Quote Originally Posted by cali View Post
"One wheel on the road" rule certainly is not at fault of rallying's current state.
Can I suggest to instead of moaning you propose another set of rules where competitors would follow the course and will not use off-road excursions to gain time?
I thinks it's a bloody good rule to have against cutting. Yes it created some controversy but this can be done basically with any rulebook. There's always someone who's not satisfied.

The problem is not the rules but we, the humans
Although the rule in itself is made with good intensions, it's just impossible to properly check and enforce in rallying.
If you have to rely on complaints from other competitors, and accidental video evidence by spectators, you just create an unequal playing field.

At that same corner gryazin was penalised for, many cars have cut. Many of them are clearly seen on video, even at least one wrc1 car. Yet only gryazin gets a penalty here. Rightfully so, he cut where he shouldn't have. But everybody else who took the same cut should get the same penalty.

Like it is now, it just opens the door to random penalty's. Either you have officials who notice the infractions and remains there for the entire duration of the stage, or you don't penalise at all for cutting where that is physically possible.