Quote Originally Posted by speederbee View Post
I wonder if more manufacturers participate if the WRC had more tarmac than gravel. Personally I like gravel rallies, but, in my part of the world gravel roads are so rare that most people here probably don't know they even exist. I see why the marketing people could think it's not good advertising. Maybe a mostly tarmac WRC would interest the likes of Porsche, BMW, etc.
Definetely should be at least one event with mixed surface on calendar. If the car is capable of driving on paved roads and gravel, snow and ice, it's capable racing on both surfaceS withing the weekend. Also if the team is capable transforming car for different surface, it's capable to do it on the same weekend. There is no excuses.

if there were half tarmac events they need to be different, so the championship wouldn't became too boring.

SUVs was meant to be the car for driving on gravel, rough terrain. Funny is that WRC happen on mostly that type of surface. And brands do actually seel only those kind of cars, so they should be following that path and promote their products as they fit perfectly into that.