meh... i prefered bengue....
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meh... i prefered bengue....
Ken Block will compete in Rally Australia!
Novikov tooQuote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Really hard nowadays to get full programme. Good thing for Ketomaa is that he's able to get competetive km's as he's also competing with R4. In my opinion rallying is not so much about reactions but road eye so 32 is not too old. Marcus was over 30 when he got factory seat... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
BTW I think Ketomaa's car for next year is not yet confirmed. According to finnish yellow press the all three options are under negotiations.
Ketomaa is over for the WRC....no reason for anyone to invest on him. Hope he gets sponsors and drives though because he is fast and a good spectacle, but not good enough for a factory seat.
Spinal reactions is better and better up to 40´s.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Ketomaa said: "I am working on trying to go to France for another WRC round to get some asphalt experience, but really my big focus is on next year and doing six rallies in a Fiesta."Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
What if the "anti-third car rule" was scrapped. I think that Ketomaa would be ideal for the 3rd factory ford, or at leat that "Team Abu Dhabi" thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
I expect that when pigs fly the FIA will scrap the 3rd car rule though...
Not many know but Bengue is the ouvreur for Ogier in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
In a news bit done by Turun Sanomat Ketomaa is quoted saying:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat
"The options (for the car) are Ford, Mini and Citroen. For the final decisions it could take up to couple of months.
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The budget isn´t quite ready yet, but we will get it done."
Ketomaan MM-ohjelma hahmottuu - Ralli - Turun Sanomat
M.Wilson won't put anyone in the car without bag full of money. At least not 32 years old.
Actually he had a contract with Toyota earlier, but main sponsor wanted another driver, so the contract lasted only over night.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
VW would be best option for both.Quote:
Originally Posted by vkangas
Can´t be. VW´s Polo R WRC is not ready before the season 2013...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
It still would be the best option, if there is any chance to get there, he is very good as testdriver + 1 year unlimited test km's would be ok too ( a little same like with Mikkola and Audi in the past.)Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
what would be the ideal calendar of 13 events?
So far zero points. Few millions into wind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsara Fan
1. Monte CarloQuote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
2. Sweden
3. Portugal
4. Corsica
5. Argentina
6. Acropolis
7. Poland
8. Finland
9. Germany
10. Australia / New Zealand
11. Catalunya
12. San Remo
13. Great Britain
?
1. Monte Carlo
2. Sweden
3. Canada/USA
4. Brazil
5. NZ/Australia
6. China
7. Spain
8. Finland
9. Russia
10. Poland
11. Germany
12. India
13. UK/Ireland
Were is the Acropolis my friend?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
posting your imaginary calendar in the news and rumours thread doesn't contribute anything...
Americans aren't interested in this kinda sport.
Some of us areQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Judging by TV figures/exposure/lack of sponsors for talented drivers no one is really interested in this sport. It's not an American thingQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
And that's because the sport had been appalingly run for the best part of 10 years. People thought it could rival F1 - with the inevitable consequences. Part of running a sport/championship is knowing were you stand in the sporting world. Yes, it's important to grow, but trying to do it too quickly is guaranteed to fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
Good thing is Block who has nearly 2 million fans on facebook and Loeb has 260000.
Block is great at the marketing side and IMO the WRC should get him on board as the head of marketing/PR. But they need a new TV deal, badly as the exposure is awful - Block is great at creating a buzz, getting out there in front of fans showing them the car etc. Sure it's easy to mock him and Pastrana but they get more exposure than the whole of WRC has in years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Andy - I totally agree rallying is a niche sport but it could be bigger. It needs to embrace social media and ways to grow the audience.
The WRC was going on before Block head and will be going on after he decides to leave . Who cares about how many fans they have , his 2 million fans are mostly made up of subaru fan boys who think doing donuts is cool and that is what 90% of america thinks.
That's true, I think the majority aren't even WRC followers.Quote:
Originally Posted by logic
WRC has also Kimi but Americans don't like F1 too much.
That is exactly it , if you have a jump or something spectacular it attracts Americans as they have a short attention span and just like the flashy stuff. I bet you all 260k of Loeb's fans follow the WRC. Most of these twits that follow ken block cursed him because he stopped driving a subaru and switched to ford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josti
Exactly , if you are not going around in circles and jumping over things or having explosions they aint interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Sometimes I ask myself why do I like this sport so much?! I don't know but like it! And Americans like their football, nascar, indy,etc.
Need an intermission, and a flyover from the airforce. NZ's WRC would have an issue with that as our airforce consists of a bunch of ducks and some geese...
At least there is good coffee around the stages, oh wait no hotdog stands so a WRC fail...ahhh American's will never love out beloved sport...
dont think many of them are prepared to put the effort to watch stages in rain, mud, dust etc :p
anw, i dont get this idea why rallying needs the support of us people to be big. americans dont give a **** about football and football is massive
Football or soccer?
i refuse to call it football because men put on helmets and body armor to carry an oblong-ed shape ball and kick it twice a match is not foot ball. Another pet peeve is the baseball world series.................aint only america and canada playing base ball?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Colin McRae, happy birthday...
Oh this is funny.
1. The Americans will ruin 'Rally Racing' for the rest of us :p
2. Japan plays in the 'World Series' too haha
3. Hope your watching over our 'improving' sport up there Colin!
4. And why is Block coming to Australia? No one knows who he is here either, yet again, only true rally fans in Aus know who any of the drivers are! There is probably I honestly think around 1000 people that will know :) and follow the sport properly :)
Basebal in Cuba and japan is also a huge sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by logic
Footbal/soccer is a nice sport for girls...