[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[noel157]

Yes, perhaps a bit early for Paddon to be a specialist.

[kirungi okwogera]

Yes it's not like his times or results are particularly worse on tarmac events, and indeed it's early to choose a speciality for him (other than southern hemisphere rallies on which the home advantage seems to help).

[BDA Cosworth]

Yes it's not like his times or results are particularly worse on tarmac events, and indeed it's early to choose a speciality for him (other than southern hemisphere rallies on which the home advantage seems to help).

It's always going to be gravel for him. He's had to adjust his driving style a lot since the group N days that's for sure.

[EstWRC]

About Kubica http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117016

[jbmarcus21]

Planetemarcus was born 10years ago !

Thanks everybody


http://planetemarcus.com/planetemarc...-anniversaire/

[dimviii]

FIA World Motorsport Council decisions

2015 Calendar

25 January MCO Rally Monte Carlo**
15 February SWE Rally Sweden
08 March MEX Rally Mexico*
26 April ARG Rally Argentina
24 May PRT Rally Portugal
14 June ITA Rally Italy*
05 July POL Rally Poland
02 August FIN Rally Finland
23 August DEU Rallye Germany
13 September AUS Rally Australia
04 October FRA Rally France**
25 October ESP Rally Spain
15 November GBR Rally Great Britain

Note: The finish date given is the Sunday of the rally weekend.
* Subject to ASN’s confirmation.
** Subject to Organisation Agreement

- From 2015, the transmission of performance data or information to or from a competing car, not in relation with safety, is forbidden during special stages to help promote greater competition.

- In order to give greater opportunity to teams entering just one car in the WRC 2 and WRC 3 Championships for Teams, only the best placed car in a team will be taken into account for points.

- It is clarified that a car which has not started from the start line within 20 seconds will be considered as retired and will be able to restart under Rally 2 on the subsequent day.

- In order to give flexibility to non-priority drivers, it is proposed that these drivers may continue to use the previously homologated specifications of asphalt tyres for one additional year.

RALLYING

- From 1 January 2016, R5 cars will be recognised as the top competition car in the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) and the S2000-Rally 1.6 turbo car will no longer be eligible in these events.

- In order to harmonise the number of results counting towards ERC titles, the maximum number of events counting towards the ERC 3 Championship has been increased to seven.

- In order to reduce costs for ERC Junior competitors, the tyre lottery will no longer exist from 2015, enabling competitors to re-use tyres from one rally to another.

- When allowed in the rally Supplementary Regulations, Priority drivers may now be allowed to participate in the shakedown on ERC events, after the results of the Qualifying Stage are official.

- A specific Priority status will be assigned to drivers registered in the FIA R-GT Cup, enabling them to be seeded amongst the P3 drivers during the WRC and ERC Cup events.

- In order to help increase the number of participants in the FIA African Rally Championship, cars homologated by Motorsport South Africa, as well as historical cars conforming to Appendix K, will be eligible in the Championship.

- Similarly, in the FIA Asia-Pacific and NACAM Rally Championships, additional eligible categories have been added and the APRC series may also permit ASN approved cars to compete and score points. Eligible categories are available from the Championship Secretariats.

http://irallylive.com/ir_news.htm?00007764

[SubaruNorway]

"and the S2000-Rally 1.6 turbo car will no longer be eligible in these events."

Clumsy wording there, so you can't run a S2000 or RRC?

[Mirek]

It's not clumsy words. RRC is only M-Sport marketing name which has nothing to do with regulations. These cars are clearly homologated as S2000 1.6T.

Anyway the ban was surprisingly moved from 2015 to 2016.

[pantealex]

"and the S2000-Rally 1.6 turbo car will no longer be eligible in these events."

Clumsy wording there, so you can't run a S2000 or RRC?

simple:
with S2000 2.0 N.A. you can
with S2000 1.6T you can´t

RRC is just marketing name, FIA can´t use it!

[SubaruNorway]

simple:
with S2000 2.0 N.A. you can
with S2000 1.6T you can´t

RRC is just marketing name, FIA can´t use it!

That was what i was wondering, if it was for both.

So for all WRC cars able to run "S2000 1.6T" there are two homologations?