[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

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I don't understand why some people don't like slower privateers (except N.O.T, who has declared multiple times what he thinks of them). As some of the previous posts here have hinted, rallying isn't only about creme de la creme.

You mean Bertelli, Prokop et al. ? why couldn't they just drive WRC Trophy or WRC2 since they're not fighting for the win anyway? What bothers me with them is that they usually drive their own race, with no one to compete with. They're seconds a kilometre slower than the works guys. And if there's two of them, they're worlds away from each other in terms of skills or resources. One tries their best, one just cruises.

EDIT: It's interesting that in Portugal, Prokop seemed to be on pace with the 4th-5th place guys in WRC2. Maybe next year private WRC2016 cars could contest for WRC2 points?