Yeah I was told be a friend of mine working on the organization that they even started running searches for people to help in the north (Voluntary). Politics were definitely the cause of the setback.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sardalense
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Yeah I was told be a friend of mine working on the organization that they even started running searches for people to help in the north (Voluntary). Politics were definitely the cause of the setback.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sardalense
Launched rockets and now someone will take all the canes ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
As I said before, that was the information given to me be a person working in ACP. It seems some local politicians dont know how to commit and sign a peace of paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
The rally is already structured and designed in the North, it will still happen sooner or later.
I strongly believe that Rally of Portugal staying in the South is the right choice. It's true that in the North there would be a crowd on the stages, but most of them are those who, as Sardalense has written, think the rally is crap since 2001. Most of them don't attend to the rally to see the cars, as we saw in Fafe these two years. I'm sure it would be impossible to see the same number of stages in the North.
The way I see it, the phrase that sums up the communicate is this one: "The organisation of an event of this scale (...) requires responsibility, seriousness and willingness". The organisation saw storm clouds on the horizon, so they made a clean break.
The last but not the least, the weather. In fact, this year they eliminated the leg of Tavira to avoid phantoms from the past.
Next year, after driving for 50 kms from home, when passing by Ponte de Lima, I'll reconsider if it's better to celebrate the rally in the South remaining more than 600 kms ahead. :D
They were ready and wanted to move north, 100% sure about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Pacheco
The ACP President just wanted a lit bit of money and in the North our politics do things the right way! Anyway, what's important is that Portugal still have a WRC round. North, South, Center... doesn't matter! True fans will be there, no matter where. Stages are great in each side, and I guess in the north will have problems with some spectators! You can control a crowd in a 6km stage... controling crowds in 3/4 20k stages would be more difficult!
Team VW prepare Wrc Deutschland Rally with Mikkelsen today
Gallerie Photos => Le Team Volkswagen Motorsport en préparation pour le Rallye Wrc Allemagne 2013
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Sebastien Loeb says adding extra WRC events 'not the plan' - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
dont know if this is considered 'news' but...
And today was Ogier who tested Germany event
Gallery Photos Le Team Volkswagen Motorsport en préparation pour le Rallye Wrc Allemagne 2013
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An article about the Twitter account of WRC and the mess it is in:
sackrebleu's world - Who exactly is running the @OfficialWRC twitter account?
For me this article is so true! It reflects the sad state of our sport in WRC level