Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
Yes. And that's fair imho. I just wanted to know why they decide to make PS a stage that is not the last one. Maybe scenery and characteristics fit better? TV&Media reasons?
Originally they wanted Great Orme to be the power stage. However, FIA refused because an all-tarmac semi-super-special is not representative of the rally and not fitting for a power stage. Meanwhile, local funding was agreed by getting the Great Orme scenery on TV broadcasts. Thus a compromise was made to have an earlier stage as the power stage and Great Orme as a televised final stage. Well, why is Gwydir 1 power stage and not Gwydir 2? I suppose the reason is that the TV crews need more time in between to move from Gwydir to Great Orme.

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...-gb-stage-plan
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...over-gb-future
https://rallysportmag.com/wales-rall...-crisis260418/