[WRC] 70th Rally Finland 2021

[pantealex]

thats Egon Kaurs livery

and Juha Salo livery. (M.Rautio colors black/white)

[Andre Oliveira]

[EstWRC]

good chance for Kaur to show himself against Suninen, Solberg, Gryazin, Huttunen

[mknight]

good chance for Kaur to show himself against Suninen, Solberg, Gryazin, Huttunen

Well 3 of those he already met in Estonia this year and was a lot slower than the year before.
Have you heard any comments/explanation why?

[TypeR]

Well 3 of those he already met in Estonia this year and was a lot slower than the year before.
Have you heard any comments/explanation why?

Probably took easier because of fkd up Portugal and Sardegna..

[Danny0405]

One point in strange for me in the entry list: Gryazin is registered as WRC2 but it would be his 7th rally in the category (5 currently + Greece before Finland) and especially his 7th in Europe (and registered by Movisport team) whereas the rule is theoritically 6 + 1 outside Europe.
Maybe the rule was changed with Chile cancellation?

[mknight]

One point in strange for me in the entry list: Gryazin is registered as WRC2 but it would be his 7th rally in the category (5 currently + Greece before Finland) and especially his 7th in Europe (and registered by Movisport team) whereas the rule is theoritically 6 + 1 outside Europe.
Maybe the rule was changed with Chile cancellation?

The way I am reading the rules the "outside of Europe" applies only if the team wants to win WRC2 team standings, but not to drivers championship. (Østberg already announced he will drive Greece, Finland and Spain and not Japan, so he won't have any start outside of Europe and he is listed as D/C - Drivers Championship entry).

And it also means the "team" needs to start in the rallies. Movisport is so far registered as started in 4 rallies.

[EstWRC]

stage vids up on youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzA...3flddAg/videos

[Kenneth]

One point in strange for me in the entry list: Gryazin is registered as WRC2 but it would be his 7th rally in the category (5 currently + Greece before Finland) and especially his 7th in Europe (and registered by Movisport team) whereas the rule is theoritically 6 + 1 outside Europe.
Maybe the rule was changed with Chile cancellation?

They can start in as many rounds as they want, but can can entry for points only in 7. At this round, only Östberg and Linnamane are signed for points (D/C means points both for driver and competitor).

[Danny0405]

They can start in as many rounds as they want, but can can entry for points only in 7. At this round, only Östberg and Linnamane are signed for points (D/C means points both for driver and competitor).

Ok thank you for the explanation. So basically Ostberg could win very easily WRC-2 in Finland whereas there should be a lot of competition.

RC2 is clearly an absolute mess in WRC. The intention of separating WRC-2 (Pro) and WRC-3 was not a bad idea because Skoda factory team was clearly a competitive advantage for its driver but since Skoda has withdrawn officially, I’m not sure it is always needed.

Personnally, I think they should come back to something close to before 2018:
- all RC2 cars in WRC-2 championship.
Each RC2 manufacturer (Skoda, Hyundai, M-Sport, Citroen, VW) can register one team for a team championship (could also be a private team such as Toksport today)
The best driver in the championship not entered by a manufacturer would win a special title (WRC-2 Amateur or whatever the name)

- all RC3/RC4 cars in WRC-3 championship (seven rounds maximum with the best of 6 counting, 1 maximum outside Europe to avoid Michel Fabre’s strategy) and the best young driver (let say 27 or 28 years old) in the championship would win the Junior Championship.

Would be clearer in my opinion: only one main championship per class + a support championship title for the best ranked drivers among certain conditions.