WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[mknight]

Cais is a decent bet for Skoda on Monte. After all he was second last year.
With him it is likely they did not search for anyone else.

On paper it seems much less "factory supported" than Toksport entries in last years, but hard to say how it really is.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Chris Ingram:
The deadline to enter Round 1 of the WRC, Rallye Monte Carlo, is next Friday. Despite working relentlessly for the last several months, although I am very close, at the moment I'm not able to confirm my entry.

[Eli]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/solbe...with-toksport/

So from rumours of going with Ford to conformation going to Škoda’s Toksport, guess it was pretty much anticipated at this point since we saw them test a few days prior.

[mousti]

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/solbe...with-toksport/

So from rumours of going with Ford to conformation going to Škoda’s Toksport, guess it was pretty much anticipated at this point since we saw them test a few days prior.

Like I already said 2 weeks ago . Good choice, and we'll see how he will fare against his teammate Emil Lindholm.

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Interesting that Solberg is just doing Monte Carlo for 'practice' and not as one of his WRC2 scoring events. As I said 2 weeks ago I would be surprised if Toksport/Skoda chose him to win there in their brand new Fabia.

[WRCStan]

This WRC2 'Challenger' is just reviving WRC2Pro and WRC2...

[PLuto]

This WRC2 'Challenger' is just reviving WRC2Pro and WRC2...

Not completely. To be WRC2Pro, you should pay money (much higher than for "normal" WRC2). These were two separate categories. This new version - to be part of challenger, you dont need to pay more money and you cannot be there if you dont fulfill the regulations. And drivers from Challenger are also part of WRC2, so in fact there can be same winner in WRC2 and WRC2 Challenger.

[WRCStan]

Not completely. To be WRC2Pro, you should pay money (much higher than for "normal" WRC2). These were two separate categories. This new version - to be part of challenger, you dont need to pay more money and you cannot be there if you dont fulfill the regulations. And drivers from Challenger are also part of WRC2, so in fact there can be same winner in WRC2 and WRC2 Challenger.

Yes OK not on paper, it's more like a silent WRC2 and WRC2Am and no manufacturers are committed etc etc... and the 2022 challenger also won WRC2.

Maybe there's a silent priority group where the pros would be -

Lindholm
Rossel
Mikkelsen
Solberg
Huttunen
Fourmaux
Suninen
Paddon

At least the Masters got shuffled off so a Challenger Champ can't also be a Master Champ.

[PLuto]

At least the Masters got shuffled off so a Challenger Champ can't also be a Master Champ.

But you are not correct. You can be together champion in WRC2, WRC2 Challenger and also WRC2 Master.

[AnttiL]

This WRC2 'Challenger' is just reviving WRC2Pro and WRC2...

No. The biggest and most important difference is that WRC2 Challenger is included in WRC2. And like Lindholm did this year, he won the WRC2 Junior but also the whole WRC2. Another example: in 2020 Jari Huttunen won WRC3 with better results than the WRC2 winner. If WRC2 and WRC3 had been in the same category, Huttunen would have won that combined category.