I guess they see the need to produce more content to keep the wheels going.
I'm 50/50 about Dirtfish but definitely they are a good thing to rallying in general.
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I guess they see the need to produce more content to keep the wheels going.
I'm 50/50 about Dirtfish but definitely they are a good thing to rallying in general.
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To me it feels 90% of their views has come from WRC related content and now they try to push other disciplines along WRC news to get more exposure for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Scrolling quickly through their twitter handle, it seems WRC news get 60-120 likes although WRC seasons is on a break, while currently active Dakar news get 50 at most. World RX and ARA news get only like 10-20 likes, Extreme E something from 10 to 50.
120 likes is really low... Which is quite concerningQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
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It's another problem, but these numbers are relative. Official WRC twitter handle gets 100-600 likes on their tweets.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
im sure they arent there for likes but for article clicks, so its not a big problem.
Twitter is just one way to follow WRC news and possibly a niche one, but it's the only indication we get from the popularity of the articles. It could also be that WRC users are more active on twitter than ARA and Nitro Rallycross fans?
EDIT: On facebook the numbers are not as consistent. One Dakar article had 400 while most have 100. But fb ads could distort that result.
EDIT2: This is another mixed-discipline article https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/my-se...o-iconic-eras/ Or actually the whole series, where the journalists are picking their highlights from all Dirtfish-covered sports.
Twitter is surely where most people get (links to) the latest WRC news and features. Who goes to all of the rally websites every day to see if there is news or an article they're interested in on there ?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Like I said, facebook has much more likes on the links.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
That's where the beauty of the forums is. Good stuff ends up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
This is the genuine place where even insiders speak out. Wouldn´t ever never dream of leaving this golden place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Colin Clark sat down with Mohammed Ben Sulayem a few weeks ago to hear what the now FIA president's plans for the future of rallying are.
https://art19.com/shows/spinning-the...f-28b3e4ca26e8
I listened to this and I think he could really improve the rally scene in middle east, africa and china. I think the plan is like... "Ok, you can all do like new zealand and argentina. Dont need to follow everything FIA demands for european rally" hahah something like that?
Also replying to your Thoughts? Q in the Rally1 thread:Quote:
Originally Posted by lmmjvss
Why do all WRC cars have to be the same segment, silhouette and engine with maximum and minimum lengths, heights, with four seats etc? I've wondered this for years, I believe it's protecting existing (European) stakeholder's interests frankly. That protectionism is how you ensure you get left behind. In my simple mind, Rally1 to Rally5 should be based on maximum power/weight and cost, be road legal, series production cars of any shape and size with as few regs as possible but for safety. Hopefully MBS will see liberation as the answer to improving the regionals, he's alluded to that in the interview. Improve the regionals and you will improve the WRC IMO and so I hope he doesn't introduce formulas for the Middle East that don't work in Africa and so on.
Please use another thread for stuff made by Dirtfish. This is a meta thread about Dirtfish itself.
Please post that in the news thread.
Meanwhile, Dirtfish changed their advertising logic on twitter, some posts said "go to dirtfish.com to find out" instead of linking directly to the article...annoying again
they have started now with some sort of analysis after the rally but nothing special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXe7pmvq9Y
...from their rally teacher instead of the usual suspects.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
Pretty poor in my opinion.
Credit where credit is due, the Tony Pond Retrospective is an excellent read. Job well done on that one.
That was a great piece! Really enjoyed it. Tony Pond is maybe not the most known or praised drivers but from the footages I've seen he has been mighty impressive, specially in the TR7.Quote:
Originally Posted by macebig
Well done Dirtfish!
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I'm a bit worried about Dirtfish.
It's been several hours since they posted an article about Adamo.
Can someone check they are okay?
Colin Clark's stage preview/interview videos include a commercial deal with a watch company. Is that their first commercial deal outside products for rallying (brake pads, oil, etc)?
Aaaand they also have again an interview with Adamo today.
Normal service has been resumed. Now he's on their podcast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Mail
Someone at Turdfish must have a super hard crush on Adamo... either that, or Adamo is desperate to be remembered and is giving his time and 'expertise' free of charge to them, just to stay in the public eye...
