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Originally Posted by tolis
At home?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
At least on his homepage Bryildsen states that this is his WRC program:
Svenske Rally 10-13.Feb
Rally Jordan 11-16.April
Rally Sardinia 5-8.Mai
Rally Akropolis 16-19.Juni
Rally Finland 28-31. Juli
Rally Tyskland 18-21.Aug
Rally Frankrike 29.Sept - 2.Oct
Rally Catalunya 21-24.Oct
should play Acropolis and Sardinia!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Mmmm I think of :) program 2011Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Kevin Abbring will contest the French Peugeot 208 Cup with Sainteloc.
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Volkswagen didn't need to expand their line-up anymore after MINI and Ford withdrew from WRC so there was no space left for him there.
Gabriel Pozzo will be at the start of the rally of argentina on the Mini WRC Motorsport Italia!!!!
"Mickey Mouse" stages are back, Great Orme will return on the final day, a loop will be run in the dark after the Conwy start...
Wales Rally GB to start and finish in Llandudno
What is Mickey Mouse about Great Orme?
The event will mix this year the stately home-style spectator stages and the forest stages. The Great Orme is an extra (possibly as the Power Stage).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Still despite being short and tarmac The Great Orme is natural and very nice road. It has nothing to do with artificial spectator race tracks.
They both will draw fans back to this event. Those stages are closer to cities as Birmingham, Liverpool or Manchester. I believe many spectators miss the "Mickey Mouse" stages. The Great Orme was a big success in 2011 (except for Ogier...).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Would be great to see Ogier stick it in the wall again. Especially if the Championship is on the line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
No it wouldn't. Daft statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
Al-Rajhi’s Saudi crash
MAXRALLY - Al-Rajhi
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“ Dr. Regen decided that Yazeed AlRajhi doesn't need Back Surgery, he needs is rest for three months @Yazeed_AlRajhi” great news for Yazeed!
Some days ago there was on this thread a talk about which one is the most amazing jump in rallying. If I remember well, some famous places were mentioned: one in Turkey, many in Finland, Bunnings, Ourique and, of course, the second jump at Lameirinha stage. To me, this is the best one. It doesn't matter the length the cars jump, the point is how narrow the road is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=S_m7sD-Nn6M
Some news about Rally Masters Show (Moscow, Russia).
Evgeny Novikov will drive Ford Focus RS WRC(!)
Markko Martin`s interview
The leader of Russian Rally Championship will have his MINI WRC debut
'Crazy Russian' Alex Lukjanuk also take part in RMS 2013
He won it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
If you have looked at the thread on the 'Fan-friendly WRGB' you will see that the Welsh Newspaper article is a little hyperbolic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
As yet they haven't announced which 'stately home' stages they plan to use. MN believes they will have to be in Wales where as far as I can recall only Margam Park fits the bill and has been used before. All the suggestions made by MN are not particularly within 'attractive' distance of the 3 cities mentioned. As you will see we have been debating whether the organisers will be able to cut a deal with the sponsors to run some stages the other side of the border - consensus is that it will be unlikely.
However, Sunday on the Orme would be nice as it is one of the most scenic stages in the UK
Block / Gelsomino - Fiesta WRC - Great Orme - Wales Rally GB 2011 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
End of the day - Great Orme | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Great Orme - Wales Rally GB 2011 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
It's a pity Consani retired. In the first leg he was clearly faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Rally de Portugal in the South or Rally de Portugal in the North, that is the question: http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php...=158&visual=49Turismo do Algarve vai fazer tudo para evitar regresso do Rali de Portugal ao norte
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P.S. I hope not as North as Sweet Lamb :p .http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php...=158&visual=49
I dunno, the Portuguese might be able to be a better job of Rally GB... If they can get 100,000 people to turn up to a rallysprint... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
I cant find the topic for VW in WRC :confused:
Here's an interview with Capito - [url=http://new.almrally.ru/news_card.php?ns=10331&prt=40]Ð’Ñ
Nothing new, btw if someone want to order a Polo RRC are they obliged to deliver one ? Am I right or wrong? :)
I wouldn't mind that at all. Some events already have adopted this kind of schedule this year (Acropolis, Sardegna) and on most other events the Sunday usually is only a short day with stages that could have been included in the previous days. It will also be a welcome change in the iternary's, because it's quite boring to see every day almost the same structure: 3 stages in the morning, lunch and service, and a re-run of the stages in the afternoon. More stages can easily be done in one day, and it doesn't have to affect the total distance of the rally. Just look at Ypres...Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowSon
Asian MotorsportQuote:
Toyota has returned to international rally competition with a Toyota Vitz RS registered for the 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship - a joint venture between Japan’s Cusco Racing and Toyota Racing Development (TRD).
