Looks like they wont be getting anyones money - its cancelledQuote:
Originally Posted by catty
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Looks like they wont be getting anyones money - its cancelledQuote:
Originally Posted by catty
I hope this was an april fool :confused:
Not an april fools... Competitors also received a message telling that the rally is cancelled. Of course there's always a possibility, but I think this kind of april fools is too harsh...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom206wrc
No April fool. Some stages are still impossible to complete in 4x4 jeeps so competitors wouldnt have a chance, especially when the UK does not allow studded tyres. In fact the BRC only permits (for this round) a medium compound Pirelli (K6) which would be useless in snow or iceQuote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
OK :( so next rendezvous in may for Pirelli International Rally ;)
I'm sure the event would have gone ahead, even in those conditions, 25-30 years ago (see the 1983 Mintex for an example.)
when drivers had more tyre choice, the 86 National Breakdown lost a lot of stages to snow, its not a new thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Well, it lost a lot of stages, but it wasn't cancelled completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nornbugger
The highest parts of the stages were not passable in a 4x4 jeep. Thick ice and snow drifts up to 10ft high leaving it virtually impossible for there to be any safety services or marshals.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Someone has a big accident, which is more than possible when there are so many quick young drivers, and emergency services cant get to them because of the ice. What happens then?
And - don't forget - the BRC runners would have been driving through the stages today making notes without helmets in standard cars, possibly without cages or harnesses. Would you want to be responsible for one of them sliding off one of the big drops in those forests?