Prokop V Ostberg...Any bets who would win? It will be close I think :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
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Prokop V Ostberg...Any bets who would win? It will be close I think :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
why is there no news of this on wrc.com. or am i missing something? or is it not posted on wrc.com?Quote:
Originally Posted by fastboy
Hardly. Ostberg is 100% quicker only on snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Let we see next season.
+1 I'm expecting a good fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
I hope so too. Isn't Prokop on a 5 year deal like Tanak? I am a bit disappointed that Prokop has not made a bigger impression.
Prokop is driving for money of his family and his own sponsors as a customer of Ford. Until he has money and Malcolm something to offer, the deal continues. Simple as that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
another tourist in a wrc car...lets see if he manages to be faster than Slowson.
4 Fabia S2000 to be used in RoC.
Ford will use the all-black colour scheme on their cars in Rallye de France. :s mokin:
The FIA World Council decided on 2012 calendar and rules today:
The latest decisions for the WRC 2012 | Best of Rally Live
Interesting points:
- 13 event calendar confirmed
- shakedown will be "qualifying" for gravel rallies
- event organizers can permit SupeRally or not
very interesting especially, about the superally.....
Shakedown also has a meaning now...and it will have a "superpole" format....i like it
the calendar is nice...the acropolis is a bit early and it might resemble GB a lot more than Acropolis.
Nz is back so i am happy.
Now that I like. I REALLY like the idea of a superpole shakedown sort of format.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
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Originally Posted by N.O.T
NZ should always be in the WRC...
Acropolis is slightly earlier, and GB is ridiculously early - have it in late Nov/early Dec and keep it there! Stop chopping and changing events...
Agree, best event after Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
I like the calendar except for Rally GB so early... I would prefer it in the classic position of final round.
Acropolis earlier means more chance of rain?
let me put it this way
If the event was held this year at such date some of the stages would have to be cancelled/shortened due to rain.
It won't make them any faster thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Juha_Koo
Not sure if this is a good idea, either there is no Superally at all or every event have it. I can see it already title decided with points collected by Superally in an event where it's possible where as runner up was unlucky and DNF in an event where Superally was not allowed...Quote:
Originally Posted by wildboar
matter of luck comes very strong with this rule.But i doubt if will be a organizer that he dont like superally..Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
We could see this happening in previous seasons of IRC where it's also up to organizer if they allow SR or not. I think that it was very very rare when some allowed it (Rally Russia comes to my mind) and it caused quite a confusion how it is possible that one time a retired crew can take points...
Completely agree. It's nice to see the WRC moving in the right direction, but this sort of thing can never be good. Superally was a bad idea in the first place, but now to have the possibility of inconsistency in the rules is not a good idea at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonJippo
When can we expect the WRC Academy calendar?
Does this mean crews can only do 3 passes on shakedown and nothing more?
Wasn't Superally meant as a testing opportunity at first? (You can do the stages but not collect points)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
So I understand it. Less to spectate live, but perhaps the third timed run makes up. But the idea is good to test how it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
Other than that, I agree with most points already pointed: GB should be the final round, SuperRally to be or not to be and NZ is warmly welcomed.
In a word, NO!! It was the FiA's remedy for falling entries when Mitsubishi, Skoda & Peugeot all pulled out at the end of 2005. So instead of doing something positive, like discussing new regs, they decided SupeRally would be the answer. Hmmm, marvellous......Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
WRC is for 6 years in bad shape.
Franky is right, initially car in superally did not get points.It was just for testing and publicity. Penalties and possibilities to get points were added later. It was and is reasonable.We can still see the car, driver can test but no fooling with penalties.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
:up: This is the way it should be. Without Superally, if you travel long distances to watch a rally and you hardly get to see your favourite driver 'cos they crashed early on the first leg, its a big kick in the nuts!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
I can see why it was brought in, with less manufacturers means less cars, and less still if they crash. On the other hand, a crash should really be punished(with no points) IMO. Imagine if in F1 you were given a grid penalty for qualifying 1st etc...
Diddn't Petter retire because he lost a lot of time through having punctures on one event this year? It was better for him to retire than making it to the end of the stage. Thats just plain daft! :mad:
In a local newspaper interview, Chairman of Rally Japan vowed to get the event back on the WRC calendar for 2013. He also confirmed what I heard at last year's RJ, that any future event would be based in the much more popular City of Obihiro.
Yipee, back to Obihiro !! Last year in Sapporo was not so good as the ones in Obihiro....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
I think that this is the way how it works in European Championship (and also in our national one). Crew can restart but is out of general classification. The only difference is that there are bonus points for legs and those are still available for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
Super Rally came out in 2005, we were the first to ever use it at Rally NZ. We actually had to teach the Ford team how to Super Rally as we were the experts after DNF's on day 1 and 2. Oh and we did DNF on day 3 as well so we were the 1st WRC crew to ever dnf 3 times in the one rally :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Ray
Ray, head up. It's nice story for Your children, isn't it? :D
By the way all ROC 2012 cars:
http://www.autosport.cz/img/clanky/b...a4b0cbe3f9.jpg
What about WRC cars in Roc?!
VW doesn't have a WRC yet.