It's been how long since RWD was in FIA rally racing? The 70's, I think. The WRC didn't even exist back then. Keep it 4WD. It's pretty damn entertaining as is. Leave it alone.

• Fri, 07/25/2008 - 08:56
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I agree.  Rally just doesn't do it for me at all, and this would make it more interesting... Bring a wider variety of cars, makers, and drivers into the fold...

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• Fri, 07/25/2008 - 10:05
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Sorry, but it ain't the AWD/4WD that's the problem. It's the electronics. Whether it's the ABS, or the fancy computerized differentials, or launch control, these computers are allowing the drivers to do things that they could not do without the electronic aids. Watch him lock and roll tires through corners in the video. That's the difference, not which wheels are supplying forward thrust.

While I appreciate seeing the front-engine, rear-wheel drive BMW flying around the corners, if you force that format onto the series, how long will it be before they've moved the center of gravity to the rear axle?  In fact, the author is probably a Porsche fanatic.

I don't have a problem with having a RWD class, but I would not outlaw AWD. I would cut WAY back on what can be done with hydraulics and electronics. Why not require open diffs and prohibit wheel rotation and drivetrain rotation sensors. That would bring it back towards the real world. Drivers would be forced to modulate throttle and brake based on feel -- what they haven't had to do nearly as much of lately.

• Fri, 07/25/2008 - 14:59
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I like AWD in WRC, but I also have nothing against allowing RWD in.  But for sure, that video was an amazing display of driving. I was so sure the car was going to unglue itself from the road at so many points in the video, but it didn't.  Absolutly crazy.

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• Sat, 07/26/2008 - 01:33
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Hi Diego,

I'm glad you liked my viewpoint. I love to watch rally cars. I consider it driving in three dimensions. The best drivers are actually applying downforce (via momentum) to different corners as needed - that's what the Finnish Flick is all about. But you probably knew that already.

What I was driving at (ouch), was that to drive a rally car involves using the suspension travel that's available, rather than the F1/go-kart suspensions that seem to have more sidewall flex than actual suspension travel. Aerodynamic downforce (and electronics) have done even more damage to that series than electronics have done to WRC.  That's what I love most about WRC, that the drivers use the suspensions. Even driving on a frozen lake, you use the polar moment to apply downforce to corners of the car. In that case, the car is going up and down and the road is level.

• Sun, 07/27/2008 - 16:46
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Yep, comment up there is spot on, it's the electronics (specifically all the active diffs and controls) that are ruining it cost-wise and spectacle wise. Although, recent reg changes sre going to hopefully begin to claw back some of that. The 4WDs are still spectacular, just less of the balancing act of the RWDs... I wouldn't want to see them banned, but I'd certainly like to see more RWD action like that above!

• Wed, 07/30/2008 - 08:33
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Strong evidence for the case can be found in the video above, which summarizes Patrick Snijers’ absolute destruction of the Manx Rally in his Prodrive fettled BMW M3. Watch the video and then tell us if you would support a return to rear-drive in WRC.

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