Rumours about Germany only being driven on the Panzerplatte without spectators.
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Rumours about Germany only being driven on the Panzerplatte without spectators.
How much rallyworthy roads are there?
You can actually make quite a lot of different variations from the roads there in the military area. Is it WRC rallying, that is another question.
Why wouldn't it be worthy of WRC rallying? Those roads are epic.
Honestly I think they're quite boring, with a lot of straights and junctions. There are only a few interesting parts there. The vineyard stages are much more interesting imo, but there you cannot keep the spectators away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
If this is happening, the promotor better makes sure WRC+ is properly working, unlike every Monte Carlo Rally...
I was there last year. Loved panzerplatte, of course I was in a very high speed section. Junctions are inevitable there, because there is a massive road network.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
I have been racing in Rally Deutschland six times... Panzerplatte is enough to do it under these circumstances... great challenge.
I haven't been to Rally Deutschland let alone raced there but I've analyzed the onboards closely for my blog and I would say Baumholder has the most of fast-flowing, drivable corners of the whole rally. In some of these corners you even go sideways because the rugged surface has low grip. Meanwhile, the vineyard and countryside stages consist mostly of just straights, flat corners, 90° turns, hairpins and chicanes - all of which feature on Baumholder of course as well.
I wouldn't mind having Rally Deutschland solely in Baumholder, although it would surely change its character.
I've been thinking for a while that their best hope of running the rally and avoiding issues with crowds would be to run it at Baumholder with all access closed off, but I thought I read somewhere that the organisers needed the money from ticket sales to make it financially viable? So if this does happen, they must need more sponsors money or maybe cut a deal with WRC promoter to reduce the fee they have to pay?
Imagine... three days of the same Camera angles from the one location of stages... wonder if RBMH/Promoter will move the camera's around each day...
Just be happy if the rally happens at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Ogier stays for another year as he already suggested due to pandemic situation.
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...rc-with-toyota
Luca Pedersoli's cool-looking i20WRC for Rally di Alba :cool:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdNFXCHW...jpg&name=large
Loubet announced his program on a WRC car will consist of Estonia, Turkey, Deutschland and Sardegna.
https://twitter.com/PL_Loubet/status...50612588396544
Rally Turkey is likely to be organized a week earlier.
Latest I've heard it could not take place at all.
Better pic of Pedersoli i20 WRC
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eddtr4oW...pg&name=medium
Pirelli happy after 1st test:
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/season-2...021-tyre-test/
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Hyunday Kona render.
Don't even bother to comment how bad does this suv look. :D
Quite interesting that the names is Tänak/jarveoja and not Neuville/gilsol?
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Estonian fans are better with Photoshop than Belgians...? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
Tänak is WRC Champ, Neuville isn´t ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
http://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/makine...-calendar/amp/
This is slightly silly from Mäkkinen. He's usually a clever guy but his team has rally Finland and Estonia with very similar roads to the test roads from the test road for their factory.
If anyone has home advantage already, it's should be his team.
Honestly I do understand his way of thinking. For other team's home events, everyone has been there and knows it. For Estonia all teams have been there too. But with Ypres, it hasn't been a candidate event in the last 20 years. Hyundai was there with their WRC last year, and Breen won the event... ;) They already have some experience making a set-up there, and they have two drivers with A LOT of experience there.
Besides that I'd like to see a WRC event in Belgium, IF it's possible. Now the government has banned spectators from all sports events, both indoor and outdoor. It's only a question how long this will last. I don't see any rally happening under this rule, they need the money from entry tickets paid by spectators.
Katsuta used a yaris wrc in 2019 rally in japan. probably i miss something and that's different from others.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Hyundai is making a lot of real rally test, as sport and marketing strategy. Nobody stops makinen to do the same. if rally roma (not so impossible) or rally alba will become wrc round, makinen will complain 'cause is adamo's ground?
btw, running a "not-really-legal" aero for 3 years was fair, right?
Jämsän-Äijät Ralli August 8th (Jämsä, Finland)
Esapekka Lappi entered by JanPro with Fiesta WRC (Tuohino car)
How many competitive kms is this Finnish Rally?
25km totallyQuote:
Originally Posted by atsiotras79
3 diffrent stages
but there is seperate "Test SS" day before where they can drive as much they want.
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Originally Posted by atsiotras79
Not sure yet, but is a "mini rally" with just few stages. 3 if I remember correctly.
This October's ADAC Rallye Deutschland will be two days of dodging the hinkelsteins in Panzerplatte as it is to be held entirely with the Baumholder military area due to COVID precautions: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/rally...-panzerplatte/
Thanks for the answers. 🙏
South-Estonia rally as warm up for Hyundai and maybe also Toyota
https://dirtfish.com/rally/hyundai-t...s-wrc-warm-up/
Will be a great rally, at least 5 new generation WRC cars.
Manuel Villa's M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC for this weekend's Rally di Alba. :cool:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeLM224X...g&name=900x900
So strange to see estonian real-estate logo on the bonnet.
Potentially huge news.. WRC Ypres can happen !
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/ypres...es-date-change
Yessss. Amazing news!
Tommi must be pissed.
Ha! Quite a few inaccuracies in that story...…..Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Arguably this rally has better roads than WRC Rally EstoniaQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
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