Sebastien Loeb has come out in favour of the new S2000+ technical regulations that the FIA recently ratified for the 2010 WRC

Written by Scott Coursey WRC Dec 26, 2008

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Five times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb has come out in favour of the FIA's new Super 2000+ technical regulations which are due to come into force for the 2010 WRC season, according to autosport.com.

Loeb is happy that the standard S2000 regulations won't be adopted by the FIA as he feels the current S2000 machines lack torque and are about 100 horsepower down on what the new Super 2000+ cars ought to produce with a turbocharger.

He also feels the new regulations will be positive for the sport in the face of the current economic climate.

Sebastien Loeb has come out in favour of the new S2000+ technical regulations that the FIA recently ratified for the 2010 WRC

Loeb explained to autosport.com:

Firstly, it won't be the same Super 2000 as we see now, it will be different cars.

I don't like normal Super 2000 but it's a big difference between the Super 2000 we see at the moment and the one we will have.

At the moment, Super 2000 doesn't have any torque and so it's not nice to see in the hairpins, it's very slow. But we will have turbos so it's much more horsepower than this S2000 - it's nearly a hundred horsepower difference, that's a lot.

If it's done correctly with the turbo, we shouldn't lose much horsepower and maybe it can be a good car and still interesting for the spectators, we will see.

If it will reduce the cost a lot and help manufacturers to come into the game, with more drivers, it can be a good thing."

Source: autosport.com