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Thread: WRC main class in 2025
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29th January 2024, 12:30 #611
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I never knew MotoGP was anything like that popular.
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29th January 2024, 13:30 #612
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I ALWAYS found weird that Sportcars racing audience is that small... THO they appear to be the most "hardcore", especially on the internet. It seems to me they are all true fans. Huge races, tons of entries, different classes. Thats NOT for the casual viewer... While Motogo and F1 numbers are huge but probably half of that is from casual and extracasual fans. Nascar is weirdly big too, and they are a national championship. But thats fine. Their "national Championships" are all big (nba, nhl, mlb...).
I'd guess WRC fans are also more hardcore, cuz its not easy for a casual fan to follow 3 days of event, right? Tho I wonder how much in those numbers are just casual people searching for "incredible rally crashes" haha
Sad not to see rallycross on that list
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29th January 2024, 17:28 #613
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It does show that the WRC still matters, but that they have to find a way to make it affordable enough for manufactures to take part. There is no doubt whatsoever that the stage side spectacle is in a different league to anything else and in this sanitised world, people do look for that.
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29th January 2024, 17:49 #614
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30th January 2024, 09:32 #615
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MotoGP is quite big, and used to be bigger, they're actually in a bit of a crysis lately due to Rossi retiring, Marquez being injured and the fact that the grid is very Spain and Italy centered. They are making some efforts like introducing sprint races, they organise talent cups and junior series everywhere to try to have more variety in rider nationalities - apparently having a home hero is a big boost to TV ratings and the price they can charge for TV rights in that particular country.
WEC surprised me a bit, I guess it's a very specific crowd but they are very dedicated. The tickets for this years race were put up for sale last november and sold out in like 10 days - over 300.000 tickets gone in a few days 9 months before the event... sure some will be resold but still...
EDIT: i meant tickets for this year's Le Mans 24H race, for other races there's less enthusiasmLast edited by seb_sh; 30th January 2024 at 09:51.
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30th January 2024, 11:08 #616
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Tbh before Drive to Survive, MotoGP numbers on social media (at least followers) were bigger than F1. I remember reading that, then I went and count the numbers myself just to be sure.... Hehe
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31st January 2024, 18:55 #617
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Because F1 had no social media essentially before Liberty Media bought the series. Bernie was strongly against them and outright banned them.
So it was not like Drive to Survive boosted the numbers, but F1 started to properly use social media around the same time the first season of DtS came out.Last edited by Kenneth; 31st January 2024 at 19:01.
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1st February 2024, 01:06 #618
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I was watching some of the 2011 moments and highlights to see how Kimi Raikkonen did in Rallying, I wasnt watching WRC yet back then. Dude, those cars were already great haha Not sure the specs but they looked reaally great. IDK why we keep thinking Rally1s are a necessity haha Sorry, thinking about this Rally1 vs Rally2 way too much, I know
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1st February 2024, 07:25 #619
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1st February 2024, 16:49 #620
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