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S2000 still possibility as WRC formula
Date: 30 Januari 2009
FIA president Max Mosley has stated that Super 2000 cars could still become the main formula for the World Rally Championship next season.
Despite a WRC technical working group meeting last week pointing to the use of a kit of bolt-on parts to a Super 2000 car to make the new World Rally Car, Mosley insists the potential for a straight S2000 to take over at the pinnacle of the sport remains very real as the FIA seeks to further drive down the costs of competition in WRC.
In an exclusive interview with Autosport magazine, Mosley said: "There was a specific World Council decision not to go that [straight Super 2000] route in December, but it may be that, because of what's happened since (Subaru and Suzuki pulling out of WRC), people might like to revise their opinion.
"There was a major discussion in the World Council about whether the kit for the Super 2000 car should be available or whether everybody should just run in a straight Super 2000 formula without the kit. The majority felt the kit should be available.
"Now, though, that may come into question. That may be re-discussed. Clearly, however, [if] they do [add the kit], it's an added expense for the manufacturer and it's also clearly an expense for the private entrant.
"On the other hand, if it's a genuine kit that does bolt on and off, maybe it's not so bad. But we're having a very close look at that as well."
Mosley refuted the argument that Super 2000 cars were not spectacular enough, with five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb even stating that he would walk away from the sport rather than compete in a championship run for S2000 machinery.
"What makes the car spectacular is, one the driver and, two, the conditions," added Mosley.
"Giving the car a bolt-on wing and a few more horsepower does not make any difference at all. But we're a democracy and that was the view of the World Council, but as I said it might be that we now need to take a different look at it.
"If we did go to Super 2000 we would have less cost for the people in the championship and there are manufacturers saying given that (a championship running Super 2000 cars without a kit), we would come in to WRC."
A final decision on the final technical specification of the next generation of World Rally Cars to run from the start of next season is expected from the March World Council meeting.
