[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[mknight]

There is quite a lot of room between the two extremes you mentioned.
In fact there is so much room that it almost makes your post pointless.

Manufacturers/PR people do some cost vs benefit calculation quite often. Those calculations are not binary only.

[denkimi]

Basically an WRC then... It's the aero that's dragging up the price a lot and you would have to change the rest of the drivetrain also not just fit a 6 speed box. I've forgotten what the price of a rear wing now is but it used to be 9000€ for the Impreza S10...

Aero are just some pieces of carbon, it's the development cost that makes it expensive.

So if they sell more cars, that price can go down quite a lot quickly.

[AL14]

If everything goes down't it's not because of machinery.

It was said thousand times before. How much the teams can spend is not driven by technical rules but by the value of the championship title. If the championship attracts large number of audience and it's popular as hell, it can run cars made of gold and the manufacturers will go for it anyway. If nobody cares about the championship, driving cheap cars will not save it.

Agree 100%

[deephouse]

Agree 100%

Mitsubishi Lancer is all over the internet today. Could it be that they are considering WRC 2022 with it? Hope so..

[Tarmop]

There is quite a lot of room between the two extremes you mentioned.
In fact there is so much room that it almost makes your post pointless.

Manufacturers/PR people do some cost vs benefit calculation quite often. Those calculations are not binary only.

Thankfully not only, because then it would be nasty hybrid SUV WRC`s.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

World Rally Championship: 'Hopes are high' for Ireland return...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/motorsport/48803645

[Fast Eddie WRC]

New Titans RX Series debut last weekend... featuring Craig Breen (straight from Ypres) and Hayden Paddon !

https://youtu.be/UI-ybLgEwOU

[GravelBen]

New Titans RX Series debut last weekend... featuring Craig Breen (straight from Ypres) and Hayden Paddon !

https://youtu.be/UI-ybLgEwOU

I wasn't impressed with the track to be honest, no real passing opportunities apart from bumping off the car in front - practically every race win was decided by the first corner. Hopefully the next round is better.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Anyone think the rumour of Paddon in a Fiesta WRC for Finland is possible ?

[Mintexmemory]

World Rally Championship: 'Hopes are high' for Ireland return...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/motorsport/48803645

If Brexit happens the chances of this going ahead are virtually zero. Even if we are still in the EU, without a Stormont assembly functioning the funding won't be available. And speaking as an inhabitant of the island of GB, that is where a Rally GB needs to be, not elsewhere in the (for the time being) UK.