Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Robert Barrable to give Hyundai i20 R5 Irish Tarmac RC debut In West Cork next month.

Paddy Flanagan, ITRC Manager:

“We all know what a talented driver Robert is, it was fantastic to see him along with Damian Connolly back in the Tarmac Championship in Galway, and now, going to West Cork in the new Hyundai i20 is another brilliant boost for the championship. We now have five different manufacturers represented in class 5″.

Robert plans a short test before the serious business begins in West Cork.

[Jarek Z]

Elwis Chentre and Fulvio Florean are going to drive Hyundai i20 R5 in Rally Il Ciocco (the first round of Italian rally championship on March 19):
http://www.motorzone.it/rally/al-via...yundai-i20-r5/

[Rally Power]

R5 regs to 2018 will be exciting

Bigger air restrictor? It’s a wild guess but the Skoda unit testing in Portugal seems faster than the current one and like it was suggested it could be the first test car for both Skoda and VW ’18 models.
D1OM video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DPaKvl69vk

[Andre Oliveira]

Pech



Rallybaron (Finland)

[NoFear85]

Car from OPV from Slovenia, driver Viliam Prodan in Croatian championship.


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[OldF]

I see that the issue of Evos are not as simple as it seems.

But Rally-Power asked a valid question, will different upgrades be registred into the FIA Passport of the individual car?

I would imagine that the crew has the homologation papers for scrutineering that corresponds to the parts used in the car.

[RS]

Bigger air restrictor? It’s a wild guess but the Skoda unit testing in Portugal seems faster than the current one and like it was suggested it could be the first test car for both Skoda and VW ’18 models.
D1OM video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DPaKvl69vk

It does look and sound more powerful but they could just be testing some joker parts which are due this year.

I notice MSport no longer list the Fiesta R5+ on their website (34mm restrictor vs. 32mm standard). Anyone know whether this car proved reliable for the people that used it and whether it provided much of a performance boost?

[OldF]

VO - optional part; normally it's not allowed to combine various VOs for some functional parts, for exmaple You can't combine brake discs from one VO with calipers from another one

In the past the VOs (variant options) was the way to homologate the competition parts. I think nowadays the VO homologations are mainly for parts that don’t have a big impact on the performance and the real competition parts are homologated with jokers which amounts are restricted.

I once asked a guy from our ASN and he said that it’s impossible to deduce which VOs or ERs on the homologation list (http://www.fia.com/regulation/category/760 General - 2017 complete list of homologated vehicles with extensions) are competition parts (jokers) and which are VOs (some brackets and supports etc.) because both are VOs in homologation list.

I’m not sure but I think the joker homologation only applies to R5 and WRC cars and cars in R1 – R3 classes still follow the traditional VO homologations.

[Jarek Z]

Vaclav Pech and his new Ford Fiesta R5 on a test session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC6p_qg-7PY