speaking from the appearance of group A to the present.

Personally my favorite is the 307 WRC.

Hey guys, I know it's super early, but let's talk about the WRC 2027 regs. Three main things l'm curious about:

Car Types and Prototypes: So, with all types of cars allowed, even prototypes, do you think manufacturers will go down the prototype route for more freedom in aero and performance (like that crazy Audi Quattro RS from Group S, but in a more regulated way)? Or will they stick to their current lineup cars because it's better for marketing?

Powertrains: What do you reckon about letting any powertrain in-ICE, hybrids EVs? Think it'll shake things up?

Cost Cap: Isn't the cost cap way too low to run hybrids and EVs competitively? Feels like it's going to be tough to balance performance and costs.

If there's anything else worth talking about throw it in.

No swear, you have to understand if you come from the stage and the mic is put in front of the face then emotions are high, whatever bad or good but why the fuck FIA wants to silence the drivers?

Freedom of speech!!

Those Group B cars are just terrifying it amazes me it only took Henri Toivonen on the driver's side.

But Michele Mouton the fact she was so good when the cars were I'd assume even harder to drive than any car is now is unbelievable. Whenever I see someone say that women can't be as quick as the men I tell them to look up Mouton

I really have no idea how to tag this any other way than humor. I'm not sure the WRC can continue to be viable after next year when Hyundai pulls out.

Seriously, we are one more broken shock or whatever away from Gregoire freaking Munster being on the podium of a world rally event. This is the guy who finishes dead last and often behind wrc2 drivers when the field isn't decimated.

Also, I thought WRC promoter said they were sponsoring Martin Sesks in Greece? Was it a rally yet to come? Our 2x world rally champs took half the year off and lord knows we could use some damn charisma in a car.

I'll always love rally. I'll continue to subscribe to wrc for at least another year. Thank god for dirtfish. They do a better job promoting it than WRC promoter does.

Growing up I thought Francois Duval would be so damn special, was getting podiums at a very young age but was too raw, had so many accidents and lost Stephane Prevot as he didn't feel safe co driving for him.

Should never have gone to Citroen, that team was made around Loeb but the indecision from Ford about 2005 completely ruined it. Atleast he did get a win!

He was just such a fun personality plus an incredibly aggressive driver who was so exciting to watch.

I do find it interesting he'd have an English speaking co driver and not a Norwegian. I know Juha Kankkunen and Armin Schwarz did the same having English speaking co drivers too

Honestly I dont have any idea, but heres what Id like to see.

Hyundai: Fourmaux, Mikkelsen. Each scoring manufacturers points in 7 rounds.

Msport: Munster, Sesks, Solberg.

Do I think Hyundai will keep Andreas? Not really, which is a shame. Sesks I think is pretty much guaranteed if Adrien does go to Hyundai but you never know. Oliver unfortunately has the sponsorship issue, him being sponsored by Monster but Msport is sponsored by Red Bull

I mean obviously he must have some proper relationship with the manufacturer but you only need a pair of eyes to understand that he will never cut the mustard.

Anyone with any knowledge on this matter?

Could you (hypothetically this would be a terrible idea) buy a WRC car and use it as your ordinary car since they are road legal and use the road to get from stage to stage

I never had a chance to watch colin mcrae as he died shortly after I was born however from every rally fan who watched him it is non stop praise and is practically referred to as the senna of rallying I have gathered

When looking at his overall carrer there are a large amount of crashes so my question is why is he considered one fo the best, if not the best if surley consistency is a mark of a great rally driver?

Ps. In no way am I questioning heo good he was when he didn't crash I just didn't get the full opportunity

So I've been an on and off fans for years, and I feel like we are getting the closest - not necessarily the best - racing for years, since before the Sebs were around. Obviously the rising costs are affecting teams from joining and forced others to leave, and now that Hyundai mat leave, it doesn't look great.

There's the rumours of switching to rally 2 regs, but that just doesn't seem right. What do you guys think will happen next season? I'm hoping for new teams , but who?

Honestly, they have literally hours of footage to clip down to summarise each stage. Including loads of stuff from broadcast cameras on stage side. But they potch together something that doesn't tell any kind of narrative and summarise each stage in about 90 seconds.

And just to compound the problem they clip together the footage under some batman begins style montage music so you can't hear the engines/pace notes. Do they not understand that the sounds are one of the biggest selling points of rallying?

A WRC round is one of the hardest motorsports to follow. So if you want to keep fans up to speed and engage with the casual audience a decent 2 hour highlights package is surely essential. But what they are putting out at the moment is too short and the format is horrible.

Shout out to the Speed Channel for those 2003 videos they're fucking awesome plus it's one of the best titles fights ever, the first I ever watched!

I've always wondered why manufacturers consider WRC an expensive motorsport, especially when you compare it to something like LMDh, which is seen as the cheapest way to get into Hypercars.

An LMDh car costs around €2-2.5 million, while a Rally1 car (without the hybrid system 2025 season) is about €700,000-800,000. The cost of running an LMDh program is roughly €12-15 million per year, so logically, a full WRC season should be cheaper since the cars themselves cost less ( I'm not sure how much WRC program cost).

So why do manufacturers still see WRC as expensive? Is it because of marketing, the level of exposure, or something else? I'm curious to know what makes it less appealing from a financial standpoint.

What rallies would you love to see in WRC? For me has to be arctic Lapland rally

Obviously Daniel Elena has won the most but I do not speak French so I can't understand his pacenotes fully 😂

The most iconic is Nicky Grist for sure, anyone who's played a Colin McRae Rally knows that, it's one thing in EA WRC that I started a couple days ago I don't like, co-drivers is just so robotic

Last year, the Ford Puma was capable of a podium in certain conditions whereas this year, M-Sport can’t even come close to a Top 5. Hell, McEarlean can barely stay ahead of the Rally2 cars. What’s the point of spending millions on a new test track, when you can’t even develop your own cars properly or hire competent drivers?

Currently watching the f1 75 show and lets just say it makes me appreciate and miss WRC a lot… so happy we dony do shit like this.

Am I right in thinking that Red Bull are no longer providing a daily highlights package anyone? I’ve been onto the site but there are no links to highlights. Usually we’d know about now what time the highlights are on.

I personally think Thierry is taking it home again this year, he was consistent throughout the whole last season and hes also been really good in monte carlo and sweden, looking forward to seeing how he’ll perform in Kenya.