This whole last day is ridiculous.
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This whole last day is ridiculous.
M-Sport makes every gesture to demonstrate to Seb that they will serve his every need (apart from pouring money that they don't have into development), that is only logical given team's situation.
Sundays often are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
typical WRC Sunday
Every stage could be rewarded for points so that would bring competitevness for all three days...
All days don't have same number of stages, all stages aren't the same and running order largely decides who can and can't fight for stage honours. So no.Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
It's getting naturally worse and worse as the end of the season closes.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonkka
I stand my point from many years a go that giving few bonus points for whole last leg instead of for power stage alone would bring way more interesting events than this.
But it's stupid for every rally on every sunday to just waiting for powerstage... And then there are 3 drivers who really gives everything. Rest are just driving to the end...
Unfortunately Evans has done nothing performance-wise all season and made lots of mistakes too. Obeying team-orders is the least he can do.
Why not just give everyone a fresh set of tyres for the PS?Quote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
2 day rallys.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
He is not going to be in factory seat next year is he.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
replaced by who? and if ogier leaves?Quote:
Originally Posted by wrc2017
Tidemand? Meeke? Lappi?Quote:
Originally Posted by dnb
No one is complaining about the final day format when you have a climax like Sardinia for example. Not all events are made equal. In the larger context of rallying final day cruising is nothing new either.
I'm surprised about the negativity to be honest.
At least two of those would actually require paying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Yeah. Finland had also battles to the seconds and Germany was quite dramatic. And now people say it's a "typical WRC Sunday"Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
It's slightly better idea than points per stage but even legs aren't equal so it would penalize some drivers more than others. We have enough whining about road position already and unless that is satisfactorily resolved (not possible in my opinion unless we can recruit half-a-dozen ex-champions to do the road cleaning), points per legs isn't a feasible solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Currently, Sunday is shortest day (apart from first day if it's SSS like it mostly is) for a good reason. It's a parade but still you have to survive it. And there usually are at least one fight to follow - and the PS. Two day rallies aren't a solution either, what we need is seven day rallies and 52 of them. Only too much is enough is my motto.
Like I said earlier, Turkey Sunday is the shortest of the whole season at 35 km. For example Germany had more than double the amount. But in general the lengths of the events are the same so this means Turkey just loaded more length to Friday and Saturday, obviously with having four 34-38 km stages. And I think it was good for this event.
Also worth mentioning that Gökce, the latest stage just run was the fastest of the rally with the winning average speed at 92.5 km/h. The overall winner's average speed is at 78.2 km/h right now, making it clearly the slowest rally of the season (Mexico 88, Sardegna 89, Monte 90, Argentina 92, Portugal 93 km/h)
I also have to say I like the idea of having one slower and rougher rally in the calendar. The team with the most durable car can shine, and also drivers who can manage a more sensible speed.
New tyres for PS is an option who makes Sundays more competitive I guess, like Mirek said.
Change power stage into a power day so sundays stages would be like a sprint rally in a rally.
Brilliant TV coverage for Chris Ingram on the power stage. :)
Meeke lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Meeke could replace Ogier if he will go after Citroen. They can't attack only with Evans and Suninen...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
That was RS who post that, not me ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
M-Sport would go to money making modeQuote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
Malcolm would never hire Meeke, if the drives for free...then all bets are off, but thats a big if
Was that question asked for McRae too... When he raise his reputation after title with Subaru...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
Kopeckı in the finish spoke about the title being close. If everything is as planned, i.e. Tidemand drives 6 events and only Wales remains than Kopeckı is a champion already. Let's see when some official press release is out.
By the way it's five victories of five events for Jan this season while two of those events were gravel ones. Also eleventh victory in a row overall from all events he started (since second place in Catalunya 2017).
Very good from Thierry!
Flat out, nice stage from him
dont live on the past, times have changedQuote:
Originally Posted by deephouse
meeke is now the only car wrecker in the WRC
Power Stage system is weird.. top placed drivers cant push so hard and risk their o/a points.
Maybe it should be seperate like a Golden Stage and the time not added to the rally total, only driven for points...
But he is the only one that could win more than one event besides Latvala, Tanak, Ogier, Mikkelsen, Neuville and LoebQuote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
EDIT: BTW he would be way more cheaper than Ogier, and if he could manage to stay on the road (Citroen isn't the best driveable car out there). He could challenge the top...
Wild from Ogier but to no avail.
Ogier looked to be far behind the limit. Twice close to crash.
That's precisely the reason I like it. It's all about risk/reward. By upping the points I think they've got it just about right. Because before with just 3, 2, 1 it probably wasn't worth that extra mad push.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Hats off to the old man Henning!!!
Looks like not, SM just tweeted they won the WRC2 teams title already, nothing about drivers title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
This is all pretty messy, I would like to see title won on the stages and not in a press release.
Did Henning get the car started?
Yes, they pushed the carQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi