Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[TWRC]

Speaking of Finland, Juha Salo has just won Finnish Rally Campionship. Could it be the biggest success of Peugeot 208 T16 this year?

If Andreucci won't win the title in Italy or Riedemann in Germany, then most likely so.

[leighton323]

That's new for me!
Toyota Vitz (Yaris) on Rally Hokkaydo on FIA APRC entry list.
The car looks like the S2000 but with turbo engine. Could be a new R5?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGjhW3jqdXE

That's an AP4 car.

http://fiaaprc.com/2016/03/cusco-expand-2016/

Similar to cars built in NZ by Force Motorsport. The class is designed for the niche created between R5 and group N in the Asia Pacific area.

Other cars designed for the class but not yet compliant are :
Hyundai i20 AP4 - http://nzrallycars.weebly.com/jsl191.html

Mazda 2 AP4 - http://nzrallycars.weebly.com/htq248.html

[Zeakiwi]

Also the Inky Skoda AP4+
http://nzrallycars.weebly.com/jhb976.html
And GM Barinas under construction

http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/fabie-na-czele,70820 (Sumiyama vitz ap4)

[TWRC]

Videos of Quentin Gilbert's DS3 R5 development test:



https://youtu.be/blRwTq4CuCY
https://youtu.be/mQKKFkKLRdk

[Rally Power]

That's an AP4 car.
(...)Similar to cars built in NZ by Force Motorsport. The class is designed for the niche created between R5 and group N in the Asia Pacific area.

The main advantage from AP4 rules (like those of MR or N5) is to allow private teams to build and homologate competitive rally cars at more affordable prices. This way the sport doesn’t get hostage of manus lack of interest and rally costumers can get a wider and cheaper choice.

It’s a shame that in Europe cars like the Mirage R5 (and probably MEM’s future Iriz R5) won’t be allowed to run alongside similar cars made by manus tuners, simply because they’re not official projects.

[Rally Power]

Eventually, Sarrazin entered Pays de Fayence Rally only as a 0 car. Homologation issues or team option?


Photo: forum-rallye.com

[Jarek Z]

Eventually, Sarrazin entered Pays de Fayence Rally only as a 0 car.

Yes, what a disappointment.
Video from Pays de Fayence Rally can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPm6GAQ1qSY

[Rally Power]

Speaking of Finland, Juha Salo has just won Finnish Rally Campionship.

EWrc and other data rally sites have it, but why not try to make our own 2016 national champs (mostly R5’s) record on the European national champs thread? First entry (France) already there.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

i20 R5 of Andolfi ready for TdC ...

[Abarth]

Is Toyota working for a R5 project now?