Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted January 5, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted January 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, Rogerbee said: So, were there no more rally events in 2020 after Turkey!? They did a closed doors Monza rally around the F1 track. As for 2021, calendar as it stands, Sweden cancelled (was the TBC) and Monte we'll know this week: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rogerbee 155 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 After what's been happening, I'd say that calendar is strictly provisional. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted January 11, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted January 11, 2021 https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/monte-carlo-rally-shortened-again-in-organizational-boost/ Quote The Automobile Club de Monaco has issued the itinerary it hopes will keep the World Rally Championship’s season-opening Monte Carlo Rally on course to go ahead for later this month. The timetable for the January 21-24 event has been altered to fall in line with coronavirus-enforced curfew regulations coming from the French government. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rogerbee 155 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Don't even know if anyone has the terrestrial rights yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted January 14, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted January 14, 2021 https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/arctic-rally-wrc-round-gets-green-light/ Quote The World Rally Championship will have a winter rally in 2021 as the Arctic Rally Finland’s place on the calendar was announced on Thursday. Rally Sweden was canceled in December due to a rising number of coronavirus cases in the Värmland region, leaving the WRC short of a snow round. But as predicted by DirtFish, WRC Promoter and Finnish motorsport’s governing body AKK have been in close discussions about holding a second WRC round in Finland. The Arctic Rally will therefore fill the void left by Sweden, running on February 26-28 from its Rovaniemi base – just outside the Arctic Circle – as the second round in 2021 after the Monte Carlo Rally. However the rally’s 10-stage, 161-mile route will take place within the Arctic Circle where temperatures could drop below -22 Fahrenheit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted January 21, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tbtstt 2,554 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Gutted for Teemu and M-Sport. The Fiesta is my favourite car of the field, but I would be surprised to see it on the podium this year. Suninen looked to have immense pace, but just pushed too hard too early. Now all hopes for the Fiesta are in the hands of Greensmith... 😐 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UnderclassGDfan 533 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 @PJTierney Do you know, if the Xbox WRC app is working again? I cancelled my subscription last november, because the app wasn't working for more than 2 months and I felt robbed off my money. My PC is somehow not good enough to run the stream/videos, because it's getting really hot after a while and it shutts down automatically 😄 I'm still interested in rl WRC, but the Xbox WRC app was a big disappointment through the last year... It was also pretty bad to see Ford being just there...but not really competitive for some reason. And I really like the Fiesta, it's a pretty good looking car in my opinion. Well, still better than F1 in the last 5 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted January 22, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted January 22, 2021 16 hours ago, UnderclassGDfan said: Do you know, if the Xbox WRC app is working again? Never used it. I watch all my WRC on RedBull.tv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F2CMaDMaXX 607 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 7 hours ago, PJTierney said: Never used it. I watch all my WRC on RedBull.tv There might be more content on the WRC app, but it's so very badly supported and arranged - at least when i had it a few years ago - from my experiences, they're not in it for the sport, they're purely making a cash grab, which is why the onboard cams are still **** and nothing is streamlined or changed years later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted February 3, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted February 3, 2021 🤔 https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/why-wrc-and-world-rx-may-have-a-shared-future/ Quote “It’s an idea I introduced last year, to have World Rallycross – to have this big final in Spa-Francorchamps in the same weekend, to have two disciplines at one level joining for one event,” he said. The futures of both the WRC and World RX could be tied even closer from next year if speculation that WRC Promoter is about to take over the rights to World RX is to be believed. World RX lost its promoter when IMG walked out at the end of last season, just seven years into a 20-year term. The FIA launched a tender process to replace IMG and sources say WRC Promoter is closing on that deal. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted March 31, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted March 31, 2021 https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc/wrc-manufacturers-confirm-three-year-hybrid-agreement/ Quote WRC MANUFACTURERS CONFIRM THREE-YEAR HYBRID AGREEMENT All three current WRC manufacturers have embraced the sport’s exciting new hybrid era by committing to register and participate in the FIA World Rally Championship from 2022 to 2024. Hyundai, M-Sport Ford and Toyota have pledged their futures to the production car-based series, which will undergo a landmark change in 2022 when top tier cars will be powered by a mix of an electric motor and the current combustion engine. The agreement includes an equal contribution from the FIA and the manufacturers to the development costs of the new technology, which will have a strong focus on sustainability, safety and cost management. The introduction of hybrid technology was announced in 2019 and close collaboration between the manufacturers, WRC Promoter and FIA led to technical regulations receiving a green light at this month’s World Motor Sport Council. Hyundai Motorsport's new challenger will be based on the i20 N road car, a hot hatch inspired by the current i20 World Rally Car. Neither M-Sport Ford nor Toyota Gazoo Racing has confirmed which model they will use. