The new FIA WRC-car concept 2017

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I also agree that the schedule is stupid...

I know Mads Østberg does not agree with me, but he can say what he wants... He is the complaining type anyway.

Night stages need to return... They did a few seasons ago and then disappeared again, what the hell happened there?

The promoter absolutely need to stop being so damn lazy. It is laughable how little of the current spectacle that gets translated to the TV.

Rallying is unique in the sense that it is not done on a boring track in a populated area where there is potential for the local bored people to walk down to the track and watch something go in circles for two hours. Rallying lives on visiting fantastic locations... That stage they do on top of the volcano in Azores is a perfect example. My desktop background on my work station is a very sideways Craig Breen followed by a helicopter on that stage with a massive drop on either side. I don't care that the logistics is difficult. The modern age with camera drones and phones that shoot better quality video than professional camera equipment from 5 years ago should mean that you don't have to ship 15 helicopters out to an island anymore.

... And since Rallying is such an effort to follow live the promoter really need to do a better effort to get the sport out. You have people paying ridiculous prices to go see formula fancy because ultimately people are lazy and he effort is almost nonexistent. Going many kms between stages to spectate, having to climb mountains and walk through bushes and stuff is an effort most are not willing to do in a day and age when a drivers license is becoming rarer and the population are urbanised.

I don't believe in mega lengthy events... There is the Rally raid series for that (and I don't see much of that so it can't be very easy to promote). People these days have a short attention span, which is why formula boring is doing so well. Those who watch it casually watch the Sunday race, the nerds follow all three days of action.

I think the calendar needs more versatility. Either scrap the Sunday as described above so that we don't interfere with F1, or use the full length of the Sunday and scrap the Friday. Also again, where are the night stages? The drivers need rest, sure but extend the rally into the night and given them more sleep in the mornings at least on one of the days... There can be a service Park party the other day. Nobody likes to party two days in a row anyway.