{"id":17301,"date":"2010-11-16T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T15:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=17301"},"modified":"2015-08-06T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T11:49:34","slug":"what-next-for-wrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/what-next-for-wrc\/","title":{"rendered":"What next for WRC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101116-011907.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101116-011907.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Hold the front page! This weekend French savant Sebastien Loeb won the final stage of this year&#8217;s WRC in the Forests of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be exactly a surprise, but it is fitting that the man who has dominated the sport&#8217;s current formula should finish the season on top &#8211; because the two litre turbocharged setup that has been at the forefront of world rallying is to end this year.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are detailed at the WRC&#8217;s site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrc.com\/news\/features-archive\/changes-ahead-for-the-wrc-part-two\/?fid=840\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the technogeekery, it seems that the changes are not exactly revolutionary, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>If only, though, the FIA would bow to every petrol head&#8217;s secret wish &#8211; and bring back the brutal and dangerous group B phenomena that characterised the sport&#8217;s spectacular apogee in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t corroborate our claims that the reintroduction of the no-holds-barred formula would represent universal appeal and put the sport at the forefront of things once more &#8211; but we reckon there is a massive constituency of folk out there who would love a return to balls-out bonkersness.<\/p>\n<p>After all, without a modicum of danger, and a whiff of brutality, isn&#8217;t motorsport a contradiction in terms?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring back Group B! 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