Quote Originally Posted by Backa View Post
But we also have post-saturday points reset. I would say friday's issues matter less this year for overall point gain than in previous seasons.
That certainly helps, but it doesn't help on Friday afternoon if your preferred driver broke a prop shaft on stage 3.

Once upon a time, when rally was primarily consumed via news reports and highlights and so on at the end of the day, this was less important. But if you want to sell live video to people who watch the whole of every stage, there has to be something for them to watch. It has to be interesting as it goes along, not just at the end of the day.

It's not like we have a lot of WRC1 cars now. Imagine if Friday started with 2.5 teams and restarted after lunch with 1.5...