Fans in America are very passionate so no need to worry about it not getting enough reach i think.
https://youtu.be/RwmW9NYtXMs
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Fans in America are very passionate so no need to worry about it not getting enough reach i think.
https://youtu.be/RwmW9NYtXMs
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/mexic...calendar-slot/
Not that we didn't know before (that Mexico's deal was for one year), but Chile has signed a multiple-year deal with the promoter, so we'll (also) be there in 2024.
If my Finnish is good enough then it's claimed by Ilta-Sanomat that Toyota pays 500k EUR to Ogier for one rally plus bonuses. Not bad for a "retiree" :D
That was just speculative take from interview with Markku Alen.Quote:
Originally Posted by sinepikohv
Still iI think he was rumored to be on 7 million, which for a full season would roughly be half a million per event, so could be in the ball park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
So, if we read this, can we conclude that Croatia Rally is in 2024 calendar?
https://i.postimg.cc/pr2gd6Yx/Snimka...-30-153259.jpg
AFAIK Croatia Rally has valid agreement also for WRC 2024 edition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Managarium
Stage titles need to be translated into English in the future
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2023/04/...-into-english/
The All Live commentators would love it, if it would be true :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Breen crashed in the Algarve today...
https://twitter.com/vasco__moura/sta...544886272?s=20
Good one ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Pechurek's Hill - Nets Novacs for example :PQuote:
Originally Posted by matija_1988
ok news that a bunch of you were eager to have! :D
Serderidis to retire from wrc at the end of the season.
source: italian media fb
and if now Mikkelsen gets some wrc seat, then there wouldn't be anymore problems to argue :DQuote:
Originally Posted by wyler
I would think this is some kind of April 1 joke, just to mess with those fans who were questioning all the Mr.S camaping in general. How can one retire if never been drafted and employed? 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by wyler
he's just announced that will do regional rally and no more wrc.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndersX
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...06399067803447
good riddance to that old sack of fat... he was the biggest disgrace the sport ever had... and that is quite the achievement gven we had "people" like barrat and nombre....
Who hurt you so badly? Ever think of a therapist?
I suspect NOT is both professionally unsuccessful and economically poor on top of a being a shit driver. No wonder he hates on Jourdan... Many people need to look inward to their problems....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth
Nothing of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
I donīt know NOT personally, but he represents one side of the palette of fans. The other side are those who cherish everything said about drivers, cars, photos, without any questioning. Both sides are needed.
Yes - and it's possible to be both. Hugely supportive of drivers, teams, the sport as a whole - but also be critical when needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
That's it:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
,,If you could, you would, wouldn’t you?''
Huge blow to the WRC? Huge blow may have been when McRae or Auriol or Loeb left, or when Mitsubishi or Seat or Skoda pulled out, but not now, come on :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Those who hang on every word published by 'rally journalists' who function more as an extension of teams' and drivers' PR departments are bad enough, we can all laugh at them, but I kind of understand how they can be taken in by it. Unless you're involved in some capacity, or spend a bit of time digging into stories, unfortunately the majority of what you can see and hear is just PR bullshit.
Intensely hating on a guy for doing something he loves - and spending an absolute truckload of cash to do so, funding young drivers and keeping a WRC team alive in the process... this I don't understand at all. And I don't think you need to know anything about rallying to see how unnecessary it is.
So many people go their whole lives wishing to do what Serderidis is doing. He's put more back into the sport this year alone than 99% of people could manage in ten lifetimes. Yes, he's slow. Yes, other people would be faster - quite a lot faster. But he doesn't have aspirations to be a world champion. He doesn't post deluded nonsense all over social media, as many others do. Just like the Gus Greensmiths and Lorenzo Bertellis of this world, he's not stealing a seat from anyone 'more deserving', quite the opposite. He's just an old guy living his dream.
To compare him to Paulo Nobre or Natalie Barrett is really unfair - neither of those have put a cent towards any young drivers from their home countries. And unlike Barrett, he's never melted an exhaust manifold through being off the throttle for so long while using anti-lag :laugh:
I don't know if Paulo Nobre has supported any young drivers, but at least he was trying to fight on the stages. Try to watch this video without smiling :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDb2F-qNWw
Yes, i was reading that long and poetical piece of writing work and could not get where the h.... the blow comes from?! Am i missing smth here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Sorry for the OT but I've never heard this story, actually I've never considered the possibility of damaging something by being off the throttle for too long! But how could it damage the inlet manifold? Shouldn't it be the exhaust manifold the one put in a critical state by antilag?Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
That's my error... it was indeed the exhaust manifold!Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/where...tand-with-wrc/
As expected, with Chile & North America/Mexico next year, no Rally Argentina for 2024 unfortunately.
Three of those events should be in the calendar. I'd go as far as saying all 4. Real shame if no Mexico or Argentina. Half the calendar should be outside EuropeQuote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Cool. Who's paying the bill?Quote:
Originally Posted by er88
Not content with having the fastest car, Toyota want brownie points for implementing a synthetic noise system before Hyundai and M-Sport... quote Tom Fowler...
“So it’s actually fitted to the car already now. We’re running it, we have been for several rallies, and if you want my slightly controversial take on it it’s that I think everyone should have it already,” Fowler added.
“And if you can’t develop a sound to come out from your car but you can develop three aero jokers in the same time period, I think your priorities are slightly skewed.”
I find myself increasingly disliking Mr Fowler's tendency to throw shade at Toyota's rivals. Isn't it enough for him to be the technical director of the dominant force in the WRC? Maybe the Hyundai victories in Finland and Japan last year traumatised him.
Exactly!! It's fine wanting all these new events, but who is paying? With only 2.5 Manufacturers, that's nowhere near enough to have 14-16 rounds a season. 'Cut your cloth accordingly', and wait until things improve; if they ever do. The WEC only has 7 rounds. It's not F1 which has the finances to go here, there, and everywhere.....Quote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
I recall the mid early/ mid 00s, when we had 16 rounds - it couldn't continue...and manufacturers soon pulled the plug. Rallying simply doesn't produce the finances for this.
I don't mind, just hope Cyril replies and we can get some banter between team principals going :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ouvreur
No words for this..
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/craig...ting-accident/
RIP Craig..
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nooo, tell me that it is a joke 😭😭
another fatal accident in Spain....
https://twitter.com/elcomerciodigit/...65608055046144
If only the whole forest was covered in bubble wrap.... Lets put the organisers in jail
Wait both?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii