WRC mainclass from 2027

[Ferranis]

Hyundai need to prioritise making fundamentals of their Rally2 Car much better before they even think about the New Kit.

(But we will have Lancia next year. )

They need to prioritise being a successful team first and not a joke with too much money ;-)

[Ferranis]

WRT Rally1 Spain?
Project Rally One?

I really do hope, we see a lot of tuners. But realistically, what can tuners with maybe less budget (?) and definitely less experience than M-Sport do against Toyota.

Predicting that they will go bust after a few years at most, if they even show up.

Tuner is a concept that can work though for WRC2, where no manufacturer teams are present

[WRCStan]

Kankkunen said on interview today that Toyota will run 6 cars in 2027.

https://rallyjournal.com/juha-kankku...r-2027-season/

World Toyota Rally Championship

3x Yaris
3x Celica ?

But also he said this: “...good news for the Estonians because they have some very promising drivers.”

[typhoon]

I really do hope, we see a lot of tuners. But realistically, what can tuners with maybe less budget (?) and definitely less experience than M-Sport do against Toyota.

Predicting that they will go bust after a few years at most, if they even show up.

Tuner is a concept that can work though for WRC2, where no manufacturer teams are present

I think that WRT Rally1 Spain have a shot, since is backed basically by the Spanish federation and the Government itself. If needed, they would easily get a multi-million sponsorship from Repsol or big companies like this.

[deephouse]

Kankkunen said on interview today that Toyota will run 6 cars in 2027.

https://rallyjournal.com/juha-kankku...r-2027-season/

World Toyota Rally Championship

Welcome back Tanak. And great we won't have 1-2-3-4 every event, but 1-2-3-4-5-6 for Toyota.

Hyundai will not develop the Rally2 kit (at first, but let's be honest here, never)

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...-a-rally2-kit/

That leaves us with Toyota and M-Sport next year in Monte.

Things are going great

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Not a surprise at all. What they will do? Nothing, as usual. Will they even leave? Not either.

Škoda also won’t develop Rally2 WRC Kit for 2027

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/skoda...-kit-for-2027/

Didn't here people say FIA and manufacturers probably talk about this for months already... Well, looks like quite otherwise...