Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[Sulland]

Many still prefers the Fabia R5 over the Evo. It is easier to set up, and has a wider sweetspot.
The Fiesta Rally2 is hard to get a good setup for loose surfaces, it still gets smashed by the R5 with similar quality drivers.
A few get the new Fiesta to work for them, PG Andersson is one of them.

The Polo have been superb for good drivers that have tested enough, and know how to set it up for their taste.
Many still prefer the Polo over the Fabia Evo.

Lets see if Skoda managed to surpass the Polo with the Fabia RS.

[manthey]

Many still prefers the Fabia R5 over the Evo. It is easier to set up, and has a wider sweetspot.
The Fiesta Rally2 is hard to get a good setup for loose surfaces, it still gets smashed by the R5 with similar quality drivers.
A few get the new Fiesta to work for them, PG Andersson is one of them.

The Polo have been superb for good drivers that have tested enough, and know how to set it up for their taste.
Many still prefer the Polo over the Fabia Evo.

Lets see if Skoda managed to surpass the Polo with the Fabia RS.

Interesting, I read about Polo’s quality as you reported

[RS]

Failure? Where did they fail? The car was great apart from the fire problems at the beginning. It's just that they never had a factory supported WRC2 team so it never challenged for titles.

And the collapsing suspension. But speed wise there was never a problem with this car.

I would point out though that Kajto challenged for this year’s WRC2 title being outside of a factory supported team.

[mknight]

Katjo "challenged" by avoiding competition though.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I really hope M-sport brings out a new, good Rally2 car soon, can they survive without?

According to their announcement today the Fiesta is to soldier on for the foreseeable future, with M-Sport stockpiling Fiesta shells and parts as the road car stops production in 2023.

[wyler]

According to their announcement today the Fiesta is to soldier on for the foreseeable future, with M-Sport stockpiling Fiesta shells and parts as the road car stops production in 2023.

they also said development is coming through 23 to all lower tier cars (rally2/3/4)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Mikkelsen was testing the Fabia RS in Croatia today...

https://instagram.com/stories/skodam...d=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[Andre Oliveira]

M-Sport sold one Fiesta Rally2 to Uganda (Yasin Nasser).

[mknight]

Mikkelsen was testing the Fabia RS in Croatia today...

https://instagram.com/stories/skodam...d=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Testing vid is here:

https://youtu.be/mE-KyyPSSXI

[Jarek Z]

Did you see that? Istanbul Rally last week - 14 Ford Fiestas in top 20!
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/8...-rallisi-2022/