[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Mirek]

R5 has better gear ratio, I believe.

btw. Why nobody uses DS 3 RRC ?

I don't think so. Br21 may correct me but normal gearbox of Fiesta R5 has top speed only 175 km/h. There is a longer option but still for RRC there are all WRC ratios available with six gears instead of five. Engine of the R5 is stronger but with much weaker ALS and only five speed gearbox. Also I believe the suspension of RRC is better and Poland is full of jumps. We can also expect some ruts. The overall reliability is for sure better with RRC. Maybe the experience of M-Sport Polska which runs car of Kajetanowicz plays a role here.

RRC cars are very expensive and Citröen probably especially much. We can also ask why nobody uses Polo RRC

Lefebvre is kind of factory driver, so he should use RRC if it´s faster than DS 3 R5

They need to promote R5 as the sales aren't as good as expected due to all the problems with PSA R5 cars (mainly Peugeot).