david richards says Manufacturers given 'reasons to get out'.

[steve_spackman]

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/173225-0/manufacturers_given_reasons_to_get_out.html

[Finni]

Makes sense a lot.

[Finni]

However in the case of Subaru and Suzuki it's obvious that failed attempts to build fast cars were the biggest reason of retirement.

[RS]

He says some sensible things but I don't think he's innocent himself. For one, the Subaru did not perform, whether that's Prodrive's fault or a problem with the base car is open to discussion, but...

Secondly he is (or was?) involved with ISC who haven't done a fantastic job with their ownership of the media rights to the series either.

[rallyemotions]

He says some sensible things but I don't think he's innocent himself. For one, the Subaru did not perform, whether that's Prodrive's fault or a problem with the base car is open to discussion, but...

Ditto on that...

[Sulland]

Ditto on that...

Had Subaru been winning like Citroen, they had still been in there !!

Prodrive have produced bad rallycars since 2004, and there is a limit for what the manufacturer of the street car can accept !

[Brother John]

Always said that the F.I.A. are the problem in WRC. :(
Even since 2005, nobody wanted discuss about this on the forum.
Old thread about the F.I.A. has meanwhile disappeared. :rolleyes:
With the financial world crisis it is exact the same, there are here still members who do not see that the problem just starts and become larger.
I absolute don`t want missing rally in the future but have no problem if the F.I.A. take a big step back with the rules for wrc cars.
Keep it simple and F1 can preserve the Hitech. :dozey:

[AndyRAC]

Always said that the F.I.A. are the problem in WRC. :(
Even since 2005, nobody wanted discuss about this on the forum.
Old thread about the F.I.A. has meanwhile disappeared. :rolleyes:
With the financial world crisis it is exact the same, there are here still members who do not see that the problem just starts and become larger.
I absolute don`t want missing rally in the future but have no problem if the F.I.A. take a big step back with the rules for wrc cars.
Keep it simple and F1 can preserve the Hitech. :dozey:

Totally agree!
As much as I respect DR - it's a bit rich of him to totally blame the FIA. He was in charge if ISC when all these silly changes - 9-5 hours, central servicing, etc came in.
He's right that the FIA don't help - completely ignore the sport - then when they do pay attention they appear to have no idea about it. Max Mosley bleating about saving F1 - while the WRC was going down the drain. The warning signs were there about 4-5 years ago - nothing was done.
Give us simple, production based cars - which are loud and spectacular, and require driving.

[cali]

Give us simple, production based cars - which are loud and spectacular, and require driving.

Amen to that :)

[Nenukknak]

DR is a hypocrite! He is responsible either directly or indirectly for the way WRC has development into nothing really.

And when I hear him talk about this issue, it just sends shivers up my spine. What I read him saying is: "We've gone the way of F1, now we need to go all the way that way." as opposed to what I want him to say: "We've gone the way of F1, that was a mistake, we need to get back to proper rallies and all the ingredients that make rallies special."

It seems like some people never learn. You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make it drink.

[llgc8080]

Always said that the F.I.A. are the problem in WRC. :(
Even since 2005, nobody wanted discuss about this on the forum.
Old thread about the F.I.A. has meanwhile disappeared. :rolleyes:
With the financial world crisis it is exact the same, there are here still members who do not see that the problem just starts and become larger.
I absolute don`t want missing rally in the future but have no problem if the F.I.A. take a big step back with the rules for wrc cars.
Keep it simple and F1 can preserve the Hitech. :dozey:

100 % agree buddy.
All said.