Circuit of Ireland Rally 2015

[Fast Eddie WRC]

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...

So why are the WRC cars slower than the R5's when their drivers know their cars and roads far better than the ERC guys like Lappi last year ? Also, Breen & Abbring's new R5 was more powerful than the Skoda but the S2000 was faster due to its greatly more developed chassis..

Are you just saying that the Irish WRC drivers are that slow despite their greater power and active diffs etc ?

BTW, I have been following the Irish Tarmac championship for many years and have heard the discussion on why certain cars are faster others on these events many, many times. You dont have the monopoly on knowledge.

Regarding power vs chassis, I know from personal experience that a well set-up lower-powered car can easily be faster than a more powerful one with a poor chassis, out on the country lanes.