Hmmm interesting. So right now the tech "stops" on the RE-X1 car or if manufacturers had more room to play around it could be at Rally1-ISH levels? Considering the weight-performance-safety balance... Like, are the current tube frame cars lighter?
Alone they are slightly lighter but not with the 84 kg heavy hybrid system. With it they are actually heavier than the previous generation of WRC cars (30 kg more total weight).
In short, yes. There are couple of drivers and a co-driver among them, although in two different cases.
One is a multiple-time ERC podium finisher and started with an orange Yaris and Skoda RS this...
Why would the developement be 20 milion lol... I doubt it will cost more than Rally2 to develop it, the parts are more or less the same, except with WRC27 they don't have to worry about the...
FIA price cap is one of the biggest scams ever ;)
no one respecting this, Skoda and Toyota are far over 300.000€, already on the level of this so called 2027 Rally1.
Funny how bending the law and motorsport seem to be indelibly linked! When I was young it was drivers stealing cars to order for parts to fund their rallying rather than "white collar" crime like tax...
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