Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[AnttiL]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hybri...t-three-years/

Hybrid not expected in Rally2 cars

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ollie Mellors and his Proton Iriz R5 were second overall in Three Shires Stages 2021. Mellors was leading until the penultimate stage, but lost the last stage and the whole rally by 3 seconds.

Final results:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/7...s-stages-2021/

Some photos:

https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...63800580406342

https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...62186347234432

https://www.facebook.com/MellorsElli...63053933814340

Good to see them come back after that huge crash on the 'Grist'.

They are certainly dedicated to the Iriz R5 but I honestly cant see many takers when there are so many used proven R5's out there.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hybri...t-three-years/

Hybrid not expected in Rally2 cars

More on the P1 'sustainable' racing fuel:

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-wrc-swi...usive-provider

[Mirek]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hybri...t-three-years/

Hybrid not expected in Rally2 cars

A clash with reality. Unlike with the Rally1 cars the manufacturers need to persuade the customers to buy their Rally2 cars and the simple fact is that they can't selll what no-one wants. At least Škoda Motorsport and M-Sport are dependent on doing profitable business with rally cars and the hybrids are not going to help them in that.

[RS]

Meeke testing new Fabia in Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6CS4Ua6Io

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb-_zk-wwbM

[mknight]

Skoda says August 2022 homologation target for new Fabia.

Isn't that really late if they already stopped making new chassis of the current one? Do they
aim for not selling any new cars for almost a year?

[Jarek Z]

Maybe they are busy celebrating?
https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/...da-motorsport/

[Kenneth]

I'm just guessing, but I guess they don't want to hurry up things, and I bet they would still build new cars, but they are still part of the corporate and new gen Fabia is already being sold.

[Mirek]

Skoda says August 2022 homologation target for new Fabia.

Isn't that really late if they already stopped making new chassis of the current one? Do they
aim for not selling any new cars for almost a year?

They are going to win both WRC2 and ERC and maybe even WRC3 without being involved on the works level themselves. That means they don't need to hurry. Besides that I heard the new car was still far from being ready.

[mknight]

As you seemingly haven't noticed I am talking about car sales from now until next August. Not about performance.

I totally get there is no rush to homologate early from performance perspective. But what about people coming and wanting to buy a new car?
The easiest would be to continue making the current car a bit longer, is that going to happen and is it even possible?