Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Mirek]

Was there ever such talk? I lived under an impression that the reason was mainly to differentiate more R5 and R4 cars.

[PLuto]

The reason for paddle shifts was mainly forced by manufacturers. FIA is happy with R5 category (despite the price is higher that they wanted).

[AnttiL]

https://rallysportmag.com/feature-ci...new-c3-r5-car/

Article about the C3 R5 development

[Andre Oliveira]

"2018 will see the return of the new WRC cars after one year of use and fine-tuning, and the debut of new cars in lower categories, including the new Citroen C3R5 and Hyundai i20R5 and perhaps also the Toyota Yaris R5."

In Rallye Monte-Carlo guide 1

[pantealex]

"2018 will see the return of the new WRC cars after one year of use and fine-tuning, and the debut of new cars in lower categories, including the new Citroen C3R5 and Hyundai i20R5 and perhaps also the Toyota Yaris R5."

In Rallye Monte-Carlo guide 1

They did forgot 2 very important new R5:

POLO
and
FIESTA

[RS]

I thought Citroen already ruled out Monte?

And we have seen nothing of the Polo, Yaris or new Fiesta yet. I presume they are already all testing but one would expect to have seen something by this stage.

[the sniper]

And we have seen nothing of the Polo, Yaris or new Fiesta yet. I presume they are already all testing but one would expect to have seen something by this stage.

The closest I've seen to a release date for the new Fiesta is a quote from Motorsport News from Paul Bird, British (formerly World) Superbike team boss and long time M Sport privateer WRC customer, on returning from a two year drug ban earlier this year. He said: “I’ll have an R5, but I’m going to wait for the new shape to come out at the end of 2018. I’ll use the Focus [WRC '07] until then. I can always hire a car.”
https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/?p=57928

[dimviii]

BILLIOT Jérémie‏*@planetemarcus
#WRC New Tarmac test in France for Citroën Racing debuts today with @SLefebvreRallye and new C3R5 → http://bit.ly/2y3JYyA

[dimviii]

nice livery from Galatariotis fabia r5 at Cyprus

[TWRC]

C3 R5 tarmac test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgxPU5WHqK0
It seems like they were using similar front suspension solution as the tarmac spec C3 WRC.