Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

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Just came here to say that I find interesting to listen to Colin and the other Dirt Fish guys talking on the podcast about how WRC is the "ultimate proving ground" for manufacturers to develop technology and showcase their innovations...
While WEC reporters say WEC is the ultimate proving ground for manufacturers to develop technology and etc...
And F1 say it is the ultimate proving ground for bla bla bla.... And Formula-E and Extreme-E also say they are the proving ground for new tech and bla bla bla...

hahah Interesting.. I enjoy all of these championships and yet I dont see any of them being the proving ground for anything. I dont even know what that mean. Are any of these series actually developing something for the road?

Cuz if I were to guess, maybe that RoboRace could be the actual series that could be used as a "proving ground" series, but so far no one seems interested haha... The new FIM E-Xplorer World Cup could be more interesting, with 3 "manufacturers" building an electric moto that is capable of racing in urban and terrain (if we are talking about "proving ground"). The Air Race is also returning without RedBull, and they have this plan to start having eVtols with only manufacturer teams. That would be VEERY interesting from this tech-development point of view...

Where is "autosport" right now?