2017 WRC cars will get wide, oh so wide 

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 07/11/2015 at 14:11 • Filed to: None

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Let’s see how they translate those vents into the homologation units, they have to automatically build.

tromoly > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 07/11/2015 at 14:18

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The way I read it, homologation isn’t required, did I read that wrong?

TheBaron2112 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 07/11/2015 at 14:19

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Wow... that...

There’s such a thing as too wide.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > tromoly 07/11/2015 at 14:23

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Wasn’t the point WRC too keep a link between road and rally cars, with the homologation thingy?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 07/11/2015 at 15:54

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Homologation is really only for when a car is specifically designed for a race series, i.e. race car is built before road car. Without homologation we end up with massively specialized vehicles that have no possible use outside of what they were designed for. Think Nascar or F1. Homologation preserves the link, as you call it, by constraining manufacturers to using designs that are feasible as roadgoing vehicles.

The rules are different when creating a race version of a previously existing road car. Depending on the series they can range from limits to the modifications that can be made, to just having to vaguely resemble the road car.

Dusty Ventures > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 07/11/2015 at 20:09

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I get them trying to bring back a little of the Group B-esque madness, but I really hope the cars don’t end up looking like that...

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Dusty Ventures 07/11/2015 at 22:13

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The FIA and the manufacturers already agreed on that basic concept, and even Sebastien Ogier has backed the FIA’s plans for this.

I’m guessing it all depends on how the teams will interpret the rules.

Dusty Ventures > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 07/13/2015 at 09:15

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Looks like they won’t be that over the top after all, the new rules are only adding 1.4 inches to the width.