I'm working at it so you can get the t-shirt at least in europe. Give me a day or two ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
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I'm working at it so you can get the t-shirt at least in europe. Give me a day or two ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Doon
It should be declared the 'official' t-shirt of the forum :pQuote:
Originally Posted by rallye-vid
Here we go!
http://i40.tinypic.com/2wpuiih.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/153v1up.jpg
Feel free to get it and show what we think:
The normal version: This is rally T-shirt from Zazzle.com
Sick dogs version: This is rally T-shirt from Zazzle.com
I wanted to say that he still can be the second of the championship, the next after the first, the vice-champion, the world number two :D . I was trying to be ironic, but it's obvious that I failed... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
To sum up, as there is no fight for the title, it's good to see PG back :) .
OK mate! I´ve ordered two. Will wear it in NORF. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by rallye-vid
I've seen all this stuff about how the results of rallies might now be determined on 'Power Stages' and an article in Autosport about how radical thinking is needed for the WRC to 'survive'; and I think to myself, why? A) Why if the result of a rally would be determined on one stage alone would you bother with the rest of them and B) Why is such radical, not to mention nonsensical, thought required to revive a series that has already been a massive success in the past? Common sense says to me, go back to basics, go back to what 'the people' liked and what was proven to be successful. If the marketing men at the big car companies say no, so be it, I don't see where that is a problem, so long as they don't stop making cars altogether. Purpose built rally cars are not needed, and in fact in my view are part of the problem. Make the rally's big, make them hard, make them at night, and have them in the places where people actually like them, i.e Europe and Africa (and Australia and New Zealand I suppose). As an example, competitors, particularly say Ford and Citroen, would run a mile if it was suggested to bring the Concentration Run back to the Monte Carlo rally, but as a interest raising episode I can't think of anything working much better. Think of all those towns the cars will drive through on the way there, all the people noticing them and either realising, or being told, why. That’s an extreme example, but it shows that shortening and compacting everything has its down falls, especially when with such garbage TV coverage live viewers should be considered gold dust.
When I think of rallying and "hmm, could all that stuff work now though, can you close such a large amount of roads and get away with it nowadays?", I think of cycling. In cycling it doesn't seem to be an issue to close roads around entire countries for three week periods. All the classic cycling races remain, and apart from the fact that the cyclists are using someone else's red blood cells and are full of EPO, are as they always were. So what's to stop rallying. The Monte Carlo Rally should be our sports Tour De France, the San Remo our Giro.
Also, during Sky Sports coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix at the weekend Martin Brundle was discussing in commentary about how the team principles had had a meeting re the sports future, its rules and governance etc and he said something along the lines of (I can't remember the direct quote) "Those really aren't the people to be making those decisions. They are hard wired to win and will make decisions for the good of their organisations, not the sport". I though, well said Martin, the people who run rallying could do well to keep that in mind next time they go cap in hand to Ford and Citroen.
The crucial days are coming: World Rally Championship poised for crunch meeting over future format - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
This doesn't bode well:
"TEAMS OPTIMISTICTeams are optimistic that the current discussions could be the breakthrough the WRC has craved.
M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson added: "The meetings I've had recently - including discussions with the consultant – have been the most positive I've ever had in this championship. We are getting somewhere now.
"These people have listened, they've taken their time, built up their knowledge and the feeling is that everything is now where it should be. I feel very confident about the future.""
This doesn't bode well:
"TEAMS OPTIMISTICTeams are optimistic that the current discussions could be the breakthrough the WRC has craved.
M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson added: "The meetings I've had recently - including discussions with the consultant – have been the most positive I've ever had in this championship. We are getting somewhere now.
"These people have listened, they've taken their time, built up their knowledge and the feeling is that everything is now where it should be. I feel very confident about the future.""