You are right that what you enjoy is what you enjoy, that is fair, and am happy you answered.

However, there are many great rallies happening across Europe most weekends of the year that could be televised and be good entertainment. The question isn't about the entertainment value of individual rallies, it's what links several of them together to form a championship calendar each year that is really behind my question. I never suggested about 'merging' but perhaps part of Mirek's answer was the explanation that involvement with the championship helps with sponsorship is all that it is.

But, 5 of the ERC rally winners have only done one rally. Mirek's answer now doesn't make sense. "I'm competing in one rally of the ERC, it's my home rally, please sponsor me". Apparent to me is a dualistic approach from the entrants. I am not convinced that Paddon is thinking about the rally wins but the championship points each rally. So, the championship regulars are putting all the effort into making what is attractive about the series for the local and specialist drivers.

So why not, for example, make a touring series out of ERC for entertainment value, expand the series to 20, 30, 40, + rallies a year. A tour is what WRC2 is but restricted to the WRC calendar, is it not? Do either need championship points from classification and a champion?

I realise I may be thinking out loud and poorly explaining my thoughts.