It really is becoming exceptionally tiresome.
He was a clown-show of a team principal - indicated by his firing - and the clown-show now continues despite lack of relevance....
months spent asking to have some peculiar character in the rally world and now they're running with him, it quite normal. no one else is nearly so amusing/offensive, it's good for the views...Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
(btw: rumors on his firing are quite the opposite bell)
I've never understood the fascination with Adamo - and I still don't. He's gone, get over it.......
Yeah, never understood the hype about Adamo personnally.
From a strictly sporting point of view, his picks were rather good: he took the only two titles of Hyundai until now; he uses quite cleverly his line-up in 2019 (Loeb was hired by Penasse-Nandan and the Loeb/Sordo compatibility was clearly not good, for the 45-year old Loeb I mean); Breen’s choice was also quite efficient; he took Tanak from Toyota and Tanak was a really high contributor to Hyundai’s title in 2020 (maybe the highest) even if Toyota outsmarts this move with Ogier and Evans.
Let’s see for Solberg’s choice which is his heritage (like Rovanpera was Makinen’s one from a young prospect point of view).
But from a technical point of view, it’s a disaster. The gap has been bigger and bigger between Toyota and Hyundai on the car and, even with this, Hyundai was far behind Ford and Toyota in terms of preparation for the new regulation.
Moncet (if confirmed in the job) lets me a better impression: less talk and more action (clearly better in Sweden than Monte-Carlo).
Whatever the DF guys reason for the fascination with Adamo, they must know the truth of why he left Hyundai.
Surely this indicates it wasn't a sacking for some bad actions and more likely he did leave/resign for a personal reason ?
lol
He was good fun, but the joke started to get a little old, then turned rather sour in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
Dirtfish is one of those types who laughs at a joke for too long, to the extent that everyone else has stopped laughing and is instead now giving them funny looks. If they don't stop laughing eventually, you just have to presume they've gone mad.
If the pos car had stayed together in 2020/2021.. Tänak would have been WDC and everybody would have praised Adamo.
Let's be honest, he brought some excitement to WRC and all the interviews.
Yeah people jump to conclusions to quickly. Claiming Moncet is doing a good job because the car performed better in Sweden than on the Monte is madness, regardless of how competent Moncet is.
I just say that he gives me a better impression on first sight from his 1st months in the job. But it is still to be confirmed over the season for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Quite a non-sense.Quote:
If the pos car had stayed together in 2020/2021.. Tänak would have been WDC and everybody would have praised Adamo.
Adamo was the team principal so in charge of all the aspects of the team; so he is also responsible of the gap getting bigger between Toyota and Hyundai (not the only one maybe but one of the responsible).
Performance does not come by chance.
For me, he is no better than a Matton or a Quesnel (not completely awful still).
He was ways better than Matton or Quesnel who were complete disasters (the former for being incapable of keeping it shot prospect (Ogier), the latter for basically being in charge of a team that delivered nothing). Give Adamo credit of 2 manufacturers championships thqat were a first for the team, after years of failing short despite big money. Not just rolling on the heritage like the citroen boys...Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny0405
It's called putting a positive spin on something that wasn't very positive....... and you are believing it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
If its spin - why would DF do this for Adamo ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos
Because he gave them a lot of money in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Nothing comparable in terms of position: Adamo also rolled on the heritage; the Hyundai was probably the most consistence car on the sum of 2017 and 2018 and he had a top driver in his line-up from the beginning (Neuville)Quote:
Originally Posted by djip
+ the budget is not the same than Matton’s era in Citroen.
And the technical gap between Hyundai and Toyota has gotten bigger and bigger all along his tenure (and, even with this, they were late for the new regulation).
Short-term results does not mean that you are a great team manager and you can even be a bad manager and having good results because the context is good.
A great team manager is to build from scratch, to manage titles, to make choices that are consistent but not always safe choices and to prepare the future (so that the team survives your departure): Frequelin was a great manager, Makinen also (with his flaws sometimes) because they cover all this aspects.
Adamo lifts the lid on Hyundai’s struggles
The ex-Hyundai boss explains why its no surprise the team is behind its rivals
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/adamo...ais-struggles/