Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
Power matters but not so much on these technical, twisty, bumpy roads... the chassis is a bigger factor.

When WRC cars compete with a RRC/R5 on the Irish Tarmac Championship its only on the faster stages that they take time. They are also able to run higher gearing so have higher top speeds on any long flat-out sections.
Eddie, what You write makes little sense. I don't know where to start. if You think that CoI is twisty event go to Tour de Corse. If You think that engine matters less on twisty events You are again wrong. The engine matters the least where there are extremely fast flat out corners from start to finish such as in Finland. CoI has a lot of T-junctions where power actually matters a lot. Anyway the difference in power between WRC and R5 is so big that it always matters unless You have a snow stage without studs...