2016 News and Results

[garais22]

Sirmacis/Šimins will make a debut with ''Skoda Fabia R5'' in Rally Liepāja. They plan to participate in ERC Gravel Master
http://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/erc/5...oda-fabia-r5-/

[Jarek Z]

Sirmacis/Šimins will make a debut with ''Skoda Fabia R5'' in Rally Liepāja. They plan to participate in ERC Gravel Master
http://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/erc/5...oda-fabia-r5-/

Good news! Sirmacis seems to be a good driver in small cars, but is he good enough to handle bigger toys?

[Jarek Z]

Guys, do you think this driver would be good enough to compete in JERC? I think that after watching this video the CEO of FIAT should offer him a factory seat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdBuwzRAEAw

[liposh]

I have been thinking a little bit and find out the ERC in 2016 returned into the look from days before merging with IRC. Anything from old good IRC didn´t remain, which is sad, because I thought the potential was/is bigger. Do you remember the days when Quesnel wanted to use his red army against green army of Skoda? Or Monte Carlo 2011? And now we have got few spectacular drivers like Consani, but Peugeot and Skoda etc. choose WRC2. Neither I nor Pluto understand it (because medial coverage of WRC2 is awful) but they did so. And there has to be some racional reason. Whatever it is, Eurosport is responsible for that.

[WUff1]

I have been thinking a little bit and find out the ERC in 2016 returned into the look from days before merging with IRC. Anything from old good IRC didn´t remain, which is sad, because I thought the potential was/is bigger. Do you remember the days when Quesnel wanted to use his red army against green army of Skoda? Or Monte Carlo 2011? And now we have got few spectacular drivers like Consani, but Peugeot and Skoda etc. choose WRC2. Neither I nor Pluto understand it (because medial coverage of WRC2 is awful) but they did so. And there has to be some racional reason. Whatever it is, Eurosport is responsible for that.

10 likes if I could!

Yes, any sign of influence of old IRC in new ERC seems to be gone by now.

And yes, it´s the fault of Eurosport. Some 20 minutes of rallying at midnight is not a real TV-coverage.

[Jarek Z]

Yes, it doesn't look good for the new year.

But to be honest, I have no idea why so many drivers want to drive in WRC2. How is it possible to be a sportsman and want to compete for the14th or 17th position?

[dodge33cymru]

Because they all fancy themselves as a WRC champion, however unreasonably.

Same reason so many young circuit racers pay fortunes for GP2 and GP3 rather than get paid for big sportscar races.

In one way, it's good; the talent is concentrated and we'll get a proper 'world' championship. The shame is the damage that could be done to the wider sport and the prestige of classic events.

Also, fewer events in the championship and manufacturers subsidising events might make it cheaper, as might your seven events being in western Europe.

[RS]

And yes, it´s the fault of Eurosport. Some 20 minutes of rallying at midnight is not a real TV-coverage.

It is still more than the 40 seconds (literally) that WRC2 gets.

One major factor is that Skoda have become a training ground for new VW WRC drivers. Without Skoda, WRC2 would still be pretty weak.

[PLuto]

Neither I nor Pluto understand it.

You havent read my article on AutoSport.CZ?

[Rally Power]

Link, please.