Final Day Highlights | WRC Rally Sweden 2024

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[@petertromp8786]

This points system has to be revised. The overall winner should be rewarded for his efforrts. Lappi had an over a minute lead going into Sunday. He had earned the right not to push like crazy, but rather control his lead, yet he walks away with significantly lower points than Evans? NOt OK.

[@jack4688]

Very well said. All we’ve heard so far is “lets see how it plays out” or “they’ve made a change, they should be applauded for that”. Well now we finally have one of those situations play out where the rally winner has been properly screwed over when pushing too much could have resulted in a retirement. Like you said, Lappi has earned the right to cruise through the final (half) day after his performance up until Saturday night, so why should he push and risk more?

[@funnyvideos.57]

This is robbery. Atleast

[@ikr9358]

With all due respect, I disagree. But honestly, I don't think there's much point in arguing over it; it's okay to have different opinions. Out of curiosity, however, how would you feel if the system were changed to "drivers get points for every stage they win"? That would be an even more drastic change.

[@petertromp8786]

@@jack4688 I don't mind them adding extra points for Sunday to make it more exciting; it's a good change, but I think a few revisions need to be made. In the future we might get a scenario where the overall winner was neither the fastest on the Saturday, or the Sunday, nor won the Power Stage, yet had the best time overall. Even then they should be rewarded for doing the best job over the entirety of the weekend. I think they need to award extra points for 1st to 3rd for performance over the entire weekend, so that someone who wins the event - even if they played it safe at times by managing their lead - walks away with the lion's share of the points. Also, I think retirees on Saturday should only be allowed to collect points in the Power Stage, because if they come back on Sunday, they will have more fresh tires than anyone and can optimize their attack better than someone who's had to manage their pace and resources over the entire weekend. Right now, I'm thinking for a win you'd get 7 extra points, for second overall 4 points and third 2 points - so that if you win Saturday, and get no points on Sunday, you still end up with 25 points. Whatever they decide to do, they need to sort it out as soon as possible before they damage the image of the sport further.

[@jack4688]

@@ikr9358 if that was the ONLY points on offer then you could possibly win the rally by winning all bar three stages, on which you crashed out 😅 If the solution has to be centred around points then overall points as before should be in addition to Sunday points, not two separate allocations. I don’t know how many points for Sunday would make it a fair system though 🤷🏻‍♂️ Perhaps something even simpler would actually be the best solution 😉

[@manokhi]

Lappi winner rally 19 points. Evans 2 place 24 points. WRC good job!

[@Eklund1984]

I believe it's Neuville who had been pushing so hard for this points system? So if a Hyuandai loses some points over this , blame him!

[@Rezisorss]

Wish they bring back vintage point system where for 1. place - 10 points, 2. - 8 and 3. - 6

[@antonholmqvist1241]

Yes Evans pushed hard the whole rally and got rewarded for it.

[@ShavoSoaDer]

@@Eklund1984 Neuville didn't advocate specifically for that system lol. Anyway, it's just one thing that needs to be changed - rally winner getting 30 points overall. Add him 10 points if he score 20, 8 points if he scored 22 etc.

[@apple_with_a_human_butt]

@@antonholmqvist1241 evans was not the driver with the shortest overall time. that's the whole point of a rally! it's in the name. @Rezisorss the issue is not the points themselves, but that drivers are taking things safe every sunday. there basically is no competition going on during sunday, because the gaps have usually become too big to make it worth taking the risk. and everyone is saving their cars and tires for the powerstage. the FIA wants to promote competition for sunday by doing this. team orders have to be banned! the rallies need to be condensed to fewer days (with same overall number of stages and length) and they should allow for the cars to be serviced and given new tires for the powerstage. the service should be shorter however, because it's only for a single stage.

[@motocrossmaza]

Maybe for the next rally they should give some style points too. Like best drift, haircut, nicest shoes and so on.

[@cookie6443]

🤣

[@avishtech03]

We'll done lappi 🎉. Wrc should try airing the championship on several platforms not only rally tv. Wrc has alot of fans but may can only watch highlights..

[@vincesalamander5980]

And that's it, we now have the problem of the system The real top 5 of the rally is Lappi, Evans, Fourmeaux, Neuville, Solberg But the system say "No, we dont care about what people did" So the top 5 based on point is Evans, Lappi, Neuville and Fourmeaux ex aequo, and Rovanpera Congratulation for WRC, it's probably the first time ever in motorsport than a real official winner of a race doesnt leave with the most amount of points. So now there is the official winner and there is the "WRC winner", the one with more points on championship.

