Quote Originally Posted by tbtstt View Post
I much prefer the combustion cars, but don't forget that the RX1E cars are carrying an extra 160kg to slow them down this year.

I thought that the RX1E cars took a huge step forward with the improvements they introduced last year. Compare them at somewhere like Montalagre and they behave like "normal" cars now (which I don't think is true if you watch any footage any them from their debut season in 2022). The times were way quicker as well.

I am not a massive Hansen fan, but I could understand where they were coming from with the complaint about the weight difference this year. Those extra 160kg were what was causing such a massive different at somewhere like Istanbul.
This is my point. Using extra weight to slow a more powerful (electric) car is too crude as the extra weight also has to be braked and rotated. It would be better if they made the same power and torque as the ICE cars in the first place.

This lesson must be applied in any similar situation re the next WRC Regs.