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Tänak: No one knows how new WRC rules will work
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Tänak: No one knows how new WRC rules will work

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Rally driver Ott Tänak believes no one fully understands the new WRC regulations starting in 2027.
  • Tänak noted that the new WRC27 cars will be significantly slower than current Rally1 machines.
  • Toyota is the only manufacturer currently developing a new car for the upcoming regulations.

Ott Tänak, a prominent rally driver, has expressed uncertainty about the practical implementation of the new World Rally Championship (WRC) regulations set to take effect in 2027. He suggests that the exact workings of these upcoming rules remain unclear to everyone involved in the sport.

Tänak shared his thoughts with the Finnish publication Rallit.fi, indicating that the forthcoming changes could introduce a greater level of complexity and unpredictability to the championship. The current Rally1 cars are slated to be phased out at the end of the next season, making way for new machines compliant with WRC27 regulations.

Currently, Toyota stands as the sole manufacturer actively engaged in the development of a new car for these regulations. The Japanese team has accumulated over 5,000 test kilometers in less than a year, with Tänak himself having completed a substantial portion of that testing mileage. "They are definitely significantly slower than the Rally1 machines," Tänak commented on the performance of the new cars.

They are definitely significantly slower than the Rally1 machines.

— Ott TänakDescribing the performance difference between the new WRC27 cars and the current Rally1 cars.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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