The Toyota Vitz RS (known as Yaris in some markets) will compete in the APRC’s FIA Two-wheel drive Cup, FIA Junior Cup and the Asia Cup.
The first international event for the Cusco TRD Vitz will be Round One of the 2013 APRC - Rally of Whangarei, New Zealand May 17-19th, followed by international rallies in Australia, Malaysia, Japan and finishing with December's Thailand Rally. The Toyota Vitz will be driven by twenty year-old New Zealander Michael Young and Australian co-driver Daniel Willson.
TRD Motorsport’s Group Manager for Planning and Promotions Mr Makoto Kohno said, “After a successful test for the Toyota Vitz RS at Rally Hokkaido in 2012, Toyota Racing Development is very pleased to join with the Cusco Racing team to take on the unique challenges of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. The APRC will enable us to further develop the Vitz into a very competitive rally car for the future”.
The Cusco Racing team is owned by Carrosser Corporation and its president Mr Tsutomu Nagase confirmed the company's plans for the Cusco-TRD Vitz, “ International rallying is central to our motor sport schedule in 2013 and we are very excited by this new project with Toyota Racing Development. Carrosser’s intention is to broaden its range of products and reach a wider group of motor sport fans in Japan and abroad. The two-wheel drive class is a growing part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship and the Cusco-TRD Vitz will be very competitive in this category”.
Michael Young has been a regular driver for Cusco Racing since 2011, winning the APRC’s Junior Cup class in New Zealand and Australia in 2012. The New Zealander is looking forward to driving the Toyota Vitz, “It’s a new challenge and a great opportunity to be part of developing a new car. All the events in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship have very different surfaces and conditions - part of the challenge will be setting up the car to work in all those situations”.
“Starting on my home event will make the transition to a new car slightly easier and we have some ‘bench-mark’ stage-times to compare the Toyota Vitz to the Group N Proton Satria we used in 2012. The New Zealand roads are very fast and should suit the Vitz which has very good power to weight ratio”.
The Cusco-TRD Vitz team will be supported on the 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship by Dunlop Japan.
Asian MotorsportQuote:
Toyota has returned to international rally competition with a Toyota Vitz RS registered for the 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship - a joint venture between Japan’s Cusco Racing and Toyota Racing Development (TRD).
The Toyota Vitz RS (known as Yaris in some markets) will compete in the APRC’s FIA Two-wheel drive Cup, FIA Junior Cup and the Asia Cup.
The first international event for the Cusco TRD Vitz will be Round One of the 2013 APRC - Rally of Whangarei, New Zealand May 17-19th, followed by international rallies in Australia, Malaysia, Japan and finishing with December's Thailand Rally. The Toyota Vitz will be driven by twenty year-old New Zealander Michael Young and Australian co-driver Daniel Willson.
TRD Motorsport’s Group Manager for Planning and Promotions Mr Makoto Kohno said, “After a successful test for the Toyota Vitz RS at Rally Hokkaido in 2012, Toyota Racing Development is very pleased to join with the Cusco Racing team to take on the unique challenges of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. The APRC will enable us to further develop the Vitz into a very competitive rally car for the future”.
The Cusco Racing team is owned by Carrosser Corporation and its president Mr Tsutomu Nagase confirmed the company's plans for the Cusco-TRD Vitz, “ International rallying is central to our motor sport schedule in 2013 and we are very excited by this new project with Toyota Racing Development. Carrosser’s intention is to broaden its range of products and reach a wider group of motor sport fans in Japan and abroad. The two-wheel drive class is a growing part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship and the Cusco-TRD Vitz will be very competitive in this category”.
Michael Young has been a regular driver for Cusco Racing since 2011, winning the APRC’s Junior Cup class in New Zealand and Australia in 2012. The New Zealander is looking forward to driving the Toyota Vitz, “It’s a new challenge and a great opportunity to be part of developing a new car. All the events in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship have very different surfaces and conditions - part of the challenge will be setting up the car to work in all those situations”.
