[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The new Focus RS short appearance in Block’s last gymk video https://youtu.be/_hf6ke1-i3E?t=518 is being supposed as his new car for RX championship. Can the Focus also become MSport rally car for 2017?

Nice idea, but that's purely a Rallycross Focus.

The car would be too big for a 1.6T, so unless WRC rules change then the Mk8 Fiesta will be the next Ford used for rally (2018 ?).

[Rally Power]

What happened to the plan of allowing C and D segments cars in WRC?

[pantealex]

What happened to the plan of allowing C and D segments cars in WRC?

They are allowed already, there is no such rule that says you can´t use bigger base car.

[Andre Oliveira]

It is market that decides. Makes want "sell" the Fiesta, Fabia, etc....

[Jack4688`]

Because the rules state a minimum length the car used is as small as possible, generally speaking. So that makes it detrimental to use a Focus, for example, as it is a bigger car than the Fiesta. But nothing in the rules states that it isn't allowed

[Eli]

Because the rules state a minimum length the car used is as small as possible, generally speaking. So that makes it detrimental to use a Focus, for example, as it is a bigger car than the Fiesta. But nothing in the rules states that it isn't allowed

well before 2011, World rally cars also had to apply to the weight restriction of no more than 1230Kg and both the C4 & the Focus didn't seem to have a problem.

[Mirek]

well before 2011, World rally cars also had to apply to the weight restriction of no more than 1230Kg and both the C4 & the Focus didn't seem to have a problem.

No such rule ever existed. There is only minimal weight for homologated rally variant and that has nothing to do with the weight of stock car.

The rule is same now. All cars use additional balance anyway (only first S2000 cars could not reach their minimum limit which was originally set to 1100 kg and only later modified to 1200 kg). Anyway the stock cars in that time were pretty heavy as there wasn't the recent CO2 mania ongoing but rather another Renault-started safety mania.

[GigiGalliNo1]

Service park banter in Mexico is that Kubica will do a few European rounds this year...

[Karukera]

well before 2011, World rally cars also had to apply to the weight restriction of no more than 1230Kg and both the C4 & the Focus didn't seem to have a problem.

Eli, you probably meant "no less than" (...) .

[itix]

What happened to the plan of allowing C and D segments cars in WRC?

You mean the rules change that would force manufacturers to use D segment cars as base? Thank f*** that never happened