World Rally Championship drivers are largely in favour of shorter events joining the calendar in the future having backed the series’ sprint event trial in Sardinia this week.
The WRC is conducting a trial of a new shorter format at the Italian Island gravel rally which it hopes could offer event organisers more flexibility and help improve the promotion of the championship. A move to vary event formats, to include endurance and sprint rallies from next season, is a key part of the WRC and the FIA’s future vision for top-level rallying.
Clearly here the road position is crucial, so we need to be in the rhythm immediately. In some ways for sure more intense. “It is obviously very busy, there is no free time at all with very short nights. It is not easy, but it is bit more exciting probably.” It is a view echoed by the championship leader Thierry Neuville who feels the WRC could go even further and make some events even shorter in the future.
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