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26th September 2018, 18:18 #181
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The BRC must think people are stupid after stating that FOUR driver's are still in the running going into Rally GB.
Matt Edwards has double the points of the others and still his Joker to play !!
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4th October 2018, 16:03 #182
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Nice to see rallying getting some British press coverage...
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6th October 2018, 13:35 #183
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It was never really in doubt, but Round 4 (Rally GB, day 1) confirmed Matt Edwards as 2018 BRC Champion.
Very well-deserved after a dominant year and so many good results elsewhere too. The competition wasnt as strong as it might be but you can only beat who is there.
Matt is also one of the real nice-guys of rallying and it was great to meet and congratulate him at the M-Sport service area.
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7th October 2018, 19:28 #184
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Matt Edwards seals the Championship with Round 5 win. (Rally GB Day 2/3).
Shame that Rd 4 winner David Bogie retired on SS20 with a mechanical issue.
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8th October 2018, 08:08 #185
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Fastest BRC driver in WRC Wales was 10min slower than 18y Rovanperä, LOL
(Fastest FinnishRC driver in WRC Finland did win WRC2)"quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"
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8th October 2018, 10:16 #186
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I agree the BRC isnt the strongest. But Edwards only had to finish Round 4 to win the title so wasnt pushing on Day 1.
He wasnt pushing after that either on Rd5 as he didnt have anything to gain. Bogie was still running out of the 'contenders' and was 6mins ahead of Edwards when he retired with a mechanical issue.Last edited by Fast Eddie WRC; 8th October 2018 at 10:23.
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8th October 2018, 16:47 #187
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I'm certainly no cheerleader for the current BRC, but to be fair, David Bogie was only 3 minutes behind Rovanperä after SS19, only 10 seconds behind Huttunen in 4th, but had a bit of an off and damaged the car on SS20. That's in a privateer Skoda. Also worth mentioning Tom Cave in his i20 R5, having only done two rallies this year (one in a Mirage R5, the other (iirc) a Group N Subaru Impreza), he was only +1:25 behind Rovanperä and setting competitive times going into Saturday morning, was also ahead of Huttunen's i20, but lost 10 minutes off the road. Eventual DNF after a "heavy landing" in SS20 which resulted in a broken sump guard and oil leak. While Tom Cave wasn't in the BRC this year, my criticism of the BRC here is that the BRC should at least be affording/providing a marketable platform on which the likes of Tom Cave and Osian Pryce can raise a budget to take part.
As Sal and Eddie say, there were extenuating circumstances around Matt Edwards showing, but still, I don't think his pace was much off what I'd expect anyway.
Rally GB will only be a reserve round next year. One of the things I find most incomprehensible about the likes of having Rally GB, Ypres and now West Cork on the calendar, though particularly the former events, is that the current BRC guys turn up and get shown up. How does it do the reputation of the BRC any good? How does it help British rallying to have a BRC round in Belgium? In the case of Ypres, it's not like most sports where there is a return match, where the Belgians have to come over and take on the British guys on something like the Isle of Man or even a British forest rally for example (which would be great), the British guys just go there to be also-rans amongst local fast experts...
Talking of Rally GB, I heard some talk from there that Bogie will do the Irish Tarmac Championship rather than the BRC next year. We'll see what happens...Last edited by the sniper; 8th October 2018 at 17:04.
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9th October 2018, 15:06 #188
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Rovanperä showed up all of the other R5 driver's, many with good cars and good teams behind them. It wasnt just the BRC guys.
The younger Brits like Greensmith and Ingram (while he lasted) did well.
And driver's like Cave and Yates show we have some decent prospects coming up.
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10th October 2018, 12:23 #189
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No doubt there are fast young Brits. Perhaps more now than ever. Greensmith, Ingram, Cave, Bogie, Pryce, but only one of them felt compelled and was able to raise a budget to do the BRC this year, and seemingly Bogie may not be interested next year.
More positively, just came across this video on the BBC Sport site. A short but really pretty comprehensive review of the conclusion of the BRC from Rally GB. Sounds like the BRC might have found a friend at BBC Northern Ireland? Good job. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/motorsport/45795413
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12th October 2018, 21:42 #190
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Edwards in WRC2 is a waste of money. Too old already. Yates has the right age, but better do ERC first and get consistent first.
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