Quote Originally Posted by HKSjbg View Post
To me there is no justification for a sport to say 'but that approach will earn you fewer points, that way of winning rallies/races is now frowned upon so get a wriggle on.'
Fan interest is justification for that, check last few pages from last year Rally Japan thread on this forum and you should understand why people who invest their money into WRC want to avoid borefests like that.

The more boring and uneventful WRC rallies we will have, the smaller chance to grow, get new fans, sponsors, manufacturers etc. Not many would care about old motorsport adages, they would just go to watch something else.

Trying to make it more interesting is good thing but those attempts still needs to be balanced and take into consideration competitive spirit of rally to some extent. I doubt people will care that much if Lappi get only 1 point more than Evans in Sweden but rally winner still needs to get more than anyone else. Otherwise any excitement gained from more interesting second half of rally is lost among criticisms of too unfair point structure.