Meirion Evans is set to give the GR Yaris Rally2 its Irish debut on the Carlow Stages on the 18th May.
Meirion Evans is also doing Donegal in the Yaris Rally2. Will be interesting to see how he and the car goes against the established cars on the Irish tarmac.
Suitable cars? There will all be suitable from 2027 forward. No excuses from brands about ''body shape''. As history proves, every shape did somehow work at some point (there were Lancers, 037's,...
The rumours of the EU kicking the switch to EV’s into the long grass and also some noise about smaller cars like the i20 being able to be sold without all the ADAS systems to keep the prices...
DR's point is the i20 N went out of production a few years ago. They can and probably will extend the homologation, but that is hardly a boon for WRC unless it becomes a historic championship.
There's no FIA source I can find directly saying they have to come from production runs nor be already homologated Rally2. All the language is 'base' and 'basis' as in tech spec and power-level...
Suitable cars? There will all be suitable from 2027 forward. No excuses from brands about ''body shape''. As history proves, every shape did somehow work at some point (there were Lancers, 037's,...
WRC mainclass from 2027