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The problem with that was many times people slowed down/stopped/"had a problem" on the last stage of the day in order to gain a good starting position.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
IMHO the best way would be to have championship order on day 1 and then reverse. I think that current system is the 2nd best after that. Any other system has more or bigger 'flaws'.
In a word yes! If it were only about road position then Mikkelsen should have won the last 2 rallies. Dealing with a combination of factors such as experience, car development, seat time, mental attitude (to identify 4) means that any victory against a multiple world champion who hasn't gifted victory, by binning it, is valid. No mistake Meeke and Paddon have both overcome handicaps equivalent to 6 stages of sweeping, and it is low and craven of VW to be bringing the sport into disrepute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
If this were a close championship then others would be alternating the sweeping and presumably VW would find something different to moan about. It is a ****ing competition and they are dominating, presumably VW remember the lessons of history and are expecting force of numbers (Hyundai) and superior technology (Citroen) to overwhelm them in the end so they are determined to milk every advantage they can swing their way! If VW want a level playing field then manufacture 15 Polos for sale to the highest bidder and create Formula VW WRC!!
Why is it actually so wrong that the best driver has to cope with the usually worst road position? If theoretically anyone gets in front in the championship standings he would then face the same issue.
I still dont agree with the reverse order. Why somebody from the field should be disadvantaged by starting position to be first? In the past, the fastest driver was always first on the road and it was not problem for them. Nobody was complaining... And with this slowing down before end of leg? Why not, it is part of tactics and if they want to slow down... But now without split times in the car, it will not be so easy to slow down "enough"...Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Yep Poland is next for him, no Ypres.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
2014 is the best deal. I still can't understand how some of you enjoy a competition where you already know from the beginning that some drivers have no chances to win...
I still dont think that 2014 is the best deal. I can see it in ERC, when they are reversing top ten after first leg. Nobody wants to finish on 10th or 9th position, because it will be big disadvantage next day to fight for places in top ten. And they are not so strong drivers like the best ones to be able to reduce this disadvantage...Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Isn´t it weight compensation in some racing classes? How is that doing?
Go fast and you will not be disadvantaged... where is the problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
You can reverse it. What is it good for to further slow down the slower ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
I would personally always put superally drivers as the first ones on the road in second and third day. The only issue is that their number is not guaranteed.
Wasn't that the case in 2015? Ogier still had winning everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
You don't like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
Rally2 drivers first + they will be one after another so no big difference (it's not the same reversed because in Sardinia you will have Latvala sixth...)
+ In tarmac-wet gravel-ice they are advantaged.
Of course it's not perfect system but i think we all agree there doesn't exist one
That's true but on the other hand they equalize the conditions for the following drivers behind them which may not be that bad idea either. Anyway You can always set different sweeping conditions according to the surface as that is clearly defined for each event in the calendar.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
As for me I would like more him to win with current regulation:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Truly awful Rally Portugal photo from @World...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps7afffmaz.jpg
Makes you appreciate the usual lakes and flowers... ;)
I don't really understand the whole discussion about the starting order. The rules are what they are, it's up to every driver to do what they can with it. Loeb, Mäkinen etc have been first on the road so many times, who remembers them complaining? On a tarmac events, the ones starting around 10th place are disadvantaged a lot in comparison to the first on the road, who is complaining about it? Ogier is always whining about one thing or another... He's one of the best drivers we've ever seen, with one of the worst personalities. The crap both Ogier and Capito have been selling to the press is probably the worst thing that could have happened to the WRC. It angers me when I see Capito saying "one-shot drivers devalue WRC", while he is the one who was getting close to destroying all fundamentals of the sport with his useless final-stage-plan...
This. Plus "one-shot drivers" when Meeke competed on 3 WRC events out of 5 until Portugal... I get shivers just to think how it would be if they would follow all his ideasQuote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
This called attack your opposition. It happens when you have done something completely wrong, and defending yourself is pointless, then the only way is to attack. Well known in politics ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
To be honest I think some of his recent comments are just thrown in the wind because he knows he's leaving anyway so he can afford to say some random things.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
spectator of the year
http://forum-rallye.com/uploads/mont...1464212038.jpg
He is not a common spectator, it's Jaanus Ree http://jree.ee/
The caption for that photo should be "When you need a bigger monopod ..."
Fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Photo of the month. #1 from Portugal.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...19828e09f2.jpg
Ree's and Lavadinho's photos are great (as usual). I just feel sorry there're so few photos about the two Unesco's world heritage towns visited by the rally: Guimarães and Porto. Hope next year they can take more shots on those amazing sceneries.
https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...1e&oe=57CBB09E
https://pt-pt.facebook.com/pregoafundo/
https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a0&oe=57D5FA25
http://www.rallydeportugal.pt/gallery.aspx?menuid=31
Ptaszek flight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-3iEjgDQ6w
A few shots of mine before the Sardinia :) Enjoy!
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Full album > https://www.facebook.com/racemediaSI...40396749315130
A few shots of mine before the Sardinia :) Enjoy!
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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-...01539878_o.jpg
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Full album > https://www.facebook.com/racemediaSI...40396749315130
^^ excellent photos,thank you.
Thank you, @dimviii
krismeeke#StoryTime #wrc #motogp @valeyellow46! ������
i was this close to strangling Capito after he said my talent devalues the WRC.....
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPZ-0ErN6N/
Capito never said such stupidityQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
It's a comment from somebody else, Kris didn't type/say that himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Fantastic video from DJI drones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQljJbXaN8