Quote Originally Posted by stefanvv View Post
Well, let's think a little over it, most of the challengers last only 2 days max before rally2 comes in. The major part of them even on 1st day. So, FIA wants to make the rally more thrilling, without any artificial competition as is the starting order. I think it's not such a bad idea.
Are you seriously claiming that 'most challengers' are out of events and rally2 on the first day? How often does that actually happen?

By the same argument they should reduce the Le Mans and Nurburgring 24h races to 24 minutes because thats all you need to see who can do the fastest laps, and by the end of 24h only a few cars are in contention for the lead.

I think you have the wrong sport, if you want a short sprint and think endurance is 'artificial competition' then rallying isn't for you and you should stick to hillclimbs.

As for making it 'more thrilling' - if a driver has lost some time, a shorter rally means less chance to catch up and compete for position so there is less reason to push hard, and more likely they will avoid the risk and settle for whatever points they have. That is one of the reasons drivers often play it safe on the final day with the current format, because it isn't long enough to give them real hope of making up time differences.