Crash.net:
I believe the SX4 WRC can be adapted to be both a WRC car and/or Super 2000 car can't it?
MN:
When the car was designed we were thinking about this possibility and in some areas it has been designed thinking about the Super 2000 regulations. It is true that it can be made into a S2000 car quite quickly from the base we have. It is not a very big job - at least in terms of design. Of course in terms of parts it will be different. For example, the bodyshell is quite a specific specification for a WRC car. The main layout though can be the same and quite a lot of parts actually can be used for Super 2000 - if it is a target. So this car, at the moment it is a WRC, but to think about a Super 2000, it can be converted I would say quite quickly.
Crash.net:
What do you think of Super 2000 cars? How good are they? Are they a good way forward?
MN:
It depends on what the
FIA - the sports governing body - wants to do. Normally there are different levels in rallying. It was suppose to be Super 1600, which is the first competition car for young drivers. Then after it was Group N and Super 2000, which were the second levels, and then the top level was meant to be WRC cars, which are higher in performance than S2000 and S1600. WRC cars were supposed to be the top category. After it depends what is decided politically by the FIA - if they want a really top level car or if they want to stay with a medium level car or whatever. It is more for political reasons than anything else.
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