WRC2 news & rumors 2023

[Franky]

Why shouldn't Rally1 drivers score points for their position in Class WRC1, rather than for their overall position ? Eg. Tanak was 6th highest driver in WRC1 but only scored points for 9th...

Just so that I understand. You want to get rid of the overall results and divide everyone into their tiny categories?

[focus206]

Why shouldn't Rally1 drivers score points for their position in Class WRC1, rather than for their overall position ? Eg. Tanak was 6th highest driver in WRC1 but only scored points for 9th...

Because it's ridiculous to give points to top 10 Rally1 cars when there are less than 10 Rally1 cars. I would understand if it was top 6 or top 8 with a 15 cars field, but not how things are today...
Just finishing a rally doesn't mean you deserve points. Serderidis in 25th and Loubet in 27th almost 2 hours behind don't deserve points, their result is much closer to a DNF than a 8th-9th position.

[AnttiL]

The sport is 'multi class' and the other 'lesser' classes are as much a part as the top line LMH/ LMDh cars...and get decent coverage.

Circuit racing is more straightforward to televise and just make the director choose whom to choose. In rallying the cars run with 2-4 min intervals and you have to choose between showing the top cars from the next stage or proceeding with the previous one and every minute costs money.

[PLuto]

Why shouldn't Rally1 drivers score points for their position in Class WRC1, rather than for their overall position ? Eg. Tanak was 6th highest driver in WRC1 but only scored points for 9th...

With performance and issues on Friday, he should score zero points in Mexico (except power stage, of course). Only lack of proper competitors also in WRC2 and their issues helped him to get back to top ten. I dont see any reason why he should score points being sixth fastest Rally1 car when there were drivers with Rally2 which were faster than him...

[Sergiow]

Circuit racing is more straightforward to televise and just make the director choose whom to choose. In rallying the cars run with 2-4 min intervals and you have to choose between showing the top cars from the next stage or proceeding with the previous one and every minute costs money.

But at the same time the PowerStage is a very different format. In Belgium it is streamed on open RTBF TV and Web channels and the PowerStage broadcast usually includes a resume what happened on friday and saturday + starting positions for WRC2 are different to other stages. In short the PowerStage makes a perfect format for WRC I recommend to also for friends who are not really into rallying

[ouvreur]

Why shouldn't Rally1 drivers score points for their position in Class WRC1, rather than for their overall position ? Eg. Tanak was 6th highest driver in WRC1 but only scored points for 9th...

Why should crews in less capable cars, who complete the prescribed route correctly in less time than crews in Rally1 cars, not score points for their overall positions?

Come on now.

[Jarek Z]

Why shouldn't Rally1 drivers score points for their position in Class WRC1, rather than for their overall position ? Eg. Tanak was 6th highest driver in WRC1 but only scored points for 9th...

Are you a Serderidis fan who tries to find a way to make him a World Champion?

[Andre Oliveira]

People want destroy rallies with rules changes. Rallies are so simple and good to watch in past.

Even that post of Win Rally Mexico of Gus is ridiculous. He was the best RC2, won the WRC2 championship field.... the rest is stupid.

[Sulland]

Any news on what happened to the engine in Olivers car?

[Jarek Z]

People want destroy rallies with rules changes. Rallies are so simple and good to watch in past.

You are right. The more stupid rules, that are hard to understand, the less people are going to follow this sport.

Even that post of Win Rally Mexico of Gus is ridiculous. He was the best RC2, won the WRC2 championship field.... the rest is stupid.

What post are you talking about?