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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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27th December 2017, 22:00 #401
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They really want to kill the rallysport?
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27th December 2017, 22:59 #402
Yes, they want
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27th December 2017, 23:08 #403
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Tommi must have spent too much time over Christmas in Mahonen sauna, drinking his Kool-Aid...
In a way, you've got to admire that even in successful times for the WRC, prominent figures in this sport are still dreaming up ways in which it can be undermined.
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28th December 2017, 14:21 #404
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https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9996617
Kalle Rovanperä probably doing Rally Deutschland, as he may be allowed to drive there. In that case they would skip Tour de Corse.
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28th December 2017, 15:15 #405
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making it shorter in time seems like a sensible thing. monte is 4 days, with less kilometers per day than on most small local rally's. they could do that on 2 days.
but i don't understand what mäkinen is trying to accomplish with shorter rally's. the works teams will still rebuild the car after each rally, and the privateers will still only rebuild it as much as their budget allows them.
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28th December 2017, 15:28 #406
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Is the standard ERC Format killing the rallysport? No, but those ideas are not much different.
Shakedown and 2 full days of 250 km stages without sometimes 5-6 hours between re runs of stages sounds not too bad. Sunday is mostly boring and useless. If this would enable to add some more rounds, why not.Last edited by tc10a; 29th December 2017 at 09:29.
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28th December 2017, 15:59 #407
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If they cut the sunday leg, the last loop of saturday will be boring... So then they can shorten it again to 1,5 days... David Richards once said in an interview: "The cost of competing at the top is determined by the teams that invests the biggest amount of money in it, not by the sport itself." I think that's something people from FIA should think about.
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28th December 2017, 16:04 #408
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Rally Finland was only two days some years ago. also MC rallye with four days is too much for regular viewer (not for me/us who enjoy this sport more then average follower)
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28th December 2017, 16:36 #409
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He has a point; I don't like days with long breaks and small number of competitive kilometres. In the age of the internet the action can be more focused because it's easier to follow so I wouldn't mind more concentrated rallies - long days with more time spent racing and on proper stages. Also they could keep the endurance aspect by providing only minimal service during a day for example (only tyre change or no more full service at mid day). In the end the sport has to evolve in order to grow and stay relevant, going back to the "old days" when "everything was better" won't solve anything, but what is important is they find a good format that takes the core traits of rally and brings them up to date.
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28th December 2017, 16:40 #410
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It's OK, it's a short stage! Remember the FIA and promoter reserve the right to completely fuck over everything we all know, enjoy and understand about this series and sport. Or, maybe they might...
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