Meeke third, and looked like he was holding back a little. Hang in there Kris.
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Meeke third, and looked like he was holding back a little. Hang in there Kris.
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Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
Well, at least Toyota has still 2 cars in race after day one, unlike Hyundai(and this time nobody can accuse Michel Nandan :p: )
:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
And they still managed to take manufacturers championship. It would be a boring championship, if they had a ”proper” management. They would win every rally 1-2-3
Everything is in place for a Tanak charge today.
More WRC cars? Of course national championships have more entrants, the rallies are shorter and budgets smaller.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
But it’s still bad for a WRC event, although Safari could also end often with 10 finishing cars and Ivory Coast was only worse...
At this retirements pace, maybe Bullacia will get in the overall podium…anyway, nice job from the Bolivian kid so far.
at the moment we have 3 rallies in south-america, ok we dont know anything about Chile yet, but out of this three i would happily drop Mexico out with its organising troubles every year, 10 super specials and short entrylist and people in dangerous places on stages.
Also Australia out, Corsica out....New Zealand in instead of Australia and some new european tarmac round.
what happened with Latvala?
https://twitter.com/fernischumi/stat...89094127652864
Mexico is North (or middle) AmericaQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
"I guess it was the moment when they did not let him take the start because he exceeded the time set to enter the control."Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
electrical problemQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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Originally Posted by AnttiL
well, yes my bad but still doesnt change my opinion. we dont have anything in asia for example. Japan surely should fit at the moment with Toyota doing well and last week there was this TV report on wrc.com with viewer number and if i remember right Japan was fourth there.
Top countries of all time for my YT channel, you can take some of it away from US for the Formula Offroad videos but most of it's rallying.
and how much power will he need to not struggle? 500 bhp? 800 bph? 2000 bhp?Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
people driving r1 cars can legitimate claim they struggle with the lack of power, people driving the 2019 wrc cars can't.
Kennards Hire Rally Australia scored the third-biggest global television audience of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship season as three drivers fought for the title to the final stage of the year on the New South Wales Coffs Coast last November.
A record total of 88.5 million viewers followed the four-day Australian spectacle, according to a report by independent analyst Nielsen Sports. Locally, the event was seen on Fox Sports Australia and 7mate.
The total global annual audience for the 13-round series was almost 824 million. Rallye Monte-Carlo was the most popular event with almost 101 million viewers, while Rally Spain attracted 93.7 million.
Australia’s achievement was highlighted when Oliver Ciesla, Managing Director of championship organising company WRC Promoter, spoke about the WRC’s continued growth during the opening of the Geneva International Motor Show this week.
Mr Ciesla revealed the thrilling fight between Ogier, Neuville and Tänak – three of five different event winners last year - helped lift global broadcast time to a record 14,208 hours.
It was the first time the figure had topped 14,000 hours, climbing from almost 13,500 hours in 2017. The increase maintained the WRC’s consistent growth, which has seen broadcast time rise by more than 140 percent from 5900 hours in 2013.
Mr Ciesla highlighted several factors responsible for the growth.
“In recent seasons WRC fans have enjoyed unpredictability and excitement which has generated fantastic battles for rally wins and titles and these positive audience figures reflect that,” he said.
“Changes to the competition format, including revisions to the start order and an attractive Power Stage format, with extra bonus points available, have helped raise fan interest to new levels.
“Competition with the new-generation World Rally Cars has been closer than ever. Five different drivers won rallies last season and each of our four manufacturer teams won at least once.”
Nielsen also reported strong digital and social media figures. There were more than 105 million video views on WRC’s official platforms and more than 1.3 billion online impressions in 2018. The number of followers on the WRC’s digital platforms topped 10 million people.
That means nothing... views depend on the youtube algorithm rather than who is a rally fan or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I like the idea of having a rally in Mexico, but I think this event has run its course now. Poor entry, exhaustion of the limited route options, no scope for it to improve... Hopefully the funding issues affecting the future of the Mexican F1 GP will bring an end to this rally too. It's been a good partnership, it's left some good memories, but it's time for the WRC to move on to pastures new...
Mikkelsen's puncture in SS5 comes at 10.05min, a bit like Sunninen's incident and then starts complaining that something feels strange at 14:05
I never saw that big rock in that stage?
Latvala confirms his alternator issue was the same as last year.
Good afternoon my friends. Time for a long evening again. Who´s gonna suffer today?
Tanak knows 2nd is possible and Ogier expects him to climb up too. Shame we don't have a huge battle for the lead though, Ogier will probably extend/manage his lead if he avoids problems. His pace was brilliant yesterday
Makinen was confdent the other Toyota's wont be affected and electrical load has been minimised. Plus todays stages are less twisty so better airflow.
wrc plus losersQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
No splits... :(
try michelin site, It works for momentQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
https://michelinmotorsport.com/Evene...ajuato-Mexico2
Quick start by Lappi.
Latvala hasn't started the stage
Dust causing issues in places acc to Sordo. Might explain split times.
WOW ! Meeke more than one minute faster in First split !!!
That is a glitchQuote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
He isn't lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
Oops Lappi.
Lappi!!!
Lappi out !!!!!!
Lappi did an oopsie... he is out most likely.
Guess that's Tänak's alternator going
and blocking the road...
The was unfortunate... hardly any speed at all.