|
After Topi's gap jump crash the gaps were removed completely from GRC and X-Games. When it was in NRX in 2018, I was very surprised. But on that NRX track they had that line to separate drivers going into it, which made the racing a little goofy to try and cater it to the spectacle.
There is so little news about WRX I'm starting to wonder. Aside from that prototype being tested by Mikkelsen there's nothing of interest going on at the moment. I feel like its only grasp is being more traditional and having that official WC status.
NRX basically got the American audience already being based there, and being an Americanized, spectacle-friendly style of motorsport I honestly think it could appeal to younger audiences or masses not being that into motorsports. I think that SUV idea could be a real seller for manufacturers since there is no motorsport for them except for Dakar and cross-country rallying. Just imagine all the Audi/BMW/Volvo/Range Rover etc SUVs you see daily.
|