Power Stage system

**Sulland** · 27th February 2022, 11:57

Todays system destroys the sunday on too many rallies. Something need to be done.

1. New tyres for all for power stage. So that saving tyres is not pri 1.
2. 1 point for all stage wins on sunday. So that you can earn points not only on the PS.
3. PS points 3-2-1, to have people fight also on sundays. 5 points is too much.

I also would like to see Superally/Rally2 to be banned. If you are out, you are out.

**WRCStan** · 27th February 2022, 12:24

If crews have nothing to gain or lose over Sundays the tyre chat is irrelevant, they won't be involving needless risk. Sounds like you want more entertaining action yet want to stifle the risk by banning Restarting, this doesn't make sense.

I think what you would like is more kilometres on Sundays, or a higher % of the rally. This shifts where the racing is. Then this is nothing to do with the Power Stage system. Maybe?

**AndyRAC** · 27th February 2022, 13:01

Originally Posted by Sulland

Todays system destroys the sunday on too many rallies. Something need to be done.

1. New tyres for all for power stage. So that saving tyres is not pri 1.
2. 1 point for all stage wins on sunday. So that you can earn points not only on the PS.
3. PS points 3-2-1, to have people fight also on sundays. 5 points is too much.

I also would like to see Superally/Rally2 to be banned. If you are out, you are out.

The purist thinks yes, the realist has accepted that it's needed to keep cars in the event.

I think the Sunday is a problem, most of the time it's around 40-50km, which is nothing. Couldn't they make it longer, or finish the event on a Saturday evening? That is worth experimenting.

However, we've discussed many times that the Promoters sell a lot of their coverage due to the Power Stage on a Sunday lunchtime every event. They're not going to change this - unless something changes.

**AnttiL** · 27th February 2022, 14:02

Both rallies this year had big drama on Sunday, Ogier’s puncture in Monte and Evans’s off in Sweden. We can go back in history and see something has happened in almost every rally’s Sunday, even though some drivers are just cruising to save tyres.

My suggestion is to have only the power stage driven twice on Sunday (and the kilometres moved elsewhere on the rally, like Thursday evening). Even tyre savers usually go faster on first take of power stage.

**Danny0405** · 27th February 2022, 15:03

Don’t think the PS is the issue.
If the drivers have nothing to play in the 4 last rounds, they will not push and risk the result (especially with the manufacturer championship), it’s as simple as this, either with PS or not.