Rally Liepāja 2016

[COD]

If they want a sure and proper winter rally in ERC, it should be the Arctic Rally

[Mirek]

If they want a sure and proper winter rally in ERC, it should be the Arctic Rally

First Arctic must want to be part of ERC and I though it was not the case.

[rp]

First Arctic must want to be part of ERC and I though it was not the case.

Yes, but it has been too much money what the Promoter has wanted...

[COD]

First Arctic must want to be part of ERC and I though it was not the case.

True, because cost is too high. But does it really serv the interest of the promoter, to make decisions based only on money? F1 has lost iconic races and gotten boring dessert races instead.

[AndyRAC]

True, because cost is too high. But does it really serv the interest of the promoter, to make decisions based only on money? F1 has lost iconic races and gotten boring dessert races instead.

Whatever F1 does, all the other series copy. Problem is, it doesn't work for the lower formulae/ series. It certainly doesn't work in rallying.
And, what exactly is the promoter doing to with this money to promote the sport?

[Mirek]

True, because cost is too high. But does it really serv the interest of the promoter, to make decisions based only on money? F1 has lost iconic races and gotten boring dessert races instead.

No, it doesn't. The question is if Eurosport can afford that. I have the feeling that they simply don't have the money to run the series without that. It's a vicious circle. You can't make the series something better without investments (mainly into the coverage) but You can't make more money out of it without making it bigger. Eurosport used the opportunity when WRC was in a deep trouble but now I think they only run the series of inertia without much of real interest.

[Wim_Impreza]

Even when we don´t blame organizers the only one solution is to drop out Liepaja for next year. Global warming is fact , you can´t dispute it and having every second year of Rally Liepaja canceled doesn´t make any sense. It is like VHS videoshop business. It was nice, but it is past and those times won´t come back and simply nobody is responsible for that.

I completely agree with this opinion. There will be no real winters anymore in the future. This 'winter', there were a lot of cancelled events in sports, look at the ski resorts how long there was no snow. There were World Cups cancelled due to lack of snow and even the 4 Hills Tournament in ski jumping was in danger due to lack of snow.

2014 was the warmest year ever on this planete, 2015 even warmer and 2016 and the years after will be warm again.

I really want that the Rally Liepaja will take place in the future, but later in the year on gravel.

[Martins Tolks]

Ermm... actually, 2016 and next years are forecasted to be colder than 2 previous, because El Nino maximum is over and winters should become like before. But of course it's not guaranteed by any means.

[bluuford]

I completely agree with this opinion. There will be no real winters anymore in the future. This 'winter', there were a lot of cancelled events in sports, look at the ski resorts how long there was no snow. There were World Cups cancelled due to lack of snow and even the 4 Hills Tournament in ski jumping was in danger due to lack of snow.

2014 was the warmest year ever on this planete, 2015 even warmer and 2016 and the years after will be warm again.

I really want that the Rally Liepaja will take place in the future, but later in the year on gravel.

Do not worry guys, we are on the edge of the ice age:
Those who do not read russian, use google translate, does quite OK job
http://www.ridus.ru/news/201653

[stefanvv]

Do not worry guys, we are on the edge of the ice age:
Those who do not read russian, use google translate, does quite OK job
http://www.ridus.ru/news/201653

60 years? I read somewhere it'll be only 30....