WRX is not a manufacturer series, WRC is not a privateer/teams series, they shouldn't be compared. Privateers and teams aren't travelling the globe as WRX shows, so why suggest privateers are the answer for WRC? Without manufacturer investment in WRC, the promoter has to step in and these working group decisions show they still choose a Rally1 top tier with the fewer cars.
WRC2 already exists and Rally2 is very popular to the point of oversubscription on European events, but it cannot sustain the series itself, nor multiple events for much of the participants. Why do people expect making either it or something indistinguishable from it as the 'main class' will a) attract privateers to compete globally full time when they weren't already, and b) save the series?
The main thing is that a global series like WRC can not live without manufacturer's money and big sponsors bound to them. Privateers can't fund the series as it is. That is simply impossible.
Seems like another Ogier vs Tanak for the victory. Very good by Neuville, realistically he can aim at 3rd place for tomorrow, only problems or mistakes can make the top 2 reachable.
Tomorrow 8...
Those both runs through the 2nd stage in the loops were absolutely mega from Thierry. Kind of like a champions-esque drive we have seen from the Sebs for the past two decades. He was unfortunate not...
Seems like another Ogier vs Tanak for the victory. Very good by Neuville, realistically he can aim at 3rd place for tomorrow, only problems or mistakes can make the top 2 reachable. Tomorrow 8...
[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2024