Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[PLuto]

I still think that biggest mistake of Emil was that he was going to WRC2 too quickly. And from beginning he wanted to fight for best places with factory drivers... He should stay one year in ERC with R5 car to know the car well...

[Rallyper]

To me it´s also about economy. Bergkvist had to take what they could afford. And the Citroen wasn´t, and isn´t the best car. The Citroen is way from the pace reliability compared to Skoda and Fiesta.
I have seen him driving 4WD cars in sweden and don´t think that´s the problem.

If you don´t drive many rallies and on top of all, when you do your seldom apparencies you have more on your shoulders than just driving fast.

That combination to me, could be an explanation. However he´s done mistakes as well, so at the time being I´m quite mixed up with the feelings for Emil. Should want him the best, but that hasn´t been seen for long now.

[Andre Oliveira]

R5 with paddleshift in 2018? Costs will increase. Stupid guys will damage the best car rules in years.

[br21]

Yes, MSport was testing it already mid last year.
I think FIA will tell that WRC cars become more advanced, so they need to make R5 more advanced also, etc. And main reason is to make R5 more expensive to make room for new R4, as currently it won't be much cheaper than R5...

[PLuto]

Another stupid decision made by FIA. Like usually...

[RS]

Does paddleshift even make the cars quicker or just easier to drive?

What other changes are coming to R5?

[Andre Oliveira]

Restrictor size will change too

[RS]

Restrictor size will change too

To?

[CWJ]

Does paddleshift even make the cars quicker or just easier to drive?

In my opinion faster and more reliable gear change. Better for the gearbox itself, less demanding.

[RS]

I understand the need for faster R5 cars in order to reduce the gap to the new WRCars, but perhaps it would have been better to not increase the speed of those too.