[@jack4688]

I hope they get rid of this farce ASAP

[@Dolek135]

@@jack4688 probably no sooner than for next season

[@jack4688]

@@Dolek135 its enough to stop one from bothering to watch the WRC at all 😅

[@vincesalamander5980]

@@Dolek135 It should be even sooner They must stop this new system now I know it's extreme, but they're just killing what's left of WRC

[@nielskersic328]

Congrats to Esapekka! Absolutely a deserved win. If only the points reflected that…

[@niklikar5381]

revert to old points pls

[@DuckReach432]

Well done, Esapekka. Like Daniel Sordo, he's one of those likable guys who only gets rare wins.

[@anaconda6147]

Winner Lappi 18 points. 4th. Fourmaux 17 points.

[@indralemana4858]

Congrats For Lappi,,🎉🎉 On 2 Race Hyundai Unbeaten, welldone , 🎉🎉❤❤ WRC Lover's From Indonesia🇲🇨🇲🇨

[@dimasanggi345]

Semoga rovanpera segera ikut 😄

[@itskevin-s]

Congratulations For Formaux! Keep Going On!🇫🇷🔥

[@anaconda6147]

Only 1 point less than winner.

[@andreharewood2384]

Oliver was a super man all rally amazing man fantastic win

[@m4kkillottu]

What a great weekend Sweden was! Lappi taking another victory after so many years, the victory dedicated to Craig, first-ever podium for Formaux, drama and mistakes from the top-drivers, a flawless event for Oliver Solberg in WRC-2. Wow, I'm already looking forward for Kenya!

[@InTecknicolour]

solberg is slowly getting better and better. if he can dominated rally 2 this year, could be a drive in rally 1 in his future. toyota might look to add another top driver. msport needs a headliner too

[@amosrono5998]

EP has had a series of misfortunes in recent past. I hope this win will inspire more confidence in him to win more races. Congratulations EP. You deserve it.

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

Get in lappi. So happy. You done the mayor of brattby proud ❤

[@andreharewood2384]

Lappi did a fantastic job what a win I am very happy for him 💪 Evans that was a nice 2nd place great drive as well Adrien Adrian what can I say he was amazing all rally very happy for him wow

[@harrisonmbugua5337]

This was great drive from lappi. Flawless drive all the weekend, friendly snow banks which did in so many drivers . While others feltered along the way ,he kept his i20 clean from the harms way. It was a superb drive. KARIMBU kENYA . Hakuna matata!!

[@RecycleFinn]

Evans slotting between Kalle and Neuville was CLEARLY calculated!

[@apple_with_a_human_butt]

no he was supposed to take the powerstage win, but he botched it by driving wide two times and losing time. Kalle's job was to be behind Evans.

[@RecycleFinn]

There's always someone who misses the obvious joke...The joke is that Evans slotting between Kalle and Neuville with perfect 0.1 margin is unbeliavable odds.

[@BonoBronck]

Congratulations Esapekka "EP" Lappi! 🇫🇮💙 FLYING FINN 💙🇫🇮 Onnea EP!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@drewtramp1577]

Oliver got in the top 10. Good job dude.

[@PumpiPie]

5 place? And 1 in WRC2? :) Impressive :D

[@cookie6443]

It's not hard when there's 9 RC1 cars. One of them in a privateer so will be very slow anyway and you can guarantee 2-3 RC1 cars are going to make big mistakes. Just goes to show the absolute state the WRC is in.

[@drewtramp1577]

@@cookie6443 i just like Oliver and his dad. They came out to Oregon and ran the Oregon trail rally. They also came to the Subie fest(Big Nw meet.) They were pretty nice. He's just a good guy.

[@davidgallwey7360]

Congratulations to Lappi. But how come you can win on points when you come second on time?

[@PandaTruenoo]

Well done EP clean drive! BS points system

[@PumpiPie]

OLIVER congrats :D

[@sifisdalezios2123]

The point system is a clown show... winner earns less points than the second and one more point than the third and fourth.. even Rovanpera who was 39th overall he scored 11 points... next time give the points by lottery its more fair...

[@ferchuu9]

Esapekka happy 😂😂😂 you got me there

[@Owl-SV]

To WRC. You need to really show the vehicles dynamics via telemetry in order to appreciated what these machines are capable of. it is unjust and criminally offensive to withhold such data sets from the public. I formally request the freedom of information to see the numbers of these glorious machines on my screen.

[@electricpants8475]

"And the winner of the power stage was Ka-" Me (a Katsuta fan): FINALLY "-lle Rovanpera" Me: NOOOOOOOO

[@AntonisRock1]

Congratulations to Evans for victory! wrc points system is wrong !

[@_Polstar]

Invite Oliver Solberg to the Ford team!

