Jan Stenos

Researching and sharing the history and continued evolution of the FIA and international Rallying landscape, from Touring Contest to World Mobility Championship

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@llluis555 Well spotted, but I am keen to understand what is restricting them now.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@llluis555 And don't forget Equivalence of Technology

https://t.co/CjetGnbvjA

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

Malcolm Wilson has been officially confirmed as @fia Deputy President for Sport

[RallyJournal.com @RallyJournal]

In a rather unusual move, the WRC promoter is planning to directly fund the US project.
#WRC #RallyUSA #rallying
https://t.co/8ReDBwUPxZ

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@RallyJournal I'd like to reply to @RallyingUK point, who has unfortunately blocked me. Many Asian manufacturers, including Hyundai and Toyota, have plants within the USA, as do European companies. I don't agree that the tariffs have changed anything significant.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@autopolis1 @llluis555 @fia The current Rally1 cars are also spaceframe, what shocks you?

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@fia Formula 1 needs a promoter with a twitter feed.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

Formula 1 needs a promoter.

[FIA @fia]

1) Mercedes focus on floor changes in Barcelona. The W16 gains a new fence profile for improved load through better onset flow, while a revised floor edge features increased chord and new vanes. There’s also a circuit specific rear wing featuring increased camber to improve local downforce and drag.

2) Aston Martin have a revised front wing in Barcelona, but along with a redesign to meet the new regulations, the tip detail between the front wing elements and the endplate has been redesigned to increase load in that area.

#FIA #F1 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@voiceofrally A good watch thank you. I wonder if it's possible to merge WRC and ecoRally Cup.
Manufacturers championship consist of the eco rounds in production cars; drivers and teams take on the special stage rounds, until such time a car can do a combined itinerary.
Rally is rally right?

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

Perfect sense to appeal to the performance car marques for a performance sport. However, those bosses don't really like alternatives to tarmac in the sun near the airport.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@RallyJournal In his speech yesterday, the US President mentioned Hyundai investment in his country, and with a WEC build it's clear the motorsport department are also influenced by the same market. Perhaps the Rally bosses have considered it for 2027.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

It would be difficult to disagree with much of what Dimi says here, although I wouldn't believe Toyota continue in any 'Rally2' championship. Would a 'Rally2 WRC' be commercially sustainable? What does the calendar look like?

[Powerslide @PowerslideMedia]

In our latest episode of the Powerslide Podcast, @Dimi_WRC ponders whether the future of the WRC lies in the Rally2 class and why ultimately such a downgrade wouldn't solve the WRC's problems. 🤔👀

#WRC

https://t.co/VzWdCprCXC

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

"Motorsport UK boss David Richards has threatened legal action against the FIA ​​over governance and transparency...
...the new agreement imposes total secrecy without controls, and gives the FIA ​​the right to impose fines of up to €50,000 without a review mechanism."

[Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi 🇸🇦 @IbrahimAlZubadi]

رئيس “موتورسبورت المملكة المتحدة” يهدد الإتحاد الدولي للسيارات بإجراءات قانونية

هدد ديفيد ريتشاردز، رئيس موتورسبورت المملكة المتحدة، باتخاذ إجراءات قانونية ضد الاتحاد الدولي للسيارات (فيا) بسبب ما وصفه بانتهاكات للحوكمة والشفافية تحت قيادة محمد بن سليم.

جاء ذلك بعد منعه، إلى جانب أعضاء آخرين، من حضور اجتماع المجلس العالمي لرياضة السيارات لرفضهم التوقيع على اتفاقية عدم إفشاء. وأوضح ريتشاردز أن الاتفاقية الجديدة تفرض سرية شاملة دون ضوابط، وتمنح فيا حق فرض غرامات تصل إلى 50,000 يورو دون آلية مراجعة.

وأشار إلى أن وعود بن سليم بالشفافية وتفويض الإدارة لم تُنفَّذ، مؤكدًا أن الوضع “يزداد سوءًا”، مع إقالة شخصيات بارزة وتقليص استقلالية لجان التدقيق. وأضاف أن فيل لم يرد على استفساراته القانونية، محذرًا من تصعيد القضية قضائيًا إذا لم تتم معالجة المخاوف المطروحة.

ولم يصدر الاتحاد الدولي للسيارات (فيا) أي تعليق رسمي حتى الآن حول هذا الأمر.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

You cannot say ecoRally doesn't have it's own driving style. https://t.co/IeWj8ubM2a

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

New Rally1 regulations published today include, let's say it, a non-disclosure agreement surrounding the data acquisition system. #FIA

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

Rally to Monte-Carlo!

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@Jonnysage_ @DirtFishRally A rally car is a road car. My point is that yesterday's homologation specials are today's Rally3/4/5, and you can buy them, tax, insure and drive them, if you like.

If the manufacturer can't produce a performance level and spec you wish, that doesn't change it being a real car.

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

@eWRCresults I have seen a video of the winner today weaving about the highway, warming up tyres. Did the stewards not see that? Or is it acceptable?

[Jan Stenos @JanStenos]

Caption competition 🤣

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Image by @grok