. Think we're at a precipice now where a lot of talent will never be able to reach their potential sadly...

[wyler]

I like the idea with M-Sport but I would say the best youngster (criteria to be defined) if no offer from manufacturer because, else, we could have some old guys trying to benefit from this (a bit like Bergkvist did at a lower scale in JWRC when a new Fiesta was offered).
However, I see a big con: he would a bit lower the responsibility of teams about launching new guys; and also, we know it, you generally need one year to master a car and then you can have some results. Maybe a 2-year deal with half-time the first year and full-time the second would be better.

i agree on one side, on the other would be just as good to have a good -even if older- driver if he beat the youngster in wrc2 , think about mikkelsen...
this will raise competition in wrc2 at worst, and anyway, this would work for 1 year, and there's not so much old guy anymore who could try...

[Red bull]

Kenya WRC2 driver vists the Toyota team https://www.redbull.com/ke-en/karan-patel-in-finland

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Rossel happy to continue with Citroen C3 against the new Fabia opposition...

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc...gress-with-c3/

[Bartolbia84]

Herczig (Skoda Fabia rally2) start in five events: CRO, POR, ITA, GRC, CENTRAL EUROPE

[YerayEcoBoost]

William Creighton and Josh McErlean will drive the PCRS Rallysport Hyundai I20 Rally2 on Rallye Monte-Carlo.


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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wow... Gus Greensmith has joined Toksport for 2023 !!

First WRC2 event will be Rally Mexico.

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2023/wrc...ms-2023-plans/