Quote Originally Posted by wyler View Post
me too!
hardest of the tasks (expecially in this global pandemic)

then we can discuss what's the meaning for "better". i mean a regulation that help mantain this level of resonanceas a sport (or increase) and make manus (expecially new ones) happy to invest in it.
I genuinely feel like this thread and all the questions and potential solutions it has proposed, is probably not far off what the promotors and FIA are going over themselves.
Feels like nobody knows what the best solution is for the sport right now.
I wonder how it works behind the scenes. Are the promoters and FIA considering getting potential manufacturers and gauging their interest in the series if the regulations become X, Y or Z, or have they really committed to the 2022 regs in the hope that there may be new manus join the current crop.
Trouble is, as we all know, that current crop is not looking as committed as they said they would be when the regs were drawn up.
I just can’t see how they can plough on knowing they are potentially going to lose Hyundai as a team, never mind the fact that nobody else seems interested.
If this is about saving face, then now isn’t the time. Hopefully they’ll see that they are going down the wrong path and start consultation to understand how manufacturers would use rallying successfully as a marketing vessel and use this to pave the way.
The environmental aspect and now the pandemic have massively changed the face of motoring worldwide and rallying looks like it’s going to take a huge hit unless it can find a way to be part of motoring’s bigger picture going forward and not some private club for enthusiasts.
This really is crisis time for the WRC and all indicators say that if they don’t make some drastic changes, they’ll get left behind.