My biggest suprise of the rally was how bad Ogier was. I expected him to dominate like he has done the last 10 years. I was at least expecting him to challenge Solberg.

Quote Originally Posted by macebig View Post
It was entertaining. But, you gotta imagine how much better things could have been if Rally 1s didn't exist. Think about 40 crews in similar cars battling it out, with local stars down the order getting a real shot at the win through conditions improving and even a crew from a lower category imitating Group N and F2 of yesteryear and putting surprise times left and right.The headlines write themselves . The old "Toyota vs Lancia" battle revived. Citroen and Ford being able to challenge for the overall. Even Hyundai could have a shot. And even if Skoda didn't do much here, they would have been a force in upcoming events.Not pulling the trigger in making Rally 2 the top class is bitting WRC in the ass.
There were many crews batteling for victory in rc2, local stars included. But in the end the same guys that always win, won again.
Getting rid of rc1 would not change much.