Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
Honestly, I see nothing stupid on it. The speed increase will make ’17 cars more demanding to drive. Limiting their access to top WRC drivers it’s a way to avoid safety risks.

It also helps manus to keep developing their costumer programs through current R5’s, which already are the main category in national and international rally series.

Besides, even MSport WRC's sales are a fraction from what they get with R5's and the days when it was reasonable for a top privateer to run in an equal machine as manus are long gone.
I don't see any safety implication of such a system and experience has never made anyone less crash prone than others (do remember that latvala is in VW, the best team we currently have). That just makes it an elite club for "the initiated" instead. Rally has an appeal, in my view, in that anyone can turn up and do it. If I won the lottery tomorrow I could buy a WRC car, turn up in portugal and make a complete fool out of myself.

That gives me a sense of connection with the sport and changing this will break this connection.