Quote Originally Posted by giù tutto! View Post

No need to change the original nature of the sport. But many people want to see, hear and smell something different comparing to their ordinary day.
Why can’t WorldRallyCar be 800-900kg, tube frame, RWD, non-turbo, max 3.0 litre engine with 10000rpm rev limiter and sequential gearbox silhouette car? Could be build by anyone, no mandatory to be an official car manufacturer.

Would you like to watch that kind of WRC cars?
Historically rallying it's more linked with close to production cars than with prototypes like you suggest. With few exceptions, some Gr.4 machines and the Gr. B era, almost every rally car used in WRC were based in large production models. For many fans the last Gr. A generation still represents the best compromise in rally cars technical layout.

Turbo and 4wd were welcomed improvements to the sport. They've allowed a greater adaptation over the different surfaces and climate conditions. Going back to 2wd would be a technical downside and could easily put a pressure on the surface issue, affecting the long established gravel predominance.

I fully agree that we need to get back to the sports nature, but that nature was mainly damaged by mixing up each rally individuality when the 9 to 5 schedule and the clover leaf format were imposed (sorry, I’m repeating myself), so probably it would make sense to apply a more diversified and challenging calendar rather than being permanently questioning rally cars technical definition.