Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
I was thinking about this. Apparently the organizers didn't let Ogier start until after the winner and the WRC2 top3, although he wanted to start already before Neuville. If a Rally2 driver would came late into time control, they wouldn't let him start before after the winner, it would mean being late more than 30 minutes and being OTL?
Actually if less than10 WRC cars, including Rally 2, are still running then the Rally 2 cars could get away with PS waiting. The situation will never be predictable . If you are first by about a minute or less you’d be mad to risk penalty that would lose you 7 points. It gets interesting at fourth place where you have to decide if your pace will get the PS points anyway or if you feel you have the speed to turn 2 lost points into 3, 4 or 5 PS points.
To stop these Shenanigans PS should be run strictly in Rally order. This means the leader has less chance of taking the 5 PS points. Over the season this might make for closer competition. Just a thought.