From rps Fri Jan 17 13:15:03 1997
Subject: Re: Scoring system
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M.P.Hewitt@ncl.ac.uk wrote:
> Can anyone mail me the new scoring system for the World Rally 
> Championship?

Points are the same as in F1:
1st - 10	2nd - 6		3rd - 4
4th - 3		5th - 2		6th - 1

Manufacturers championship:
	2 (and only 2) designated cars in each of the 14 rallys. Every
	result counts. Only Ford, Mitsubishi and Subaru will participate.
Drivers championship:
	every result counts. There is no need for the driver to be enrolled.

Groupe N (drivers):
	Points: only the first 6 of the groupe will have points (same
	scheme as above), and they add points for their position in the
	class (1st - 3, 2nd - 2, 3rd - 1).
	13 results count (meaning, there is one that can be discarded),
	and it is necessary to participate in a non-european rally.

World cup (2 liters):
	the constructors entering must participate in 10 rallys (2
	non-european) with 2 cars per rally. The 8 best results count.

Note that these rules (cooked with the complicity of David Richard from
Subaru) have made a lot of seats disappear. In the gold old days (not
so long ago), 3 manufacturers would employ up to 4 drivers each (not
all in each rally, usually only 3 cars), that is 12 top seats total,
since with the first 10 marking points (and the cars not very reliable)
it was worthwile. Now the same 3 manufacturers have 3 drivers full-time
in total plus 3 drivers who are either paying (Ok, Schwarz is good, or
at least interesting), or only part-time.

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