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F2CMaDMaXX 607 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I'm glad there is a DR, because a 3-car WRC game is, um, yeah. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richieI 603 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 A hybrid WRCar has been spotted in the wild. Looking forward to more footage. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tbtstt 2,554 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Croatia was pretty damn entertaining! I'll leave debating the incident on Sunday morning, but a fantastic recovery from Ogier. He seems to manage situations that would fluster others so well. Still turning out these sorts of drives this far into his career continually makes me question who the greatest Seb is. Gutted for Evans but, sorry to say it, I think the best man won. Very impressed by Fourmaux as well. Not the first time he has driven the car, but the first time at this level and I thought he delivered a good result. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frankiestail 29 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Fourmaux def the real deal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted April 27, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted April 27, 2021 Certainly showed Greensmith how to handle that thing 😄 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Von4wd 123 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 More M-Sport's hybrid car footage. At least it still sounds decent. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted April 28, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted April 28, 2021 A bunch of us have been chatting on Discord and think that the longer body indicates Ford switching from the Fiesta to the Puma (despite the front end clearly being a Fiesta). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tbtstt 2,554 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 2 hours ago, PJTierney said: A bunch of us have been chatting on Discord and think that the longer body indicates Ford switching from the Fiesta to the Puma (despite the front end clearly being a Fiesta). I hope not, but that mule definitely looks longer. That said, I understand that the 2022 cars will all be based on an FiA designed structure, with panels clad on top. With that in mind perhaps they will just be using modified Fiesta panels for next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frankiestail 29 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I can see the top brass from ford wanting the puma over the fiestas for marketing reasons as the fiesta is mainly now a European market car, whereas the puma is sold internationally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JorritVD 1,376 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, tbtstt said: Still turning out these sorts of drives this far into his career continually makes me question who the greatest Seb is. Very different eras though. Loeb entered when the 2.0L was on its peak and to be honest never really had the biggest competition after a few years. Ford and some of its drivers faltered on many occasions while they should have taken the title imo. Ogier ofcourse had maybe the best car in the 1.6L WRC era with the Polo and maybe not had the strongest teammates imo. But on the other end he has won championships with different brands including VW, Ford (M-Sport), Toyota and also became two times third with Citroën (including with that crappy C3 at that point). Therefore I give a sligth advantage to Ogier. 3 hours ago, PJTierney said: A bunch of us have been chatting on Discord and think that the longer body indicates Ford switching from the Fiesta to the Puma (despite the front end clearly being a Fiesta). The hybrid car can ofcourse be a Puma chassis with some Fiesta bodypanels. The Puma might look higher/bigger, but that is also because its higher on its wheels. The Puma is just 10cm longer than the Fiesta, and less than 2cm longer than Hyundai's i20 Coupé. The Puma is just 7cm wider than the Fiesta. The heighth of the Puma is (1555mm - 164mm ground clearance) 1391mm, and that of the Fiesta is (1469 - 121) 1348mm, so just 5cm higher. So overall I think its that big of a problem. Yeah, maybe the car will look a bit more towards the C3 (or MINI Countryman) as its kinda shape. But i think overall wont be really a problem. It reminds a bit of the Super GT Honda NSX mule they used for the HSV-010 base. Using the mid-engined NSX reworked panels for the front engines HSV-010 test mule. Edited April 28, 2021 by JorritVD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted April 28, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted April 28, 2021 Side-note the HSV-010 is one of the coolest race cars ever made. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richieI 603 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) I don't think it's going to be based on the Puma. According to an article M-Sport already said in a press release that they're working on a Fiesta Rally1 for 2022. Edited April 28, 2021 by richie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Social Media & Community Team PJTierney 6,200 Posted May 5, 2021 Social Media & Community Team Share Posted May 5, 2021 https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/msport-ford-car-name-rally1-car/6494610/ Quote However, Team Principal Richard Millener told Motorsport.com at least one other option besides the Fiesta is being considered for next season. While he would not be drawn on which model could replace it, a shift in buying tastes among European motorists makes a small crossover a possibility. “There are still some discussions in terms of what is best,” he said. “As we start to test outside the UK in the coming months there will, I am sure, be some photos appearing, so I will leave it to them at the moment because it is easier than me saying anything that might end up with me getting into trouble.” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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