Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
My point is that I don't see a great body of evidence to suggest WRC2 is that much better for someone looking to get a WRC drive. Sure it is important to learn the events but how many WRC event winners has SWRC or WRC2 produced?

Regarding Meeke, not sure how relevant some JWRC events 11 years ago are to WRC now?

Fair point on Mikelssen and his year in the VW Fabia.

Neuville's WRC experience was quite minimal and he was already very good in only his second year in a World Rally Car.
Assuming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...Championship-2 is accurate, one WRC2 event winner has also won a WRC event - Mikkelsen?

However in the last couple of years, how many people have won a rally that aren't named Seb or Jari that has not been gifted it by a VW failure? No one... So does going straight to WRC, doing WRC2 or IRC make a difference to your likelihood to being able to win? Stats would suggest no?

The only real way it seems to become a winner is to drive a VW or sabotage the VW's.