2024 WRC News & Rumours

[Kras]

I think the biggest winner here is Katsuta. On Sunday hell compete only with those who also crashed on saturday. If theres 1 other, hell get 6 points, if theres 2, hell get 5 🤣

[WRCStan]

Overall time counting ends on Saturday evening as stated in regulations. For me that opens the situation that some drivers cars maybe only want to take rally wins (very good and high publicity).

No, it doesn't say a rally win is decided at Saturday in the regulations. Championship points are decided at Saturday evening, subject to completion of the rally. If you want to win the rally you will probably be rewarded well in the championship.

Newer fans will have fewer troubles understanding this because they won't have to unlearn a start-to-finish classification as contribution to the championship.

[WRCStan]

I also expect people who lose time to mistakes and punctures on the first day to just cruise on saturday as theres not enought kms to catch up and all it much more probable that some of the guys fighting for saturday points will bin it and you get free points.

These changes are so stupid, it's like a bad joke

Here you have described zero change.

[Kras]

Here you have described zero change.

Not really. So far this was true for people who lost a lot of time (minutes). They would then cruise till PS and settle for a possibility of 5 points. Now you'll lose 40 seconds and then cruise on saturday and attack 12 points on Sunday.

[bluuford]

No, it doesn't say a rally win is decided at Saturday in the regulations. Championship points are decided at Saturday evening, subject to completion of the rally. If you want to win the rally you will probably be rewarded well in the championship.

Newer fans will have fewer troubles understanding this because they won't have to unlearn a start-to-finish classification as contribution to the championship.

You are correct, I could not find the place that says who is the winner of the rally? Fastest by the end of Saturday? The one who gets most points by Sunday evening? Or they have forgotten to mention that to find out the rally winner they summarize the times of Saturday evening and Sunday:/

[WRCStan]

Not really. So far this was true for people who lost a lot of time (minutes). They would then cruise till PS and settle for a possibility of 5 points. Now you'll lose 40 seconds and then cruise on saturday and attack 12 points on Sunday.

Depending if road order and quantity of Sunday starters means anything. You have a point, smaller mistakes than before will be costlier, but I can't see anybody cruising. We'll have to see.

[WRCStan]

You are correct, I could not find the place that says who is the winner of the rally? Fastest by the end of Saturday? The one who gets most points by Sunday evening? Or they have forgotten to mention that to find out the rally winner they summarize the times of Saturday evening and Sunday:/

I don't think they ever did. But interestingly, now that there are no championship points on offer for final classifications (and rally wins), in a championship dead heat situation, final classifications will still be used.

[bluuford]

I don't think they ever did. But interestingly, now that there are no championship points on offer for final classifications (and rally wins), in a championship dead heat situation, final classifications will still be used.

And now, what is the final classification you refer to? :P Saturday final? points per event final? etc. confusing...

[rp]

At least now the WRC is dead! Is this David Richards´s idea`? What a stupid decision!

[Kras]

Can't wait for drivers oppinions on this. Should be funny