At the Baku World Motor Sport Council meeting in December 2023, a rally working group was announced to discuss the future of rallying, from WRC to grassroots. The working group's immediate concern is the technical, sporting and promotional aspects of WRC. Leading the group is Robert Reid and Dave Richards. Simultaneously, a new points format was announced for WRC 2024 season.

Like it or not, fundamental changes to what rallying is must be expected over the next few years or the sport becomes historic, a pastime of the oil age for privateers only taking place on fewer, shorter, events. Governments are phasing out fossil ICE cars and manufacturers are increasingly disinterested in the world series. Rally cars are nothing like consumer road cars unless they're in the ecoRally Cup. ASNs and top drivers are also seemingly giving up on participation.

This thread was inspired by the lengthy discussion the new points format was getting on the 2024 WRC News and Rumours thread. This could be a good place for sporting and promotional aspects discussion, questions, thrashing ideas or reviewing the working group's progress and proposals with a view to realism or constructivism. Whinging and moaning about how the good old days were better should be discussed elsewhere. Change is coming, or if it's not, try and make a discussable point.

For car technical discussion see also WRC main class in 2025.