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16th December 2020, 08:55 #221
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https://dirtfish.com/rally/2021-brit...ndar-revealed/
Circuit of Ireland is a round of BRC in April so I doubt it will be a WRC round in August
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16th December 2020, 16:34 #222
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The Circuit of Ireland is organised by a Northern Ireland club, Ulster Automobile Club. The WRC round 'Rally UK' Northern Ireland would be organised by Motorsport UK, like Rally GB. So not mutually exclusive. Personally I'll be surprised if either of them happen, CoI due to Covid restrictions, Rally UK NI due to budget/Covid uncertainty. We'll see.
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16th December 2020, 17:50 #223
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I don't think Ireland will ever be the future for Rally GB. Maybe they'll host for the odd year, but we need the forests.
Monza being held around august (Rally GBs current calendar slot) would be boring. It was the weather that made the event work.
Would have to be stages in the mountains on every day, with maybe only one circuit stage on each day to make it acceptable.
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16th December 2020, 19:06 #224
Rumour of Oliver Solberg in Hyundai at WRC2 2021
https://www.rallyeslalom.com/wrc2-ol...vCLW9Umkka_4MYLast edited by Andre Oliveira; 16th December 2020 at 19:26.
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16th December 2020, 20:15 #225
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16th December 2020, 20:19 #226
Will be 2021 THE year to Neuville?
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16th December 2020, 22:08 #227
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Well I guess at this point it's just a speculation, but surely it has its merits and might happen.
Solberg is in a position where he doesn't necessarily have to pay (trough own sponsors) for most of his drives. Which might be the case if Skoda removes most factory support next year.
Also for 2022 he will definitely want to get some WRC drives.
MSport probably still has the weakest Rally2 car and is certainly not in position to fund much (though Solberg winning with Fiesta would certainly boost sales) or guarantee anything for 2022.
Toyota already has Rovanpera (and Katsuta) so they might not be interested in a new young driver just yet and they would have to get Rally2 from someone - better to let him drive with Skoda like with Kalle.
Hyundai has all the motivation and future prospect for 2022, even though Huttunen is kind of just ahead of Solberg there atm.
That said if Solberg is winning in Rally2 in 2021 it shouldn't be hard to get a drive in 2022 anyway no matter who he drove for in 2021. In that case it's most important to drive a fast (to win) and above all reliable ( to learn rallies) car in 2021. Skoda is the obvious choice for that.
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16th December 2020, 23:09 #228
FIA World Rally Championship
Amendments to the FIA WRC Sporting Regulations include the awarding of additional Power Stage points to Manufacturers, to be scored by the two best-placed drivers nominated by a team and finishing in the top five of the final stage, with the aim to add an additional dimension to the Manufacturers’ battle.
Following Pirelli’s implementation as a new single supplier in 2021, nine additional test days have been allocated to each WRC manufacturer to adapt to the new tyres to be used through the 2021 season.
A number of changes have been adopted to clarify the requirements for the WRC2 class. Participating teams in the category now have to register no later than the closing date of the fifth round of the 2021 season. To score points, a team must enter two cars in a maximum of seven rallies, including a minimum of one round outside of Europe.
WRC2 Drivers and Teams will be required to nominate to score points as they enter an event and as a result, registered Drivers can enter additional rallies as Priority 2 without scoring points. In regards to points scoring, the highest number of points from six of the seven nominated rallies will count.
Owing to the success of the Power Stage points for the WRC, the same format will now be extended to the WRC2 and WRC3 categories.
In WRC3, with the view to restore pre-COVID regulations, the number of rallies counting for the championship has been reinstated from five to seven, with the best five rounds counting for the championship points. Specific requirements have also been added to restrict the class entry to aspiring drivers developing their skills.
To ensure the value of the WRC championship, at least half of the events scheduled on the initial calendar will have to be held for titles to be awarded. In the support championships, the FIA will have the possibility to adjust the minimum number of participations and number of events taken into account, should the number of qualifying events be less than scheduled initially.
The number of counting rounds for the Junior WRC Championship has been returned to five from four set in this year’s regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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17th December 2020, 05:31 #229
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17th December 2020, 05:50 #230
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I like Power Stage points for Manus, so that we avoid the often repeated situations where drivers are told to "just secure points" and don't push in PS. (looking at Adamo here). This in turn degrades the PS concept a bit.
It would be nice if there also was a requirement to finish within top 5 overall to get the manu points and not only within manu-nominated drivers.
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This is not so important. This stage is only not to make a mistake and not to destroy the tyres. We will see tomorrow on proper stages.
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