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Thread: WRC Tyres 2014 onwards
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5th August 2013, 12:05 #11
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Given that the top teams wouldn't even pay for the tyres (those Michelin stickers don't appear on the cars for free!), plus the money to ship the tyres around, plus the probable could of million in sponsorship of the WRC to the Promoter etc etc, there is no way any tyre manufacturer is involved in the WRC for anything other than marketing and business-to-business reasons.
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5th August 2013, 12:13 #12
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Originally Posted by rallyfiend
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5th August 2013, 12:22 #13
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In ERC, the tyre manufacturer logos appear on the cars because the tyre companies pay a big fee to Eurosport.
Which I'm sure does impact the price - and also reduces the ability for the individual competitors to do deals with tyre companies. Why would they do deals - they get the brand recognition anyway!
Those that don't pay the fee to Eurosport don't even get recognised on the leaderboards on the TV coverage - there's just a blank space.
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13th August 2013, 18:17 #14
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Originally Posted by tommeke_B
But these 4 after now have commited actually MUST be at every event with suitable tires, that`s what they have agreed to...
This means for instance Hankook have to make a 15" winter rally tire for the 7" wheel though they wouldn`t have a single customer in Sweden...
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13th August 2013, 18:37 #15
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Originally Posted by rallyfiendStupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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28th August 2013, 15:19 #16
Dude i was missed that race due to some several reason but now i want to watch this video race ..I hope you help me and shared with me the link of the that race...
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12th June 2016, 12:46 #17
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Will we see more tyre manufacturers coming in to the WRC circus in the not too distant future?
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29th July 2018, 00:01 #18
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I see that the Indian Gaurav Gill is using the MRF tyres in RC2.
Anyone knows the quality on those compared to the "big 2" ?
Anyone that know of drivers in national series, or feedback from APRC how they are working on the Fabia, compared to Pirelli and Michelin?Last edited by Sulland; 29th July 2018 at 07:08. Reason: changing error
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29th July 2018, 03:34 #19
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Firstly, as everyone always corrects me, Gill is competing in RC2 class, not WRC2 as the MRF deal was not completed in time to register for 2018. They will register in WRC2 next year. The gravel events driven this year will undoubtedly provide MRF tyre engineers with data to improve their tyres for 2019. As the MRF Tyres team dominated APRC in recent years and no-one else ran a Pirelli or Michelin-equipped R5 against them, it is hard to say how their tyres compare. You can probably get a better idea by comparing Gill's times with an experienced rival, this year. One important point to note, MRF is not a small niche manufacturer like DMack, but one of the top 20 tyre companies in the world and so have the ability to rapidly produce new construction, pattern and compound rally tyres. Like DMack I believe their rally tyre technology originally came from Pirelli.
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