This. The current format is just boring. Why not drive till late at night on saturday sometimes and end there.
There is no way to make any rally exciting when the differences between drivers have become too big, but at least it could spare us another pointless day. The km's they do in 3 or 4 days now could almost always be done in 2. A 100km Friday and a 200km Saturday.
I remember back in 2013 (I think?) they drove in Finland until late Saturday but I think Thursday was a full on day, and they did the same thing with Monte-Carlo the following year.
The problem is that they don't make the decision soon enough, or even have it in the plan before the race. The guy behind who's just come out on fresh tyres & is 2 seconds a lap faster needs the call...
What oother options do Hyundai have, if Tanak will really leave for Toyota? Will they hire again Mikkelsen, Lappi, Sordo? Or reach out for WRC2 field? Or even stay only with two cars?
The RAC Rally seeded entry list is out;
https://racrmc.org/roger-albert-clark-rally/index
Cool to see Marty McCormack switching to a BMW M3 ! Also great to have the Sratos and TR7 V8 guys back...
1 Ogier 2 Evans 3 Katsuta 4 Rovanpera 5 Fourmaux 6 Neuville 7 Tanak 8 Pajari hsmed
[WRC Pickems 2025] R13 - FORUM8...