It's clear we need to grow rallying in the UK and get the sport back in the sight of the general public. Sports like cycling have done this and had great success. But the changes proposed about using closed roads is pathetic and a far greater shake-up is needed.

The old RAC Rally had a many stages in the grounds of stately homes, circuits, even safari parks, that brought rallying to the people.

IMO they need to bring this idea back for a while to get the general public interested again. Once that is established many people become real rally fans and will go to watch in the forests.

My thought would be for more stages nearer to the English border where there are large areas of population. These fans would then be drawn to going to the main stages in Wales.