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25th January 2021, 12:21 #21
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25th January 2021, 12:35 #22
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25th January 2021, 12:36 #23
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25th January 2021, 13:01 #24
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Weren't there service vans at the end of stages back in the days? Or tyre changes in the middle of stages?
Was it also ruining the true rallying back then?
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25th January 2021, 13:09 #25
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But this hasn't worked for decades.
We used to have flying service, then came tyre mousse, and then rally2. Untill 2006 they were allowed to drive on 3 wheels as long as they weren't stopped by the police.
You talk of superrally being alien to the sport, but you seem to forget that before that they just had service after every stage. A broken suspension or damaged radiator would not have caused a retirement in the old days.
We should bring back mobile service. Allow every team a small van and 2 mechanics.
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25th January 2021, 13:29 #28
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This whole topic is insane (appart from the WRC2/3 rules which already fit in their own topic).
Poor Tanak retires and suddenly we should talk for ages about "stupid" rules. Driving on 3 turning wheels in any way shape or form is not good for the sport in terms of any public image as well as competition fairness (drivers stopped in UK and not in Mexico etc.), that's why there are rules about that. Nothing stupid about it.
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25th January 2021, 13:45 #29
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25th January 2021, 13:51 #30
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Think about this: how can the service van get to the end of the stage faster than the rally car? Yes, they can't. That's why in the past they had two service groups (or god knows if Lancia had more) who skipped every second stage in order to make it work. So you can already double the vans. Then what if all the team has 1-2-3 in the rally and all the three cars come to the service at the same time? Yes, they need to have 2 mechanics for every driver. So it's suddenly two vans and 12 mechanics. Not so simple anymore.
I think it's only positive that we don't have flying service anymore. In that way the sport has now more endurance aspect than before. You could even service during the stage in the crazy old days.
I could speak for having a remote service area which could be set somewhere during the leg, on a designated area, with a limited amount of mechanics and parts, but I know that teams are already complaining of remote tyre zones (where the drivers change the tyres by themselves and the team only has to bring the tyres to the zone).
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I admire your will Mirek to argue with the windmills here.
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