So he is driving an R5 not a WRC ?
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So he is driving an R5 not a WRC ?
Why?
I mean, competition wise it's stupid to have a single WRC car whose times cannot be compared to anyone, but it's a nice attraction for spectators. Or does it take away glory of the overall win from the local R5 drivers although they would get the highest points?
If it helps teams sell WRC's then it's good for a team like M-Sport.
And what about all the pre-2017 WRC's ? They should have somewhere to drive.
Yes we had East Belgian Rally some years ago when Neuville started with WRC and the organisor told me some People didn't opt to sent entry because of that.
And this is indeed made for Neuville to start with his WRC. Such things are for Eifel Festival not for Ypres. Really don't care about it.
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Yes, you have wrote some of the reasons. With this car, nobody can fight against you as these cars are so much better than others, so competition is smaller. Especially when the cars and their running is crazy expensive, so not big chance to have more cars. And in this case it is only about money, nothing else. It also take away glory of the other competitors/competition, which is usually more important on the events. Another reason is that this WRC cars are so much powerful, so they are destroying the roads very quickly...
Breen staying match-fit for WRC...
https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/apri...8--12-12-.html
That's one year ago. Everyone's improving, and there's the new VW Polo R5, while the Hyundai i20 R5 hasn't had any development anymore... And since they're going to let Thierry drive the WRC car in some own made-up event, it's clear Hyundai completely gave up on R5..