A rule reform is needed in the World Rally Championship.
Kalle Rovanperä is currently third in the driver’s World Championship points. Vesa Pöppönen/AOP
The World Rally will be receiving a long-needed rule reform for next season.
This is a resting rule that would ensure for those working at the competition site between the days of driving time.
Although the rule reform is not yet entirely certain, the International Automobile Association (FIA), the MM Series Commercial Rights and competitors have cooperated on the subject, which was already approved by the World Rally Commission on Monday, 22 September.
Now the proposal will be drawn up for a refined version, which will be approved for the official vote in the coming weeks. The rule reform should come into force for next season.
– The goal is to improve the uniformity of all rallys and eventually create safer working conditions for competition staff, officials and volunteers, fian in the press release are told.
Portuguese rally woke up
The issue has been on the wall for a long time, but the problem was truly raised by the Portuguese World Rally in May. In this rally, the schedule was drawn to the extreme.
We started out after six, and the car was only turned off on Friday and Saturday even after more than 14 hours. After that, the drivers could still do out -of -themselves jobs, such as videos for team social media accounts.
Among other things toyota Kalle Rovanperä At that time, the schedule was unimaginable and a tight schedule is a high risk for every person around the rally.
– Yes, we might be in a bad sauna today. There is a lot of talk about safety in traffic in the rally, but then there is a tired transition throughout the weekend. Yes, it succeeds, but it is sensible, Rovanperä ordered in May.
Also hyundain Ott Tänak At that time, he gave a strong criticism to the organizer.
– It felt like we were treated like animals that were for the show. On Friday we had no more than eight minutes for snacks and toilet visits.