Which tbh isn't much different to now, many teams uses R5 based cars. Hansens built 208 T16 and DS3 R5 based RX cars, Gronholm and Andersson drives i20 R5 based cars, Kristofferson used to run Polo R WRC based car and now uses Polo R5 based car. Even Citroen wanted to enter the C3 R5 with electric engine.