I doubt it will be the only rally this year to refuse paying 300 000 for Koepcky and Breen
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I doubt it will be the only rally this year to refuse paying 300 000 for Koepcky and Breen
lol, Kopecký would not be in San Marino anyway. Where is Your values come from? Maybe some events pay that much but definitely not all.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
Some little statistics for You of this ongoing season...
Jänner
Entries - 94, foreign entries - 50, percentage of foreign entries - 53%
Foreign crews in final top 10 - 8, percentage of foreign crews in top 10 - 80%
Latvia (here it's difficult for me to combine national event with international, so only ERC)
Entries - 40, foreign entries - 33, percentage of foreign entries - 83%
Foreign crews in final top 10 - 8, percentage of foreign crews in top 10 - 80%
Canarias
Entries - 30, foreign entries -17, percentage of foreign entries - 57%
Foreign crews in final top 10 - 8, percentage of foreign crews in top 10 - 80%
Acores
Entries - 42, foreign entries - 27, percentage of foreign entries - 64%
Foreign crews in final top 10 - 7, percentage of foreign crews in top 10 - 70%
The strongest events are yet to come...
Besides, the extra entries and higher profile will also bring more fans to the stages, more team personnel and other staff to stay in the local area. Eurosport TV coverage and additional press coverage give extra potential for event sponsors and extra publicity to the region. 300,000 Euros (if the figure is true) really isn't very much in the big scheme of things.
Anyway, it is not very sensible to held two events of the same series in the same country. And while the economy of the country is not in its best state.
I agree with that but on the other hand the event organizers are free to negotiate with the promoter so such cases may happen.
If Kopecky wins the title this year, would Skoda/VW ever consider putting him in WRC/WRC2?
Sure not. WRC is playground of VW and that's why Wiegand is in WRC2. Besides that I don't find WRC2 to be a place for Škoda. No media presentation, no marketing value for manufacturer to finish 10th overall...
Breen is being massively overhyped now at fiaerc.com - 3 news features about him out of the last 8. Is this necessary?
Of course not. But you know what the media world looks like today. It's full of people who think that writing the same thing multiple times is more important than writing one really good article. As a result, you, as a reader, have to click three pieces of news. Unfortunately, after reading them you realize that you learned nothing. But the media owner will be happy, because you clicked his s/hitty website three times.Quote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Then you also have that twitter-s/hitter, the popularity of which will forever remain a mystery to me.
+1 (for when one "Like" is not enough)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
This is the typical IRC marketing approach from years, they just want to publish anything as often as possible just to remind people their boring series still exist. When I was still following their FB page they were spamming even during WRC events with really pointless things in 4-5 lines.
One thing I find curious about internet forums is that people who allegedly hate something so much spend a lot of time on forums about said subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
Maybe it's a bit like homophobia, the ones that protest too much are secretly a bit interested...
Thanks for your comment Slowson! This is exactly what I mean. I have never thought about it this way, but you are right - this IRC way of marketing is like spam indeed. When the series existed, I always had the impression, that they were trying to ram it down my throat!Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
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Originally Posted by SlowSon
IRC ???? Boring ???? :confused:
representatives from Eursport events visited Estonia during the last week. They are interested in including Rally Estonia into the ERC calendar from 2014 already. This trip was also important to convince some national funding agencies (Enterprise Estonia and Ministry of Culture) to support the event. As far as I can understand then there is a will from ERC and everything depends on the national politicians and some additional funding.
Great! This is very nice news! I really hope that Rally Estonia will become a part of ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Only doubt is money, or how much they are willing / able pay for it. Hope it does not fall to that...
Rally Estonia will be in ERC 2014, instead of San Marino :-)
Great news if true, but we need to get the funding and knowing our current economic climate, it will not be an easy task.
This is all that matters to the ERC.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Money is all that matters to Eurosport events
To be fair, if I was spending as much as he is this season, I'd expect my PR team to be flat out with press releases tooQuote:
Originally Posted by WUff1
Maybe You don't believe in that but there are events in ERC which pay way less than the new ones. Those pay a lot because there is much more of them than free spaces in calendar. High demand always creates high prices. In everything. It just shows Eurosport is doing things good enough to attract organizers. Nobody force them to choose ERC. If Eurosport product was not good there would not be loads of organizers willing to pay crazy money to join.Quote:
Originally Posted by catty
They are not a charity. It is not free to put on a WRC event either..Quote:
Originally Posted by catty
Kris Meeke will start in Corsica in a 208 R2!
But only as zero car :(Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis
Maybe it will lead on to something else. Peugeot is better than being stuck with Prodrive. I havn't heard who will co-drive for him?
Driving the zero car was always the plan. Peugeot is a partner in the event. I believe Chris Patterson will co-drive.
He has already been testing the 208 T16 and DS3 R5 so I think we can expect to see him do some events in one of those later in the year. As you say, great to see him working with a manufacturer after the disappointing treatment by Prodrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Remember that Sarrazin did the same job last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
I suppose this means that Meeke will be on the entry list next year :D .
There were more plans. Also to be in the fieldn with 208 R2 or zero car with 208 T16.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
The quality of fiaerc.com news service is still falling down. I have just noticed a piece of news titled "ERC winner Tlusťák set for Czech Rallysprint action"Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
ERC winner Tlus
Since when is Tlustak ERC winner? Have I missed something?
He won 2WD ERC title three or four years a go. That shows how terrible the quality of competition was that time...
Yes, you have missed. He was ERC 2WD champion in 2009 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Lukasz Kabacinski will do 7 ERC rounds with Clio R3 - Autosport
Was the T16 ever an option Pluto, even as zero? Asphalt testing hasn't even started yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
But whatever, it's good to see Meeke out again.
No, I didn't miss that. I thought that was what they meant. In my opinion it is an exaggeration. The title "ERC winner" is reserved for real stars. And such writing style makes ERC website look like spam. But maybe it's just my impression.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
Sorry Jarek Z, it is maybe also my fault. During Rally Azores I have responded to fia articles on facebook about "Czech star Tlustak" that he isnīt only star, but "czech hyper superfast megastar" (or something like that) and it seems they took it all to heart...somebody just donīt understand sarcasm :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Liposh Liposh what have you done? Now they will be calling him megastar on a regular basis! Tour de Corse - the return of the MEGASTAR! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
That is fantastic to hear. I do hope his deal with PSA is not just limited to testing. He is not getting any younger as we all know. Does anyone know why he hasn't been joining Craig on events in a 207?Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Craig is paying for Sainteloc to run a Peugeot 207 for him out of his own (well his dads) pocketQuote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Kris has never had to money to be able to pay to drive a rallycar
Just visited the official ERC website and learnt new things. First of all, they confirm that Tlustak is THE ERC STAR:
Differing fortunes for GPD Mit Metal stars in Czech rallysprint - News - ERC European Rally Championship - Eurosport
Secondly, now they claim that Ancian is ERC star too!
Why five would be fine for ERC star Ancian - News - ERC European Rally Championship - Eurosport
I always thought that ERC stars were Rossetti, Basso, Jean-Joseph, maybe Bouffier or Delecour, but Tlustak and Ancian??? What do I know about rallying?
This is normal. Anyone who can pay to be behind the wheel of a rally car is a "star"
Matt Wilson was always the "Stobart Star" when he was in WRC according to bland WRC voiceover man IIRC.