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Imho there are 3 ways for the WTCC.
1 - World Championship (or World series) with a new, TCR based technical rules. The new rules should related to the TCR rules like thesuperbike rules related to superstock sules. So the basic should be the TCR cars, but limited changes/upgrades allowed.
Pro:
- This makes sure for private teams the aviability of the cars
- Low" costs and they could sell their cars to national series, etc.
- Limited dependency from the factories.
- This changes also allows factory teams to enter the series.
- Cars able to tourng car style racing.
Contra:
- this would be a confession of the current managements failure about the TC1 rules and the former management's right about the TCR rules.
2 - World Championship with DTM/Super-GT style Class One rules. To do this the have to convince all 6 DTM and Super-GT car makers to enter at least 3-3 cars, and stay in the series at least 5-5 years. They also need a BoP to balalnce the different engine rules od DTM and Super GT.
Pro:
- good looking cars
- lot's of factory backed teams and high quality drivers
Contra:
- Cars would be more expensive and limitedly aviable for private teams
- Major dependency from the factories
- Cars unable to tourng car style racing
- Low probability to convince enough factories to enter the series.
3 - Megrging with a current series and continues as a world championship or world series. The potential partners are DTM or TCR international. The partner bring the technical rules and the majority of the field. The WTCC bring the attaintability of the eurosport and the FIA backing/brand.
Pro:
- exixsting series, race calendar, etc.
Contra:
- the management of partner series take most of the controll. It'snot a problem for me or thespectators, but obviusly effects the current management's decission.
Until the series adopt the new rules, there will be a 2-3 season long temporary period. In this period the organizer should introduce a development stop, and make some kind of permament Bop.
The organizer also should spend a lot money to support the private teams, should pay maybe half of their costs - like Dorna did in the CRT era. There are 2 or 3 potential private Civic, 5 Citroen and 5-6 RML Cruze. With the two factory teams WTCC could possibly have a grid with about 20 cars. This might be enough in this temporary period.
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