[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[pantealex]

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

[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).

[nafpaktos]

We can also ask why nobody uses Polo RRC

because of no availability

[Eli]

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...e-in-portugal/ uncertainty for Portugal being in the calendar next year

[Francis44]

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...e-in-portugal/ uncertainty for Portugal being in the calendar next year

As far as I know a deal is in place for Rally de Portugal in the calendar for the next 4 years, obviously those deals are worthless until signed on contract but we will see.

[Livewireshock]

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...e-in-portugal/ uncertainty for Portugal being in the calendar next year

It is a shame if this event was to fall through. To be a victim of it's own success. When the extra spectators create costs that are too great for the organisation to handle. Also the be caught in a political process of dealing with four times the number of local government authorities is always going to be a struggle. Regardless of any 4 year agreements, I am sure there will be a great deal of hassle in appeasing the mayors with great associated costs. That is unless there is a greater groundswell of support for this event.

[tommeke_B]

Maybe they could start by selling entry tickets (like in most events) in order to gain some income and keep only the interested people on stages...

[WUff1]

Maybe the reason are some organisational failures like burning down of zero car in SS2, Bertelli´s accident and some other incidents we don´t know?

[Mintexmemory]

Maybe they could start by selling entry tickets (like in most events) in order to gain some income and keep only the interested people on stages...

13 WRC events in 2015 of which only 6 sell entry tickets for access to all stages - now my maths says less than 50% is not 'most'. ;-)
Of the 6 that have an entry fee Poland only works out as £26 for the basic access pass!

[Rally Power]

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/wm/nach...e-in-portugal/ uncertainty for Portugal being in the calendar next year

Total BS from rallye-magazin!

Organizers always knew that there was an extra cost from moving the event to the north, and they've managed to fully fit the budget. Money is no issue for the Rali de Portugal.

It seems that some "observers" were hoping to be spectator's issues in this year rally, but WE, portuguese spectators, give a fine demonstration of passionate and collaborative behaviour.

FIA and WRC people were amazed with the atmosphere, so let's not speculate simply because portuguese WRC contract ends this year (like the others rallies not mentioned in the pre 2016 calendar). No doubt it'll be renovated for the proposed 4 years, as Carlos Barbosa (RP chairman and FIA WRC commission president) already said.