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Watching this video I can't help thinking that the fact that rallying has survived despite all the idiocy of the governing body is a testament to how great a sport it is. Something had to be done after all the accidents during the group B era, but it was managed horribly. Banning the cars so suddenly was a huge mistake, especially when they were not the main cause of the problems. I don't have anything against group A regulations. They were probably the best regulations in the history of rallying. The problem was the abrupt change. After rallying recovered from that change, they brought out the WRC regulations, which in short term worked pretty well, but in long term have turned my favorite sport in to the laughing stock it is today. The WRC era has given us Grönholm, Hollywood and Loeb, but after 2003 all the manufacturers started dropping like flies. It was only because of those three drivers that there was any interest left in the series. The regulations were awful and this is the era that introduced us to the super rally rule. The single most ridiculous rule in the history of the sport. People claiming that current manufacturers are as good as what we had in the nineties clearly don't know what they are talking about. Since 2003 or so Citroen was the only actual works team until VW came along and now they are broke so VW are the only ones with money and dominate because of that. And all of this could have been averted, if FIA had actually stuck to the idea of making S2000 the new top class. It would be much cheaper to build a car for the series and we'd have more competitive cars because even organisations like Prodrive and M-Sport could afford to build a competitive car without full factory backing. When it comes to rallying, the FIA are a bunch of morons who seem hell bent on destroying the sport.