Running liaisons on electricity was an idea promoted at certain point by FIA but naturally it was rejected because carrying a few hundred kilos of ballast in a competition car which is completely useless on stage makes no sense whatsoever.
Why do you say the extra parts (weight) don't make sense ? We tend to forget the essence rallying : Laison (=going from one place to the next) is also part of the rally - even if today it is totally uneventful. Otherwise, this is world RX ...
Its not as if anyone is going to build a career on winning one of the EHRC titles but its bragging rights for those with deep enough pockets to be able to mount a campaign and dont just want to do...
Yeah in circuit racing historic basically means not current cars. You can see even cars from 2010s racing there.
Tbh I wouldn't mind seeing that in rallying too. There are many WRCs, S1600, S2000...
One Point. No Favours. Norris-Piastri War Begins.
McLaren’s explanation hasn’t budged. Conditions, not conspiracies. “Hot tarmac, sliding tyre,” as Stella put it. Norris found lap time in the...
My Rally Japan route preview:
https://www.powerslideblog.com/wrc-route-previews/2025/rally-japan-2025-route-preview
Pretty similar to last year, Isegami's Tunnel has been reversed and slightly...
McErlean's sponsors already mentioned some time earlier this year, that he has already shown enough progress to keep his fundings.
Silly Season 2026