2025 WRC News & Rumours

[saco0o]

shouldnt wrc create something to engage more with people that knows rally because they play DIRT and watch quick rally crashes videos on the internet?
i have NO IDEA what, but i have 6 friends (i asked this last weekend during a mate's wedding haha) that have DIRT on their console but NEVER watched a single WRC 2min highlight. and lets be fair, theres probably zero people on this planet that skips a rally crash video on their social media thing.

what could fia-wrc-promoter do to increase the awareness of the champioship to these people? i dont own a console anymore, its been a long time, but i remember never seeing real life driver's names in DIRT. i dont remember which ones i played tho. could that make some difference? like "jeeez, i can never beat this AI called Kalle Rovampera" haha idk. ("oh, hes the actuall rally champion! ohhh")

on the crash videos thing... i mean, its weird that most folks dont even know what "WRC" mean. maybe WRC itself could start re-uploading crash videos haha but naming driver-year, name of the championship. having clickable links to get more info. IDK... just woke up thinking about that

[becher]

So the lower weight limit means the dummy hybrid ballast is no longer needed ? Didnt they say the cars needed this as the cars were designed for it and its effect on their balance?

Some people on the forum claimed that without any valid argument or understanding.

[becher]

With the lower weight limit this seems unlikely.

You do realize that the MGU unit was around 100kg, but the cars are only 80kg lighter? So there will be some ballast but not the MGU dummy weight. I would guess they are free to place ballast as they are already now.

Banning carbon fiber parts would be pointless in the middle of the rules cycle.

[Mary Mary]

At 36 > 35mm restrictor it could be something like 360 hp at 1180 kg = 3.27 kg/hp. Hybrid car would be 380 hp at 1260 kg = 3.32 kg/hp. For comparison, Rally2 is at 289 hp at 1230 kg = 4.25 kg/hp.

There should still be similar spectacle but not the boost from start.

[Jarek Z]

on the crash videos thing... i mean, its weird that most folks dont even know what "WRC" mean. maybe WRC itself could start re-uploading crash videos haha but naming driver-year, name of the championship. having clickable links to get more info. IDK... just woke up thinking about that

You mean something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCm7t1osluM

[Jarek Z]

or this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FXfClBq5MQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utEIgYe--wQ

[saco0o]

or this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FXfClBq5MQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utEIgYe--wQ

see? more than a million views! ERC's most watched video on the channel! yet I doubt 90% of the people who saw this clip know there is an european rally championship, u'know? =/

[TWRC]

At 36 > 35mm restrictor it could be something like 360 hp at 1180 kg = 3.27 kg/hp. Hybrid car would be 380 hp at 1260 kg = 3.32 kg/hp. For comparison, Rally2 is at 289 hp at 1230 kg = 4.25 kg/hp.

There should still be similar spectacle but not the boost from start.

AFAIK, Rally2s have been over 300HP for quite a few years.

[Fiesta]

So basically with Croatia in the 2026 Calendar, most slots of that year are closed no? Apart from CER? Is there any round that currently doesn't have a valid contract for 2026? Meaning the streak of 7 consecutive gravel events will likely continue into 2026?

Could it be Spain in the fall 2026? Wasn't there news that Spain wanted to explore the possibility of switching between Canary Islands and the Mainland, Salou area? Salou has the proven and good area for rally.

[becher]

AFAIK, Rally2s have been over 300HP for quite a few years.

For the sake of comparison it makes sense to use the official numbers, unless someone has pretty accurate numbers for a Rally1 engine?