Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[PLuto]

Not even enough parts to run two cars on a tarmac rally?

Why they should run the car on tarmac rally when they cannot sell it? It is nonsense to do it now...

[RS]

Why they should run the car on tarmac rally when they cannot sell it? It is nonsense to do it now...

From what we have been told about the car it should excel on a rally like Catalunya. It’s end of October.. they can take orders. nobody would expect it to be delivered until next year anyway. Unclear what the point of homologating it now was if they don’t intend to use it?

[PLuto]

From what we have been told about the car it should excel on a rally like Catalunya. It’s end of October.. they can take orders. nobody would expect it to be delivered until next year anyway. Unclear what the point of homologating it now was if they don’t intend to use it?

They have plenty of orders now. No need to make additional promo for car which cannot be sold...

[pantealex]

Ofcourse Skoda want to take all possible orders, if they don't, Citroen/Hyundai/MSport will get those orders...

[PLuto]

Ofcourse Skoda want to take all possible orders, if they don't, Citroen/Hyundai/MSport will get those orders...

If they dont, most of the competitors will wait. If somebody wants Skoda, they will take older Skoda Fabia Rally1 Evo rather than Citroen/Hyundai/Ford...

[manthey]

Is it also the most expensive among R5s?
Apart from the new Fabia, i20 is still pretty new as fiesta. Can we expext new generation from citroen/stellantis?

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[wyler]

Is it also the most expensive among R5s?
Apart from the new Fabia, i20 is still pretty new as fiesta. Can we expext new generation from citroen/stellantis?

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yes, if they go mild hybrid.

[mknight]

yes, if they go mild hybrid.

Or turned around, under current rules I believe this Fabia is the last car to be homologated under current rules.

Either they change the rules (slightly) or we get completely new rules and R5/Rally2 will slowly turn into "historic" class like N4 Evo/Imprezas did when R5 was introduced.

Problem with changing rules just a tiny bit might be that both new and old cars still need to have about same speed. Even some 20 kg mildhybrid will be a weight penalty and probably very little power gain. We could see how endurance racing struggled when they tried to make rules for different drivetrains or configurations, be it closed cockpit vs open, turbo vs NA, petrol vs diesel or hybrid vs diesel. Usually one of the two options turns out noticeably faster.

[M5]

With that many cars in the market, it is hard to kill the class.
And mild hybrid is a expensive dead end.

[WRCStan]

yes, if they go mild hybrid.

With that many cars in the market, it is hard to kill the class.
And mild hybrid is a expensive dead end.

Mild hybrid what the privateer wants is it?