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    Wrc 2/3 2021

    https://www.fia.com/news/fia-announc...l-decisions-20

    A number of changes have been adopted to clarify the requirements for the WRC2 class. Participating teams in the category now have to register no later than the closing date of the fifth round of the 2021 season. To score points, a team must enter two cars in a maximum of seven rallies, including a minimum of one round outside of Europe.

    WRC2 Drivers and Teams will be required to nominate to score points as they enter an event and as a result, registered Drivers can enter additional rallies as Priority 2 without scoring points. In regards to points scoring, the highest number of points from six of the seven nominated rallies will count.

    Owing to the success of the Power Stage points for the WRC, the same format will now be extended to the WRC2 and WRC3 categories.

    In WRC3, with the view to restore pre-COVID regulations, the number of rallies counting for the championship has been reinstated from five to seven, with the best five rounds counting for the championship points. Specific requirements have also been added to restrict the class entry to aspiring drivers developing their skills.
    Another year, another attempt to make this work. Here's hoping all involved enter into the spirit of making this look sensible...

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    I don't see them adressing the main competetive issues:

    - WRC3 cars always start later in running order, which on gravel and snow rallies usually means an advantage
    - since they count as different "categories" WRC2 drivers have no reason to push when they are behind WRC3 drivers

    Without reading the details yet, I guess they restrict people like Mikkelsen from driving in WRC3, question is if those restruction also block people like Huttunen (as multiple rally winner and WRC3 champ.) or Solberg ( ERC junior champ and multiple winner).

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    Without reading the details yet, I guess they restrict people like Mikkelsen from driving in WRC3, question is if those restruction also block people like Huttunen (as multiple rally winner and WRC3 champ.) or Solberg ( ERC junior champ and multiple winner).
    Interesting to see how this will be done. Age limit? Limit of WRC event starts? Limit of success (WRC2 medal, WRC overall podium?)
    Last edited by AnttiL; 17th December 2020 at 07:26.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Interesting to see how this will be done. Age limit? Limit of WRC event starts? Limit of success (WRC2 medal, WRC overall podium?)
    making WRC3 some "upgraded JWRC" (whatever the metric) may not be ot a bad idea - somehow same as ERC.

    This however would imply that all other R5 would compete one with another. As is, this will make 3, not 2, R5 categories. Even worse.

    Many possibility, but all ideas that tend to split the competition are bad ideas. Next is a chmapionship for blue cars and another for red ?

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    The way I read this it means that whole WRC3 will be "forbidden" for experienced drivers. So just turning WRC3 into "JWRC with Rally2". Keeping only 2 Rally2 categories with one of them quite restricted.

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    What if you are fast driver (and/or experienced) , but you don't have the budget for wrc1, wrc2 or there are no seats left? What are the options for driving rally at WRC events then? In the shadows outside all the support championships without any publicity? Is there any class like wrc3 has been so far? Or is this option Regional championship series like ERC? National championship series?

    Did I miss something?
    Last edited by giù tutto!; 17th December 2020 at 17:18.

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    I think everybody can enter every single event as a privateer, just not scoring point for any championships (or only for wrc driver)

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    Quote Originally Posted by giù tutto! View Post
    What if you are fast driver (and/or experienced) , but you don't have the budget for wrc1, wrc2 or there are no seats left? What are the options for driving rally at WRC events then? In the shadows outside all the support championships without any publicity? Is there any class like wrc3 has been so far? Or is this option Regional championship series like ERC? National championship series?

    Did I miss something?
    As you say you will drive around 25-30th place on events with good entry lists.

    While at the same time you will have unrestricted number of tires to use...

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    Quote Originally Posted by wyler View Post
    I think everybody can enter every single event as a privateer, just not scoring point for any championships (or only for wrc driver)
    but then you are seeded number 178 and as men tioneed by giù tutto!, you don't geet any exposure = hard to find sponsorship...

    WRC3 was working pretty well, it is WRC which is totally broken/ menaningless (from day 1) ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    As you say you will drive around 25-30th place on events with good entry lists.

    While at the same time you will have unrestricted number of tires to use...
    But you won't get any publicity even if you're the RC2 winner...

    Seems like the likes of Kajetan Kajetanowicz got screwed by the FIA/Promoter, presumably. He'll have to pay more to do more, to be up against the manufacturer funded WRC2 entrants, if there actually are any paid works drivers... When will we know what the "Specific requirements" actually are for WRC3? Or are they still making that stuff up...?

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