[@veeprsn7634]

He tried but it didn't work out because he is sponsored by monster and ford is sponsored by red bull

[@hardlydank932]

FOURMAUX PODIUM LETS GOOOOO 🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@jack4688]

What a load of nonsense. Lappi wins, having created a comfortable lead for himself overnight and comes away with 5 points less than second place Evans. You could argue he should have pushed harder for more points today but why should he when he wants to secure his second career WRC win? There are multiple ways to win a motorsport event and we accept that one of those ways may be building a lead early on and taking fewer risks on the final stretch - there should be no penalty for that approach! It’s quite easy to see how a slightly more exaggerated set of circumstances than this weekend could create an even more farcical points allocation. Get rid of it, nobody asked for ‘this’

[@AndyCigars]

Congrats, Lappi!! 👏🏻

[@Pshady]

As a long time lappi fan that’s a great result. Don’t care about the points system, especially since the current champ isn’t fully trying to win the points prize.

[@railyardfilms6491]

It's heating up fun here

[@EimaiEmpusa69]

I don't believe Neuville had fuel line problem. Tactical ploy for sure.

[@tallesttreeintheforest]

taka by just surviving the saturday could have been up there in the mix.. but it is like he is trying to chase down microseconds - in a marathon.

[@i20hyundaiwrc]

Good 👍 i20 hyundai 🎉

[@bravo2zeroCAN]

So glad to see Ford get a podium finish (and I drive a GR Corolla!)

[@TheRenaissanceGuys]

Happy for Lappi!

[@michaeluhrmann9347]

Fourmeaux strong 3rd place in championship 💪💪

[@apple_with_a_human_butt]

I don't think I've ever seen a case in any sports, where the loser makes more points than the winner. what's the point of winning anymore?

[@chrisyson]

Would like there to be an extended highlights show. Some of those clips are too short.

[@youness-zs4nb]

the objectif is to make the race more excited. some battle for rally winer, some for rally champion, some for the constructor , .....

[@user-mu8wj5oi1z]

i ❤ korea . & hyundai🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tomecastro3734]

These new points systime it is stupid, how someone that didn’t win can take more points than the winner. You guys should change that

[@MM-pm5gu]

Fantastic thanks for quick reply Qatar 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@user-zd5ki9dn5t]

Congratulations to Lappi.🎉 This season will not end before Japan.😊

[@roywilliams660]

Final Day at 🇸🇪 for WRC Rally Sweden.

[@mihaitoma5443]

Congratulations to the winner Rally Sweden : Evans. Whats next? Give everybody a medal for participating. Shame WRC.

[@StreetComp]

Way to go Oliver Solberg!! 5th place in WRC2 car 😎

[@sportsfan09yt]

Could we see a wrc2 winning it all

[@cmc6040]

Old set up points wise please. If you retire you get nothing. Not allowed to start again the following day. Winner gets most points, followed by second etc. This current set up is ridiculous......

[@roywilliams660]

Well done guys next stop 🇰🇪 in Round 3.

[@MM-pm5gu]

NASEEEEER QATAR DAKAAAAR RALLY IS A VERY GOOD ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

The current points system is ridiculous - change it! In your ill-guided attempt to make rallying more interesting to people with the attention span of a common housefly, you surrender any legitimacy of the sport.

[@JohnBurrell-73]

👍

[@renzo0227]

Stupid ass point system, completely makes the winner of a damn rally irrelevant, such amazing bulls*** you come up with every single time FIA.

[@sportsfan09yt]

Is it possible that a non wrc 1 class can win a event

[@potatopizzacar3318]

Why are wrc rally cars today is a mini car with 2 doors and unreliable but the older wrc rally cars has a saloon body with 2 or 4 doors and reliable?

[@JugglinMunkey]

Love the new point system. Never stop pushing

[@giacominLuca]

Points system is broken

[@KC1996LFC]

I want Elfyn to win the title but this points system is a joke. Even with a power stage win you should NOT get more points for 2nd than 1st What do you want Lappi to do? Push like crazy with a minute lead? WRC. The only sport where winning every event doesn’t guarantee you the title

[@rafaeldts8980]

I'm new in wrc. What's the point of some drivers doing just half of the season? Not better having someone driving the whole season?

[@dinzia509]

Kale 🫡

[@deuksooseo]

Hyundai Good job~!!

[@nickolasdobbyn]

🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@rzero21]

Without Kalle or Ogier representing an actual threat, I think this year might be the year Neuville finally wins.

[@viliusozelis617]

LABAS labas

[@user-vl2pv3ih3h]

Mengafa memahami mata saya (🤣)

[@robertovelez6909]

Has to be the most ill conceived idea to split the points. Rewards failure, and the real winner ends up with less points. Imagine they try this in F1, there would be an instant revolt. Revert the points system back to what it was, I'm sadly losing interest in watching these great drivers toil for less

[@CarlosCostaX]

I don't get why the Finn 🇫🇮 take some points away from the team mate welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 on the powerstage. He's not iven on the run.

[@tbates4938]

I think they were racing.

[@enzoamaya5110]

The power stage promotes lack of competition on sundays, it should be removed.

[@volvo24091]

Taka still crashing out even when not in contention. Amateur

[@phoenix887]

Get rid of this stupid fucking points system.

[@mikkavik3136]

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