The analogy was to point out that, with the new FIA regulations, the single service location will add a lot transit distance to the event.
Typically the WRC events run in the same area during one day, thus the service is usually located near the activities for that day. The FIA wants to reduce the movements of the WRC service crews, as they have come relatively big and hard to move. True it is not the same situation here(yet I hope!, in terms of numbers). The location of the service could of been more centralized, as regards to the stages.
One of the problems with this single service location is that usually the spectator stages are far from the long "real" stages of the rally(forest roads). Therefore we will have to face the fact that the percentage of the stage roads will stay relatively low, with the bigger events. It would be nice to see it rise close to 25 or 30%, but...we will see!
Steve