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Standardization is killing the WRC, each event should have its own personality. I prefer to have less events but longer and more complex. I always have the feeling that WRC rally need one day more. Montecarlo should have the Turini night and the cars entering Monaco at dawn.
And please, if the Safari and Ivory Coast because of security cannot be back, look for a substitute somewhere. Brazil, Indonesia, India, Peru...
I disagree with the Group A formula, group A required the manufacturer to build a production 4x4 turbo car like the Evo or the Escort Cosworth. Those cars are difficult to sale and in many cases were sold at loss. WRC formula meant that any manufacturer can build a racecar without needing to have production racecar as a base. Opel and Nissan had miseries in the 90s because the regulations didn´t allow them to evolve the Sunny and the Calibra.
Group A and B regulations were very close, the difference was the number of road cars to be homologated. In Group B the number was low ( 250 ? ) and in Group A it was bigger ( 2500 ? ).
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