Mexico WRC

[martinG44]

Is Mexico a round of the WRC in 2008?

Or is the rally running at all in 2008?

thank you
Martin

[SubaruNorway]

nope fortunatly

[fdebruyne]

No, Mexico will not be part of WRC in 2008
Yes, Mexico will run in 2008, part of the IRC.

[playmo]

For 2008 it's very likely that IRC will run, but i think a lot of teams will skip it.

nope fortunatly

Why is that?

[xavier]

Why is that?

Because of the failure of the organisation to prevent the stupid and dangerous action of some specatators.

The rally was a disgrace this year. We are lucky no drivers suffered any injuries due to these idiots. And the organisation should have known it would happened as it already had happened in 2005.

[Langdale Forest]

Were some spectators closing gates infront of cars?

[gloomyDAY]

I went this year to WRC Mexico and it was fantastic. The organization could have been a lot better, but for the most part all of the fans enjoyed their stay. The driver's also seemed content with the rally. I'm not sure there is any reason to bad mouth the event, but I'm sure something will do it anyhow.

I'm looking forward to another round in Mexico. I love going down there to vacation anyway, so why not take a look at the IRC?

[playmo]

The thing of spectators throwing rocks (large ones) at cars is really un-acceptable, and the guess around the matter is angry locals. But then again, there are always idiots around WRC, remember the ones that throw water in a corner in MC?, or the stupid that crashed on to solberg's car (guess it was sardinia, don't quite remember well)?

The thing with the gate was that Higgins crashed on to it and shut it open.

Aside this, i had attended to the 4 events and never see anything that could compromise the safety of the drivers in any way (liasson and competitive stages), but guess there will always be something left to criticise.

[Langdale Forest]

People throwing snow onto the roads in MC has been a problem for years.

Putting obstructions in the road and throwing things at cars has also been a problem in the past.

[jonas_mcrae]

Have you been there Xavier? dont think so...
I admit the fans are not the best of the best but hey there are bad spectators everywhere at least we dont crash into rally cars like in Grece.
and I think some team will skip it because its too far away for Europe based teams