[WRC] Rally Saudi Arabia 2025

**jcevc** · 2nd December 2025, 08:05

Maybe a little bit crazy idea, but...

What if we `sacrifice´ rally2 drivers to start first on Friday - there are no TV broadcasts on Friday usually - the starting list would look like this:
reverse order of the WRC2 starting list, followed by rally1 cars - a matter of debate, whether the first starts rally1 driver who leads the championship or the last place rally1 based on points.

Of course, this only applies to the gravel rally on Fridays to stop this never ending moaning, Saturday and Sunday should go as until now.

**deephouse** · 2nd December 2025, 09:00

I think that this would create new problems such as, WRC drivers then complaining that the lines are everywhere and is undriveable... WRC2 field would probably shrink, Lancia wouldn't want that as their stakes will be high from next season... Ogier can do it, he called guest drivers to do that, and he is guest driver �� He have always luck on his side, so I don't see a reason why don't he do that job and still won. Oh right, people here will attack me that he is so superior that he doesn't need luck, so again.. He will take good results anyway.

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 2nd December 2025, 09:57

Was Rally Saudi Arabia too extreme for WRC?

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...-wrc/10781561/

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 2nd December 2025, 10:19

Originally Posted by Steve Boyd

Why?

He called the FIA out on the rule and they didn't change it so why shouldn't he use it to his advantage now when he feels he's been disadvantaged by it in the past?

Previous 'guest drivers' were placed in the chosen events to gain advantage and score points for the Manufacturer, not to gain an advantage over rivals for the Drivers Championship.

**WRC1** · 2nd December 2025, 16:08

there is only one difference: yes everybody is moaning about startposition on gravel (or snow) rallyes, but Ogier and Rovanpäre still where able to win from first Position on Friday...Evans just moans and take 6th place...