Thread: WRC Calendar 2018
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23rd August 2017, 20:43 #131
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Recce and service cars yes, but competition cars go back to the main base for servicing. They are pretty beaten after those rough events and need a good overhaul and checking, not something you can do in a tent. If anything, it would be more expensive to have those events so close.
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23rd August 2017, 21:36 #132
How come Australia has kept it's place since 2013 is beyond me, I mean the entry list is quite small especially now it's the season finale, and it doesn't have that special gravel it used to have back in Perth. Why can't they just take out Australia, bring back NZ, put Wales @ the end of the season, and for the time being don't have a replacement for Poland & once they find a proper rally add it to the calendar.
I guess it's all about the money and who pays best. On a bit of a different note, I hope the rallies will be longer than this year's average of 320Km of competitive driving.Only you know your true potential.
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23rd August 2017, 21:44 #133
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23rd August 2017, 21:53 #134
Also a return for more night time stages would be nice in rallies like: Sweden, Corsica, Germany, Wales (more than this year), Spain... Would add a bit of an adverse challenge for the crews.
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24th August 2017, 03:04 #135
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24th August 2017, 06:25 #136
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I don't agree with that. I think the point of Rally2 is that we have more manufacturer cars by the last day. Rally2 cars can score manufacturer points and that's a reason for manufacturers to put the cars into rally2, as well as drivers being able to score power stage points.
But I wouldn't mind having a bit more stage kms, maybe a thursday evening leg after the super special.
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24th August 2017, 08:30 #137
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Mexico and Argentina have so short entry list that don´t deserve slot in WRC. It´s not right that you can buy WRC(2/3) points.
There are other rallies outside europe which would attract more entries.
And many rallies inside europa which are better than Mexico or Argentina."quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"
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24th August 2017, 10:45 #138
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NZ is just too small a car market for anyone to care about. The reality is that is just has nice roads. If they're not able to pay, I imagine that's not enough for the teams or promoter to actually want to go there.
NZ had 146,000 new car registrations in 2016.
Australia had 1,178,000....
That's a big difference...
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24th August 2017, 10:58 #139
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Yes. But as discussed before, the impact you have on that market is important too. In Australia nobody cares about the rally. So how much return do you get then? Finland has a small car market but when the rally is there, it's the biggest event in the year and everyone is following it. For the manufacturers it's better to find another marketing strategy in those big countries where nobody cares about rallying, and use rallying where people are interested. You cannot "build" interest in WRC in just a couple of years.
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24th August 2017, 11:39 #140
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In Finland we sell way less cars than NZ does, but still teams usually vote Finland as best event, so nothing to do with car sales. If we only look car sales, we would have India, China, USA, Russia...
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