I agree, maybe he'll just do rally Aus since he would have done those roads around Coffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
I think Ford would be better marketing wise in Australia
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I agree, maybe he'll just do rally Aus since he would have done those roads around Coffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
I think Ford would be better marketing wise in Australia
We don't really have any real evidence that he will be doing anything related the wrc yet do we?? I think it might be best to wait and see.
I guess winning Malaysia in a Proton is pretty special but I'm not sure how much of the rest of the world cares (I think this is his first win anywhere in a very long time as well)
He should join Monster world rally team:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
+1 yes that would be awesome!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Why did he not already? I remember before this season when there was some rumours here on this forum that Kimi would drive for Monster, some cry baby complained that kimi is stealing Atkinsons seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
That was probably me lol. Just want to see an Aussie in there, its different for Fins i know with it being so popular but it makes it more interesting for usQuote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
I thought I heard something, but couldnt remember properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
They obviously get on well togethor outside of cometition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQgmdHzqtqA
That is a good start to setting up a succesful team I guess!
Josef Semerád (father of Martin) is going to use DMack asphalt WRC tyres this weekend in Rally Lužické Hory (CZ) as a part of their testing. I think that it's going to be their premiere.
FIA is considering a change to the current running order rule, perhaps bringing it back to the top 15 reversed on Day 2 onwards as it were until 2008. Change could happen as early as Sardegna. Quesnel is in favour of the rule change, Wilson not so much.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90898
That would be a improvement for WRC. It would be even better if the same rule would be applied for first day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
That's a very great idea for Mikko..... really fair play from Quesnel :s ailor:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Running order change would be improvement, but it's funny how Quesnel is demanding that so strongly when Loeb is leading...
I was thinking the timing was amusing too, but the idea it self is ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julle69
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Julle69
Finally!
i wish theyd try it out at least, maybe for couple of races and see how it works. I think it should be done with out a question...
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Originally Posted by Julle69
+2
I'm wondering what Papa Wilson is afraid of when he says : "if we go back to reversing the order, we could have some fairly predictable results"... :s tare:
He means a return to the days when rallies were decided by Saturday afternoon.
[Tongue In Cheek on : TIC]
Thank you Kozmik, exactly what i thought, he's afraid of seeing rallies decided by Saturday afternoon. In his favour, it's understood...
Or could it be that he would be afraid of losing rallies and have Junior even more ridiculed on a regular basis when the current anti Loeb rule ends ? :) [TIC off]
No, it can't be for a simple reason : he has Latvala hence i don't see why he would question the change.
[TIC on]
Then it must be only for the love of the sport, just like Mr Quesnel's ...
[TIC off]
Oh, the anti-Loeb rule! I know what you mean, it's the one that's stopped him winning these past few years.
Indeed, them FIA made a fool of themselves thinking they could stop him winning rallies with this rule. :s tare:Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
so? What is most important? that the crews have as equal conditions or that crews can loose allot of time on d1 but still be able to comebackQuote:
Originally Posted by cosmicpanda
thanks to an advantageous road position? I'd rather have rallies that are decided already on the second day and knowing that the best crew won
then to have rules then penalizes the leader of the rally and or championship. Its the same bull as when touring car championships add weights to the
winners of the races.
What would it be like if FIA decided that the leader of the F1 WDC should start from the middle of the grid just because he is leading the championship?
Another option would be to have some sort of qualification stage. The better time on it, the better start position.
That diddn't work did it? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Karukera
Loeb has had the last laugh really, all he does is purposely slow down at the last ss on the first leg :rolleyes:
He's found a loophole that the fia diddn't think about :D
Fair enough, if that's what you think. Interestingly, in F1 these days they have made it easier to overtake by changing tyres and adding KERS and DRS, which in effect is the governing body artificially making the racing more exciting. I think the WRC's fortunate that it's already exciting and through a natural agency - running in rally order on the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Qualification stage might work, perhaps the best time in shakedown? That said, would that apply for all days of the event or just the first?
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I'm pretty sure that the FIA knew this would happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
In this article, Petter suggested the right thing to do after the final stage of every leg is to have "a hat with pieces of paper with numbers. Each driver will step ahead and take one. Those numbers are the running order of the next day. If you take, for example, number 3, you'll be third on the road and so on". It's more like a gamble. Fair enough, equal luck to everybody. Sometime it will be good for the front runners, sometime it wont.
Link: http://www.ultimavuelta.com.ar/notic...onales&id=4952
Hmm I guess so. No matter how you look at the situation, there will always be downsides to the running orders, how ever they work. Maybe this is the only way to get a "fair" result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lalo
I think another way would be to make the final stage of the first two days a power stage, rather than the last day. That way with points on offer you force people to drive competitively.
Almost all stages are run twice, 1st in the morning, 2nd time afternoon. With the second time a lot more honest conditions. Why not save the second loops for day 3?
Think about it from rally organization's point of view, getting permissions to close public roads, getting volunteers to marshall, keeping locals happy, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by alleskids
Remember McRae in Australia some years ago? He was late on the "running order meeting" and had to start first. Delecour sacrificed himselft and clocked in too early so he started in front of McRae. That's not what we want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lalo
I think it was Grist's mistake. Another one.
Also Delacour went off badly that time.Quote:
Originally Posted by NiekJ
I think that is possible starting list of every morning to be based on results of previous day's 1st special stage.
The thing is it is not "bull". There is as far as I know NO national rally championship that runs any other start order than what is currently run in the WRC. That is the way rallying has been forever, it was the WRC that changed it, then changed it back!! The theory is that the "BEST" driver should be able to cope, otherwise they are not the best.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
This week Simon Jean Joseph returns to rallying with Xsara Wrc of Petter Solberg ... He tested, with FG Racing & Petter Solberg Engineering, one day to prepare Rally Gravel Auxerre in France this week end.. I was there, and here my video http://bit.ly/lHmzrP
http://forum.rallyeforce.free.fr/files/sjj2.jpg
Henri Toivonen - August 25th 1956 - May 2nd 1986.
So it is allready 25 years since the fatal crash in Corsika, i remember it like yesterday. What a talented driver he was, together with Colin he was among the most spectacular and great drivers ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
RIP henri toivonen and sergio cresto. hard to think its been 25 years