https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEqAU37VlHs
Colin Clark's Kitchen Table, talk about 2019 seats and 2018 championship fights and Rally Japan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEqAU37VlHs
Colin Clark's Kitchen Table, talk about 2019 seats and 2018 championship fights and Rally Japan
I'd go for keeping Germany. While I'm a big fan of the history of the Tour de Corse, I have to say to my mind, the current Tour de Corse is the worst adaption of a classic rally to the modern event formula. I like that they have long stages, but the empty looking itinerary it creates, particularly on the Friday, for what is now almost a 300km rally, just looks lacklustre. That's aside from the logistics issue and France already having another rally in the Monte, which realistically serves the country better.
Getting rid of Germany, you lose the pretty unique nature of the vineyards and the panzerplatte, which I think appeal even to people not interested in more common smooth tarmac rallies. They can make for good television. Most importantly though by losing Germany you leave a massive area of mainland Europe without any WRC rally, which would seem like a terrible idea in most sports, particularly when you consider the level of spectator and stakeholder (manufacturer) interest in that part of the world.
Dropping Deutschland seems like shooting yourself in the foot; as already stated above, it's a unique challenge - and a massive car market.
The Rally purist in me wants to keep Corsica - but they need to change some of it. However, if it was dropped, that would mean Corsica joins Sanremo, Acropolis, Safari, NZ as ex WRC events; Can you afford to keep dropping iconic events?
But who's getting dropped when Kenya returns? And don't forget that FIA is led by French guy
Why is it such a hassle to get to Corsica and Sardinia by ferry?
No customs going from mainland France to Corsica right, or is it the capacity of the ferry's?