WRC main class in 2025

[NaBUru38]

The Monte Carlo Rally has 8 entries in the Rally1 class. The 2024 Dakar Rally has 70 entries in the T1 Ultimate class. And the latter aren't exactly cheap. In fact, there's 21 Toyota Hilux.

[Kenneth]

The 2024 Dakar Rally has 70 entries in the T1 Ultimate class.

Because everyone can build their own car on space frame chassis and can use road engine. There is only one fully in-house works team (Audi), few "outsourced" works team (Toyota, Ford, Mini and Chinese brands) and also Prodrive, funded by Saudis. The rest are private entries, some of them even build the cars themselves, like Martin Prokop.

[doubled1978]

The Monte Carlo Rally has 8 entries in the Rally1 class. The 2024 Dakar Rally has 70 entries in the T1 Ultimate class. And the latter aren't exactly cheap. In fact, there's 21 Toyota Hilux.

This for an event that is invisible even by WRC standards.
Unless the current Manufacturers can commit to running a load more Rally1 cars, I don’t see the promoter/FIA have much choice other than to change it to Rally2 or some derivative of.

[NaBUru38]

This for an event that is invisible even by WRC standards.

Several French, Spanish and Argentine sports websites are giving full coverage to the race.

[WRCStan]

The Monte Carlo Rally has 8 entries in the Rally1 class. The 2024 Dakar Rally has 70 entries in the T1 Ultimate class. And the latter aren't exactly cheap. In fact, there's 21 Toyota Hilux.

Rally1 has to do the whole championship, so compare that. What about the other events in the WR2C, how many here can even name them without looking? Dakar is a privately owned event that's bigger than the championship, and WR2C so far has seen exemption from the rules enforced on WRC, so it's not a useful comparison.