[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

No, I'm not sure, but knowing what the F1A are like and how seriously they take the WRC who knows.
Personally , any new Promoter is not going to have a free reign like Bernie does with F1. Anything that looks too exciting won't be allowed. Look what has happened previously to World Sportscars and WRC - anything that threatens F1 is killed.
There was not a lot wrong with WRC 10-15 years ago - just a bit of fine tuning. Now look, almost dead in the water.

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So why won't anyone step up a tell the FIA to take a hike? What will it take before the people in World Rally wakeup. The IRC is in the best position to do something great but they are stuck on S2000 and seem perfectly content under the FIAs oversight.

Wakeup People!!!

What makes you think anything will be any different anywhere else? Despite Tomi's remarks, rather than being "political compromises", Mehta & Chandler were probably, on paper, two of the most qualified people to run the WRC. If they can't pull it off to your satisfaction then who can? What will a change of controlling body do when the problem likely lies elsewhere?

The problem with the WRC is the connection with the FIA. The FIA has been supressing the WRC ever since 1986, it is a connection that needs to be severed immediately.

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Originally Posted by Saabaru

The problem with the WRC is the connection with the FIA. The FIA has been supressing the WRC ever since 1986, it is a connection that needs to be severed immediately.

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The F1A are the governing body of World Motorsport - you can't just 'jump ship'. It would help if there was a 'Rally friendly' President - at the moment the impression is that the WRC is an irrelevance.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

The F1A are the governing body of World Motorsport - you can't just 'jump ship'. It would help if there was a 'Rally friendly' President - at the moment the impression is that the WRC is an irrelevance.

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So European countrys require FIA oversight? Is it in the European Union or something? I'm from the America where the F1A is a choice not a requirement. How does the F1A have a stranglehold on the world? :confused:

It does on the motorsport world, at least in Europe, as well FIFA has in football (soccer)

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Originally Posted by Donney

It does on the motorsport world, at least in Europe, as well FIFA has in football (soccer)

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But what countries require FIA oversight? I don't understand their stranglehold on motor sports.

It would be alsmost impossible to drop FIA, all championships in the world runs under FIA, and the national federations as well somehow are tight to FIA too.

Why would it be inpossible? What is the overwhelming infulence that the FIA possesses that can't be severed? If a new independent world rally commission was started how could they impose their oversight on them?

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Originally Posted by Saabaru

Why would it be inpossible? What is the overwhelming infulence that the FIA possesses that can't be severed? If a new independent world rally commission was started how could they impose their oversight on them?

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Who would choose the new independent rally comission??
I think its better to stay under FIA, because the organisation is already there, and skipping FIA would also mean to rebuild all national organisations too, that would take years, much better would be to get a promoter who dont feel he ows people something because he was elected, like the situation seems to be now.