Talk:2017 WRC2 Championship

Orphaned references in 2017 World Rally Championship-2

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Reference named "Rally Finland Entry List":

• From 2014 World Rally Championship: "Draft Entry List — Neste Oil Rally Finland 2014" (PDF). Rally Finland. AKK Sports. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
• From 2016 World Rally Championship-2: "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
• From 2016 World Rally Championship: "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
• From 2016 World Rally Championship-3: "Rally Finland Entry List". ewrc-results.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
• From 2015 Junior World Rally Championship: "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. nesteoilrallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
• From 2015 World Rally Championship-3: "Entry List - Neste Oil Rally Finland 2015" (PDF). Rally Finland. AKK Sports Oy. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

Reference named "Rally Sweden Entry List":

• From 2016 World Rally Championship: "Rally Sweden Entry List". ewrc-results.com. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
• From 2016 World Rally Championship-2: "Rally Sweden Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. rallysweden.com. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
• From 2015 World Rally Championship-2: "Rally Sweden Entry List" (PDF). Rally Sweden. Svenska Bilsportförbundet. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:41, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned references in 2017 World Rally Championship-2

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Reference named "Tour de Corse Entry List":

• From 2016 World Rally Championship-2: "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. rallylink.it. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
• From 2016 World Rally Championship-3: "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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Team section list

If we look at the Monte Carlo entry list, it's worth noting that some driver entries are entered as privateers - i.e. these drivers do not race for any team that has entered in WRC-2. But here the privateers are listed with a team - a fine example is Emil Bergkvist entry in Monte Carlo. In the official entry list the entrant is listed as Emil Bergkvist, but here it's J-Motorsport (the team that maybe maintains the car he drives). So therefore the list should follow the official lists, published by the rally organizers - privateers being listed as such. The same counts for WRC Trophy's Jourdan Serderidis entry and the WRC-3 entries. Ivaneurope (talk) 06:09, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Agree. I corrected that. MNSZ (talk) 02:44, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Championship eligibility

@MNSZ, @Tvx1, @Kovpastish, @ToniGlu92, @Ivaneurope

The new WRC-2 rules state that a crew must compete in three rounds—Portugal, Germany and Wales—in order to be eligible to win the championship title. With that in mind, I think we should split the entry table into two tables: one for crews eligible to win the title, and one for crews that are not. But I also think that the results matrix should feature a split. For that, I would suggest the system used by British Formula 3 season articles, which include a divider for guest drivers who are ineligible to score points. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 10:16, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

I was going to talk about this before, but then I read the Sporting regulation, and says "In order to be classified in the final classification at the end of the season, WRC 2 competitors must have taken part in the following three mandatory rallies as a minumum:". In my interpretation, the season will go on as normal, and only in the final classification (at the end of the year), al drivers who did not compete in a mandatory event, will be disqualified. Nevertheless, I think that is good to work it sooner also.

I accept the divided table, although I think it would be better to maintain one table, with a "column" for eligibility for the championship. But I say, it's ok this way too. For the Result matrix, I think we should see how the FIA is going to work it. As for now, on their official website, they are maintaining all results as if nothing have happened. Maybe this go in accordance with the regulation, in witch at the end of the year all drivers who did not compete in a mandatory event, will be disqualified from the championship (I think we normally use the † mark). If we considered we must address the the problem earlier, we can do as Nascar does in the knock-out stages, where they add a line break to clarified who can and can't reach the championship. I think is the same proposal as you are doing. MNSZ (talk) 22:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)