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Thread: 2021 ERC News and Rumors
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17th December 2020, 13:51 #41
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17th December 2020, 13:53 #42
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17th December 2020, 14:52 #43
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17th December 2020, 14:58 #44
What is the sense of have Junior with same car of overall winners? For me is great move and boost the Rally3 category.
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17th December 2020, 16:33 #45
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It worked very good and when something works very good it obviously has a good point.
The reason for championship existence is not to boost any car category. It's exactly opposite. The cars exist to boost the championships. This change certainly doesn't boost the ERC1-J 2021 in any way.
Maybe it's good to change from 2022 but not now. It's done on short notice in a situation when not a single Rally3 car is homologated, when the teams already work on the next year and sudden need to change to a new machinery of dubious availability/servicability is certainly a complication.
Nowhere it's written that the car will be homologated as planned because until it is actually homologated everything can happen. Nowhere it is written that everything connected with the car will go smooth right out of the box. Not that chronic lack of spares etc. would not often come along with the introduction of new cars. Next point being that it looks like only M-Sport car will be actually ready for the season (if even that one will). What can the teams cooperating with other brands do? They can only leave the championship. If that is a good thing I leave to your evaluation.
Last point but not the least important. Why should drivers who already mastered Rally2 cars switch back to Rally3? I doubt any reasonable number of drivers will do that. It means these very good young drivers will simply leave the championship. Do you think it's good? I don't.Last edited by Mirek; 17th December 2020 at 16:35.
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17th December 2020, 19:16 #46
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But on the other hand, if FIA decides to make a new car class, you also have to have some title to boost sale, same as with R5, to kickstart sales.
Many did not want to swap S2000 for R5, but now 1000 are sold, and class is a big success. Much because of a good joker system.
If run as planned, I think Rally3 will find its place in the pyramid.
If we would test a DS3 R5 vs a Fiesta Rally3 how far back will the newcomer be?
I am guessing the roadholding with newer suspension will help the Fiesta, especially on gravel.
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17th December 2020, 19:56 #47
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17th December 2020, 21:18 #48
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17th December 2020, 21:29 #49
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17th December 2020, 21:38 #50
Rally3 is cheaper?
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