The WRCWings article is based on “Décryptage du WRC27 avec Lionel Hansen” youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-HMEQAfX04 (15.1.2026)

2.2.2026
https://www.wrcwings.tech/2026/02/02...eds-rally-one/

All mechanical components must be sourced from current Rally2 manufacturers, and teams are allowed to cherry-pick components from different manufacturers during the development stage, according to Mr. Hansen — something that contradicts earlier FIA statements. The mechanical base of the Prospeed’s Rally One will entirely come from the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2.

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allowed to cherry-pick components from different manufacturers.
This is different from earlier statements:

20.8.2026
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...c-2027-so-far/
“A tuner will have to align with a single manufacturer running a currently homologated car”
“It’s not possible to cherry-pick components from various manufacturers”

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What is included in the mechanical base?

Quote Originally Posted by WRCStan View Post
Also, something is lost in translation maybe with Lluis/WRCWings. "All mechanical components must be sourced from current Rally2 manufacturers". I don't think is true. Hansen only refers to the engine I think
Quote Originally Posted by wyler View Post
i think mechanical is referring to powertrain (including driveshafts, brakes), as suspension regulation will be different from rally2.
20.2.2026
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/first...-car-revealed/
While precise technical details of the car are still to be confirmed, a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 engine is understood to have been deployed in the all-new chassis.

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I think we have to wait until Christmas eve before everything is clear.