[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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22nd October 2009, 13:15
RS

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Originally Posted by jbmarcus21

Eurosport stop WRC Coverage next year ?????!!!

They threatened that once before. This could just be a tactic to get it on the cheap, or it could be so they can concentrate on their own series instead.

Unfortunately it will mean we are stuck with the comedy programme in the UK.
22nd October 2009, 13:20
Tomi

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Originally Posted by RS

Let's not go down this route again shall we. Since then, various drivers have proved the Fabia WRC was not so bad afterall and there are new people at Skoda Motorsport now who are doing a good job.

Lol, crap skoda wrc seems to be a soft spot for you, the post was about 2005 and before, its good there is different people now working.
22nd October 2009, 13:22
HaCo

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Originally Posted by RS

and there are new people at Skoda Motorsport now who are doing a good job.

Certainly!!!
22nd October 2009, 13:42
Gard

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbmarcus21

Eurosport stop WRC Coverage next year ?????!!!

Have they had any this year? Thought they stopped it last year. Maybe only MotoGP they stopped.

Eurosport is out. I'm not interested in tennis or snooker
22nd October 2009, 13:45
MartijnS

Eurosport has WRC Coverage this year :) half an hour per day.
22nd October 2009, 13:54
Buzz Lightyear

In all honesty, if Eurosport drop WRC.. then there is little hope for WRC. OK, Eurosport might be playing hard ball, and may suffer in the short term, but they have another product. WRC is in a tight spot, it suffers from lack of exposure, and the TV coverage continues to ebb away.
22nd October 2009, 14:11
Hartusvuori

No F1 super license to Loeb = no F1 to Loeb
22nd October 2009, 14:45
Retlub Ecaps

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101...ng+regulations

I don't understand this:

"End of day podium
A podium at the end of each day is pending the resolution of a Bonus Points system. A further study is required for the Drivers’ World Ranking to be compatible with the current Championship points listing."

Does that mean there will be silly points for each day rather than at the end of the rallye where the positions entitle points?

They've been considering a system that would include both. I'll try to see if I can dig up the article on it after I post this, but from what I recall they're considering a system where points would be awarded on each special stage, and there would be a podium at the end of each day as well as the position-based podium at the end of the rally.

Update: Here's the article. The relevant parts are:

[quote=FIA World Motor Sport Council]"The current system of &#8216]

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Originally Posted by "FIA World Motor Sport Council":ctrdtafs

"A podium at the end of each day will be introduced to provide media opportunities in recognition of the winner of the day and the leader of the rally. To assist media deadlines, the finish and podium ceremony procedures must be completed by 16:00 hrs CET. For events outside Europe, this will be subject to agreement between the organiser and the Promoter."

[/quote:ctrdtafs]

Sounds like they haven't been able to work out sensible details for how to award the bonus points and so on, so they've deferred the decision for now. But it sounds like they want to use the daily podiums for the media (obviously) but also to replace SupeRally; competitors who crash out early wouldn't get to place on the final ranking, but they could still compete for the daily podiums, and thus would have a reason to re-enter the rally.
22nd October 2009, 15:44
GigiGalliNo1

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Originally Posted by Retlub Ecaps

They've been considering a system that would include both. I'll try to see if I can dig up the article on it after I post this, but from what I recall they're considering a system where points would be awarded on each special stage, and there would be a podium at the end of each day as well as the position-based podium at the end of the rally.

Ok, no attacking here but this is what I don't understand. Currently used in the Australian Championship.

For example and hypothetically:

20 stages in a rally

One driver wins points from 17 of them. Theoretically he has scored the most points because of the wins of stages. But in this case there has been a change of drivers coming in 2-5th positions of each stage so the points are all over the place.

The driver retired on stage 19 and is completely out of the rally. No restart.

Does that mean he doesn't win the rally because he retired - or he still wins because he has the most points?! That is unfair and a rally is to the end.

I sort of like the restart rule currently... if it's still in use... and was a surprised a few years ago in Monte after Loeb made up that 5 min penalty when you use the Restart Rally rule and came in the podium/top 5(?).
22nd October 2009, 16:03
RAS007

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Originally Posted by sollitt

Why is it silly? Because a rally is about getting from the start to the finish in the fastest time. If you don't finish you are nowhere. If you push too hard at the beginning and cannot complete the course you have not completed the contest and therefore should not get points.

+1

It is stupid and confusing. It would be like awarding points in F1 for fastest lap times in a race. Totally dumb.

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