Let them be. Just make sure they aren't held on some crappy stadiums.
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Let them be. Just make sure they aren't held on some crappy stadiums.
People is talking without anu knowledge of what we are talkinga bout.
A SSS is an oportunutu to the teams make the same thing that F1 teams make and bring a lot of sponsors. An SSS near the service park and VIP Village is a way of team bring the VIP people to see the action, the persons who decide if they are in rallying or not! Is very dificult to understand these advantages of SSS?
Did you any time tried to understand why circut races have so much sposnsors? They are less expensive and VIP people that brings money can go there and spent a big day seing the action. Is F1 interetsing? How to explain a lot of yers of boring F1 with so many sponsors? This is explained by the media coverage but also by a lot of actions made on the padock near the action
Rallying needs more spectators, and in a stadium you have more than half of the people that wouldn't go to a montain stage. This persons are public and interesting to sponsors.
The modern rallying as a lot of bad things, but SSS is not the worst. Is better to focus on the really bad things than on the litle bad things.
The question is kind of baised. Like many thing it's not black or white.
SSS are completly not representing what rally is about. I know we all agree with that. But if i can help making the sport more accesible to people what would not follow the sport otherwise, there is nothing wrong with it.
So for me, SSS are okay as long as they dont require the whole rally to move miles away from the base.
The Buenos Aires one, or the Monaco one are example of ridiculous SSS. in Monte carlos this year, we , or the drivers, lost one full day of competition to drive from Ardeche to MC. that's iditotic. Last year GB SSS is probably the furthest you can get from rally base. It did not prevent a full 2.5 day of competition.
BA SSS was risky because of the weather. it was a gamble and it did not pay. The stadium as allmost empty and we lost 120 knm of competitive stages!
Overall, Keep the SSS as it draws more media attention and make Rally more accesible to some. but keep it to the actual rally location. Enough of these Stadium SSS!
I have been to many SSSs, none of which I have enjoyed :s I'm all for bringing rallying to the people....but lets not change rallying to suit non-rallying people!
Ok....for you guys.....is an SSS with two car competing against each other? Like Argentina and Rally Australia or one car on a super spec stage against the clock like NZ and Monte Carlo this year?! I'd prefer to see stages like NZ, as it was amazing! One car on stage, so many advantage points to get photos and watch it and no one complains!
SSS's create traffic jams and are not competitive and boring to watch. And yes, they have nothing to do with rallying
Bringing the rally to the populous is a good idea (I think), but this does not capture the true spirit of rallying.
Well guys, why change something based on "I don't like it". If you don't like SSS, don't watch them. Just let other people have some fun. Personally, I don't enjoy them either but I don't mind them stay.
I didn't say I don't like SSS, just I don't think we should change our fave Motorsport trying to suit non-rallying people (as J4MIE just posted) Rallying should stay as it is, if people don't like that way, too bad for them ! Anyway like J4MIE I've watched severall SSS, never enjoyed a single one...Quote:
Originally Posted by jparker
The question is, exactly how many "non rallyfan" people visit these SSS? And what is the output of the sponsors on those SSS. The incident in Argentina can't have anything else than a negative influence on most of the people.
Let me put a question:
In the last two years, how many SS had live TV broadcasting and how many SSS had live TV broadcasting?