I think he can't reveal all his secrets on a public forum :)
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I can't see how it's going to be much of a drop off in quality tbh.
In fact it might be better in some ways if we don't have Jon yapping on non stop like he feels he needs to for the tv stages. And i also don't mind if there's barely any stageside cameras as I like on boards the most. Sure they'll have the helicopter out for a lot of the stages too
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A lot of the stuff added for tv production standards is not needed anyway. Like laughable driver interviews before each driver enters the stage, with questions like what they had for breakfast and if they're friends with their co driver etc etc. And stupid commentators that think it's all about them so they talk over everything, and strung out stage end interviews that mean you miss a lot of action from the other cars on the stage.
So if they're stripping the production back, it could end up being better for a lot of people instead of trying to dumb it down and cater for the "casual tv viewer", who probably isn't watching the usual one or two live stages anyway
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Already if they just have some onboard images, maybe sometimes helicopter shots and / or a stationary camera on the stage. Maybe between the stages some studio-like content and images from servicepark it will be a HUGE improvement of the Live-Experience than sitting in front of result screens and listen to a radio. Give them time and judge after the event. I'm quite optimstic.
Dont listen PLuto :) He is the biggest WRC hater I know :P
Regarding the weather. I hope bluuford will approve: There will be high temperatures during this week nearly everywhere. So the snow will melt a lot. Then there will be rain during friday morning and it could freeze during FRI-SAT night especially in mountains and forests so I assume there would be ice above 1000m but I donīt expect snow. Or very thin layer of snow and only on the top of the hills. And on Sunday snow and ice will melt slowly again because of high temperatures.
But this has nothing to do with my relationship with WRC. I was always waiting when we will be able to see more live stages from WRC events. I dont need lot of additional stuff like interviews about nothing (like it was mentioned - about their breakfast, about their friends)etc. For me is enough to see the footage from stages - onboards, cameras, dronds, helicopters. But I am not sure if my view is same as view of promoter. And what I have seen in last years, they are doing lot of things which are against rally-fan spectator. So I am afraid that it will not be working so perfectly like we all are dreaming here. But I will be really happy if this product will be reliable and working.