Quote Originally Posted by deephouse View Post
I was wondering some things. I know you guys will be all against it but in reality it's quite simple solution...

I think that stages needs a mass reduction. Just look how close the times are. And that mean more battles in theory. I would maybe reduce competitive stages to around 10-15 kilometres for about 70% events on the calendar. That still don't need to mean that overall competitive stage distance would not be reduced so masively, they could add few more, add super specials like red barn area here in Sweden for example. Still could keep marathone events like Kenya, so the legendary aspect would be still there.

Maybe it would reduce AllLive challenges, could add more cameramans to the corners, drones, helicopters flying on less radius, better signal strenght for coverage, less safety risks.

Drivers would push more and we could get more action, because any second could count. Less mechanical faults, maybe less punctures.

Point system could be revert to 2023, and drivers could get new tires for PS.

I know that rallying needs a survival aspect too, it's all build around that too, but times change and I think that this could still be achieved with Kenya for example extendind their routes. One thing also, there is a championship and one event which is popular in marathone world, W2RC and Dakar. There is circuit racing series, and rallying is somewhere between.
And in the final we can make one stage 6 kms long. Every competitor will do it four times on Friday in one direction, four times on Saturday in opposite direction and on Sunday they will go twice in first direction with added some artificial chicanes. Every competitor will fight for every tenths of seconds, push all the time. All live should have camera every 200m, spectators on site will see the cars all the time, service area can be between all stages, so cars will be more reliable. So for show this is the best format. But I am not sure if there will be competitors (and spectators) willing to see it...