WRC Rally Islas Canarias 2026

Coverage of WRC2 has been very good on this rally and in Croatia, hope they keep it up for the rest of the year

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Originally Posted by meh

I think drivers in general like those stages - they can just drive and there is less of the puncture lottery, dirty road due to the starting position, etc. - it is a fair field for everyone.

The "problem" is that Toyota is too good, and there is no competitive field. If we could have all 3 teams with cars to fight for the stage wins and have those "few tenths here or there" leads, it could be a different story.

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However you forgot about the heritage of rallying, son.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

The modern cars are so good now and drivers so precise that dry tarmac can look a bit boring. But that's their fault, not the rally.

Years ago with the Group A and then S2000 cars, this type of event looked great.

Pity the FIA cant mandate a RWD diff bias for the current cars. ;)

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Aero and long suspension travel are the reason it looks boring. Specially these stupid huge wings

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Originally Posted by COD

Aero and long suspension travel are the reason it looks boring. Specially these stupid huge wings

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The WRC17 had more of both and were amazing to watch. Most likely then multiple factors

Quite a doninance, stage positions 1 to 5 for Toyota for every proper stage (SS2, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7). (SS1 and SS8 short stage, SS3 cancelled).

and ss9

It seems like hyundai has actually gone backwards.

I wonder when and if we see they say thanks to everyone but they’re leaving WRC for good…a travesty watching them…

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Originally Posted by meh

I think drivers in general like those stages - they can just drive and there is less of the puncture lottery, dirty road due to the starting position, etc. - it is a fair field for everyone.

The "problem" is that Toyota is too good, and there is no competitive field. If we could have all 3 teams with cars to fight for the stage wins and have those "few tenths here or there" leads, it could be a different story.

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how it would be different? i was talking purely about stages/rally and their profile, not about the competition.

no matter how close the battles would be or if we would have Group B cars on the stages, it wouldnt make look the stages and rally itself better.

Eh, boring! How to sell this product to wider audiences outside the die-hard fan base? Interesting that Hyundai has done some adjustments that Sordo is not the fastest of them 3 anymore.