Azores Rallye 2021

Moura
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Originally Posted by dimviii

Moura
https://twitter.com/MundoRallyes/sta...79830156075013

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What a way to loose a 3rd place by 3sec... no wonder he looked completely devastated at the finish line.

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Originally Posted by Tom K

Any rumors about future? Would be really sad to lost this event, but if Fafe is gonna to be in ERC then... Plus somebody from WRC Promoter saying bulshit that ERC should be on continent.

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Is it really bullshit? It's the most expensive and difficult (logistics-wise) rally in the championship.

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Is it really bullshit? It's the most expensive and difficult (logistics-wise) rally in the championship.

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This topic was raised some time ago here (with Cyprus in the background), and Azores Rallye was on similar level with Canarias. Ferry is mostly paid by organizers, you can also get few tickets (per team) Portugal <-> Azores and discounted hotels. Logistics? Of course you are not in team-base next day, but still this is not Japan or Kenya. Canarias? Similar situation, but you need to go to Cadiz instead of Setubal.

Both island events are more expensive than Barum or Hungary, of course. But it's European Championship, not Central European Championship.

I like this rally and I understand your arguments, but does it really make much sense to have only 2 ERC3 drivers competing, with only 1 at the finish line? Even the Portuguese drivers don't want to compete there.

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

I like this rally and I understand your arguments, but does it really make much sense to have only 2 ERC3 drivers competing, with only 1 at the finish line? Even the Portuguese drivers don't want to compete there.

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Due to some... Issues with the organizers and the Portuguese Federation Azores was taken out of the Portuguese Championship. As you'd might imagine with Fafe in two weeks most of the teams stood in Portugal for this rally as its way expensive just for a one off in the ERC

Just caught up with the live coverage of the final stage, great footage and a good idea to have Sete Cidades as final stage of the rally!

Onboard of Mikkelsen from that stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6UUayDIN-M

Cete Sidades is so amazing!!!

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Originally Posted by Lead

Hats off to local Azores Rallye TV all weekend - superb coverage, no issues (all stages, heli shots, interviews from service etc). And all free on youtube, great stuff.

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Originally Posted by RS

I'd imagine the heli stuff is from Eurosport and in return ERC Youtube/Facebook uses Azores TV stage side footage on their coverage. It would be a good model to persue going forward, if Eurosport were staying.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

BTW, great live coverage by Azores Rally TV again today, with both stage side and helicopter coverage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5nDE0TGHy8

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That's right. It was great to see the cooperation between Eurosport and Azores Rally TV. Eurosport usually use too much helicopter footage, so it was good to see more stage side shots this time.

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Is it really bullshit? It's the most expensive and difficult (logistics-wise) rally in the championship.

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Where did you found it is more expensive? In terms of budget for the team from Central Europe, it is not so big difference between Azores or Fafe for example...

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Where did you found it is more expensive? In terms of budget for the team from Central Europe, it is not so big difference between Azores or Fafe for example...

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WRC teams regularly said Sardinia and Corsica are quite expensive because of their island situation and it is one of the reason of Corsica regularly being threatened (and finally disappeared).
If we include that ERC have both Canarias and Azores currently and that it is way further from the continent than Sardinia and Corsica, I would think it is really expensive (but no figure about it).

I agree that Fafe is not cheap for a Central Europe team but I think Azores is still more expensive (the same for Canarias).
I’m not talking about the quality of the rally, just on the cost

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Originally Posted by Danny0405

WRC teams regularly said Sardinia and Corsica are quite expensive because of their island situation and it is one of the reason of Corsica regularly being threatened (and finally disappeared).
If we include that ERC have both Canarias and Azores currently and that it is way further from the continent than Sardinia and Corsica, I would think it is really expensive (but no figure about it).

I agree that Fafe is not cheap for a Central Europe team but I think Azores is still more expensive (the same for Canarias).
I’m not talking about the quality of the rally, just on the cost

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I am also talking in terms of the costs, believe me. "Problem" in this calculation is that organisers of Azores are helping the competitors to cover some costs. So despite in total costs island event is more expensive for sure, teams dont need to spend all of that money.