[WRC] News & Rumours 2018

[Hartusvuori]

Changing the rules mid season is a 'no-no' unless for safety reasons...... but it's not the first or last time from the FiA.

What makes this change so wrong? All drivers should have had a chance to be late on purpose for PS during the season?

[GravelBen]

What makes this change so wrong? All drivers should have had a chance to be late on purpose for PS during the season?

Just that 3 drivers have gained championship points from exploiting the weakness of that rule, changing the rule (even a change to what it probably should have been all along) essentially gives them an unfair advantage because other drivers now won't have the opportunity to gain points in the same way.

From the FIA perspective that is obviously the lesser of two evils when compared with letting drivers/teams carry on with those antics for the rest of the season though.

[Franky]

Just that 3 drivers have gained championship points from exploiting the weakness of that rule, changing the rule (even a change to what it probably should have been all along) essentially gives them an unfair advantage because other drivers now won't have the opportunity to gain points in the same way.

Apparently there aren't too many running to the barricades shouting for the cheaters to be stripped of all points and banned for the rest of the season for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

No matter how, at least now the mess is sort of sorted.