Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
The problem of the cost of producing and running the '17-spec cars is the root of the problems.

They have put all the privateers out of the WRC top level
Who were the top level privateers in 2016?

http://juwra.com/season_2016_points.html

Guys like Henning Solberg, Martin Prokop, Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Lorenzo Bertelli, Marcos Ligato etc. don't really fight for top positions. It's just more WRC cars on the entry list, but personally I don't care if these hobbyist drivers would drive Rally2 cars instead.