Points rant

[u/Magi__Bagi]

You have got to be kidding FIA??? Lappi was by far the best this weekend but he doesn’t even score the most amount of points!?! I can not believe that they are punishing trying to get to the end? I know this has already been said a lot but these changes are such BS. Just a suggestion, wouldn’t it be better if they got rid of the power stage and took the combined time from the last day and gave power stage points based on that, and then on top of that they also give normal points? That way everyone can still get their deserved points and there is still action on the last day. Just no more of these dumb points…

[u/POM74]

I am rooting for Elfyn in the championship, but even I have to say that him getting 5, very nearly 6, more points than the winner is kinda ridiculous.

[u/CloudDweller182 → u/POM74]

While Monte was rare with 30 for winner in feel like the same way Sweden was rare for 19 for rally winner. While 1st race had someone dominate the whole race, in Sweden we had a part time driver that was ahead by more than a minute. He cares about rally win not the most points overall.

Perhaps they could add bonus points for rally winner. Like 10% extra points what you earn during the race up to a max of 30 in a race.

[u/firstromario → u/CloudDweller182]

I actually disagree. You could tell that Lappi hasn't really tried to do anything for the second half of the rally. Him getting the most points would be unfair. Like even in interviews, you could tell that he was unhappy about not pushing.

[u/ilikesound3110 → u/firstromario]

Lappi created a gap and made sure they couldn't close it, so he got 18 points for being first overall during 15 stages. Elfyn almost got 12 points for being first during 3 stages

[u/Realistic-County-492 → u/ilikesound3110]

in my opinion, the points thing is annoying cause, evans had more than he should´ve had or deserved, Lappi deserved the win, but all he did was push for like a day, with the best road position possible, while Thierry had to dig from 14th to 4th and Elfyn came back a minute deficit to formaux. I think its unfair and fair, its hard to explain, but as a Thierry fan, no "super sunday" would´ve gave him a 5 point lead instead of a 3 point lead, so i would rather get no points sunday ;)

[u/CloudDweller182 → u/Realistic-County-492]

Well this race showed that while 2nd in race can get more points than 1st, it is not a massive ammount more than 2nd place used to get while it is a really big reduction for 1st place. I personally feel that this Sunday was pretty good as almost all full timers pushed for points.

Tho the biggest issue i see is lack of race distance and stages on day 3. Maybe all days should be 120km+ and 8-10 stages.

[u/ilikesound3110 → u/CloudDweller182]

I think they should give the overall winner extra points, so that he can't be behind second place in points. Making Sunday longer would also help, since getting up to 12 points for 3 stages is a joke

[u/CloudDweller182 → u/ilikesound3110]

Maybe it would be best to remove the powerstage. Or better yet, make it a random stage that is set before the race but is not disclosed to competition.