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Originally Posted by leonidas
I don't think an increase in speed or power will necessarily improve the WRC spectacle. Historic classes go at half the speed and are often twice as exciting to watch.
They need to work on suspension regs - allowing for durability of course but making suspension behaviour closer to that of a good production car. That may also bring down cost.
They also need regs that encourage different shapes of cars - during Group B every model looked different, with outrageous bodykits and styling. Now everything goes through the same windtunnel and is essentially the same shopping trolley with bigger wheelarches. Not so much fun...
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I'll be amazed if it does improve the spectacle. Who asked for new regs, with more powerful cars? The current cars are more than fast enough - any faster and the speeds & stage times could be scary....Rallying doesn't need a repeat of GpB or it could be finished.
It's really more of the same; just a slight evolution, when what was needed was a revolution, something completely different from what we've had before.
350-370 BHP, minus the front driveshafts, limit suspension travel, harder tyre compounds, etc Just try something different...for once. Simpler, cheaper cars is what the sport needs.
But it's not just the cars; the events are pretty anaemic; 2 and a bit days and barely 200 miles of stages. That's WRC-lite.....
It's no coincidence that in the last 15-20 years WRC has lost its mojo due to events being almost identikit, very few night stages, lack of competition, etc