[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[SubaruNorway]

Completely agree. But just as long as they don't switch to the dark blue and white combination that both VW and M-Sport have, I'm happy. Citroën have a dark base as well. Even privateers such as Prokop and Kubica have somewhat dark cars... we need lighter colours in the WRC!

Light colors are a nightmare for video and photo.
That 2016 i20 is hideous, the lines and color combinations doesn't do the curves and profiles much good.

[Jack4688`]

Can you give me an example of that..?

I miss Mark James (now in TCR) & Paul King..

I have fond memories of Mark James' peresentation of the WRC, probably because I associated it with, personally speaking, a great period of WRC history - likewise Tony Mason's coverage of Rallying in general on the BBC a few years before that.

As to Jon Desborough: on Bryan Bouffier's livery from Rallye Monte Carlo in 2015? 2014?.... can't remember. Anyway this was Desborough's (paraphrased) shit joke, "Bryan's sponsored by a local chicken farm for this event...... you can see where I going with this...... He's got the opposition all in a flap."

Wish he did live standup just so I could go and heckle him

[ToughMac]

Also don't forget Jeremy Hart, always loved his commentary on Eurosport!

[bassist]

Mark James is great to listen to, knows his stuff and is a Rally Guru. Caught a bit of him on WRC + this year, Desborough is awful. Steve Rider was also linking that bit of live action too, another bonus.

[RAS007]

Paul King is still around

And still as truly awful as ever, I'm sure. King, with his fake "live commentary" over recorded footage is easily the worst commentator in recent memory, probably ever, and that includes the shite-awful Desborough.

[AndyRAC]

Not a lot has changed with RedBull taking over from NorthOne; still the same type of coverage & commentators.

[RS]

Also don't forget Jeremy Hart, always loved his commentary on Eurosport!

I had this strange dream the other day. Jeremy Hart was commentating on some WRC action and it was screened in a prime time slot on one of the four main terrestrial tv channels.

[dodge33cymru]

David Addison was doing some of the on-site stuff at Rally GB, great motorsport commentator, can happily listen to him doing GT racing commentaries for hours.

[dimviii]

[French_Paulo]

Mistake by the man behind his twitter account.