if they do shakedown on friday they will not have time to repair the car if anything goes wrong, so i doubt they'll do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
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if they do shakedown on friday they will not have time to repair the car if anything goes wrong, so i doubt they'll do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
There has been cases of early morning shakedown and the event starting properly in the afternoon, at least Finland 2011. But in general I'm opposed to the idea of shortening the events. It'd be better if all events had 2-4 proper stages on Thursday afternoons/evenings after shakedown in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
With that shortening there would be like 1,75 days of rallying.
I think it would be stupid to think about cost cutting with so many nation willing to host wrc rallys with the actual format. Cost cutting should be an affair of national and village events.
I have the copyright for that word kid, you have to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Rally Acropolis 2013 had this kind of itinerary and it worked very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
http://www.ewrc-results.com/harmonog...lis-Rally-2013
Finland also had a 2 days format a few years back.
Recently you have monopoly on the word "kid", that's for sure... seems to be all the rage this autumn.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
No, i just think it adds more credit to what i say.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
Its like the wise old master gives advice to younger lesser people... got it kid ?
Really? I have to admit it is a very good word to describe them. Congrats. As for the money I think we are even since you called me kid more than once and I have just decided to forgive you.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Sorry, in rallying the nickname Mr Miyagi is all ready taken by John Kennard.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
That's an interesting idea, but I don't think it would happen :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
In fact, as of last year, our national governing body for rally removed the phrasing in its yearly mission statement/objectives to get the sport to a point where a WRC round could be hosted, as it is not viewed as a priority at this time.
Don't get me wrong, I'd be the first to help or get into a Fiesta R2 to compete in the event.
As for a time slot, that would put the timeline directly inline with the Rocky Mountain Rally (beginning of June), my "home" event. While that would be amazing, I don't know if the event has WRC caliber roads. New roads are being found all the time though as the event is new to the area. Its a resort town, so the amenities are there to host large amounts of people.
Might need to put a bug in the ear of the event organizer haha.
I'd love another snow rally. I'm sure Canada could sort something out.
Try harder. Village events isn't copyrighted to you. It even have Finnish equalivent, a fact which I'm sure will make you letting go from it voluntarily. However, what you have a copyright for sure is "village idiot events". No one else would use that.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Do you mean N.O.T has copyright on being a village idiot?
A lot of these 'issues' are down to the Promoter not doing their job; i;e actually promoting the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
If events are more visible, there is more chance of raising proper sponsorship, rather than the 'hand-outs' from regional/ tourist boards.
There is only 1 place that the Italian round of the WRC should be and that is Sanremo. Why this event can't even get a place on the ERC just baffles me; why can't they get any money, yet Sardinia can?
Poland I think is the 2nd oldest rally, and so has the history; sadly, they moved to gravel so they could get in the WRC - another bit of short sightedness from the FiA.
Finally, shortening events? Really?? Sorry, but the sport has been dumbed down enough.....no more! Sunday's are already a joke; either get rid of them or increase the mileage on the final day. I keep saying it but the WRC should be a mixture of event lengths; all being the same doesn't work. Some events need to be longer 3/4 full days; e;g Monte, RallyGB. Whereas some would suit a 2 day event.
Before long, we'll end up with 1 day events - basically WorldRX.....
I was pretty sure it was a common phrase. Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
You may be sure but I am sure they can't..Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
They have a fun series and I have lots of friends and customers in Canada but it is really just like America in important respects: a few millionaires play with fancy Subarus at the top, on guy is 4 or 5 minutes ahead in their short 170 km SS events and below them just friendly guys struggling to make noise...
NO FOUNDATION....(although much better in that respect than USA)
No foundation, very short on manpower, very short on entries, NO homologated cars to fill the field so what are you going to have for a WRC start list? 13 cars? 15?
Sorry.
Mafia love SardiniaQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Is this serious or a joke?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
I don't understand what's the problem some here have with the rally being in Sardinia.
I thought Mafia love Sicily..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
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It's a nice event, at a nice time of the year, nice scenery, etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Franky
But, it's yet another dry, dusty gravel event after Mexico, Argentina, Portugal, etc..... there's far too many similar events - and back to back.
Argentina Mexico and Sardinia are similar ?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Why not try Tennis instead ?
Would it still be possible to have a WRC gravel rally in Tuscany/ Italy in late September/ early October?
https://youtu.be/44nIo1qSGiE
From pure interest in rallying, Tuscany makes the most amount of sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeakiwi
From a heritage standpoint San Remo makes the most amount of sense...
Neither of them are probably feasible since italy is forever drowned in the shit Marsh that is F1 (if we ignore even more shitty league football for a second).
Sousa retires from Rallying entirely...
http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...-from-rallying
I think replacing Italy would be good for the sport. Right now there are Monte, Portugal, Sardinia, Corsica and Catalunya around the Mediterranean, and this is a world championship series. Five events out of ten European rounds around that sea would be too much for even European championship.
And Finland, Sweden, Poland and Germany are on the coast of Baltic Sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by MM WRC
Main public interest for rallying is in Europe, so that is why it's so mush centred here. You can have a WRC event in Mongolia, but who would care?
A "world championship" does not only mean that it has events around the world, but that it also has the best events. While I agree that there might be events worthy of replacing Sardinia, I'd rather have four events (Portugal is not on the Mediterranean, is it?) around that sea than events in India, Korea and who knows where, with all due respect for those countries. If it was for me, Mexico would have been long gone after spectators throwing rocks on cars for a couple of years some time ago, but it was kept because it's in North America...Quote:
Originally Posted by MM WRC
Well, I guess since the rally it's held in the North it's not a mediterranean event anymore. But I do agree, when the event was held in Algarve (South) the roads were similar to what you find in Sardinia or Spain (the gravel stages) or Greece. Ideal, should be Italy to held a pure tarmac event around the Alpes mountains and Spain just keep everything in tarmac as well. I would like to see the Acropolis Rally back in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Colin Clark @voiceofrally
Some real tosh written about Capito's comments after Finland. As always @davidevansrally's assessment is spot on
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp5qiHfXYAAh3Cg.jpg:large
However different seasons and therefore three different surfaces.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
Which still doesn't explain how subservient Latvala's performance was!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
If that imbecile David Evans isn't writing the bleeding obvious thinking he's stumbled upon some big secret no one else has already worked out then he's just writing complete wank like "That makes him a pretty good cup of coffee..." No one has ever uttered that phrase before. To all of you for whom English is not their first language that isn't an example of British-English idiom, it's just a 13 year-old in a man's body who has somehow got a job as a journalist.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
My self I think its better to judge things like sweeping factor on a proper analysis rather than opinion.
I love how every time the words 'David Evans' show up in the rallying section we're guaranteed a perfect rant from you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
I don't care about that, but it does make me wonder if he's ever done anything wrong to you (personally)?
If we start to reason like this a lot of people will be unemployed rather soon. That makes you somehow a bad person. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lundefaret
Article on one of the important rally persons that move under the radar of the limelight.
Dieter Depping, test driver, VW:
http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com...079&L=1#c62461