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Today, 06:49 #11
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I'm not clear whether the "5 points for Sunday" part means only 5 for the winner of Sunday, or 5-4-3-2-1 for the top five drivers over Sunday.
If it's just 5 for the fastest time on Sunday, I think that isn't enough and we'll see cruising again.
After watching the replays of last year's rally in Japan, I really don't want that.
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It seems to me... Something like this would be unavoidable if you had enough points for Sunday to stop people from cruising, which was the object of the exercise. The maths is inevitable.
At least it means an end to "Saturday medals and Sunday medals and no clear winner". And it's an end to having a points system you can't explain to normal people. And it's an end to the 60-second lead at the end of Saturday being reset to zero on Sunday. It's back to having one rally.
Personally, I can't say I really mind second place occasionally getting a couple more points. To do it, they generally have to earn it.Last edited by Morte66; Today at 07:08.
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This revised points system sounds good and all that was needed instead of the ridiculous one used this year.
A score for the overall positions and a little extra for Sunday speed. Perfect.
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If the winner still doesn't get the most points, it's still a dumb system. They're tying themselves in knots all because of cruising on a Sunday.......It's part of motorsport, and always will be.
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You had that sort of situation before with the powerstage (15+5=20; 18+0=18 for example) so I don't see a big issue with this.
The biggest issue with the old was not that the winner could be on 22 and third place on 24, but rather that the classification didn't give any points and we were back in a early sixties Monte with ("penalty-") points given for the covered legs.
The sport moved away from such things a long time ago and I'm pretty sure everyone agrees it was for the better.
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The WRC Sunday issue nowadays is with Rally.tv showing it all live, so we want to see cars going flat-out. If only the PS was shown, sometimes drivers going steady on the the other stages to ensure they finish wouldnt be an issue.
In effect it's all our fault !
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As has been said, this has been the case live for decades - if you didnt want to see cars driving just wanting to finish you had to attend stages on the first day or two. Now with live tv WRC is...
[WRC] 2025 News & Rumours