Carbone Lorraine RC6 and RC8 have a level curve and very high friction coefficient from low temperatures. I am not sure, but I have heard that some WRC teams use RC8 on tarmac.
Wilwood A have friction coefficient 0,55 from 35 degrees Celcius, which is already very high. Personally I haven't been able to detect any change in Wilwood A from the first corner to the last, even in crazy stages with 17 km continuous downhill sections. They lose some responsiveness at the end, but they are still as powerful as on the first corner. Pad technology has moved really a lot the past 15 years.
Please see the diagrams I attach.
There wasn't / isn't a suitable (Ford) road car after the Fiesta. They already said the Puma is too tall for rallying as a Rally2/3/4/5.
The Puma Rally1 on a spaceframe was scaled to work and a...
How about collision safety with only spaceframe and no real panels surrounding the bodyshell? Will the G-forces increase when hitting a firm object.
An ordinary bodyshell itself has zones...
I came across this quote from pre-Monte 2025....
Loriaux doesn't see any problem with the late switch to non-hybrid or the need for extra testing...
“I don’t think we need to test more without...
You will be surprised, but yes, they heard. And they didnt liked it (not all of them of course) and were fighting against it. Thats one of the reasons why this category was killed by FIA...
Munster plans only Monte in the Puma, then some Rally2 drives... https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/munsters-2026-rally-plans/
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