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9th January 2024, 18:28 #71
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True, but you absolutely need to give them a chance. They have no chance now and that has been the case since 2017 with a few exceptions (Loubet 2021 and Ostberg 2017).
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9th January 2024, 19:57 #72
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Unless an alternative to M-Sport can be found, and the Promoter/series hadn't gone bust which led to M-Sport withdrawal, then yes. This isn't my desired future, it's what would/could happen playing if with other current known knows.
FIA could ignore/renege on it's own rules. Maybe MBS asked DE to write that slamming piece about Rally2 should be top class as part of such a uturn, or maybe DE is just delusional. Maybe Rally1, or even life itself, is too expensive for the Promoter and FIA have to step in as emergency promoter, possibly then all rules go out the window. But we're talking long term planning not short term fix for disaster planning.
Imo Hyundai are going anyway. 10 years already is a long stint. M-Sport, Toyota, Subaru sounds pretty doable."It's not sport!" - Gilles Panizzi
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9th January 2024, 19:58 #73
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9th January 2024, 20:00 #74
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9th January 2024, 20:41 #75
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9th January 2024, 20:53 #76
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9th January 2024, 22:18 #77
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the point someone made about having "stories to tell" was spot on. My favorite rally season EVER was the 2019 ERC season, with Ingram winning the title and 2020 with Solberg vs Lukyanuk. Such great characters, so many awesome one-off entries WINNING the races (especially 2019, where basically ALL the races were won by these one-offs).
THAT was fun to watch, and Eurosport had those 45 min highlights of the weekend. THAT was perfect... Rally2s only... almost SKODAS only tbh haha
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9th January 2024, 22:33 #78
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Just look at what Red Bull was doing when they took over the championship commercial rights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2WGddzQoXw
This small story screams a "Drive to Survive" episode and can be sold to every Average Joe around the world and bring you a lot of popularity. Nothing compared to the 2 minutes videos uploaded in 2023, which honestly nobody care about.
Just working on "telling the story" it would already help A LOT the whole championship for its survival. Having more close competition with lower budgets, this would bring the whole WRC to the old glory days. Hopefully the right decisions will be made soon by the Working Group!
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10th January 2024, 09:01 #79
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10th January 2024, 13:36 #80
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How would any of the proposed changes from this silly working group have changed ANY of that in 2025 or 2026?
WRC main class in 2025