FIA Rally Working Group: the future of WRC and the rally sport

[denkimi]

I would like for day 1 to change cleaning driver after every stage.

Stage 1: NEU EVA FOU OGI TAN KAT MIK MUN

Stage 2: EVA FOU OGI TAN KAT MIK MUN and NEU moved to back of WRC1 list

Stage 3: FOU OGI TAN KAT MIK MUN NEU and EVA moved to back

Relatively simple logistically and more fair.

no. you would need a regroup after every stage to switch drivers.

[saco0o]

Off Topic, but :

- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship
(...)the FIA World Rally-Raid Regulations were updated to include the requirement for manufacturers and event organisers to adhere the FIA Environmental Programme, which sets a compulsory two-star level of Accreditation when entering the championship and three-star from 2027(...)

[rallyfiend]

Off Topic, but :

- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship
(...)the FIA World Rally-Raid Regulations were updated to include the requirement for manufacturers and event organisers to adhere the FIA Environmental Programme, which sets a compulsory two-star level of Accreditation when entering the championship and three-star from 2027(...)

I think WRC has been 3-star for some time....

[PLuto]

All this environmental comedy... I was surprised there is special group inside FIA dedicated only to environmental issues...

[saco0o]

theres this annual motorsport report on sustainability that ranks EVERY racing championship on the planet. its so weird. world rallycross had only evs in both classes, for example. yet they scored worst than nascar and the european truck series!! erc also did better than wrc. i think that shows how traveling by air/ship is the "real enemy". or not, because motogp, f1 scored super well, which is also weird (+20 races year each). i have no idea what they are calculating. this is all BS imo.

i support the "green thing" as a whole, dont get me wrong, but ahh i hate politicians and propaganda. and tbh they are not doing "what experts said" they should be doing

[denkimi]

I still wonder why the FIA keeps trying to cater to the green madness. Those who enjoy motorsport don't care about it pretending to be green, and those that do care about being green will never watch it whatever greenwashing you do.
It's like so many company's in the west just seem to have forgotten who their customers are.

[saco0o]

tbh i still dont understand WHAT manufacturers gain by having hybrid cars in f1 or wrc or evs in... rallycross? extreme-e? cuz those are not even their cars, its all "spec". they can SAY they have hybrid/ev racing cars, but i never saw ANY of that anywhere. im not from europe, so idk if you guys get car ads with "buy an hybrid. our race cars are hybrids". whats the point? is it something related to the EU? is it money laundry? i dont understand. road relevance is another joke, basically. roll cages, open wheel cars, spec batteries, spec powertrain, spec hybrid unit... how is that road relevant?

its difficult for us FANS to imagine what are the next rules because its all fantasy. that stuff os detached from reality, so no one here can get it right, u'know? because tomorrow they can start another fantasy thrend and thats it haha weird

[Morte66]

tbh i still dont understand WHAT manufacturers gain by having hybrid cars

I don't know whether I remember this correctly, if not I'm sure somebody will correct me...

When the current rules were under discussion, Ford marketing was on a big push for their hybrid "Eco-Boost" engines. So they wanted hybrids in rallying. Rumour had it that M-Sport would pull out without hybrids. So we got the standard hybrid unit as the simplest/cheapest way of ticking the "hybrid" box.

[WRCStan]

I don't know whether I remember this correctly, if not I'm sure somebody will correct me...

When the current rules were under discussion, Ford marketing was on a big push for their hybrid "Eco-Boost" engines. So they wanted hybrids in rallying. Rumour had it that M-Sport would pull out without hybrids. So we got the standard hybrid unit as the simplest/cheapest way of ticking the "hybrid" box.

I'm not sure anything Ford and M-Sport said on this is the whole truth, rather they are used as the mouth piece. The FIA had hybrid planned for a few years before it arrived. They chose the supplier, the tech, signed the contract and the cheques, and will continue to do so. WRC must pop up now and again in the Ford bosses' inbox, but they're not really here.