Of course, but IF AWD is such a disadvantage, even in all conditions (as you say), then WHY is it still the given drive train setup in WRC/R5/etc.,
despite NONE of the current cars competing in this series offering this configuration in the street/publicly available models which are used as a basis for the rally machines, making a complicated, and homologated, rally spec 'kit' a necessity to go with AWD??
Even when there was talk about changing the WRC spec rules to FWD ONLY in the recent past, there was MAJOR push back on that issue from the majority of the manufacturers AND competitors.
Do ALL of the fanboys of the Nippon 'rally twins' (Evos/STIs/WRXes) literally
hate that their rides have drive going to the rear wheels as well as the front, and would actually
prefer them to be ONLY FWD?