WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Sulland]

Seems like the Fiesta upgrades are helping on Fourmauxs speed.

[mknight]

Maybe, but it's hard to judge when he is starting 15 cars later.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Adrien FOURMAUX @AdrienFourmaux

Missing the hat trick (of wins) this morning by 0.1s ! Fiesta Rally2 is amazing and the feeling too !

[Jarek Z]

SS13 - the nightmare continues:


Zaldivar F. - Der Ohannesian M.
Stopped

Bulacia B. - Coronado Jiménez A.
Stopped, continued, puncture.

Cachón Alejandro - Jandrín
Stopped, continued

Al-Rashed Rakan - Moscatt Dale
Stopped

[Fast Eddie WRC]

[mknight]

Pretty close for many drivers in terms of speed (without taking into account punctures) so many can claim how "speed was there".

Greensmith was best of the normal positioned drivers on Saturday, weaker Friday and Sunday even with win.

Solberg had both first days weaker, but specially on Saturday could control. Yet it seems he ruined his tires on that normal last stage for no good reason which then hurt him on first stage of Sunday. Epic drive today, yet not enough.

Mikkelsen was fastest on Friday and second fastest today, but a bit weaker on Saturday. Still 43s behind win after losing 1:55 with tire off rim.

Fourmaux was fast Friday morning and best on Saturday with big road position advantage. Not good today.

Suninen kinda falls in the middle, never really great but never bad either.


Anyway seems new Fabia might not be so great on really slow stages like we had on Friday, so Sardinia might be interesting.

[Jarek Z]

Did Solberg get fined for doing donuts? Is this normal? How is this going to help this sport increase popularity?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/solbe...4v0p6GNpSulgn8

[Rallyper]

If they´d let him pay some 500 Euros or smth, but to affect the whole standings in the rally by punish him with timepenalty is ridiculous. Always is.

[PLuto]

I dont agree with this rule about doughnuts, it is not helping the popularity of the sport. But this rule exists and everybody knows about it. And every organiser can write in regulations that dougnuts are allowed on specified places. On the other hand, in supplementary regulations was clearly written that doughnuts are completely forbidden and penalty for breaking this rule will be minimum 5 minutes. So in this case only 1 min penalty for Solberg is breaking the rules by stewards and one big joke...

But for me biggest mistake is on the side of organisers, who put this sentence to the regulations. If they will write only doughnuts are not allowed without any specification of penalty, it can give stewards more freedom in choosing the penalty.

[denkimi]

But for me biggest mistake is on the side of organisers, who put this sentence to the regulations. If they will write only doughnuts are not allowed without any specification of penalty, it can give stewards more freedom in choosing the penalty.

Indeed.
I get why donuts etc are forbidden, but it should be up to the stewards to decide what the punishment is. If it was in a safe place a warning would suffice, if it was really dangerous they can give 5 minutes or even disqualification.