[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

And everyone will be happy ;)

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Originally Posted by BDA Cosworth

Yawn.........I skip watching every tarmac rally unless it is really wet or snowy. They used to be good to watch in the 90's. The cars moved around a lot more.

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I'm from an asphalt country (I think we have one of those rather spectacular asphalt stages) and in my experience very wet rallies are the most boring of all. Only very very few drivers show something more than maximum afford on effectiveness there. The most spectacular asphalt surface for me is a mix of dry with some mud and wet patches like in the morning after an overnight rain. Anyway asphalt rallies can be very spectacular but it's much harder to find the right places and it's really easy to be disappointed and bored.

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Cars are working too perfectly on tarmac, especially WRC. I must say that watching turbocars on tarmac is not so beautiful, especially now with limited number of tyres. But watching S2000 cars with good drivers, when they must stay all the time in high revs, it was also nice. And also drivers with R5 are not so bad to watch... Maybe it is also about the events and their route...

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I don't agree about R5. They are mostly very boring. S2000 were a nice exception which is now disappearing...

Another thing about tarmac rallies is how great the cars look on the lower suspension ...

http://images.autosport.com/editorial/1408811030.jpg



Compared to gravel...

http://en.best-of-rallylive.com/var/...ethumbnail.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mirek

I'm from an asphalt country (I think we have one of those rather spectacular asphalt stages) and in my experience very wet rallies are the most boring of all. Only very very few drivers show something more than maximum afford on effectiveness there. The most spectacular asphalt surface for me is a mix of dry with some mud and wet patches like in the morning after an overnight rain. Anyway asphalt rallies can be very spectacular but it's much harder to find the right places and it's really easy to be disappointed and bored.



I don't agree about R5. They are mostly very boring. S2000 were a nice exception which is now disappearing...

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Indeed Barum and Ypres in muddy conditions are great to watch, and many get tricked on those conditions.

Lefebvre: 8 rounds with DS 3 R5, plus 2 on DS 3 WRC (maybe more)
http://www.citroenracing.com/2014/ac...hane-lefebvre/

+ at least two rounds of ERC for Lefebvre

New Hyundai i20 3 door will be a 'coupe' of sorts... Looks wayyyyyy better than the current car so hopefully the WRC version will be quite nice to look at.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne...coupe-revealed

That would be really nice as WRC car.

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Originally Posted by Mirek

That would be really nice as WRC car.

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Unfortunately they're using the 5-door model in their development-tests..

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Originally Posted by mousti

Indeed Barum and Ypres in muddy conditions are great to watch, and many get tricked on those conditions.

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also Circuit of Ireland would be nice