Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
Lovely post. Agree with you on a lot of levels.

Really this current night/dust flashpoint is just the latest issue in a sport struggling for its identity. It's something countless promoters and an FIA where Group B stalwarts hold influence still can't figure out.

You could literally write a thesis on the whole debate. Making the events shorter, more formulaic and 'for TV' hasn't really seen the championship gain any extra exposure. But the manufacturers are here.
Clearly it didn't help it gain ANY extra exposure - it actually made things much, much worse and decreased its exposure massively.

World Rallying had lots of world wide TV exposure before the 'greedy' people who thought they knew it all intervened and destroyed something that already worked well.