Quote Originally Posted by bomber21 View Post
Very sad days for the WRC and the rally fans. 2017-2019 was a great era I am afraid we won't see again unless something changes fundamentally.

It is a pity that no manufacturers are interested in WRC, while Formula E (with no fans at all) has 12 teams and almost all major car manufacturers...

I guess the world is changing but FIA and promoter MUST do something to attract manufacturers or else the product is going to die.
For me these -17 cars were a big mistake. They are too expensive and too hard to get for privateers and the lack of competition is really bothering me.
Yes, we had the big 3 competing, but we should have at least 10 drivers able to drive for the win. 1 crash and R5 driver has points.
For me that's not the way to do it.

I still like the idea of R5 being the top class. We could have 3 championships going on.
1 for drivers
1 for teams with 2 cars
and 1 for manus with 3 or 5 cars getting manu points. That way manus had to support at least 2 or maybe even 3 teams.

Imagine five current manus (Ford, Skoda, Citroen, Hyundai and VW) in R5 and multiply that with 4 or 6.
There's your top drivers!