Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[AndyRAC]

Ford don't really care already

They certainly don't care about WRC.......other motorsports they do.

[saco0o]

what happened? i heard there were some outrages on internet servers last week. was it related?

[240RS]

Yohan Rossel believes he is ready for the jump to Rally1. Me thinks he should tough it out another year and lead Citroen in the new-for-2027 class that is likely to suit the French manufacturer.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rosse...rally1-chance/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Yohan Rossel believes he is ready for the jump to Rally1. Me thinks he should tough it out another year and lead Citroen in the new-for-2027 class that is likely to suit the French manufacturer.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rosse...rally1-chance/

It would've been good if the FFSA had funded him into the Puma Rally1 this year to replace Fourmaux. That's the only way unless you're rich as the other Teams are full.

Dirtfish seem to think his C3 Rally2 will still be competitive in 2027 vs the new spaceframe cars !

[WRCStan]

It would've been good if the FFSA had funded him into the Puma Rally1 this year to replace Fourmaux. That's the only way unless you're rich as the other Teams are full.

Dirtfish seem to think his C3 Rally2 will still be competitive in 2027 vs the new spaceframe cars !

But then you mightn't have had Fourmaux at Hyundai. I don't think either Dirtfish or Rossel were talking of a full season, just an opportunity, which might be one rally which we would probably all agree would be tarmac. CER? Sure, why not?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I forgot about the Promoter. They could help fund a drive for Rossel like they did for Sesks last year.

[TypeR]

I forgot about the Promoter. They could help fund a drive for Rossel like they did for Sesks last year.

Heard smth that they are not interested to invest/spend money anymore as there might be some possible new owner(for wrc)..

[Eli]

Heard smth that they are not interested to invest/spend money anymore as there might be some possible new owner(for wrc)..

Any news as to when that might happen?

[saco0o]

in other news, stellantis is bringing opel and citroen to formula e.
that means FOUR of their brands there (maserati and ds are there already)
rumor that maserati may leave (or be replaced by opel?) at the end of the year while citroen may either buy mclaren spot or enter as a new team.

its cool they have interest in motorsport and are also in rallying with four brands (opel, peugeot, citroen, lancia)

[Rallyest]

An interesting statistic was put together in the Estonian Rally Forum: Ott Tänak vs Sébastien Ogier.

Portugal + Sardinia + Greece: 1010 km, and the gap between the two is 16.6 seconds in Ott’s favor. Evans is next, +11 minutes behind.

Out of 57 stages, Ott or Séb has won 42.