Rally4 News

[Mirek]

Nice onboard of René Dohnal (208 Rally4) from Rally Šumava, SS8 Strašínská 2 (the longest and also the fastest stage). It's in 1080p50 and the driver's display is easy to read. The top speed is 172 km/h at roughly 6800 rpm. Shifting up is signalized at around 6000 rpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4idr_zXO8

[pantealex]

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PSA got 30.000€ fine from WRC Portugal, 8x illegal 208 Rally4

[Sulland]

Looks like a good list after day one, with both Opel and Renault of the table in Rally4.
Especially for Renault coming with their first Rally4.

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/68765-rallye-le-touquet-pas-de-calais-2021/?s=325989&ct=1020

[Tom206wrc]

Next battle in the Vosges next weekend, between Lefèbvre(Opel), Fotia(Renault)and Franceschi(Peugeot)

[dupanton]

First signs for the new Clio Rally4 are very positive.

In Touquet Vigion had most scratches in Rally4, but made 2 small mistakes which gave the victory to Lefebvre with the Corsa.
Now in Vosges, Anthony Fotia (winner of the Clio Trophy France 2020 with the Rally5) is leading almost 30sec ahead of Lefebvre with the Corsa and over 1min20 on the Peugeot Rally Cup leaders Hugo Margaillan and Portugues Pedro Almeida.

[Jarek Z]

First signs for the new Clio Rally4 are very positive.

... and the end of the season may be even more positive. I have just realized that Franceschi, driving Renault Clio Rally4, leads ERC3, with just one rally to go. On Islas Canarias the new Clio may achieve a major win in its first year of competition:
https://www.fiaerc.com/countdown-to-...-title-battle/

Current situation in ERC3:
1. Franceschi (Renault Clio Rally4) - 199
2. Bassas (Peugeot 208 Rally4) - 170
3. Pajari (Ford Fiesta Rally4) - 133

[Andre Oliveira]

Put ERC3 Junior where they battle the same number of rallies

[dupanton]

Meanwhile, Fotia is dominating everywhere in France against Lefebvre and 208 cup drivers. I would say the Clio is the fastest Rally4 at the moment.

[TWRC]

Also meanwhile, PSA (and Opel) have together already built 175 Rally4s, they aim to reach 200 by the end of the year.
As far as performance, the French cars seem quite even to me, maybe stage characteristics decide which is better. But Fiesta to me seems a tiny bit behind these at the moment, but may be wrong about this.

[Andre Oliveira]

Development test today in Ponte de Lima