WRC Points at end of each day

[Duffacus]

Autosport.com has annouced that the FIA could make a rule change awarding points to a driver after each day, this is quoted from autosport..

"The World Rally Championship is set for a radical overhaul in 2005, following proposals which could see points awarded at the end of each day of a rally",

"The most significant change under consideration is the introduction of the 'Superally' scoring system, currently used in the FIA Asia-Pacific and Australian Rally Championships. This system awards points after each day of a rally, with cars that have retired on a given day permitted to rejoin for the following leg".

I am against this because rallying for so long has been 3 days of endurance and keeping go right up until the end, i think this will destroy that and drivers will not be going for overall wins, but just trying to get the points they need. What are your opinions?

[BootsOntheSide]

The people in charge of WRC don't seem to understand the sport at all. They seem to think that copying F1 ideas will make the championship more popular. If it does, it'll be at the expense of the great traditions of what is a unique and challenging discipline.

WRC's popularity in Britain has increased over the last decade, but due to McRae, Burns and a better TV deal, not because teams can only hire 2 drivers (just like F1) or because rallies are increasingly held over small areas of repeat stages (more siilar to F1). With McRae and Burns out, and an inferior TV deal (although on a better channel), plus the resurgance of F1 and BTCC, and every likelihood of a good IRL TV package with 4 Brits in the series, that will change this year. I'm sure the story's the same in the rest of the world.

[imull]

f*&^ing joke

absolutely no respect or understanding for the sport...

[Alpina]

It is complete nonsense. I am afraid I am getting less and less interested in the WRC with every news bulletin.

[GTRMagic]

Interestingly they are pinching the idea from Australia. But the package here sees a competitor run a set of stages say on a Saturday, and then rerun the very same stages on the Sunday.

Which isnt quite the same as the WRC solution.

I suppose it would make the rallying more interesting from the sense that the fave drivers are in the rally the whole time... but given that a lot of retirements in this series are related to rolling the thing over, and hurting it badly, I would hate to see the scenario that a driver takes a crashed car out to start the next stage to get points, and it fails because of the previous crash damage... and someone gets hurt....

[imull]

yes. but the point of rallying is to get to the finish of the rally intact! not to get there after three accidents and 5 miles of gaffer tape...

to finish first, first you must finish

[GTRMagic]

Or one of those substitute car incidents

Are there provisions in the regulations for building a new bodyshell into a crumpled wreck?