2024 WRC News & Rumours

[focus206]

Yep

Wrcwings has written out the main things here

https://x.com/llluis555/status/17358...C1kV5QC61vX5Xg

LOL what. That's dumber than I thought then, what's the point of splitting the rally in two then? So if a driver wins the Friday+Saturday rally, he gets some suspended points that he might actually get only if he finishes Sunday?
And who's the winner of the rally? The one that tops the overall classification after Sunday (who might end up with less gained points than others) or the one who won the Friday+Saturday rally (who might get 0 points from the weekend if he retires on Sunday!)?
If David Richards has anything to do with this, he needs to be locked away once and for all.

[WRCStan]

This was announced at the WMSC at the same time as the creation of the Working Group. This isn't Dave Richards' doing, it's more likely to be from one or more of the drivers who want to sparkle up the championship.

[WRCStan]

All this for less than 10 cars !, Its a Joke, FIA Get a grip.

Well we have such a small group of cars finishing might as well reward them for the top 8.

The other classes are still included except manufacturers, no change there.

[WRCStan]

aand we are back on ,,take it easier'' Sunday

If you 'win' Friday/Saturday, then take it easy on Sunday, you're opponents may beat you on Sunday and take more points from the rally than you. And you might not win the rally.

Pretty clever really.

[Tauri_J]

LOL what. That's dumber than I thought then, what's the point of splitting the rally in two then? So if a driver wins the Friday+Saturday rally, he gets some suspended points that he might actually get only if he finishes Sunday?
And who's the winner of the rally? The one that tops the overall classification after Sunday (who might end up with less gained points than others) or the one who won the Friday+Saturday rally (who might get 0 points from the weekend if he retires on Sunday!)?
If David Richards has anything to do with this, he needs to be locked away once and for all.

Rally winner is always who completes the rally with shortest amount of time, dont be silly about it. Nobody is splitting rallies into two. You retire you get nada.

At first I thought it was a bad system but now after putting in some thoughts about it, it is acceptable for me. Drivers now have to put in more work to earn those maximum points. Only doubt I have about this sytem is that those point differentials are too small.

[EstWRC]

I won’t judge it before we have some rounds and see how it turns out in reality

[Tauri_J]

I won’t judge it before we have some rounds and see how it turns out in reality

yeah obviously, it may look fine on paper but reality is different, and vice versa

[doubled1978]

I won’t judge it before we have some rounds and see how it turns out in reality

I’m with you, let’s see how it works in practice before saying it’s bullshit or whatever. I think there could be some positive upsides to it, at least they have tried to do something positive about the boring Sundays, and on the face of it without discrediting the whole rally. Guys who have had a problem on Friday or Saturday and dropped back will surely see it as an opportunity to not lose as many points.

[TypeR]

What about superrally? Retire on Saturday, restart on Sunday and take 7+5 points?

[Tauri_J]

What about superrally? Retire on Saturday, restart on Sunday and take 7+5 points?

Didnt see any mention about Restart on sunday on that FIA document. So that means 7+5 is a possibility, especially on tarmac. Would be harder to accomplish on gravel because of worse road position.