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FIA confident of “collaborative solutions” to WRC teams’ 2025 concerns
Last week, WRC teams Toyota, Hyundai, and M-Sport-Ford collectively wrote a letter to the world motorsport governing body expressing their wish to keep the current Rally1 technical regulations until the end of 2026. The FIA’s recent vision for the future of top-level rallying proposed changes to technical rules that had been met with opposition from drivers and teams. The FIA plans to remove hybrid power from Rally1 cars and decrease performance through aerodynamics and air restrictor adjustments. Concerns have been raised by teams regarding the tight timeframe for these changes, with only six months being allotted for design, testing, and validation. The WRC Commission met for a two-day discussion in Geneva to address these matters, focusing on technical rule changes for 2022. Collaborative solutions are being sought to safeguard and enhance the premier rally category, with further meetings scheduled to take place in the upcoming weeks for clarifications and agreements.
