Quote Originally Posted by WRCStan View Post
...a power stage as usual, the winning driver runs last as usual, the winner stands on the car as usual, podium ceremony as usual, flags and champagne as usual, points graphics on screen as usual and "join us in X, goodbye" as usual.

Maybe there's a couple extra points graphics than before, but there's no extra ceremony or need to interview the Saturday/Sunday/PS 'winners'.

It might not work, it might not be agreeable, it might be cancelled; but anybody pretending they don't understand who won a rally after Monte is being obstinate.
I don't think anyone is actually confused about who the rally winner is. I think what people mean is that it won't make sense when the rally winner gets fewer points than 3rd place for example. It might be fine for most rallies but I think we'll have a few awkward ones next year, there is a disonance between the result and the reward. Giving points for Sunday would have achieved the same goal. Ending the rally on Saturday and having Sunday Super Sprint would have worked as well. Both would have been more straightforward. That's the point.

About the coverage, I'm not sure it's going to be as straightforward. On Sunday they may focus on the leg standings as that's what actually gives out points. During the powers stage there are 3 relevant standings: PS itself which gives points, Sunday leg which gives points and Rally Overall which doesn't give points but determines the winner. Afterwards a fourth classification is relevant for the biggest points reward: Saturday standings but only the cars that finished the rally. I tried to imagine Becsy and Porter trying to make heads and tails of everything, I'm eagerly awaiting to hear it live