WRC mainclass from 2027

[TypeR]

hyundai has been whining-wasting its own time away..
I'm quite sure M-Sport figures something out, it's their business..

[PLuto]

There are still no final regulations for 2027. So teams has issues to develop anything. Currently only one who is working on some prototypes (and still waiting for final regulations) is Toyota.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I expect that M-Sport will be able to build a 2027 Car. Rallying is their business and they'll need to replace the old Rally2 Fiesta with something.

[deephouse]

Hyundai would wine even if they immediately say Rally2 spec cars will be main category. They already decided what will they do, and we all know what this will be. They just want to find as many excuses not to continue.

I have a feeling (and had it before) that FIA is delaying their final 2027 regulations just to justify their intentions to adapt Rally2 spec for the main category, as it seems only Toyota is interested or at least is working on new car. Of course that will not be enough and then they will cancel 2027 wrc cars even before they will be made. And what will they be left then, other than Rally2 cars. I think they will not delay 2027 regulations into 2028, because no one will guarantee it will be there for 2027.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Hyundai would wine even if they immediately say Rally2 spec cars will be main category. They already decided what will they do, and we all know what this will be. They just want to find as many excuses not to continue.

I have a feeling (and had it before) that FIA is delaying their final 2027 regulations just to justify their intentions to adapt Rally2 spec for the main category, as it seems only Toyota is interested or at least is working on new car. Of course that will not be enough and then they will cancel 2027 wrc cars even before they will be made. And what will they be left then, other than Rally2 cars. I think they will not delay 2027 regulations into 2028, because no one will guarantee it will be there for 2027.

This is possible, but its just not a long-term solution unless other new manufacturers can find a suitable car they are happy to use and promote.

Lancia have built a Rally2 and will use it as a promo tool with their rally heritage, even though their Ypsilon HF road car is an EV.

Who else can do this ? Even Ford have said the Puma is unsuitable as a Rally2 (plus their road car is also going EV)...

[denkimi]

Hyundai would wine even if they immediately say Rally2 spec cars will be main category. They already decided what will they do, and we all know what this will be. They just want to find as many excuses not to continue.

Just like they quit in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 en every year before if this forum was to believe.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

How the FIA plans to ensure a fair WRC27 v Rally2 battle

Responding to the concerns raised by Abiteboul regarding parity between the WRC27 and Rally2 cars, FIA technical director Xavier Mestelen Pinon reiterated that the two regulations will be able to work alongside each other with little differences between the two cars.

But the FIA is adamant that the WRC will not run a Balance of Performance system similar to that in World Endurance Championship.

“We are doing it well in WEC [World Endurance Championship] so it is easy to do it. In WEC we use power and weight, here we would use weight,” said Mestelen Pinon in a media round table.

“If we start to talk about Balance of Performance, it will kill our championship. We need [to] avoid that discussion. At the end the two regulations will allow each manufacturer to reach the same level of performance.

“We will speak about performance regarding downforce, weight to power ratio. We know there will be this kind of difference, but at the end we will refine the technical regulations so that both cars will be as close as possible this is our target.”