Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Zeakiwi]

Latvala and the Polo WRC won the last Acropolis WRC. VW team would have the data, experience to see what a pounding the car got from the event to know Greece is a worthwhile test location to test parts to the maximum in the heat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_Rally

[the sniper]

How come? We have not seen any teams testing in our country for long I think...

Skoda have tested the Fabia fairly regularly in Greece, google "Skoda R5 test Greece". Most recent was seemingly August 2017.

[dimviii]

In March, Skoda introduced the revised Fabia. Above all, the new front catches the eye, which has been adapted to the current design language of the brand. About twelve months later, the R5 version is adjusted accordingly, but most changes are under the sheet metal dress.
For some time the improvements of Skoda Motorsport are intensively tested - currently in Germany. It is not just about a completely new powertrain, which should be significantly lighter, a completely redesigned safety cage provides the basis for the new Fabia R5. In addition, a new chassis kinematics to provide even more travel in the class leader.

With these measures Skoda wants to maintain its supremacy on the lucrative R5 market. In autumn, Volkswagen is planning to introduce the Polo R5, based on the new and larger Group platform ("MQB-A0"), which, however, has disadvantages compared to its predecessor in motorsport. Skoda will use this only in the next generation of the Fabia, until then, the Czechs have all the trumps in their hands and want to use them.

https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...f-den-polo-r5/

[RS]

I thought Skoda already introduced an upgraded engine in Corsica? Are these more changes they are talking about?

[the sniper]

Apologies for the rubbish quality and angle here, I was just strolling about and only just arrived at this spot, but I've just watched Oliver Mellors roll the R5 Proton on the Goodwood Festival rally stage. Slow speed, both him and passenger seemed physically fine.

https://youtu.be/cytxMA02phM
https://youtu.be/dsdOJb0DGmY

[Mirek]

I thought Skoda already introduced an upgraded engine in Corsica? Are these more changes they are talking about?

I think that it is going to be a completely new car (with a new homologation number).

[RS]

I think that it is going to be a completely new car (with a new homologation number).

So if I understand the article correctly this will debut next March?

And they are allowed to do this because changes to the road car (facelift) means they can pretend it’s a different car?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Proton Iriz R5 driven by Ollie Mellors at Goodwood. I'm not 100% but last I saw he was fastest on the rally stage, beating the earlier times of Evans & Ostberg.

[dimviii]

Camilli testing at Italian asphalt the polo r5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=8jIrCz6UNqU

[Mirek]

Have You noticed that the car has finally clearly different sound than Fabia?

Anyway it looks good on the video.

Is it Rally Sanremo stage?