With all this talk about how the Rally1-cars are like the Rally2-cars but with more power, a bit more aero and the hybrid-element...
Wouldn't it make more sense in the long term for the teams to have the developing drivers do more time driving Rally2? No center-diff or active diffs, less aero, 5-speed with stick... Especially Oliver Solberg, but also Katsuta.
Yes, especially for Solberg it didn't make much sense to "learn" the current WRC cars. However for Katsuta, I think the problem is that they don't have Toyota's Rally2 car...
It is always about deals and contracts. Usually drivers are not announcing moving to different team until the previous contract expire. If something like that is happening, it is usually after...
Looks like this series will be worth the wait. All three manufacturer teams featured: https://www.wrc.com/en/news/bigger-stories-and-bigger-stakes-as-more-than-machine-goes-all-in-for-2025
It depends on many things like whose car, which car and what group but mostly market conditions and if they're original, non-common (or made) parts not available elsewhere. Many parts aren't made by...
I call this BS. You were precisely talking about timing (quote: "No-one confirms anything at this stage"). And 2001 is not 1980 and the situation in 2001 was exactly the same, three rallies to go and...
It is always about deals and contracts. Usually drivers are not announcing moving to different team until the previous contract expire. If something like that is happening, it is usually after...
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