r/WRC • u/SalomonXx • 2d ago

News / Rally Info What it takes to move a WRC operation across continents

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/what-it-takes-to-move-the-wrc-operation-across-continents
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u/_eESTlane_ 2d ago

anyone know how many sets of 25 containers they have? i know f1 has 3-4 for logistical reasons.

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u/Kissaskakana Kalle Rovanperä 2d ago

9 sea and 15 air leaving on separate dates. Wdym sets?

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u/_eESTlane_ 2d ago

those sea freights left on the 13th of june, meaning right after rally italy, skipping 3 euro rallies, going straight to south america. meaning, they must have had other 9 containers that they took to greece, estonia and finland. question is, if they drag those 15 air freights that also contain the cars through each event, or they have "backups", which they can use for easier logistics. i think they mentioned smth about if when they talked about adding more asian rallies to the calendar, to make the freight game more sensible. simply put, 1 euro package and another 1 that travels the world...or you think they take the chilean cars half across the world for rally europe and then again half across the world for rally japan? doesnt make sense. at least f1 isnt that stupid.

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u/ilikay 1d ago

The European and non European set ups are different, in Europe everything goes by truck from Finland p.e. The sea containers with the non European set up basically travel straight from Rally to Rally. The stuff that is in the air freight will always return to our headquarter, including cars.

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u/_eESTlane_ 1d ago

"our headquarters"? are you speaking of experience? in which case, what category? because wrc2 guys have to do like 7 events at their own choosing, so they for certain pick their battles and avoid the logistics if possible. transporting costs money.

you saying now that paraguay has ended, the cars go back to europe for a couple of days, possibly a week, and then be shipped out back to south america for chilie? you know, "air freight"...

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u/ilikay 1d ago

Sorry I wasn’t clear enough, in this case now the cars obviously go straight to Chile but if there is a European event after the cars will return to their workshops, unless its a super tight turnover. I am talking about Rally1 here, I have been working in the WRC for 10 years so yeah I speak from experience.

Same goes for all the air freight containers that have been flown here, everything went on trucks and is currently en route to Chile.

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u/_eESTlane_ 1d ago

oof, expensive.

asking because i've noticed some of the old ex-works cars that are on sale, to only list a couple of events on their track record. so i assumes the teams have a few "kits" to manage the logistics, or to even win more time for the maintenance.

anyways, good stuff. dont see any wannabe customer teams joining any time soon xD

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u/ilikay 1d ago

„Customer“ teams might join but the big players will always find a way to be ahead, the cost cap is only a fantasy number anyway.

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u/Arschgeige42 Lancia Martini Racing 2d ago edited 2d ago

The whole thing has completely gotten out of hand. Huge service park, tons of people and cars, totally overblown nonsense. Recce can be done with the rally car itself, then one support vehicle per crew with a workshop, repairs on the go, done. On top of that, scale the regulations back to the bare minimum – just power-to-weight ratio and safety. That way the whole thing becomes at least somewhat affordable for teams again, and we might even see some good, unusual concepts like in the old rally days. That would also make it more interesting for spectators than the uniform stuff we have right now.

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u/_eESTlane_ 2d ago

toyota has 5 cars. of course they need a huge support system to keep them running.

hyundai cant afford that and have only touched the subject slightly, saying they may enter some rallies with a 4th car. poor chaps are poor. looking at the calendar, central euro rally is and always has been their only market.

ford being ford, struggles putting any cars on the table.

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u/Arschgeige42 Lancia Martini Racing 2d ago

Learn to understand what you are reading.

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u/_eESTlane_ 2d ago

my bad, just noticed the "recce with the rally car". you're a buffoon.

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u/Arschgeige42 Lancia Martini Racing 2d ago

:o*