Eddie... I'm going to call that you have never seen a 2017 car in a proper gravel / forest stage, or if you have, then you really know sweet FA about the sport you talk a lot about.

As for the future, we really need some out of the box thinking now, because the 2022 regs don't seem to have knitted the teams together like they should have done and certainly haven't brought any new manufacturers in.
Is electric the way forward? Probably, but I have this worrying feeling that to save face, the FIA will still press on with hybrid and if it's a five year change cycle, then really, how many manufacturers are going to be pushing hybrids in 2027?
I hate feeling so negative about the future of this sport, but it's like we're sleep walking straight into a championship that won't serve any purpose to the teams it needs to attract.