[StuBeeDoo]

So it's now official that Rally1 is dropping hybrid technology certainly for 2025 and 2026.  Personally, I think that the teams have been held to ransom by Compact Dynamics charging them €50000 every time they perform a reset.  To me, this is just another reason why "spec." this and that in motorsport is flawed.  Supplier monopolies, whether it be for engines, transmissions, tyres, whatever, isn't good for progress.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again........  Bring back Group A.  Group B lite sorry - Rally1, hasn't been the success FIA wanted it to be in terms of getting more manufacturers on-board, in fact there's a possibility that very soon they will be down to one-and-a-half (Toyota and M-Sport/Ford).  Rally1 cars just aren't relatable - spec. spaceframe chassis with lookalike bodywork, 4-pot engines rather than production 3-pot.

Another thing......  Has anyone here got their head around FIA's latest points system?  I certainly haven't.

At least Thierry Neuville has finally won the championship (more by luck than judgment......).  He was in danger of becoming another Mikko Hirvonen - regularly a close(ish) runner-up, but never quite "the man".

Discuss...........