Good idea. Or we could use -Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaWRC
World Rally Against Stadium Stages :)
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Good idea. Or we could use -Quote:
Originally Posted by AlfaWRC
World Rally Against Stadium Stages :)
cancel all the proper stages leaving nothing but stadiums
then increase if from 1 to 60 laps to get enough KM's in
then get rid of the codriver (well, they've already got rid of their name)
then change the cars from saloon to openwheel
ZOMG - they really are trying to turn it into F1 !!!!
Has anyone seen Bernie hanging around?
what was the eurosport coverage like? was it only the superspecial and 10 minutes preview (like normal)?
I just saw the Eurosport coverage of Day 1 ZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzZZZZzzz.....
´There was an intro of about 5-7 minutes with a very very quick look back at Portugal and the story with the Ford's windows. Then they showed the cars going to Buenos Aires (on trucks) and the drivers flying off. Then the majority of the programme just showed the SSS in Buenos Aires (at least 15 minutes), pretty much exactly like the live coverage.... Then they had a short thing about the failure to get back, and then they showed some runs at the Cordoba SSS. Very boring....
I think it is hilarious. One of the best, classic gravel events on the WRC calendar, one that get's millions of genuine fans out of their homes all over S America, has been single-handedly screwed by that tinpot napoleon ISC cowboy F***** M******'s idiotic vainglorious attempt to carve himself an Arg media empire. Watch him fall for this. It was never going to work, shipping an entire field of WRC &pWRC cars hundreds of miles between BA & Cordoba. Never. And the River Plate stadium turn-out hardly seemed worth the fuss anyway. Who suffers? the people, the real fans, who bothered to trek out to the real stages all. What a big embarrassing shambles. What an idiot. DR, and even the FIA, cannot ignore this.
Yawn Coverage
This starts to become a FARCE the organization of this rally !! :mad: :mad:
Hey, maybe we could get these guys to organise the next Cricket World Cup. :)
A couple of photos from behind the scenes of thursday and friday "adventurous" trip can be found here:
http://www.ewrc.cz/2006/show.asp?clanek=5816
I think the damning of all special stages is wrong. Live televised stages should be Chatsworth house/Clumber Park type tests which actually matter to the result and work much better for TV IMO. This is why something like what they attempted in Cyprus and also Monaco this year was a step in the right direction. Even the New Zealand stage looked half decent. I would subscribe to WRAS (World Rally Against Stadiums).