2024 WRC News & Rumours

[becher]

eWRC shows the number of Rally1 car chassis that are active:

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/163-ford-puma-rally1/

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-i20-n-rally1/

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-yaris-rally1/

Cool I that became a premium feature.

[denkimi]

eWRC shows the number of Rally1 car chassis that are active:

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/163-ford-puma-rally1/

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-i20-n-rally1/

https://www.ewrc-results.com/cars/16...-yaris-rally1/

I always wonder what they do with them. They don't sell them, they don't rent them out. They just seem to store them.

[Eli]

https://x.com/lancia_official/status...438271327?s=61

Lancia launched the Ypsilon Rally4 today, don’t know how far they’ll go and if they have plans to develop a Rally2 and then later a Rally1, guess everything now rests on the regulations that hopefully will (& need) to come before the end of this year for 2027.

[macebig]

Stellantis will probably rebody the C3 Rally 2s into Ypsilons, as this Rally 4 is pretty much a restyled 208 Rally 4.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Latvala on the Katsuta decision...

https://rallyjournal.com/jari-matti-...-big-decision/

[Steve Boyd]

Latvala on the Katsuta decision...

https://rallyjournal.com/jari-matti-...-big-decision/

He could always copy MSport & give him a year in the British (or Finnish) Championship to reset!

[deephouse]

He could always copy MSport & give him a year in the British (or Finnish) Championship to reset!

With their resources they could get him all the rallies in WRC but in a rally2 car. Kinda like Gryazin this year. And I bet Katsuta could actually do very good in WRC2. The car did prove that it's quite good and can challenge Skoda. And yet boost marketing for that car, and Toyota as a whole. If he could clinch a WRC2 title it would be something too for Japan. Because realisticaly he probably will never get WRC title, maybe just 1 or few rally wins.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Worrying comments from Malcolm Wilson to Dirtfish today...

"M-Sport's managing director is confident he can keep Fourmaux if M-Sport remains in the WRC."

"Unfortunately, we can’t continue like we have been,” Wilson added. “But let’s wait and see. I mean, as you know, it’s the last thing I want to do is walk away from WRC. It’s been my life."

“[Ford is] exactly like myself, they want to stay in rally. There’s a big commitment now to Dakar. There’s no question Ford is moving more to the off-road world.

"So, yeah, there’s definitely a desire, but at the end of the day, it’s about return on investment and that’s the big target at the moment."

[EstWRC]

This is a copy paste talk from Wilson from past years.

[deephouse]

This is a copy paste talk from Wilson from past years.

Well Ford will probably decide what they will do from 2027 onwards. If the regs will suit them, they will commit fully, if not they will take out that little they give to the M-Sport.