Rallye Wrc Monte Carlo 2012

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Originally Posted by dimviii

did you saw Mikkos spin? :eek:

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yes. Unfortunately these people do not now that the laughs and cheers of excitement can easily turn into mourning... and when things go wrong the finger pointing starts but the result doesn't change.

Its ok to have a bunch of mentally handicapped in the stage, unfortunatelly over 50% of world population are like that ...

what is sad is that i did not see a single marshal doing their job properly.

This year we have decided to miss Col de Turini (without snow it is not so good, also atmosphere this year isnt like in last years) and went into second stage, downhill hairpins from Col St. Roch approx. 5 kms before finish. I must say, it is first time on this rally, where almost all cars were spectacular (WRC cars including). Good finish of this rally for us, after our experience from this year stages we have decided not to visit powerstage...

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Originally Posted by milly

Can't agree.

They only had three stages to worry about - wasted 30% of program showing highlights of previous two days. Had the chance to discuss WRC in detail with Jean Todt but that was only 30s or so.

Hardly any coverage of cars on the edge of the top 10 - Andersson's Proton still in top 10, Abbring etc.

No real story about the challenge of the day, no in-depth pieces with team chiefs etc.

Poor interviews, rubbish simulcam as it was on a piece of road that was totally unrepresentative of the major part of the stage.

At least the TV program started on time!!

Poor, poor, poor......

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In fact You are wrong. Majority of the stage is looking exactly like it was on the simulcam. The part with ice is a small road starting only 8 km before finish. Of course it was the decisive part but You can't make simulcam from road under trees.

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Originally Posted by RS

Good time indeed but this does not surprise me. The best times for the two runs of this stage last year were 13m28.2 (Basso) and 13m08.9 (Sarrazin) and that was in the dark and cold.

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But on much better slick tyres which are not allowed in WRC events. Also that was with works cars not with a private one.

Col de Turini Motors TV highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vahHuNPKz0g

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Arzeno-Jamoul :(

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

What do you think about the spectators at Monte? I'm pretty amazed of the locations they are allowed to stand, that could never happen in Finland.

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From my experience from NORF 2011 it can. Not so often but in the woods without any problem. I was on several places there with no marshals or tape around. But it's true that Monte is very crazy example because it happens almost everywhere.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Are there any marshals in the stages ??

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They are only at access roads and on famous places. Otherwise You can walk five kilometers without meeting a single one.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

From my experience from NORF 2011 it can. Not so often but in the woods without any problem. I was on several places there with no marshals or tape around. But it's true that Monte is very crazy example because it happens almost everywhere.

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They must have been foreign people :p :

For a show that has less than 30 minutes air-time, I think Eurosport are doing a satisfactory job. I missed yesterday's highlights, so I appreciated the round-up of the previous day. This gives a good perspective for the 'current day'. Ok, so the highlights just focus on 6 or 7 cars but you can't expect them to cram in any more drivers given their lack of coverage time...not to mention in-depth interviews. I think Simulcam is brilliant - much better than previous years' animation simulation :up: And the joys of not having to listen to Paul King is the icing on the cake!

It's easy to fault them but I say cut them some slack. Some of you here are so ungrateful for what you have (highlights every evening) and beat down on the promoter in a very difficult situation with TV coverage at the moment.

Driver of the rally: you really can't fault Loeb but my hand goes to Petter and Sordo for keeping us somewhat entertained. Particularly to Petter for charging on after the problems.