[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

For a team that has no budget Citroen managed to send Lefebvre to a lot of rallies during the back end of the year. I'd like to think we'll see DS3s at most European rounds. There are definitely some deals to be done if you throw a few pay drivers into the mix.

Another interesting one will be the future of Abu Dhabi sponsorship. In 2017 Citroen will be diverting significantly more funds back into WRC so it will be interesting to see what becomes of that.

All in all it's quite exciting times at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Mariusz

2016 may be a tough year for WRC+ though. No Citroën, no Kubica (at least nothing is confirmed yet) will affect their subscriber base for sure. For example I cancelled my yearly subscription and I believe there will be plenty people doing the same.

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I don't think there will be plenty of people unsubscribing but maybe yes, some may. It is not a problem tough. They will lose some european people but they will open to a new market like China which is huge if they promote it in a decent way.

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Originally Posted by Mariusz

2016 may be a tough year for WRC+ though. No Citroën, no Kubica (at least nothing is confirmed yet) will affect their subscriber base for sure. For example I cancelled my yearly subscription and I believe there will be plenty people doing the same.

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I was giving this some thought the other day and I came to the conclusion that the WRC+ service should be free to all. Rallying, as we all know, is struggling for exposure and is facing more and more competition from other televised/ web broadcast motorsport. Making WRC+ free would surely increase interest and viewing figures, giving the manufacturers and sponsors more of what they are in the sport for in the first place.
The WRC really should be doing everything is possibly can to attract as much interest as possible.

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but this chap is posting 'as-live' updates of the 1995 RAC battle (celebrating 20 years since Colin won). Sainz currently leading by 1:03.
Certainly brings back some nice memories...

https://twitter.com/stu_loudon

Another one here won't be renewing WRC+

I wasn't satisfied that some events only had one live stage and that they only show the top 10 World Rally Cars.

I may switch from Sky to BT and then I will get it free anyway.

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Originally Posted by RS

Another one here won't be renewing WRC+

I wasn't satisfied that some events only had one live stage and that they only show the top 10 World Rally Cars.

I may switch from Sky to BT and then I will get it free anyway.

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You need BT TV to get all their channels 'free'...

They switch their channels for WRC coverage a lot so you need them all.

Also WRC+ had other live video on RallyGB that was not on BT.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

You need BT TV to get all their channels 'free'...

They switch their channels for WRC coverage a lot so you need them all.

Also WRC+ had other live video on RallyGB that was not on BT.

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True, BT is not free but I was going to switch from Sky anyway and BT is cheaper. If i do that i can save the additional cost of WRC+.

I'm with Sky but have BT broadband so got BT free for a year but now they only have BTSport1 free and want an extra £5pm for their other channels.

I dont want the CL football so didnt go for that, but now they have started putting some of the WRC coverage on BTS2, and BTS Euro ! :(

I'm just going to get WRC+ for selected events. :)

Actually you are all right about WRC+ issues (bugs on maps, poor live coverage and so on).

But if you subrscribe annually you pay 35€, it is almost 3€ per month. For me, remember to unsubscribe and then subscribe again for some events is not worth saving 3€. But I'm a lazy guy :)

I really hope they will increase live coverage, and not with that stupid city stages but real ones. Overall it is a good product because you have a lot of onboards, and live maps interface is very nice at least on desktop. Also the highlights are very good. It is worth its price, even if I would pay more if they improve it.

Full story of Test Days Hyundai with new i20Wrc 2016 (Sordo+Neuville) this week in France .. include galley photos+videos

http://planetemarcus.com/2016-a-debu...dai-motorsport