How do you see the future of rally?

I think rallying in India is too big of a risk considering how mad the driving culture there is.

The Indians have their own rally championship:

Indian National Rally Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was started back in 1988. So there's obviously some kind of control there - I doubt a rally in India would play out like the 1999 China Rally when no-one told the locals that rally cars would be coming through.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

And a new event in Europe probably wouldn't hurt, either. Maybe an event in Austria

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+1 !
A 'new Alpenfahrt' rallye on those beautiful roads...

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Originally Posted by RobertS

A 'new Alpenfahrt' rallye on those beautiful roads...

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Just having a quick play around with the Google Maps Pedometer shows there is some fantastic stuff in Austria that could be used for rallying. Like this, twenty-six kilometres near the Slovenian border; or this, twelve kilometres of undulations in Voralberg. Although not being Austrian, I must confess that I don't really know how appropriate the roads would be.

I imagine that a Rally of Austria - no doubt sponsored by Red Bull - would be a kind of Monte Carlo-Finland hybrid, with fast tarmac roads at lower altitudes and twisty gravel stages covered in snow at higher altitudes.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Just having a quick play around with the Google Maps Pedometer shows there is some fantastic stuff in Austria that could be used for rallying. Like this, twenty-six kilometres near the Slovenian border; or this, twelve kilometres of undulations in Voralberg. Although not being Austrian, I must confess that I don't really know how appropriate the roads would be.

I imagine that a Rally of Austria - no doubt sponsored by Red Bull - would be a kind of Monte Carlo-Finland hybrid, with fast tarmac roads at lower altitudes and twisty gravel stages covered in snow at higher altitudes.

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Austria - whenever...for example a possible good season-start: Monte, 'new Alpenfahrt', Sweden

Furthermore this is the heart of Europe, a 'fair-distance' for most of the traveling fans ;)

Few 'atmospheric-shots' from the old times >

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cars will be dropped there with a helicopter ;)

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

Nice that you want to show some ideas, but how do you get to the start of the stage on your first map you drew?

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Well, for one, the stage would be run in reverse to the way I drew it (which is why I removed the mile markers). So the problem is not getting in, it's getting out. I imagine that this would be the last stage of the day, so the cars could regroup after the stage and be let through in groups, with the stage being suspended for a few minutes at a time (if that - with cars going at two-minute intervals, it could be possible to have a traffic control at the crossing, allowing the cars through one at a time with minimal danger).

Alternatively, I could just re-draw it like this and the problem is solved. But I never suggested it could be an actual stage - I was just using the pedometer to highlight how good some of the roads in Austria are for rallying. If I had the time (and, well, I do), I could probably draw up a twenty-odd stage rally with a proper length and access and everything a reasonable distance from the rally base.

I wish you a happy and healthy 2012.
Jag önskar dig en glad och frisk 2012.
Ik wens jullie een voorspoedig en gezond 2012.

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Just having a quick play around with the Google Maps Pedometer shows there is some fantastic stuff in Austria that could be used for rallying. Like this, twenty-six kilometres near the Slovenian border; or this, twelve kilometres of undulations in Voralberg. Although not being Austrian, I must confess that I don't really know how appropriate the roads would be.

I imagine that a Rally of Austria - no doubt sponsored by Red Bull - would be a kind of Monte Carlo-Finland hybrid, with fast tarmac roads at lower altitudes and twisty gravel stages covered in snow at higher altitudes.

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Was it not a way that we could fly recce in 3D through the terrain ? Feel I have seen this somewhere.

You're probably thinking of Google Earth.

Although the pedometer does have a topographical map fucntion. If you know how to read it, you can visualise the terrain.