Regarding all the reverse grid qualifying stuff and so on, it's worth to mention that aside from the very slow Alfas dropping down the field, there were no overtakes at all among the top 6 drivers between the lap after the restart and the end of the race. So maybe it's not such a good idea after all?
I don't remember exactly, but didn't Sainz get past Stroll? Was that on the lap of the restart?
Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
In Dirtfish article they say that Fourmaux is young gun - he adopts his style to what he has. Those old guns - they want to bend the car for their style. That is why youngsters like Rovanpera,...
R1 is also a Yamaha which probably isn't a great Rally2.
As an extra question, what happens to WRC2 in 2027? Maybe Rally3 becomes WRC2, which will confuse a few people, like when WRC3 was Rally2.
I'm thinking WRC27 wouldn't be production cars whereas Rally2 are derived from Group A homologated cars. Of course this would only work for a few years if Rally2 is to be replaced also by WRC27.
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In Dirtfish article they say that Fourmaux is young gun - he adopts his style to what he has. Those old guns - they want to bend the car for their style. That is why youngsters like Rovanpera,...
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