I would say C3 is the most reliable car. Fiesta for sure is not. Remember what happened to Suninen in Germany? Evans in Portugal? Evans in Wales 2018? Bouffier in Corsica 2018? Evans in Mexico 2017? Tänak in Monte and Sweden 2017?
Indeed C3 has been clearly the most reliable car of the 4, definitely since mid 2017 or so.
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car.
Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
That was exceptional circumstances.
This situation is purely due to the state of the Championship when the team with the biggest history in the sport cant go on.
Lowest point was probably when they had to put the top class drivers to run RX2e cars for the final races of the season, after the whole fire on the Lancias drama.
Despite bad results, Max McRae wants to continue competing in ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/en/news/mcrae-keeping-positive-looking-to-an-erc-future-and-a-day-with-the-stars
Hyundai? Where is that 4th car, you loudly talk at the beginning of the season? We all know Neuville will not be the one, who will get this car.
I just hope, that the car he will receive will not...
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car. Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
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