'Superally' gets green light
With just two days before the start of the Acropolis Rally, the sport's governing body, the FIA, has confirmed that cars which have retired on one day of the event can now restart the event on a subsequent day - although they will not be eligible to score points
The so-called 'superally' concept allows any car that retires from a WRC event to restart the event at a later stage. This will be the case from this weekend's Acropolis following a fax vote of the World Rally Championship Commission and the World Motor Sport Council. FIA president Max Mosley met with WRC manufacturers in Paris last week to discuss the subject.
The SupeRally system, already used in the Australian and Asia-Pacific championships, rewards points for the top finishers on each leg of a rally, rather than the overall finishers at the end of an event. The FIA is keen to introduce the concept to the WRC to help expand exposure for manufacturers, who otherwise would have been forced to pack up and go home if they retired early.
It is anticipated that the full-blown superally system will be implemented in next year's WRC.
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