I was looking through the Monte Carlo pictures on rally-live.com, and I noticed something interesting that I haven't seen reported anywhere.

I seems that some manufacturers have taken the co-drivers name off of the car. It appears that Subaru and Ford have kept the co-driver names, but Peugeot, Citroen and Mitsubishi have removed them.

to the FIA for deeming the co-driver unworthy of on-car recognition.

EDIT: It looks like the monkey should really go to the FIA for this mess

 

thats odd, they typically put those on there for both the fans and the medical personel, along with both driver and co-driver's blood types...

 

Well, it turns out there is a new regulation saying that only the drivers name should be on the car.

FIA officials were actually peeling off co-drivers names from Ford and Subaru cars that were in violation of this new rule. Pictures from day 2 seem to confirm this...

So, the monkey now goes to the FIA, not Peugeot, Citroen or Mitsubishi.



As for the emergency information, name and blood type is also written on the suit and/or helmet so the drivers/co-drivers are in no danger from this stupid new rule.

 

Boo. Hiss.
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The FIA sucks. But I knew that before I read this thread.

 

You know, some of the more controversial rule changes I'm ambivalent on (like mille pistes and SupeRally), but this one really struck me as just plain insulting.

This one sucks almost as much as the proposed ban on gravel crews.

 

the fia just doesn't seem to understand that they're alienating the hard-core fanbase that they've spent the last 10+ years building up. What, do they think the co-driver isn't important? Pfgftththththththttpppp!!! (yes you heard me right.)

Without the codriver, rallying is just another race. With codrivers rallying transcends mere motorsport and becomes an art unto itself.

 

The official reasoning is "co-drivers names confuse the public" or some crap like that.

Its not only a huge slap in the face of co-drivers, but its also a decent-sized slap in the face of fans. We are aparently too stupid to know that a rally car has two people inside it, each doing a very important job to win.

 

It sounds like they tried to put Mills on the Subaru, but were asked to take it off.

As I said on another forum..what happened to the Team aspect of rally??

 

I agree this thing is totally wrong! So what's FIA's reason, I mean to them it's only a sticker on the car, it's no harm, it's not like the stickers are saying F**K U! to the fans or breaking any censorship laws or whatever. It's just plain stupid, co-drivers deserve as much or more recognition by having their name on the car than the sponsers themselves. Just plain dumba** move by FIA

 

I'm really stumped. This doesn't make any sense at all. FIA seems to be discrediting co-drivers unnecessarily.

-Brian