The week the WRC teetered on the brink
With less than a week to go before the season-opener, the World Rally Championship has no promoter. David Evans analyses how things hit critical mass and prays for a quick resolution
The desire to point the finger is inevitable. Living in a blame culture like ours, somebody always has to take the blame. If I trip on a paving stone, it's not my fault for not looking where I'm going, it's the council's fault for not maintaining their slabs. So, when the World Rally Championship comes close to falling flat on its face then somebody must be to blame.
But who?
Well, it depends who you want to believe. The WRC service park has been polarised in recent weeks, with half its regulars supporting North One Sport and the other half firmly on the side of the governing body of world motorsport, the FIA.
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