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Keep NZ ditch Australia
Surely the whole idea of having a world championship is to have competitors from around the world. Where it plays out doesn't matter. Presently we have a French championship being contested all over the world because only two manufacturers can afford to enter and pay even one contracted driver. Consequently we have talented deserving drivers from around the world who we aren't getting to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCfan
I'd be happy to see one excellent rally repeated a dozen times if it meant more manufacturers and more seats and something actually resembling a competition.
Plea to all calender authors - Ireland will never come back if assigned an end of year date. Late spring is what the organisers stated was the only viable timing for a WRC event there.
Why only late spring?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
WRC should have events of different character. For example, Alsace and Germany are of almost the same type. One of them should be dropped and probably replaced by Corsica which is one of its kind. Sardinia and Portugal are also very similar in character. One of them should be dropped and make place for a different event, for example a mixed surface event in Tuscany.
On the other hand, Monte, RAC, Sweden, Acropolis, Finland and New Zealand are classic events with unique characteristics and should form the backbone of WRC. Personally, when Monte was dropped I regarded that WRC had lost its quality and image. You can't put events just because of the money that some organizer can find. WRC is not just business and if seen as business, in the long term the image loss will be so great that the money loss will make it not viable.
Rally Australia in Coffs Harbour is not a classic and not truely Australian...
Red gravel no
It's more in the rain Forrest... Yawn
There's nothing wrong with Coffs Harbour.. The ARC used to run there for a long time.
It has a lot of political support as well, which is important for sure. I just hope NZ or Aus is on the calendar for 2014
But it doesn't have that unique standpoint like Perth did. The original rally australia was a one of a kind with it's loose ball bearing gravel.Quote:
Originally Posted by 6789
Exactly - it had it's own unique characteristic. Now, no offence, but it's just another gravel event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazza555)
In an ideal WRC, each event should bring something different to the table. Alpine tarmac roads in winter, snow & ice of Scandinavia in winter, very fast gravel in Finland, the dry, dusty car breaking gravel of Acropolis, the high altitude of either Mexico/ Argentina, the fast, flowing, cambered gravel roads of NZ, etc
You forgot the wonderful Welsh mud ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC