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Thread: Rally Islas Canarias 2018
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9th May 2018, 10:42 #211
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9th May 2018, 11:38 #212
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The best young talents currently in WRC came from ERC - Lappi & Breen. Its a good proving ground for Driver's and ideal for them to show what they can do.
But as for publicity ERC is nothing - hence why no proper Manu entries.
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9th May 2018, 13:08 #213
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9th May 2018, 16:33 #214
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9th May 2018, 19:07 #215
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For publicity, vs WRC, ERC is nothing, but vs. WRC2 not so.
In terms of promoting the Skoda brand (rather than the R5 car) WRC2 could even be seen as a negative for Skoda as dedicated WRC2 coverage is almost zero.. and when they appear on the live stages they are almost always the slowest because they are up against the World Rally Cars.
Anyway, I guess Skoda aren’t in WRC2 for promotion purposes these days.
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9th May 2018, 19:15 #216
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At this point it's probably better to have Skoda in WRC2... They'd probably completely destroy any competition in ERC at this point. ERC is a good privateers championship now.
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9th May 2018, 20:20 #217
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22nd May 2018, 18:14 #218
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Sponsor converted after a trip to Rally Canarias...
https://www.carfinance247.co.uk/blog...motor-rallying
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22nd May 2018, 20:50 #219
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Is not FIAs plan to have manufacturers in WRC level 1 and 2, juniors in 4 and forget the rest.
ERC and other regional series are for privat teams, and not manufacturers.
Making WRC2 a manufacurers series for talented drivers coming up, will at the same time make it more interesting for manufacturers to develop their own R5 car. Win-win also for regional series.
Only solution is more teams. Everything else is a temporary bandage that won't change anything in the long run.
WRC main class in 2025