For me the biggest problem is Sundays, something has to be done with those, IMO there is two options - to loose it after all and lets end Saturday with PS stage (i remember there were some kind of talks about this couple of years ago) or make just 2-3 shorter (11-13km) stages on Sundays and give also points on those for TOP3. PS stage is brilliant IMO, today's stage was again very exciting and proved it.
For Portugal it would be better to switch the days, Saturday and Friday, so we don't have all the action on Day1 and then nothing after that like it was this year and also last year.
They already said they've signed a contract for being included in the calendar in 2024 with an option for 2025 so let's hope they'll listen & swap Friday & Saturday's stages.
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car.
Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
That was exceptional circumstances.
This situation is purely due to the state of the Championship when the team with the biggest history in the sport cant go on.
Lowest point was probably when they had to put the top class drivers to run RX2e cars for the final races of the season, after the whole fire on the Lancias drama.
Despite bad results, Max McRae wants to continue competing in ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/en/news/mcrae-keeping-positive-looking-to-an-erc-future-and-a-day-with-the-stars
Hyundai? Where is that 4th car, you loudly talk at the beginning of the season? We all know Neuville will not be the one, who will get this car.
I just hope, that the car he will receive will not...
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car. Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
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