Mike Chen coming for a day only to be swapped by Julien, which is a shame imho, it was better when Mike was there; they were also more quiet at times and let us hear the co-driver & car.
I should add that it is more interesting to watch this rally "in real" than on TV. And with the second sentence - dont forget that Lucky and Enrique Cruz has never drove Hankook before...
I am afraid that at least half of the current Rally1 drivers will have problems to be in top 5 or top 10 with Rally2 cars. And I am afraid that some of the older drivers will end their careers...
There is limited number of competitors. When there was one championship and lets say 8 events, lot of them did plenty of events. With dividing into three championship and having 14 (or more?) events...
I should add that it is more interesting to watch this rally "in real" than on TV. And with the second sentence - dont forget that Lucky and Enrique Cruz has never drove Hankook before...
WRC Rally Islas Canarias 2026