WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Danny0405]

Virves ended 7th in 1th rally in the Norwegian championship with the Ford this weekend, tidemand 5th also in ford, behind Larsen, Veiby, Brynhildsen and Linnamäe, so maybe not to much hope.

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Tidemand apparently, it was the old R5 (according to ewrc).
But yeah, I took some notes, in 2022, the only championship a bit consistent where the Fiesta Rally2 was playing a role (multiple podiums or wins) is the Swedish championship ... which is in decline; well, at least it is consistent with the car.

Think it’s pretty much the end for this car at international level, a bit like the Peugeot 208 T16 in its time... well, only difference is that apparently they succeeded in selling (delivering to client to be more precise) a dozen in UK and Ireland in the last 12 months (probably some effects of logistics issues of competitors + Brexit? Maybe also, as they have a «*works*» RC2 team, they sold more car that have been already used so cheaper?). Could last 1 year or 2 still like this but probably not much more than that and it cannot help to come back at the international level.

Well, in the end, in terms of sales, they have reached 100 which is not that far from the Polo (and better than old Hyundai R5 with which Huttunen won WRC-3 or not very far away from the Citroen Rally2). Don’t know how they did but the commercial worked better than the sport side with this Fiesta (100 after 3 years and half is not huge but it could have been much less considering how much it has been outdated from the beginning).