After an incredibly organised rally one thing that took the shine off is holding no podium for WRC2.
There being no trophy for finishing on the podium in WRC2 or for winning the WRC2 Juniors.
P4/P5 overall got a trophy & we got rushed over the ramp. #2ndclasscitizens
There is a reason for that and the organisers will take care of that in the next weeks. They received a list of trophies from the promoter to deliver in the podium and the Junior trophy was not in the list, so it was not made. Simply as that.
Dropping the most famous stage across rally world and keep those who are not even good like Harju because mixing things up. They could keep Ouninpohja and drop everything else.
Discussions wit the FIA, especially Malcolm Wilson.
And if ihe cant commit his Team (M-Sporti) to build a WRC27 car (nor Hyundai) due to limited time, maybe an extension to Rally1.
Otherwise...
Everything making Mercedes' F1 2026 start so ominous.
Mercedes left Barcelona with such a positive feeling. The car reacted as it expected, the aerodynamic performance being measured on the car...
Good to see, its a great stage but its massively overhyped. Couldn't go 5 minutes of coverage last year without one of the commentators mentioning how excited they were for Sunday, felt a bit forced...
Fabia RS Evo this year then?
WRC mainclass from 2027