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21st November 2017, 23:28 #721
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This is normal for most WRC events, there is people entered in both the national series and the WRC field. Then those not entered in the WRC event will not show in the results, instead they were under either the ARC or the state event. The ARC ran the same stages as the WRC, the state guys did some less stages/days.
Its funny, as I thought about this after going home and realised that the number of spectators on the stages is about the same as we see in NZ rally championship events. Which makes sense as the areas we do rallies here have similar population numbers to the Coffs Harbour region.
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22nd November 2017, 04:34 #722
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22nd November 2017, 07:28 #723
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Yes. As an Australian. can't be offended at any criticism of Rally Australia.
As a motorsport fan overall. In the past, I've actually been in disbelief that we continue to have a round. Reading the link from SubaruNorway's post. I don't get why the Rally is so important to the WRC?
Not that the event has to capture the imagination of the whole country. But I don't think it even gets much respect from the general motorsport fan. The event comes and goes, and the supercar race in Newcastle this weekend is a bigger deal for them.
If there were to be one WRC round in Oceania, then it's likely that it's better to be held in NZ.
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22nd November 2017, 15:41 #724
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Because if there's one thing the Promoter loves more than anything, it's money. But it doesn't expect to be the Promoter forever, so, like an African dictator, it prefers to exploit the sport to make money quickly rather than grow the sport to make more money long term.
Hence Australia rather than New Zealand, Turkey rather than Poland, all those pointless years in Alsace, the China debacle, etc.
We've seen much the same in recent years in F1 with the loss of classic races like Estoril, Magny-Cours, Zandvoort, Hockenheim, etc. So there are no F1 grands prix in Portugal, France, the Netherlands, or Germany, but there are races in... Azerbaijan. Some backwoods in Russia. Bahrain. Abu Dhabi. Singapore. Turkey, briefly. Korea, briefly. India, briefly. All paying 25 million plus per race.
CVC capital partners exploited the hell out of F1 to make a quick buck, knowing that they were not interested in the long term health of the sport. The WRC Promoter is doing the same, just less successfully.
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22nd November 2017, 18:03 #725
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I totally see the point. Perth was a great location and with 1,5 milj people, lots of potential spectators. Why movet into a small village in the middle of nowhere
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22nd November 2017, 18:31 #726
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Well, I think the government of WA pulled their funding after a new administration came to power.
I wish events could attract commercial sponsorship/ funding instead of relying on regional/ tourist boards for backing - eventually they will pull the plug. However, as we've seen with M-Sport, big money sponsors are hard to come by - even with the 'success' of the new, improved WRC.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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22nd November 2017, 19:59 #727
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A nice analysis from the rally: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-we-learned-from-rally-italy-sardinia-2024/
[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2024