WRC Switching to S2000-spec Cars for 2010

[WRXWagon2112]

Info from AutoBlog:

For whom does the cost-cutter's bell toll? It tolls for Formula 1... and for the World Rally Championship. The FIA has announced that from 2010 the WRC will use Super 2000-spec cars, instead of the current championship's Group N racers. As with the FIA's moves in F1 to standardize components in order to help teams save money, the S2000 cars all have third-party-supplied gearboxes and drivetrains, use 2.0-liter engines with 8,500 rpm rev limits, and are prohibited from being excessively modified (if you have some time, check out the FIA-mandated S2000 specs), among other things. Should manufacturers wish to sell their S2000 cars to privateer teams they can charge no more than €168,000. Five time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb has spoken out against an S2000 WRC, saying he won't be interested in rallying if the 2010 regs actually take effect. The Group N cars that drivers like Loeb currently pilot will be relegated to the P-WRC come 2010. We'll find out then if Sebastien Loeb goes with them.

--Alan

[Cereb Daithi]

.....sigh..... this is what happens when you have a nazi (allegedly) in charge of the FIA.

[zaxrex]

Yeah, but just think about the parties he throws! Oh wait, that was a bad idea too...

[ElZorro]

So what does a 'manufacturer's championship' mean that that point? 'Our company can put together a better pit crew and cadre of drivers than you' ?

[Mr Kleen]

So what does a 'manufacturer's championship' mean that that point? 'Our company can put together a better pit crew and cadre of drivers than you' ?

exactly. might as well be NASCRAP