[WRC] Tour de Corse 2018 (Apr 5-8)

[dimviii]

[GigiGalliNo1]

First Corsica for me. It was a great rally, logistically good, two stages able to access a day including afternoon service and evening regroup and service.

Only gripe was that I asked colleagues which they prefer, a Rally with 4 stages in the morning loop and then 4-5 in the afternoon or a rally with 2, service then 2 again. Responses were Variety in the larger option of stages before a service. Rather then know what you have in two stages and small access to get into them, variety is better with 4-5 stage options to go to.

Service park was great, scenery was too.

I can understand the island now, the driving was mega with liaisons. Though I did enjoy Corsica what would another French rally option be? I might head back in 2019, but the problem might be I would have to go!

On another note. I did say to people this rally was fast, and they replied saying it is one of the slowest rallies in the calendar! Confused. Tarmac feels fast when they're driving towards me, past me and when I'm leaving the stage, walking on the stage!

[Mirek]

On another note. I did say to people this rally was fast, and they replied saying it is one of the slowest rallies in the calendar! Confused. Tarmac feels fast when they're driving towards me, past me and when I'm leaving the stage, walking on the stage!

Interesting. I'm from an asphalt country and I have the exact opposite feeling. Gravel gives me mostly more perception of speed due to the cars sliding on the loose surface. On asphalt i's much harder to find places where it looks fast and not boring like hell. My two cents.

[A FONDO]

[racerx1979]

Interesting. I'm from an asphalt country and I have the exact opposite feeling. Gravel gives me mostly more perception of speed due to the cars sliding on the loose surface. On asphalt i's much harder to find places where it looks fast and not boring like hell. My two cents.

This is th reason why I never spectate asphalt rallies. They are very boring. My wife who is not into cars went to Germany with me and she asked me why they weren’t driving fast?? I had to explain to her that they were going fast but look slow since they’re not sliding around.. she gave me a dumb look

[janvanvurpa]

This is th reason why I never spectate asphalt rallies. They are very boring. My wife who is not into cars went to Germany with me and she asked me why they weren’t driving fast?? I had to explain to her that they were going fast but look slow since they’re not sliding around.. she gave me a dumb look

There are solid reasons why it's spelled ass-fault...

Guess we're just dumb lucky that we don't do ass-fault rally in Norf America...

[cali]

This is th reason why I never spectate asphalt rallies. They are very boring. My wife who is not into cars went to Germany with me and she asked me why they weren’t driving fast?? I had to explain to her that they were going fast but look slow since they’re not sliding around.. she gave me a dumb look

One has to understand precision driving to enjoy tarmac rallies. My wife saw her first tarmac rally last year in Catalunya and enjoyed it a lot. Ofc the perfect weather and landscape were to blame for this :P

But in general fast gravel rallies offer the most wow effect for spectators.

[bomber21]

Yes but in the other hand, sometimes cars are not so fast on tough gravel rallies (rainy Acropolis uphill special stages come to my mind).

I enjoyed Deutschland Rallye 2017 and I never thought cars were not going fast, quite the opposite.

[Mirek]

There are solid reasons why it's spelled ass-fault...

Guess we're just dumb lucky that we don't do ass-fault rally in Norf America...

Well... it's not boring if You know where to spectate. It just requires a lot more preparation for the spectators who wants to see something. Otherwise crazy fast events like Barum or Ypres are very spectacular despite being asphalt. On gravel You just come to a random corner and it's usually somewhat ok. This approach simply doesn't work with asphalt events.

[sindroms]

Interesting. I'm from an asphalt country and I have the exact opposite feeling. Gravel gives me mostly more perception of speed due to the cars sliding on the loose surface. On asphalt i's much harder to find places where it looks fast and not boring like hell. My two cents.

Couldn't agree more. I am from a gravel country and I have only two tarmac rallies in my bag - Germany WRC 2015 and Barum 2017. After last one I came to conclusion that you can not use your gravel experience in tarmac rallies spectating at all. Cars behave and tires works totally different and what wow's you in gravel on tarmac it seems like driving on rails. It's all about experience to find enjoyable spots in tarmac rallies. Same applies to gravel rallies. When I in 2007 was in Finland for a first time, every Ouninpohja bend seemed to me like best spot ever. With my nowadays experience I need to work hard to find something there for my taste