Quote Originally Posted by Zeakiwi View Post
Why is it so difficult to allow 2016 spec WRC cars to run with 2017 WRC cars in the same category?Do the FIA officials not like to see well funded private teams in WRC cars beating (running ahead of) works supported WRC2 R5 etc cars with young drivers. Does it make it difficult for the limited camera crews to travel from stage to stage covering the first ten cars etc? Could always run WRC2017, WRC2 then a gap to the WRC16 private cars for live coverage to keep sponsors happy etc.? (or restrict the 16 cars to run at the same speed as R5)
Actually, WRC’s were previously leveled with R5’s in WRC2, running in RRC specs with the 30mm restrictor. Unwisely, FIA decided to impose the 28mm restrictor at the end of 2015. If they kept 30mm, RRC’s could still be competitive in WRC2 and other international or national series.

With the permanent evolution of R5’s cars, 30mm RRC’s would hardly dominate those series and outdated WRC’s could easily run some years more, without the need to create another (hopeless) competition inside WRC.