[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[giu canbera]

Do you guys think Ford will bring the Focus to WRC? Cuz the new street car (Focus 2016) will be a 4wd 320HP manual shif.!!
are 'murican Subaru fans going nuts now? =P

[EightGear]

No.

[pantealex]

Do you guys think Ford will bring the Focus to WRC? Cuz the new street car (Focus 2016) will be a 4wd 320HP manual shif.!!
are 'murican Subaru fans going nuts now? =P

VW has Golf R 4wd and +300hp and they still use Polo.

so, NO!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Do you guys think Ford will bring the Focus to WRC? Cuz the new street car (Focus 2016) will be a 4wd 320HP manual shif.!!

Ford official release of the 4WD Focus RS: https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...-focus-rs.html

[AndyRAC]

Should really be a Fiesta, with 3 doors, 1.6T & 4WD..... That's if RS still means Rallye Sport.

[Jack4688`]

nafpaktos I think you're putting too much emphasis on the tradition and history behind Tour de Corse. Honestly I wouldn't get a single positive answer if I asked non car guys or non motorsport fans what Tour de Corse is.

Also the ERC and WRC can't really be considered rivals - the WRC needs manufacturers to thrive, while ERC needs privateers to thrive. This means the rallies themselves have a very different feel to them. In ERC circles the Rallye du Valais is certainly not a downgrade. The fans watching on Eurosport will certainly not be disappointed, the rally will have plenty of spectators and the competitors will enjoy it.

Valais will be good for ERC, Tour de Corse can be good for WRC (if they don't fuck it up).

[Mk2 RS2000]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald...d-Rally-Champs

Hyundai Motorsports second team.

[liposh]

Jack4688: You are right in some points, but not in all of them. In this specific case it is not downgrade to replace Corse with Valais (at least for spectators) , but it is not possible to do it repeatedly. ERC and WRC should not be rivals but in fact they are. Because of better coverage ERC is much more than second league. And for example such manufacturers as Skoda don´t need WRC for promo, they need ERC .

nafpaktos: In my opinion people from ERC received the money from Tour de Corse organizers (0,4 mio Eur, right?) and they will not return it back. Something like fine (penalty) for Tour de Corse organizers for leaving ERC. And after that the case is closed for people from ERC. That is why they agreed. That is definitely the way of Mr. Ribeiro´s thinking. I don´t say he is bad guy or good guy, but he is exactly THAT kind of guy.

[COD]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald...d-Rally-Champs

Hyundai Motorsports second team.

Hopefully they will run other drivers than Abbring also alongside Paddong during the year

[jbmarcus21]

Tour de Corse 2015 Wrc is officially confirmed http://planetemarcus.com/le-rallye-w...tour-en-corse/