“Starting on my home event will make the transition to a new car slightly easier and we have some ‘bench-mark’ stage-times to compare the Toyota Vitz to the Group N Proton Satria we used in 2012. The New Zealand roads are very fast and should suit the Vitz which has very good power to weight ratio”.
The Cusco-TRD Vitz team will be supported on the 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship by Dunlop Japan.
So you'd be happy with 2 day rally's with only 6 actual stages?
This is another member of a manufacturer trying to fit rally's to fit on TV. The last 15 years have proved that however you air rally highlights nobody except rally fans want to watch them, and they are not a big draw. The previous 25 years of the WRC proved that having unique rally's over long routes draws in a much larger 'live' audience than can ever be captured on TV with some rubbish highlights show showing Jari-Matti Latvala's face and feet. The IRC also showed that stages can be shown on TV live. The longer your rally is the more days live coverage you have.
Am I the only person who looks at rally's this way, or is everyone else happy with the current situation?!
No you completely misunderstood. I meant that it would be very possible to include more stages on 1 day. Not the usual 6 a day format, but maybe 10 or something. The total competitive distance of the event wouldn't change.Quote:
Originally Posted by trickydicky
As You pointed in Ypres it's normal to run around 200 km in one day so why not.
Slowson will drive Sasol Rally with a Fiesta S2000 navigated by Chris Patterson.
DS3 R5 !
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Citroën présente la DS3 R5 !!!
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/270...esentation.jpg
This car is absolute beauty!
Is it just me or is the back of the car slightly longer than the WRC version? Anyway I think it looks better this way.
Rear fender design is totally different (read: better looking) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
To be honest, I support the three day format more than a two day one. And I'm not even considering the amount of competitive distance covered but purely from a spectator point of view, the amount of action/emotion for the cost. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think quite a few mentioned that they aren't planning to go to Greece because of the two day format and expensive travel.
A few two day rallies in the calendar are ok, but the entire season ... hell no. In my opinion rallies should get harder the more you move up the levels (from local, to national, etc).
Also the change is suggested based on TV. Here's a reality check: Does WRC have anything to sell the masses? Are there two huge rivals going head to head each round and the championship is a tight fight? Are there Characters? Is there something very unique? Most of these questions would get more or less negative answer, meaning the potential audience size is already pretty small. So is it aired Sunday or Monday evening, there's not much difference.
It's not the TV they should be worried about at the moment, they should concentrate on the web - first create a buzz and then use other platforms to re-enforce the spiked interested in rallying.
You must remember it is a sport, and not a soap opera. Yes it is important to have characters etc. because it makes the sport easier to follow. Rallying is a very unique sport, the reason any particular country would want to hold a rally is the potential boost in tourism (although this concept is based on the fact that people pay attention to the sport). Unlike any other sport you actually see the country that is hosting the event. Not just the stadium where the event is being played. Most sports, the location has no effect on the sport itself, a football match for example doesn't change if it is one country or the other, even a grand prix (particularly now with Tilke's generic copy and past circuit design) the location has no bearing on the sport itself. But rallying does. Where the rally actually is a critical factor to the sport. The only sport I could liken it to is cycling. Rallying could learn a lot in terms of media coverage from cycling. How often during the Tour is camera looking at some part of the landscape or some ancient church. It always is, probably because nothing exciting is happening in the race in that particular point, but still that doesn't stop millions of people watching it. So no the WRC doesn't haven't anything to sell to the masses, because the WRC isn't trying to sell anything. The WRC is the market, the rallies are the fruit and vege. The rallies are trying to sell their countries. Sure there are some rallies which are more for the sake of the sport, like Monte Carlo and Finland, but you need those for the sport. It gives it prestige and history, something any sport needs. It would be like tennis with wimbledon otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Rallying is one the most unique sports on the planet, it just hasn't been shown in that way. (Although Loeb didn't help by making everything look same same every week, a true testament to how incredible he was. Or how rubbish the rest of the competition were.)
If it is on TV people are more likely to stumble upon it and say hey look at this. There not going stumble there way onto WRC.com are they. You need good internet coverage to back up TV coverage, so that once the product has been seen on TV, then go and look it up on the internet.
At the moment the WRC is only (just) catering for existing fans of the sport. The WRC at the moment is like an old rock band just replaying it's greatest hits, good for the fans (arguable for the WRC though), but not good for exposure. The WRC needs to get back in studio and write a new album.