WRC mainclass from 2027

[Fast Eddie WRC]

[WRCStan]

Impressive. 1 day and nothing on DirtFish.

Official launch tomorrow (Wednesday) according to a comment on YT.

[WRCStan]

This is probably the most exciting news in the WRC for the last 10 years. Not just the fact that's it's Lancia, but it's actually a new manufacturer joining the party. Lancia managed to keep this very quiet, so hopefully we will start seeing more surprises pop up before the 2027 championship kicks off.

It depends what they announce if you're hoping for a work's team in the mainclass. This is the wrong thread really for a Rally2 build, might just be as simple as shifting the sales from Citroen to Lancia.

[rallyfiend]

Mikkelsen is on the case, trying to persuade Skoda to continue and make a 27 Car.

He can’t even persuade Skoda to give him a drive, what on earth makes you think he can persuade them on their entire motorsport strategy…?!

[deephouse]

He can’t even persuade Skoda to give him a drive, what on earth makes you think he can persuade them on their entire motorsport strategy…?!

What if he doesn't want that anymore, and want to compete in the main class as 2027 is the ''best'' time to start from beginning. If he would do Rally2 campaign he could be bad and that would certainly kill his career entirely... But on the other side he could be sharp and just drive for mileage, testing, do various things for them, since he drove various Rally1/WRC cars for a long time. But I think they could be persuade if someone from Hyundai squad or even Toyota could step into their office. Maybe Seb and do full season from start.

[Eli]

Took them a while: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/lanci...ected-in-2026/

[Kenneth]

Via Xabi Nicolay

So I still wonder what this was supposed to be, because it's completely different than the real Ypsilon Rally2. Is that some mule based on C3? The overall shape and shape of radiator intakes looks like C3.

Someone here said it's real photo, so I'll believe it's not photoshoped (althroug many things point to that). So is it really some kind of mule for 2027?

[pedro16]

So I still wonder what this was supposed to be, because it's completely different than the real Ypsilon Rally2. Is that some mule based on C3? The overall shape and shape of radiator intakes looks like C3.

Someone here said it's real photo, so I'll believe it's not photoshoped (althroug many things point to that). So is it really some kind of mule for 2027?

It was made with AI. The account who posted the image confirmed.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

He can’t even persuade Skoda to give him a drive, what on earth makes you think he can persuade them on their entire motorsport strategy…?!

I was merely referring this interview and his successful connection with Skoda and rally car development experience...

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/mikke...rd%20challenge!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Dirtfish delay on covering the Lancia story was due to them being at Rally Paraguay...

https://youtu.be/sP-R8IJhQ8Y?si=4a8lXn-lK93r3gMo