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Thread: WRC control tyre supplyer
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12th February 2024, 00:57 #11
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The "free market" option sounds great to begin with but it very quickly turns into a money battle and becomes very expensive for the tyre manufacturer who wants to win and for any team that has to buy their tyres to keep up with the team with a sponsorship deal from the best manufacturer. Not many tyre manufacturers these days are prepared to get into that kind of financial battle. Not all of them were even prepared to get into the bidding war for the WRC contract. If there was some way of making all teams source their tyres on the open market rather than through deals with the tyre makers it might work but even then how do you ensure that somebody doesn't get tyres with "trick" compounds to give them an advantage as has happened in saloon car racing in the past.
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12th February 2024, 09:50 #12
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Of course, I completely agree that there is always the possibility of the upside as well as the downside.
However, I don’t think it will ever happen again in the main series because the tyre supply contract is a sponsorship and revenue stream for the series they support. If you have open tyres, the teams take the benefit of free tyres, whereas now the teams pay and the tyre manufacturer pays the series. Rallying has no doubt monetised the fuel supply as well with P1, rather than have each team with their own fuel suppliers.
I personally like the technical freedom route for myself, but as the promoter of a series you will surely want the performance of the cars as close as possible with less variables that can lead to one team having a large advantage.
That is the modern way of thinking rather than outright open competition.
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13th February 2024, 16:24 #13
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Arent the tire rules in SuperGT similar to engines and chassis? "You can build stuff inside these specs to ensure a certain parity"...?
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15th February 2024, 07:51 #14
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Under the current rwgulations, what possibilities has the newcomer Hankook have to test their development tyres in anger for the top 3 carclasses i WRC?
Will they have to use ERC for rally2 and 3, and a mule for rally1, or are there loopholes?
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15th February 2024, 07:59 #15
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15th February 2024, 08:00 #16
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15th February 2024, 10:22 #17
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Some WRC teams were testing Hankook tyres, so development is in progress.
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11th July 2024, 18:28 #18
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What are the first impressions on the Hankooks for Rally1 through alle car classes all the way down to Rally4/5?
Are the becoming competitive?
A bit strange that they do not sponsor cars in WRC and ERC motr to get better data to develop from.
Have Hankook mentioned why not?
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11th July 2024, 18:31 #19
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11th July 2024, 19:56 #20
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Given that it seems all three teams have been co-opted in to doing the development testing - and indeed by definition their drivers - the fact there is little negative rumours, it seems like it must be going well.
Fourmaux to Hyundai does mean money to Malcolm Wilson as well, doesn´t it?
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