Agree that the competition could be good this year, but my concern is the number of people apparently leaving the top class without anyone seemingly stepping up to it.

I know it's not quite that simple and these things can take a while to develop and hopefully there'll be interesting round by round entries, but fingers crossed.

The BRC couldn't have had a better advert for itself than its champion from last year winning stages in the WRC this year either!

Either way, you're right that it could be a good year to follow for a close title fight. And Ypres should be fun!