Originally Posted by
stefanvv
The quantity of registered drivers is always a good thing, the quality of the competition and promotion of the sport are another matter. For those of us who have only the internet at home, the promotion is important, not speaking of the audience various team sponsors get from this around Europe. May be Eurosport had spoiled us with Monte Carlo & Azores live coverages, so we expect much more from them being ERC promoter.
For sure ERC will miss Skoda very much, let's see what the future will bring. But at least last year there were events with factory teams involved, now there is only Breen as experienced factory driver. It's good we have Kajto & Lukyanuk as the most serious private drivers. But may be R5 is also a factor as we see now with Consani similar situation with Abbring last year, let's hope it won't continue like this. So private competition is getting better as a positive thing I would also agree upon, but the rest is just fading.