2022 WRC News & Rumours

[mknight]

Yes, the key is that all should be somewhat competitive. If a manufacturer is not competitive, it will just leave. Another reason why it's bad for the championship that Toyota is so dominant.
I don't think we'll ever see the 7 manufacturers from the early 2000's (even though Skoda, Hyundai and Mitsubishi WRC would see the podium through binoculars) until something drastic will change in a more or less far future, like a switch to electric.

Yes, to get even 4 manus now, something needs to drastically change.
At the moment I see only two possible options
:
- EV switch
Or
- Rally2/"privateer" switch (AKA 1980s Group A switch)

Maybe somebody sees other options?

Historically since WRC intro at the end of 1990s WRC has been slow and conservative with changes though, so don't expect much.
(Rally1 hybrid is a necessary incremental change that should have happened 3 years ago, certainly nothing drastic)