Don't get me wrong. They would go for electric propulsion if it was technically feasible but it's not, hence why they don't want because there is no other way. That's the vicious circle :)
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Long days is not a problem, thats part of the "adventure" of rallying, its also about how to survive these long days! Remote service would be part of the solution.
Agree on teams and mecanics taking more prominent role, thats also a side off rallying not enough known to the (no die hard) spectator!
Make the servicepark more atractive! iff posible run a show stage there, put big screens, put some DJ or music bands.
Food trucks in all different kinds, manufactrors can showcase new models. There should be much more going on there!
In some stages, make a big public area, like in sardinia, there is one at the autocross track near loelle, or the minesite near olmedo! Good for live tv and spectator management!
lots of ideas here, we should open new tread for that, and tan hope wrc reads allong
Have you been in Rally Estonia? We have stage that even team members can go and spectate, we had even tanks in Service. Rally start was ca 15 min walk in in city center with good bands, big show and everything. Its all there, + huge crowds. Unfortunately this rally is not in calendar for next year. There are a few more good examples (Finland, Mexico, Argentina, Sardegna (Alghero), Ypres, maybe Japan). But in many places we are in the middle of no-where, like in Lamia (ideal spot would have been Kamena Vuorla), Turkey, Germany, GB (last editions), Kenya, Croatia, Spain, Gap, Umea, Porto (so, so), etc.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/where...25-and-beyond/
Nothing new really, seems it will be a while before we get Australia/New-Zealand back in the calendar, on the other side of the planet it seems Argentina might be back at the latest in 2025.
http://www.areacorse.com/tanak-figliol-prodigo-bis/
italian media: tanak back in hiunday almost done.
I don't know how much there have been "searching for clicks" involved with some certain articles, but via media it seems that Neuville and Lappi are not in too friendly relationship with Tänak. From that point of view, if 2 drivers want to develop car in one direction and one driver in another... does not seem like a bright future coming.
Exactly my thoughts about the car, they are so different in that regard
About the relationships, IMO it didn’t seem that bad between him and Thierry and in Tänak the Movie:Series both Lappi and Tänak say they got a long extremely well
The last sentence there in the article is weird or it’s wrong translation?
“On the other hand, it is evident that there is no desire or intention to move forward, at least on Ott's side.”
Ah yes. I guess that’s what they mean
Such a pity that Tanak didnt come back to M-Sport earlier and help develop the Puma for his driving style.
Changing the team direction and having another top driver already in residence was never going to be easy at Hyundai.
My understanding is that Tänak went to Hyundai to be able to be important part of building new car for his liking but Hyundai as a team failed big time during that process so it was wasted time for him.
And at the moment - Tänak is "too confident" in the interview and say out that he wants to continue (compare with last year) - so I guess the actual deal is done or really close to it. But what the deal is - I have no idea.
I agree. What could be small problems become big problems because there is no more service to fix them. It has taking much of the old heroism away, there's no more point to try and get to the end of a stage on 3 wheels or something similar after an accident since there's nobody there to help you anymore.
Midday service should be the least.
It doesn't need to go electric. It doesn't even needed to go hybrid.
All it needs to do is put on some fancy names and stickers saying green, blue, electric,...
It's all just a facade for the manufacturers anyway, so why even bother to make it real?
The actual fans don't care about it, and the people that really do care about it hate motorsport anyway.
It's nothing but greenwashing towards those that know nothing about the sport.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-...ropolis-visit/
Talking a lot without saying anything, spoken like a true politician.
I honestly don’t know why they aren’t doing a global fans survey like they did back in 2014, boggles the mind.
There is a quote allegedly attributed to one of our most famous/infamous politicians Winston Churchill which could be paraphrased for WRC Fan surveys " The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”. I've seen some of the survey responses in the past and most of them seemed to be divided between events in the responders home country and bringing Group B back!
I think we are at a low ebb with the current promoter when it comes to fan satisfaction which I think is a mistake however you would like to hope between the FIA, the manufacturers and the crews that they would be able to have some realistic and constructive input. Its times like this that I miss CB42 more than ever as his was the type of "fanboy" enthusiasm that needs to be harnessed.
WRC drivers pushing for more compact event schedules...
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...ules/10523294/
More compact??
Though to be fair, they're saying something that has frustrated me for years - lots of liasion/ road kms for very few competitive kms - which is where the 'cloverleaf' format falls down with the repeated stages.
Cloverleaf was just one of David Richard's bad ideas I hope they get rid of it sooner rather than later. It's a product of a time of greed that put the sport in danger for almost a decade.
Reducing the road sections and making the days more compact makes sense for the coverage of the WRC too though.
Days starting at the crack of dawn but having a 3-4 hour break in the middle of the day isnt good for getting or keeping fans watching live. Quick remote services and back to the stages would be better.
The guests & fans at the main SP will just have to enjoy the cars and drivers at the start and end of the days (which wont be so early/late).
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/w...ets-/10525609/
USA in 2025 (as previously reported) and China will soon follow after, at least that's the initiative.
Veillas with Loubet.
Full standings
https://planetemarcus.com/saison-wrc/
Cool ,,old-school Top Gear,, style video from Rovanperä :D :D this made me think that, maybe he really just wants to have fun and enjoy youngster life.
Good easy watching :)
https://youtu.be/6D394uGU0zg?si=VNW4rVqll7eF-w3Z
It's a really nice video. Do we have a special topic for Rovanperä to collect this kind of stuff?
Rally Sweden 2024: Itineraries, rally guide + overview map
https://rallysweden.com/wp-content/u...appendix-1.pdf
https://rallysweden.com/wp-content/u...ly-guide-1.pdf
https://rallysweden.com/wp-content/u...appendix-2.pdf
2023 FIA Action of the Year for WRC?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj_yTroILW0
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I'm sure we could make a long list of better ,,action of the year'' than this..
If talking about ,,two-wheel'' saves, I quickly remembered this one:
1) Zaldivar's highspeed save
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ZbhFEoMF0Zg