Yes now that i would love to see just road car racing at its finest....this prototype crap is not doin anything for me as well.
I would agree to that. F1 is technologywise the pinnacle, but I'm not sure the same holds true for the drivers. Driving in WRC competitively not only requires a lot of risk acceptance, I think the driving talent is enormous and probably at par with F1. Keeping those cars under control is quite something. I was watching the Speed broadcast of the Monte and the room they had on either side of the car was not much, especially at those speeds and sure enough some got it wrong. Not unlike driving a F1 in Monte Carlo. So I wasn't too surprised that a WRC driver won the race of Champions in Paris last year.
Ahem, It was one Schumacher who won the race of champions in the duel between him and Loeb. But I agree on the rest .. racing in the top level in WRC requires speed, immense car control, an ability to adapt to changing conditions, ability to drive injured cars, excellent memory of the course stretching several miles per stage, an ability to listen to the co-driver while belting thru the corners. Given all these parameters no wonder it takes a long time for a gifted rookie to be a world champion
Ok, I might be confused on this and quite frankly I watched it only with half of my attention span, so I never quite knew whether they were talking country or driver champion. Anyway, I thought MS too got beaten by that young Fin. It wasn't Loeb, but some unpronouncable name starting with a K.
From the ROC site Young Heikki Kovalainen, from Finland , created a sensation today by winning the 2004 Race of Champions at the Stade de France in Paris . Aged just 23, the 2004 "World Series by Nissan" victor not only becomes the youngest driver to win the coveted trophy but he also follows a long and prestigious line of rally superstars including last year's winner Sébastien Loeb, the man he defeated in this evening's finale
