WRC mainclass from 2027

[Sal yet again]

Still trying to understand if as and when these "tuners" have their cars ready to compete, will they be able to pay drivers or simply offer the cars to well healed individuals? If a lot of budget has been spent developing a car and then running it surely unlike a manufacturer there wont be much left in the pot to pay salaries..

[wyler]

Quite unlogical move, right? Maybe a clue that they already give up too and will rather run proven Rally2 car.

why? the wrc27 was a tight schedule from the beginning, we still dosn't know thr reg. and toyota is basically the only manufacturer to have a project on it. they can take it extremely easy developing, while using the rally2 car till the end. rally2 will fade out toward 2030 and leave place to the new reg.

[Kenneth]

Off-topic: Subaru just presented the new car for Japan Championship - SUBARU Boxer Rally spec Z (or shortly, BRZ lol), with 2.4T Boxer and All Wheel Drive

It will debut at Rally Asuka in two weeks

https://x.com/SUBARU_STI_MS/status/2047605512695611634

(I still cannot upload photos for some reason)

[NaBUru38]

It would be much easier to make the Power Stage time increased. I'd even do 2x or 3x.

[NaBUru38]

In my opinion, rally needs cheap, powerful and safe cars. Very few people can afford a Rally1, so there's few manufacturers and some of them don't even offer customer cars at all.

[denkimi]

In my opinion, rally needs cheap, powerful and safe cars. Very few people can afford a Rally1, so there's few manufacturers and some of them don't even offer customer cars at all.

Cars don't even need to be fast, they need to sound and look fast. If you see a porsche passing by, it looks fast but it's usually slower than the rc3 that just passed and made little noise.

we could make the cars a lot cheaper by limiting a lot of things. why do we need 200k engines, when there are engines available that produce just as much power for 20k?

[WRCStan]

Still trying to understand if as and when these "tuners" have their cars ready to compete, will they be able to pay drivers or simply offer the cars to well healed individuals? If a lot of budget has been spent developing a car and then running it surely unlike a manufacturer there wont be much left in the pot to pay salaries..

Expect the new Promoter will run the draft and handle that unless there's many options.

[WRCStan]

They should just have gone the Rally2 as main category route. Maybe with bigger restrictor only

Right, but they didn't. They want to encourage the new cars across the sport, not just RallyTV. There's now 3 constructors with rumours of more teams. It's already enough not to need Rally2s in a championship.

[Ferranis]

Cars don't even need to be fast, they need to sound and look fast. If you see a porsche passing by, it looks fast but it's usually slower than the rc3 that just passed and made little noise.

we could make the cars a lot cheaper by limiting a lot of things. why do we need 200k engines, when there are engines available that produce just as much power for 20k?

Would have made RGT like reglement for the top class. Ferrari Rally VS Porsche Rally VS Alpine rally.

We should really go back to rear wheel drive.

What do I know though

[deephouse]

Right, but they didn't. They want to encourage the new cars across the sport, not just RallyTV. There's now 3 constructors with rumours of more teams. It's already enough not to need Rally2s in a championship.

And 2 of those two will not be ready by the time. So how the championship will look like in contructors view. Toyota WRT. That's it. And even if they will enter in the middle of the season. There will not be enough events to catch the Toyota drivers and their team. So the 2027 looks a bit pointless. Except if they postpone the whole thing until 2028 and all run Rally2 cars.