[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2024

**MartijnS** · 30th January 2024, 19:23

Originally Posted by Tauri_J

But shameful itineary for spectators

Not much wrong with easily 2/4/2 stages without any rushing I would say?

**Myrvold** · 31st January 2024, 01:37

Originally Posted by MartijnS

Not much wrong with easily 2/4/2 stages without any rushing I would say?

Will be mass migration from SS5/7 to SS10/12 then?

**ictus** · 31st January 2024, 05:40

Originally Posted by Franky

Exactly the same feeling. Short events just aren't worth the cost.

If they shorten the stages (not the number of stages) than that's tha differance if you are spectating on a 1km vs a 50km stage? You only see a car for a few hundred meters max...

**MartijnS** · 31st January 2024, 06:31

Originally Posted by Myrvold

Will be mass migration from SS5/7 to SS10/12 then?

Should be enough time i'd say.

**Franky** · 31st January 2024, 07:28

Originally Posted by ictus

If they shorten the stages (not the number of stages) than that's tha differance if you are spectating on a 1km vs a 50km stage? You only see a car for a few hundred meters max...

Short in time period. Just don't see the value of a 48 hour event, when from Estonia it would take minimum 5 hours of travelling to get to the island. 48 hours of rallying and about 15 hours of sitting in airports and planes.

**Eli** · 31st January 2024, 11:43

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-t...ias-new-route/

An explanation from Simon Larkin.

**WRCStan** · 31st January 2024, 17:02

Anybody running a sweep on number of entries?

**satnav** · 31st January 2024, 18:27

Originally Posted by TypeR

I suggest that from 2025 wrc should cut off all the mechanics + services and go to ,,malle moto'' style of racing like dakar has for motorbikes - all the service and repairing has to be done by riders/drivers..

Don't give that working group any ideas

**Duvel** · 1st February 2024, 17:41

I dont like the new style..

Make more stages! and remote service, more action on a shorter period, that could be something.

That its stupid to do long liasons to Alghero and back during the day is correct. So let them do some extra stages , and than some service action in the stages region.

Also stages like Ittiri, or Monte Baranta, nice for spectators, and easy to fit in to such timing!

**PLuto** · 1st February 2024, 20:36

I still dont understand why they think that making events shorter and in a bigger hurry will make it better. All this is going against organisers, competitors and spectators. If you are find the money to come to the race abroad (and no matter if you are competitor or spectator), you want to enjoy it fully. WRC should be on higher level than national championships, you should feel you are on something better and you should enjoy it for few days... For example here on Sardegna, there are only two services. Do you think that mechanics of the teams would be happy to travel over the Europe to do only two services on the car? For most of the people around it is not normal job, but mainly passion. If they will stay at home, they will earn more money. But they are doing rallysport as they want to be part of that comunity, that it is something prestigious for them. But if you will cut all this enjoy, this people will stay at home next time. Is this really what we want?