Quote Originally Posted by Fran2013 View Post
Off course WRC2 is much better than the ERC...... it is the world championship. It is better to be fouth or fifth in the WRC2 than to be first in the ERC
I can tell You one thing.... when You win Ypres a crowd of thousands will celebrate Your victory on the packed square under the fireworks and the celebration of Your victory will take whole night. When You win WRC2 You just drive over the finish ramp as nobody really cares about somebody who finished 15th overall.

Same goes to media attention. When Škoda was winning rallies in IRC/ERC our media were full of it. In 2015 You can't find an article saything they won something in WRC. You can just find that "Prokop finished 8th, Kopecký 12th". And that's all. Tell me what is good about that?

WRC2 is good for someone who wants to step in WRC or wants to drive WRC events because it is WORLD rally championship. Still the public or media recognition of WRC2 winners is close to zero. For manufacturer PR it's just wasted money.