WRC
Xavier Mestelan-Pinon: “The 2027 WRCs will be very close to the current Rally2s”
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What will be the technical definition of the premier class car in the world championship from January 2027?
The cars will be based on a tubular chassis. In terms of body design, it will be possible to use any body, whether it comes from the B or C segment or a saloon... whatever you want, as is already the case in Rally1. It could even be a prototype and not born...
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DANIEL MEYERS
03/02/2025 at 11:21 a.m.
Not at all convinced because I just read, leveling down never bodes well, and NO the Rally2 are not spectacular, far from it. As for wishing/hoping to see Ogier and colleagues evolve on the WRC 2027, it is an optimism that I really do not share. We understand that the idea is to repeat the WEC trick in WRC with a plethora of manufacturers involved, I think that is a utopia. Oreca, after the WEC (Acura, Alpine, Toyota in LMP1, soon Genesis and Ford, Ferrari in LMGT3) omnipotent in WRC?!