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.
I think Toyota wants a challenge and they probably being the only one ready with WRC27 car in time, I think they will seriously think what car they will run against others. Of course they want to...
What's the barriers to entry and incentive for the teams? Just because the top class in combined, it doesn't mean a championship will be open and accessible to every team.
In a combined...
Next year looks like...
(Factory) GR Yaris WRC27 vs
(Factory) Lancia Rally2; Hyundia Rally2; M-Sport Fiesta Rally2 vs
(Customer Teams) GR Yaris Rally2; Skoda Rally2; Citroen Rally2
Williams becomes final team to run its 2026 F1 car on track.
Williams completed this run as part of its 'promotional filming day' allowance. It will complete a second such filming day in Bahrain on...
I suspect Prospeed are doing dev work for the technical department, somebody had to. Shouldn't be issues with them being ready.
WRC mainclass from 2027