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The FIA World Rally Championship-2 or WRC-2 (formerly known as Super 2000 World Rally Championship or S-WRC), is a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, and is driven on the same stages. WRC-2 is limited to production-based cars homologated under the Super 2000, N4, R4 and R5 rules. The series began in 2010 and split the Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC), which was previously open to both Super 2000 and Group N4 cars, into two separate competitions, both of which received their own FIA titles. There was also a World Rally Championship Cup for Teams within the S-WRC but this was discontiniued after 2010.
From the 2013 season, the S-WRC will be renamed to WRC-2.[1] Due to the introduction of Group R and the reclassification of Group A and Group N WRC-2 will be eligible for cars under S2000, R5 and R4 rules with additional cup for N4 cars. The R4 category however will be phased out after 2013 as the cars were built under the N4 rules and no other cars under Group N will be homologated.
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Models [edit]
The following Super 2000 rally cars are currently in production and eligible to compete in SWRC:
- Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000
- Ford Fiesta S2000 [2]
- Peugeot 207 S2000
- Škoda Fabia S2000[3]
- Toyota Auris S2000
- Volkswagen Polo S2000
- MG ZR S2000
- Opel Corsa S2000
- Proton Satria Neo S2000[4]
The following cars are going or are built under the R5 rules or RRC(Regional Race Car) rules:
- Citroën DS3 RRC
- Ford Fiesta RRC
- Ford Fiesta R5[N 1]
- Mini John Cooper Works S2000[N 2]
- Peugeot 208 R5
The following cars are built under the R4 or N4 rules and will be eligible to enter WRC-2:
Calendar [edit]
From 2010 to 2012(as S-WRC), there are 10 qualifying rallies for the new series, and at the time of registration entrants must nominate seven rallies, including two outside Europe, in which to score points. The S-WRC is in addition to the WRC Cup for S2000 Teams, which was announced earlier in the year. The S-WRC Teams cup was scraped from 2011 onwards.
From 2013 there's no fixed calendar. The teams can participate in any round of the season with teams must contest at least seven events, with their best six results from the first seven events they enter being counted towards their final points tally.
Champions [edit]
Gallery [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ "Exciting changes for 2013 WRC". WRC.com. WRC Official Website. 21 Sep 2012. Retrieved 01 Oct 2012.
- ^ RallySport Magazine – S2000 Fiestas nearly ready to roll
- ^ Skoda starts S2000 testing. | WRC News | Crash.Net
- ^ Rally : A new Proton Super 2000? – PROTON WRC – Rally-Live.com
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