[Eric_Anderson]

This could go in world, or Canada, or Mexico, but I'm going to post it here because -- in a perfect world -- someone here might benefit.

World Rally News and others are reporting that the FIA is considering a new team rule, that for three (and presumably more) driver teams, at least one of the drivers must never have won a WRC event at the start of the season.

In theory, if the economy picks up and we see more three driver teams, this would open up factory rides.

http://www.worldrallynews.info/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1046794277,87733,

 

[Trevor Donison]

>
>This could go in world, or Canada, or Mexico, but I'm going
>to post it here because -- in a perfect world -- someone
>here might benefit.
>
>World Rally News and others are reporting that the FIA is
>considering a new team rule, that for three (and presumably
>more) driver teams, at least one of the drivers must never
>have won a WRC event at the start of the season.
>
>In theory, if the economy picks up and we see more three
>driver teams, this would open up factory rides.
>
>http://www.worldrallynews.info/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1046794277,87733,

It will just make team orders more prevalent. Joe Rookie leading event, then, bam, transmission problem, finishes 2nd by 3-4 seconds...

Not that I've ever seen that happen. I just must have been faster than John Buffum on the last stage of Wild West in 1998. Real shame that he had transmission problems and just barely finished 2nd...