WRC mainclass from 2027

[Steve Boyd]

does the new rules have something like "if you build a wrc27 car you gotta build at least 10"?
i remember reading something but I couldnt find the article again. probably from dirt fish?
so if toyota is building the new car, they gotta build 10 so others can buy, right? (if that rule exsit, no idea if im imagining things now)

WRC 2025 Sporting Regulations art. 17.4.1 says a manufacturer cannot use more than 9 chassis in a season, so why should they be required to build at least 10?

[WRCStan]

WRC 2025 Sporting Regulations art. 17.4.1 says a manufacturer cannot use more than 9 chassis in a season, so why should they be required to build at least 10?

Creating the supply.

The homologation conditions for WRC27-type cars mandate the production of at least ten units within twenty-four months of the homologation date. Constructors must also be capable of supplying at least ten race-ready WRC27-type cars per calendar year to customers.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

"Constructor" is the same title given to F1 teams. But rally cars are cars, not single-seater racing machines.

They need to represent a road car to have any relevance to the public and fans.The idea of tuners fitting panels to look like a road car without that cars Manufacturer being the constructor makes no sense. Surely the Manufacturer has to come first and then have the tuner build and run the car for them.

[wyler]

WRC 2025 Sporting Regulations art. 17.4.1 says a manufacturer cannot use more than 9 chassis in a season, so why should they be required to build at least 10?

it's 10 in 2 years.

[wyler]

Going to Rally Journal in August, Tom Fowler said:

“What I understand is there’s a specific chapter that tells you how to build an engine for the championship. If you want to commit, you follow that chapter – all the information is clearly written down,” Fowler explained. “There’s also an appendix that says if a manufacturer or tuner has a different requirement – for a production engine, electrification, or similar – they can present it to the FIA.

But then Cyril said Hyundai needed a production engine they don't have.

i think this is about technology. they have rules for ice, they are open to discuss other types. probably hiunday hasn't a suitable ice.

[Kenneth]

Did Cyril forgot that they have Rally2 car, which indeed have an engine?

[deephouse]

Cyril is a joke, remember that. As long as he will be in the team, the team will be one leg and ahalf out of the sport.