[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by pino

Forgive my ignorance...but what's this "tree" ? :confused:

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That just sounds soooooo familiar :D If you don't have the iconic "tree" you can't clearly pretend one Rally is the absolute best of the Rallies in the World :D

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

That just sounds soooooo familiar :D If you don't have the iconic "tree" you can't clearly pretend one Rally is the absolute best of the Rallies in the World :D

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Could we rephrase misters Grönholm & Rautiainen: "Tree is enough!"

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Could we rephrase misters Grönholm & Rautiainen: "Tree is enough!"

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Oh, yeah. It is enough to take you out....unfortunately

It would be great to see the WRC back to Chiusdino.

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

A big question for San Remo would be spectator safety I'm afraid... Not many places where you can stand as a spectator on these mountain roads, + a lot of spectators (much more than in Sardinia as San Remo is on mainland and also close to France etc.).

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Was there an issue with it the last time a round was held?? The championship needs rounds that attract massive crowds and generate a genuine ( not pr generated) buzz around the event. The traditional rounds always attracted great crowds and it has to be said in the recent era of the last 10/15 years, by and large have not had spectator safety issues.

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Originally Posted by gravelman

Was there an issue with it the last time a round was held?? The championship needs rounds that attract massive crowds and generate a genuine ( not pr generated) buzz around the event. The traditional rounds always attracted great crowds and it has to be said in the recent era of the last 10/15 years, by and large have not had spectator safety issues.

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This year we have had already almost 20 fatalities (about which I know) in the sport and the numbers are growing every year (except one all on asphalt). Some accident involving spectators in WRC event is the worst what we can get. The safety in Sanremo in last couple of years was awful and it was a big luck nothing serious happened although it was often close (for example this year with Andreucci). It really matters. This sport can't afford growing number of dead bodies.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

This year we have had already almost 20 fatalities (about which I know) in the sport and the numbers are growing every year (except one all on asphalt). Some accident involving spectators in WRC event is the worst what we can get. The safety in Sanremo in last couple of years was awful and it was a big luck nothing serious happened although it was often close (for example this year with Andreucci). It really matters. This sport can't afford growing number of dead bodies.

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Mirek, I'm not for one minute questioning the importance of safety, as a competitor and spectator I knw this. I will concede I was not aware of the issues on his event in the last couple o years. I agree that safety cannot be compromised but I feel that the classic events do draw greater crowds, but as long as they are managed efficiently I'm sure they can return, because god knows the series needs flagship events. But again I agree with your point regarding the importance of safety.

I sure agree that Sanremo is a classic and it would be nice to have it back in WRC but as someone already pointed out the stages which are now used for IRC are very difficult to cope with crowds (with WRC there will be sure more people than now). Very few access roads and often no space for spectators to stand.

By the way this is the moment of Andreucci from this years edition. Good that he kept it on the road...
IRC 2012 Day 2 Sanremo Andreucci Big Spins - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I sure agree that Sanremo is a classic and it would be nice to have it back in WRC but as someone already pointed out the stages which are now used for IRC are very difficult to cope with crowds (with WRC there will be sure more people than now). Very few access roads and often no space for spectators to stand.

By the way this is the moment of Andreucci from this years edition. Good that he kept it on the road...
IRC 2012 Day 2 Sanremo Andreucci Big Spins - YouTube

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That's why bringing back the gravel stages will do only good, besides they are part of that classics called "Sanremo".

You could put Monte Carlo on a par with sanremo if not worse!