how the times change.
he bought a ascona 400,move it with his trailer,and won a wrc round.
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how the times change.
he bought a ascona 400,move it with his trailer,and won a wrc round.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVepFlPX...jpg&name=large
about JOLLY CLUB
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the times when you could just buy those cars and drive them with a small mechanics team.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Really the end of those times. I think Hannu Mikkola said that Audi was the first real factory team on the level of professionalism.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
I should say a "new level of professionalism" maybe, because there were as we all know, professional factoryteams before the Audi-era.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Yep, Audi was probably the first WRC manu employing wider resources but they surely weren’t more professional than Lancia/Fiat, Ford, Opel, Peugeot and even the European teams representing Japanese brands (btw, Audi only beat those on the Safari in 1987, Audi’s WRC final year).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Yes, that's what I (or actually Mikkola) meant with the quote. The level of effort and budget was so enormous to anything before that.
Yes, it wasn’t only 4wd that they changed the sport with....Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Talking of levels of professionalism, remember when the Teams each had spotter helicopters in the Group B days. The costs were crazy and the modern teams do it on the cheap in comparison.
Let's do a comparison tableQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Number of events - now 14, then you could only count 7 best from 12-13.
Length of an event - now 300-350 km, then 500-1000 km (and then the African rallies were something else)
Number of tyres allowed - now 32 per rally per car, in two compounds - back then you could change all tyres after every stage, in unlimited types and compounds.
Number of services - roughly two hours per day, back then a quick service between every stage
Type of service - now persistent service park with lots of buildings that take days to put up and tear down, back then the service vans ran after the rally cars
Recce length - now 2 days, back then unlimited, typically several weeks
Testing days - now basically one day per driver per rally, back then teams had dedicated test drivers doing long test periods and tyres had to be tested separately
Limited parts - Only three engines per season is now allowed - back then no limits.
the list goes on...