2024 WRC News & Rumours

[Franky]

I have been showing my young cousing (15yo) some WRC highlights and coverage and social media etc over the last month. He watches Motocross and V8SC basically, but hes aware of Motorsport in general. I asked him what they shoud do to "IMPROVE" rally in his opinion.... He answered: "Ah, 3 days is way too much for me, man. Even the three separated day highlights are too much. If they had one full weekend highlights in 15 or 20 minutes, that would be gold. Otherwise, those cars are super rad. They should run them in Gymkhana format, where people can see them and cheer for the battles. Or have them racing one or two close stages only, where all the fans can gather and watch in one place. I would not go out there to watch ONE CAR passing each 3 minutos to have to walk kilometers to the next stage. No way"

I mean.......... Its a "youngster opinion". Thats not RALLYING, but MAYBE some promoter could bat an eye on that simple idea haha

Next to show him rallycross?

[Kras]

Next to show him rallycross?

But he wont like it, despite the fact that it's exactly what he described rally should be.
This is why you never ask people feedback on things they have no clue about. They can't tell you what they want when they don't know it themeselves.

[becher]

But he wont like it, despite the fact that it's exactly what he described rally should be.
This is why you never ask people feedback on things they have no clue about. They can't tell you what they want when they don't know it themeselves.

It sounds harsh, but there is actually some truth to this. Just look on what basis people judge if a consumer product is good.

[seb_sh]

If you read what the cousin said carefully, he didn't complain about the format of the rally itself. He complained about the long review on tv. He would like a 15-20 minute review/highlights of the whole rally. At least that's what I understood, he wouldn't care if the cars did 2 stages or 20 as long as it would be a 15 minute video.

As for Gymkhana part, there are already super specials, there used to be more side by side type super specials. Also semi artificial sections with viewing spots exist on some rallies, maybe there could be more?

People love to come up with theories to make rallying popular to the younger generations. Maybe a big part of the problem and the solution is more in the TV studio. Also nowadays people are bombarded with information, perhaps a 15-20 minute review for a casual fan is a good idea.

[trykmann]

It would help if they would focus more on social media and free content.

The shakedown live on Youtube is a good example. The paywall does not have to go entirely, but free content should me more available in widely used channels.

Also the previously mentioned shorter overviews would help to gain more viewers.

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[meh]

There is no "the one and only" truth. Some like 100m sprints, others ultra marathons. Both are right.

Some like camping in the forest for a few days and watching passing rally cars, some like to watch donuts on a "miki mouse" city stage. Both are right.

It is not possible to be liked by everyone.

[mousti]

According to DH Moteurs, Munster will do a full season with the Puma Rally1..

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[wwbroe]

According to DH Moteurs, Munster will do a full season with the Puma Rally1..

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If that is indeed the case, this is really a very nice Christmas gift from Santa Claus Serderidis

[ictus]

Just heard Fourmaux and Munster all rounds with third car possible to rent

[lmmjvss]

But he wont like it, despite the fact that it's exactly what he described rally should be.
This is why you never ask people feedback on things they have no clue about. They can't tell you what they want when they don't know it themeselves.

This reminded me when you see people complaining that F1 should be "more like Indycar and F2" cuz "they have way better racing, 70% of the drivers get a podium, half of the grid wins at least one race"... Then, like... Mate why dont u watch Indycar and F2 instead of F1 then? hahah Jeeezz
"MotoGP is getting lame, British Super Bikes are the best" - Good, go watch BSB, not MotoGP then.
I mean, I probably said something like that too somewhere, but heeeyyyy Im watching the Australian Basketball League since 2021, not the NBA so... Good for me. No need to complain anymore about egos e boring games, Im just enjoying the games! BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO S... ah whatever, man