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7th February 2009, 09:50 #1
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WRC Global Promotor
ISC won the bid to continue as the global promotor, and I am not sure they had real competition.
In this weeks autosport Neil Duncanson says they will revolutionize WRC.
They will do this by using the internet more extensively, and to upgrade the TV coverage - this is good and needed.
He continue with that, Quote - supported from the highest level of FIA, ISC want to keep the current WRC tech regs in place also in 2010, drafting new rules next year, and implement in 2011. end quote.
Reason to keep Ford and Citroen.
He says further that to do S2000 from 2010 could well open doors for new teams and cars, but will rule out the current manufacturers in 2010, they have no chance of building a S2000 car in 11 months.
We need to make the right decision and to do that we will talk to a lot of people in the next couple of months, before we conclude.
If this means stalling any change, so be it !
What role does the global promotor have ?
Can they dictate the future, based on firms they know, read Ford and Citroen.
To say that those two would not be able to get together a S2000 car in 11 months is bull.
Citroen have most parts inhouse, and so has Ford, and putting it all together and test it does not take them 11 months.
But again, I am a bit surprised that a commercial firm can be allowed to come in and dictate the future. Using arguments that even if we have 6-8 cars of the new type we keep the old one where we have 2.
Again this opens up the discussion about FIA being a non elected non democratic organization, where a lot of decisions are made by older men behind closed doors, and no minutes being written.
Not sure if that is the best way !
In my opinion it is time to show some balls, and decide for the future - soon !
S2000 is the way ahead, so say ok to that, and get new blood into WRC.
Put in a maxprice on the cars, so the costspiral will not kill it in 3 years, and we are back to where we are today !
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7th February 2009, 13:01 #2
I think that the promoter have a lot of power to decide the calendar so maybe we at least get rid of the rotation.
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7th February 2009, 13:44 #3
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7th February 2009, 14:27 #4
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It seems the soon-to-be renamed ISC are being v pro-active - already proposing for 2010 - 14 round calendar, 8 unrotated classic rallies every year (monte, finland, NZ, Arg, Corsica, WRGB, Catalunya, Sweden) + 6 rotated newer events. POtential for Safari to come back?
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7th February 2009, 14:33 #5
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7th February 2009, 14:35 #6
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As it is, it's good that this year only has 12 events, because of the recession.
I think there's room for more events in a few years, of course.
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14th February 2009, 14:37 #7
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Any more news on what the Global Promotor will change in 2010 or 2011 WRC ?
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14th February 2009, 15:09 #8
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Originally Posted by Sulland
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Rather, I'd open MT entries for S2K cars (with kit or no) already 2010 if anyone would want to enter to develop and build team and make the final switch later when everyone are ready. But to alienate the teams that have stayed through the difficult times would be a grave mistake and send wrong signal to corporate decision makers.
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15th February 2009, 01:17 #9
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15th February 2009, 08:59 #10
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Originally Posted by Sulland:cool: You Can´t Loose What Your Never Had.
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