Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
2007 was the first year after the WRC exclusion period of the rally. There was an extra care towards spectator behavior. Last years on the south things get a little softer but there's an expectation that on this year return to the north organizers will again apply a zero tolerance crowd control.
I was in Portugal 2013 and strongly disagree, for spectators it's the worst event I've been to so far (worse than France-Alsace). Police and marshalls don't have respect for spectators at all, you have a few "boxes" where you are allowed and that's it. At least that was 2013.