Mousse system

[jonkka]

if you consider rallying boring and processional in the many years previous to the introduction of the mousse system.

Have you had a look at average winning margins of the past? Trend and it's implications are quite obvious.

[L5->R5/CR]

...This could meen a danger of not having a rally winner who won by his driving. Rather a winner who paced himself slowely in order to avoid all the problems at all.

How is that not a driver winning by his driving. Sometimes the key to winning is making sure you finish...

[Daniel]

How is that not a driver winning by his driving. Sometimes the key to winning is making sure you finish...

I agree. I don't particularly like the fact that the cars have 95% reliability and punctures are all too rare. Punctures ARE a part of rallying!

[Donney]

Have you had a look at average winning margins of the past? Trend and it's implications are quite obvious.

Right, but in the past there were five days rallyes so it was possible to have a puncture, loose three min and win a rally.

[Daniel]

It was also the case that the good drivers had less punctures because they were generally better at avoiding rocks and took it a bit easier

[BDunnell]

I agree. I don't particularly like the fact that the cars have 95% reliability and punctures are all too rare. Punctures ARE a part of rallying!

Exactly. So too are the rough roads that cause them; as are (were?) the demanding rallies that cause lots of retirements.

[jparker]

Hmm, I didn't know there are people that enjoy the lack of cars on the road.

[Daniel]

Retirements are a fact of rallying. Why do people complain about stupidrally when it gives you more cars and complain about cars getting punctures?

[xavier]

I think removing the mouse system is not a good thing:

- It will force drivers to take less risk, because a puncture means that you lost the rally. So WRC will be less spectacular and we wil have accountant races: if you are 20 seconds behind, taking risk will be out of question because a puncture will make you lose all the 2nd place point.

- Even though some Drivers are better at avoiding rocks, there are some that are unavoidable. Winning a rally will rely more on luck than skills.

- More retirements: it means less cars on the road and a less competitive field in day 2 and 3.

- Security is always an issue. The mousse make the car safer.

I think if you ask the current WRC drivers their opinion about using the mousse next year, most of them think it's a very bad idea.

[ZequeArgentina]

It is easy, look at PWRC or JWRC were mousse in not allowed, that but with WRC cars is what al the tyre thin is going to be about. Carrying 2 spares would be wise, and could even become mandatory (so no one retires arally just because got two punctures between service areas).