My point was, that amongst the different eras of World Rallying, having eight factory-entered cars in every round of the championship is not that bad. As said, we've seen better, we've seen worse.
Exactly. 1996-1997 there were only three teams with two cars each. On earlier seasons some rounds like New Zealand and Sweden were often for drivers points only, resulting in very low-level manufacturer entries
If it is just a new investor (not a new Promoter) that means they wont be changing anything except financial matters. And yes, the FIA has to decide and approve the Regs.
You're way off topic lads.
Back to the WRC27... Toyota has back-to-back tested vs the Yaris Rally2:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/toyota-back-to-backed-2027-car-with-rally2/
Ogier competition when he won every title:
-2008 (JWRC)
-1. Ogier - 42pt
-2. Burkart - 34pt
-3. Prokop - 32pt
Also there was Abbring on 13th place.
-2013:
-1. Ogier - 290pt
-2....
It's the whole WRC world like that. Nothing is clear until it's clear, while in other sports there are rumours, articles, interviews, official statements and all that way before it will actually...
If it is just a new investor (not a new Promoter) that means they wont be changing anything except financial matters. And yes, the FIA has to decide and approve the Regs.
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