If they use the system like ERC, they will restart! Just bonus points for the leg classifications!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
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If they use the system like ERC, they will restart! Just bonus points for the leg classifications!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Does anybody know on what TV station can we watch it?! Hope for Eurosport....
I respect that view and understand that RMC is a special case, but if we want to safeguard the future of rallying as a WC then greater attraction for non-afficiandos is required.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
That would still allow retirees to beat those who cover the whole distanceQuote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
How long was SR around? Ten years? Did it make WRC better or did it attract anybody? I don't think so, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Maybe the manufacturers will have left earlier if the opportunity to get return on their investment had been removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
The existence of SR doesn't seem to have STOPPED anyone joining - VW, Hyundai etc...
Can yo uprove in any way that it has hurt?
That's nonsense. Look at other championships. IRC since 2006 didn't use SR (it was up to organizers but only a fraction of them decides to use it) and the number of involved manufacturers wasn't worse to WRC. The overall number of participants was usually higher. Manufacturers don't compete in a championship to be allowed to restart. They compete to win. You don't win by restarting anyway. You don't restart in any other form of motorsport but still manufacturers are interested if the championship is healthy, has clear stable rules and enough promotion. Superally or other crazy inventions are not important for manufacturers at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
What is without any doubts is that SR ruins fair competition. Look at the long muddy stage in Cataluya. How many 2WD crews were slower in the stage than crews which didn't make it to finish at all? That's plain ridiculous. How would the F1 look if You could overtake someone while standing in a box? Rallying is of course not F1 but that doesn't make it a place where You can spit on low-level and private competitors.
Support championships SWRC, JWRC and PWRC were plagued by SR. How many % of points were given to those who didn't finish whole course? Jordan 2010 comes to my mind as a ridiculous event where almost everybody on points at least once retired. Is it fair if someone crashes every day except last short one and takes points while the other makes whole route and than retires in last day without any points because SR is not allowed last day?
Wasn't rallying from its beginning a sport where to finish first first You had to finish? Which sport benefited from turning back to its fundamentals?
I don't like Super Rally (Rally 2) either. Have you watched McRae trying to finish a stage after some accident :D Some spirit huh?
Why can't common sense apply? If you SupeRally, or Rally2 - then you can't finish ahead of competitors who have done the whole event. Simple.
In show-jumping if you have fences down, you finish behind ALL clear rounds, even if you are faster.
if they want to get rid of superrally, they should reintroduce flying service.
give people the chance to repair some damage after each stage, so they don't have to quit due to 1 small mistake.