New to WRC--How should I watch and what should I watch for

[AnttiL]

Thank you. Why wouldn't WRC allow gravel crews for gravel/snow, etc.?

It's expensive.

I forgot to mention where the gravel crew is the most important - Monte Carlo (it's also asphalt event per official classification). There they are used foremost to locate icy patches, especially black ice. Monte Carlo is the most tricky event in terms of conditions of all.

Probably the event where the whole gravel/ice crew tradition has started from