I guess for more variety, or more mileage. Either way, both teams are saving test days by using this as a Sweden PET for those drivers.
More variety, yes. More mileage - doubt. They can test at their permanent site a lot more. Might be that they will also test at their base and then will do a rally to see how did their changes translate into other kind of roads.
If the cars will be similar in performance, those who recently and those who drive Rally2 cars now or for several seasons already could have advantage over those who will drive WRC27 cars. I mean...
I would go so far to say that with the exception of the S-Rank drivers (Ogier, for example) the talent pool is not that deep in WRC1, comparatively.
But this is what you get when you have a...
For me some drivers in WRC (not only WRC1, but also some in WRC2) are overrated. That you are doing WRC does not automatically mean that you are better driver than drivers doing national...
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