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5th December 2023, 18:22 #281
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David Richards couldn't promote WRC efficiently when it was arguably at its highest point in terms of driver talent/fame and manufacturer interest. What can he do now? Questionable at best.
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5th December 2023, 18:31 #282
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I heard Richards has this novel idea of making all rallies a homogenised cloverleaf format. I bet it will make rallying go from strength to strength
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5th December 2023, 18:42 #283
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yes, from memory so please correct me if i'm wrong but it went something like this: he bought the TV rights in the early 2000s from ISC and introduced the cloverleaf and increased the calendar 16 rallies for a bigger/better tv package. Teams said it's expensive to do 16 rounds so they reduced to 2 cars per team. Then a few years later he sold the TV rights to North One (I assume at a nice profit for himself). I doubt he cared or understood the medium to long term prospects for the sport at the time so my expectations are low. The things that could give hope are that maybe now he's not motivated by money and there's also Robert Reid there.
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5th December 2023, 19:55 #284
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Mikkelsen said goodbye on his sociale to Skoda Motorsport. So the deal with Hyundai seems official at last..
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5th December 2023, 20:04 #285
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5th December 2023, 20:12 #286
So, the italian rumours were right once again, if I had to guess they’ll probably make it official tomorrow, as well as Toyota. Again, just guessing.
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5th December 2023, 20:24 #287
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It looks like they will make announcement tomorrow. But still that lineup for the third car doesn't make sense for me.
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5th December 2023, 21:42 #288
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6th December 2023, 06:13 #289
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What if Hyundai thinks they a backup in Suninen anyway, since he is so much younger than Mikkelsen? And this way they have removed a threat from WRC2? Other than the value of a relatively safe pair of hands, I mean.
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6th December 2023, 07:26 #290
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Speaking of Hyundai. I think that Kalle dropped a bombshell with his part time season next year and I bet that if Tanak would have known that he would stayed at Msport one more year. It will be a very interesting dynamic in that team and Cyril will have hands full of work.
First leg he will be thinking in Portuguese championship. Then he can go for WRC2.
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