M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[EstWRC]

stick shift was news to me, i must have been under the rock then...first time hearing it

[TypeR]

Indeed.. (found spring 2020 DF interview w Matton)
Somehow hadn't heard that..

[AnttiL]

I have to admit I was wrong. I also tried to search for a source mentioning manual shifting, but I guess I just assumed all along that they are going back to that. Sorry.

This is the closest implying of it:

"five-speed transmission very similar in concept to the current Rally2 rules"

https://mailchi.mp/fia/jja3q9igfw-1470585

This is from March 2020.

[doubled1978]

stick shift was news to me, i must have been under the rock then...first time hearing it

Me too, I hadn’t heard that. I have to say I wonder what the motivation for that would be? I presume they mean a mechanical sequential shift.

EDIT. Cost I suppose.

[AnttiL]

In here Millener talks about hydraulic systems which cost around £40,000 so maybe the paddle shift could also be a way to make the cars cheaper.

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...2022-wrc-rules

[TypeR]

and yet they put paddle shift to nearly 10 y.o Berlingo, rather put parking sensors

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Also Wilson wouldnt confirm Fiesta or Puma as their 2022 'base' car.

But I see today Suninen was given a Puma road car...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The Fiesta WRC's big engine upgrade is coming in Croatia according to Gus Greensmith.

[AnttiL]

The Fiesta WRC's big engine upgrade is coming in Croatia according to Gus Greensmith.

At least it's not yet in Arctic Rally, but it has been tested, told by Suninen in a Finnish podcast

[Andre Oliveira]