[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

For this year, fair comment.

But one would assume that under the proposal to be discussed at the Commission (the new Power Stage) that the WRC Promoter is proposing to cover the last stage of each event live for TV - as NOS did in 2011.

Has Eurosport ever proposed such wide-ranging coverage off their own bat (as opposed to only doing it when organisers paid)?

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I don't know what Eurosport offered to FIA regarding WRC I just comment the current WRC situation which is far from what I was hoping for. Some recent idiotic ideas about power stage sure don't make me believe in better days coming...

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Originally Posted by makinen_fan

But so far RedBull has no intention to do that either. They want to force a major change in order to commit showing live coverage. So, if this is the price to pay to have live coverage it is better not to have it at all or better to have Eurosport kind of coverage in selected events and where the organisers are happy to pay for it.

The better package that Eurosport has already mentioned is probably associated with fees paid directly to the FIA and not the whole 'package' of how they will approach promoting WRC. Also it may worth considering that Eurosport probably would wanted to have its own people involved in the WRC, where RedBull use the majority (or maybe everyone that was involved with NOS, and that's why we do not see any kind of improvement in the 7-8 months that they were announced as the promoters. The only thing they have done is to include a section in their website for WRC under 'Off-road' (go figure out how relevant these people are with rallying) and just updated the video section of wrc.com. And now they propose these ridiculous changes... Sorry but Eurosport would be able to do much more for us, and FIA once again betray the sport probably in favour of money.

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Are they using a lot of NOS people? In what areas?

I've only seen Oliver Ciesla as Managing Director of Sportsman quoted anywhere. Would he be taking direction from people below him?!

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Originally Posted by makinen_fan

But so far RedBull has no intention to do that either. They want to force a major change in order to commit showing live coverage. So, if this is the price to pay to have live coverage it is better not to have it at all or better to have Eurosport kind of coverage in selected events and where the organisers are happy to pay for it.

The better package that Eurosport has already mentioned is probably associated with fees paid directly to the FIA and not the whole 'package' of how they will approach promoting WRC. Also it may worth considering that Eurosport probably would wanted to have its own people involved in the WRC, where RedBull use the majority (or maybe everyone that was involved with NOS, and that's why we do not see any kind of improvement in the 7-8 months that they were announced as the promoters. The only thing they have done is to include a section in their website for WRC under 'Off-road' (go figure out how relevant these people are with rallying) and just updated the video section of wrc.com. And now they propose these ridiculous changes... Sorry but Eurosport would be able to do much more for us, and FIA once again betray the sport probably in favour of money.

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Eurosport certainly understand rallying, not sure Redbull have quite got that level of understanding. Just hope they don't try and turn WRC into some sort of circus or carnival. Hope I'm wrong but....

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Originally Posted by RAS007

Really? In the mid 1980's, Argentina was almost 1,200kms, that's 3 times longer than it is today. In the mid 90's, it was 600kms. If you think 400kms (actually 200kms run twice) isn't a sprint, then you have a very different idea of what rallying is than I do, but I think that has already been established. I'm out.

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And you know perfectly well that a 1,200km rally isn't possible if the sport is to stay within the public consciousness. There is no way anyone could justify the expense of sending out massive television crews to the middle of South America to appease fans of a niche motorsport category, howver dedicated those fans are.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

And you know perfectly well that a 1,200km rally isn't possible if the sport is to stay within the public consciousness. There is no way anyone could justify the expense of sending out massive television crews to the middle of South America to appease fans of a niche motorsport category, howver dedicated those fans are.

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Also, what Organiser can afford to run such a long event? Where would the money to pay for it come from?

Look what's happening in the WRC now. So many events going shorter (km's, number of days etc) in order to save money.

Well, recent thing I discovered is the possibility to look full reviews of the rally some time after the end of rally. Portugal full day reviews are on official page right now, I hope Argentina will be there as well, soon.

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Well, recent thing I discovered is the possibility to look full reviews of the rally some time after the end of rally. Portugal full day reviews are on official page right now, I hope Argentina will be there as well, soon.

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you can also find the reviews well before posted on wrc.com here WRC Philips LED Rally Argentina 2013: Magazine ::: Free Sport Live Streams / Videos

Had a minor stroke while reading Capito´s comments about Grönholm and the "new stars". If the shootout-stage idea does go through some day then fine, as long as they don´t call it rallying.

More great news coming from FIA! A round in China is considered for next year's calendar. Although 2 out of 3 team principles do not seem to be in favour of this.
World Rally Championship close to sealing 2014 China return - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com

How many cars will we have in china? 10-15?