My first rally car is buried in the front yard, one of my team had it cubed by the scrap metal guys and left it on my front lawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
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My first rally car is buried in the front yard, one of my team had it cubed by the scrap metal guys and left it on my front lawn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
I have a stupid question. If the World Champion driver changes his codriver halfway through the season, who is going to be the codriver champion? The one codriver with the biggest amount of points or the latest codriver of the drivers champ?
With most points. Check out season 1993Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
Cheers mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
I guess that is the reason they have two different championships and the co-driver that has amassed the most points will be the world champion co-driver. So at least theoretically it is possible that the driver and co-driver champions are part of different teams come the last rally of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
Edit: AnttiL was faster than me :)
I was typing on my phone, but the long story of 1993 is that Kankkunen's regular co-driver Juha Piironen had a seizure during Rally Argentina recce and couldn't compete anymore. Thus Kankkunen was paired with Nicky Grist and Denis Giraudet for the rest of the season, taking wins with all three co-drivers and winning the title, but none of the co-drivers made as many points as Francois Delecour's co-driver Daniel Grataloup. Probably the only time this happened?
According to my crystall ball SS1 of Rallye Monte Carlo 1983 will become a topic of discussion in the days leading up to Monte Carlo 2018
Merry Christmas to everybody!!!
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The dog is already bored
maybe its a sick dog.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Something just struck me... we haven't seen Jparker for a bit. I wonder if he ended up in an asylum somewhere when Msport won both the championships ;)
Couldn't help noticing that Colin Clark used the term "catastrophic dog" to describe Citroen C3 WRCQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...ivers-of-2017/
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So he learnt from N.O.T. maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
hahaha I wonder if Colin Clark reads forums like these.
I just read the arcticle. Could they not find a less flattering picture of Lappi? He looks so miserable chewing on his banana and that under a paragraph which describes him as the great newcomer that he is.
No, the dog is clearly singing Christmas songs..We should all join in..Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Red Bull TV will again be doing daily highlights shows in 2018 as well as continuing to do a live stage each Saturday.
Times for first 3 events can now be found at https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1TQTZ...y-championship
Are they the same live stages as on WRC+?Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
Or at least have they been last season?
The Red Bull TV live stage will, if like 2017 also be live on WRC+. Typically Redbull TV will start between 15 and 30 minutes before WRC+ coverage with the RB commentators analysis of rally to date and driver performances. Oce stage goes live the pictures are the same but you can get different commentary on RBTV and WRC+. Which commentary you prefer is a personal choice, not a case of one being better and other worse, just different styles that appeal to different people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
While RBTV will only carry 1 live stage per rally WRC+ will have several live stages each rally
I was hoping they'd increase the number of live stages on RedBullTV; something that was discussed on Absolute Rally after RallyGB....It's nice coverage, but still not enough free Live TV; compared to other rival series.
At the end of the year of 2016 they have big mouth about more of everything and then bring only one live stage and that one in saturday (nothing special). No WRC magazine just recaps of each day. But on the other side a was thankfull they did it at least because here where I'm from all was worse than previous years. Magazines showed delayed mostly on second day of action. Live coverage cutted because of stupid football. No highlights at all. So at least RedBull was there.. and some very good people at the stages who record live on facebook.
Fantasy WRC is back in 2018.
You can register at http://www.fantasyracers.com/worldra...l/mainpage.php
Any forumers made their plans yet for 2018 rallies? Be interested to hear where people are going.
Sweden, Corsica, Sardinia and Wales for me.
Rally Legend and/or Monza Rallyshow at the end depending how much holiday I've got left.
Sweden, Finland and Germany this year for me.
For the moment Monte and Sweden.
I hope Sardinia, Germany and Spain. Maybe Turkey.
For me a bit calmer this year. Wanted to do Monte but couldn't sort it out with my work. Sweden and Germany for sure. Probably Sardinia or Finland too. With the latest evolutions I think it's interesting to wait for the itineraries of the events to be published, before booking. I'm not interested in visiting a 2-day event.
Sweden one stage on Saturday (logistics) only, Finland of course, and want to do Germany this year also.
For me from WRC hopefully Germany and from the rest Barum, Ypres, Hustopeče (CZ and SVK champ together) and 6-8 other national events.
My plans are not sure yet. I think it will be mixture of many international and national events, most probably no WRC.
I hope to be back in Carlos Paz this April for Rally Argentina :) the new route and the El Cóndor ascent ought to be exciting.
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WRC+ Live will be broadcasting all stages LIVE from in-car footage during WRC Rounds.
Let´s hope you are right...Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Is anybody else going to Autosport International? I saw br21 is, on the trade day I imagine. I haven't been for what must be about 10 years, but when the WRC choose to launch the season 20 minutes drive away from your house, you can't really not go! :D I'll probably be going on Sunday, though I might get a chance to have a look through the window on a work break on Thursday or Friday...
I need a beer. Hayden has 7 WRC events in 2018. Seb Loeb has 3 WRC events in 2018 but none of them are the same. We have never seen Hayden driving a WRC car in the same rally as Seb Loeb and at the moment it seems unlikely to happen this year unless one of them has a change of program or gets an additional event.
Well, Daniel Elena's got a fractured coccyx, so he'll probably miss at least Mexico. Who knows what Loeb might do?Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
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WRC 1983 Audi vs Lancia featured on the latest episode of The Grand Tour (44 mins in) ...
https://putlocker-hd.is/episodes/the...n-2-episode-7/
I actually found out some stuff that I never knew... especially Lancia's tricks !
Nice show, thanks for sharing. Some of those tricks really happened and are well documented (like the stage tires changes) but others have turned into myths among Lancia’s WRC outstanding history (the car parking inspection was told since the Stratos homologation). Italian brands are deeply missed in the sport; it’d be great see them returning to rally in full mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Yeah, the WRC misses Italian cars & top drivers....
What a joke that season was :rolleyes: