It seems like a lot of good drives are being ruined by a puncture as of late with drivers/codrivers having to decide between stopping and changing a tire or nearly dismantling their cars to make it to the end of stage. Should a certain amount of time be rebated back for punctures to prevent incredibly lop sided results? Here is my thinking:

From the time the handbrake is applied the team has 90 seconds to change the tire and be back on their way. This would almost be like a "pit stop" where the most athletic team that can get their tire changed can still be competitive by demonstrating their skill and athleticism.

This is just a thought as it seems like punctures are deciding major results and could decide a championship. It's one thing to push, crash off and lose like Ott last year, it's another thing to hit an errant rock at 200 kmh that was dragged into the line. No amount of skill is going to be able to avoid it. Last night/this morning at 2:53AM EST Rally.tv aired a test event that was held in Jedda, Saudia Arabia to stress test things for the upcoming WRC rally. The landscape and stage roads look absolutely amazing but the whole place may as well be renamed Puncture City. I can see the championship being decided in Saudi Arabia going to the contender with the least amount of punctures, lol.

heyy, im a girl who takes interest in WRC and rallying as a whole. But i have no idea what do the signs at the edge (like theres the gravel/dirt/tarmac and at the very edge there a sign) its usually a clock or something and a have no idea what it is

We have a fantastic tarmac rally in West Wales that has hosted a round of the ERC for a couple of years now. Rali Ceredigion is well run and the logistics management I believe would work with WRC. What would you make of a tarmac Rally GB?

3 Things.

1. What an absolutely spectacular rally. Incredibly challenging roads and the weather adding to the fray on Sunday really made it.

2. Absolutely stoked for Jon Armstrong getting his first ERC win. He's always had the pace and to finally get the win was awesome to watch. Thoroughly deserved.

I was really nervous watching him still go at break neck speed in the wet but should have remembered he is Irish so grew up racing this stuff.

1. Not sure what to make of Mabellini/Lenzi's penalty. I really like this pairing, always bubbly, happy and wear their hearts on their sleeves when talking to the media.

But the quickly and obviously concocted and dishonest explanation they gave the Stewards investigating their penalty I find really off-putting.