This week:WRC - Rally Japan: 28-31 MayW2RC - Desafío Ruta 40: 23-29 MayNews:>Mikko Heikkilä won the Royal Rally of Scandinavia previous week>According to TuttoRally, WRC Promoter deal was signed today. It will be given to a group led by Eric BouillierEntry list for Japan:https://ewrc-results.com/event/96261-forum8-rally-japan-2026/entries
> pafdon slower than armstrongalso fuck footy
Can't fall asleep for some reason lads, guess I'm watching this now
>>154937890>also fuck footythis
>>154937890Doesn't help that Japan has now become a b o r i n g rally with weird times for our europosterssasuga saudis
>meme stagealso i fucked up the topic somehow
WRC ? More like ToyotaRallyChampionship
>>154940162To be fair to Toyota its not their fault both Hyundai and Ford feel like they're one foot out the door from leaving the series.
>>154940162We will see on the gravel rallies. If Hyundai can win Portugal they have a good chance at any of the rest of the rallies.>>154940240Ford isn't even in Rally1. MSport built their own car with permission to use a Ford body.It will be interesting to see what manufacturers bother with the new Rally1 specs next year. It is basically a Rally2 car with double wishbone and more aero iirc.
Still love watching these mountain roads, but it really isn't the same without the moisture.I had to fuck this image so much to get it under 4mb. It's been my main background for years.
>>154943113seeing that friday morning live was like a fever dream, rest of the rally kinda sucked after it
Presuming no fuckery occurs with the last stage of Japan coming soon, how does that affect the driver's championship when sunday's points and stage win bonuses come in?
Cachon lucky that tree was there to keep him on the road
>cocky spaniard loses itKWAB
Our autist, lets go boys
ogier seemed extra annoyed/edgy this weekend
>>154940337>MSport built their own car with permission to use a Ford body.MSport is getting money from Ford to do this, and Ford itself is also paying the entry. The issue is that its nowhere near the amount of money the project needsMost of the Ford money goes into their Dakar project
>>154940337it's funny how often the 'top' series in WRC dies and has to be replaced with the support series. >Group B dies, replaced with Group A which was originally a support series>WRC2000 dies, replaced with R5 which was originally a support series>Rally1 dies, replaced with Rally2 which was originally a support series>
>>154944454leads the championship by 4 points ahead of yohan, it will be pretty close
So I guess I hadn't thought about it in years past, but why does Hyundai keep saying they're not competitive on tarmac?Is it cope or are their cars just that different?
>>154948656I think that most of their development time and budget goes to gravel than anything else. Another factor could also be the fact that their budget is not very good iirc, especially with how the fuckers in their stakeholders and leadership are supposedly squeamish about contending this year in the first place. Hopefully that shit stops and they get their shit together when the new regs drop the million euro + ish price per car.
>>154948775when zoidberg is on screen i watchhe’s a kino machine
can't believe we're halfway through the season already
>>154964810These threads are so dead
