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    Renting good WRX supercar cost more than renting WRC2, but way less than renting WRC17.

    and even you had money, teams don´t have extra cars available, so you can only fight for places 6-12.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Essaj View Post
    it seems that in the finals there is always the same 6 drivers.
    Not one race this season has had the same 6 drivers in the final.

    Why are Audi etc in RX? Because it'll be comparatively cheap (compared to WEC, F1 & WRC), a lot of countries have free to view coverage, it's more accessible than WRC (not spread over 3-4 days) and the championship is going electric so they can boast about eco credentials (which will help them gloss over dieselgate...why do you think VW threw money at Pikes Peak). It may not be considered 'serious' motorsport by many, but as a advertising vehicle it strikes me as pretty good 'bang for buck'.
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    It's mostly the same driver's / teams in the Finals as they are the best. Thats how sport works.

    Other drivers and teams have the chance to come in and compete but they havent been able to beat the established guys.

    One idea might be to reduce the number of Qualifying rounds, so if a top guy has a bad race someone lower down could have chance to make a SF or Final...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BleAivano View Post
    It seems that Whatever EKS do he will be penalized. Earlier this season Petter went for a gap and EKS got DSQ, now EKS goes for a gap and gets DSQ.
    Quite an important difference. Solberg was beside, and was always beside. Ekström never cleared Solberg, and turned in.
    Here he just drove in to Hansen to make his gap. As Ekström said himself to Swedish Television, when he looked at the footage, he realized he should've been 20-30cm further in to avoid contact in the first place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Essaj View Post
    How are you suppose to find new talent and any interest to a sport when no one can afford it, Nitiss and Heikkinen were both forced to stop when they couldn't find enough money to back their seasons.
    I'm sure money was a factor, but Heikkinen hasn't delivered any decent results for some time, the EKS S1 was wasted in his hands last year.

    The six works cars (seven if you include Kevin Hansen) have had a ton of money and development thrown at them, so it's to be expected that those cars are going to be certainties for the semis. With a decent development driver pushing them I think the GCK cars could be regular finalists as well, but I don't think Chichiret or Grosset-Janin have the experience to help refine the cars (Grosset-Janin is a great driver though).

    Why are Audi committed to the WRX? Electric rallycross. They were one of the first manufacturers to talk about it.
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    Kristofferson has been dominant this year, and impressively so. The package of car and driver is very solid, so it's well deserved.
    From second to seventh it's very even, a lot more even than it has been for years and years in WRC. And every round this year has had either shocking results, incidents or weather, or all of the above. So yeah, it's nothing like watching paint dry (WRC). For instance, would have imagined a week ago that Grosset-Janin would claim third place in Höljes?

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    Some more news about how World RX will look like from 2020 on:

    -The final decision about the introduction of electric cars will be made on August 15 this year
    -Peugeot, VW, Audi and Ford are expected to join, Volvo and BMW are interested, but no-one really believes that we will see them on the grid
    -The chassis kit built by Oreca will cost 750.000 Euros, additionally 3-5 Mio. Euros have to be paid for the development costs
    -Manufacturers have to build four cars, presumably they will not be sold to privateers, but entered by the manufacturers themselves (splitting is possible, e.g. Volkswagen Motorsport two cars, PSRX two cars)
    -From 2021 on manufacturers have to build six cars, this might be a chance for privateers to buy them
    -If privateers want to build their own cars, they have to use "neutral" body shells designed by the FIA to make sure that there is no "concealed" manufacturer involvement (otherwise they have to pay the full amount for the development costs of the chassis etc. like every other manufacturer)
    -Renault/Nissan was interested in World RX, but decided to concentrate on Formula E
    -No Hyundai involvement as well, Marcus Grönholm is unhappy about the all-electric switch and won't return with his own team
    -Olsbergs MSE hasn´t made a final decision yet, but right now they don´t expect to be supported by Ford Performance, so probably no involvement
    -STARD is the only privateer team which is interested in World RX, but there might be a chance that it becomes a real manufacturer team (Stohl has good links to China, so maybe a Chinese manufacturer)
    -no information what Euro RX will look like

    In summary: probably 16 cars in 2020 (each manufacturer four cars), no privateer teams

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    Just a hypothetical question. When the fire breathing machines are banned from WRX, could someone create a championship for the fire breathing monsters that with well designed marketing and promoting goes past the popularity of WRX?
    Never stop dreaming because one day it might happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Franky View Post
    Just a hypothetical question. When the fire breathing machines are banned from WRX, could someone create a championship for the fire breathing monsters that with well designed marketing and promoting goes past the popularity of WRX?
    EuroRX will probably continue as it is. With the Petrol cars

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    Talking about EuroRX, the Fia Euro Autocross champioship had another "crazy" crash on the Super Buggy finale. I believe all five races from this season had a big crash envolving the Super Buggys... but still..its one of the coolest racing series from nowadays IMO. Driver was OK
    https://twitter.com/FIAEuroAX/status...55018235273216

    Btw... 5 races, 5 different winners. Just hope FIA doesnt plans to make it a WOrld Series with manufacturer teams beating everybody... hehe

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