Yes! A new classic in the mould of Rally Jordan or Rally Bulgaria :laugh:
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Yes! A new classic in the mould of Rally Jordan or Rally Bulgaria :laugh:
What's that? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
I was being facetious... Of course I'm assuming any Rally held in Azerbaijan would be equine effluent
Cant see that pleasing Qatar or abu dhabi :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
Anyway, 2016 is still far away, everything could happen. The fact, now, is they talked to Todt and FIA in general...
At least they can invest money in the series (not like Jordan) and have proper mountains and some population around Baku, Ganja, etc.
Last weekend, they paid 20.000 euros for logistic costs to every car entered at their Fia GT seasons-finale. And summed it up to 175.000 prize-fund to top-3. Not bad stuff in this economic climate for motorsports...
Also they have all the other pre-requisites for being awarded a round of the World ChampionshipQuote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
Absolutely no history or involvement in an international rally series
No thriving local rally scene
Transport for fans expensive as you have to virtually long haul to the arse-end of nowhere
No experience in marshalling (and other safety issues) on such events.
...sounds perfect.
The soul was sold many years ago, just a case of what new torments the demons can devise!
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Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Also China was supposed to be considered a potential WRC event. Watch the onboard from Lappi and you cannot count more than 10 people along a 10 min stage... And this is for a country that already hold one WRC event in the past, I can't imagine how it is going to be IF Azerbaijan hold a WRC event, do they have any kind of rally history there?
Fans is an important part of rallying and it just looks bad when the stages are totally empty.
As other have already pointed out – having shed loads of money guarantees nothing. Honestly, the WRC doesn’t want to be going down the path of F1 – following the ‘money’ and turning it’s back on the heartlands. So a lot of these eastern European events are backed by huge money – doesn’t make them good events, and the WRC should be wary of going to them.
Get the WRC on a stable footing before going to these places; many of whom have little or no Rally scene.
Imagine 10-15 years ago telling somebody that a WRC season will have no Sanremo, Corsica, Acropolis, NZ & Safari – they would think you were mad. Yet that is what we have next year…… can’t say I’m happy about this.
Thats so true! I wouldn't be surprised if a few more classics bit the dust for events offering more £££'s
Now it's not about market, as it was the proposal of China or Brasil round. I'm guessing the country just wants to advertise themselves as tourist attraction and WRC round would help alot. Nobody in FIA obviously cares how WRC will lose though. Jordan had the same purpose few years ago. I don't know for what purpose there was round in Bulgaria 2010 though. It looked totally meaningless (well I can make a guess for myself though :laugh: ).
EDIT: BTW isn't it in Asia?