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Originally Posted by Mirek
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Originally Posted by Mirek
LMAO...whats the idea of this ?
All part of the 'show' that current Organisers think they need to add to their events, I suppose. What's next for SSS, co-drivers skydiving into their seat while drivers balance an egg on a spoon in their mouth??!!Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
More SSS like this 'doughnut' and the 'drag race' planned for Rally GB and the FIA will want to introduce a 1/100th second timing rule so a stage winner can be declared!
What about style points?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
Remember when Panizzi did a donut in front of the fans in Spain - everyone thought that was great.
It's not donuts that are the problem, its when the stage is only a about a donut.
I've always wondered about donuts in the middle/end of long stages (like in Santa Marina in Catalunya or Great Orme last year), what if there's another car behind?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Unfortunately this thing got to our championship as well. There is one such mandatory donut in one stage of Rallye Český Krumlov but at least it is placed just after the start so that there is no such risk of two cars being there in the same time.
You are mixing things. Panizzi's donut was not in the roadbook and that's why it was so cool. If Ott Tänak will do a donut this year in Kakaristo junction THAT is cool, but just because it'd underline his dominance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Standard traffic rules on roundabouts? , I guess :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Fair point. But a donut is still quite cool, but as long as its only a little part and not the main feature of an SSS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
I don't agree because a forced donut is not cool at all. Please don't forget that usually a majority of the entry field is FWD cars and at least part of the 4WD drivers don't know how to do a proper donut. In the end at least half of the entry field is only driving in circles like idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Let's keep donuts where they belong - to celebrations, show or spontaneous actions of drivers who know how to do them and who have cars which can do them.
This is very true. The top WRC guys and a few R5 guys are okay with donuts, but the majority of the drivers hate them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
It was a post event slalom; in the 70’s and 80’s Portugal Rally used to be run from Wednesday to Saturday and on Sunday there was a public prize giving ceremony at Estoril circuit followed by a slalom, with most of the drivers (including some that didn’t managed to finish the rally) always eager to please a giant crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
Almost seven weeks to Finland. So, um, what are we supposed to do with ourselves?
I'll try to watch every red bull review of the season in the meantimeQuote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Someone could start a "Looking for NOT" page and we could all post photos of where we have been looking for him and not found him during the break.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Local / national / regional rallies ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Debate the questions "Will Gabriele Tarquini and Andrea Adamo be a surprise entry in Rally Finland ?" followed by ""Do Gabriele Tarquini and Andrea Adamo go to the same barber ?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Morte66
Has he disappeared then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
Barman please pour me an extra strong drink, anything except Irish Whisky or Guinness and no I don't feel like conversation today.
It's a done deal so good luck to that Breen guy, now leave me alone for a bit.
And no one give him a hug please.Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
Yeah. As you´ve seen I started the thread and discussion went on. Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
I also said I´d close thread, however the non transparancy showed up and Pino couldn´t let me do it tomorrow. See what I mean?
That´s kind of humiliating to me, just showing certain people aren´t better than others.
Welcome to July.
Does something feel like it is missing in your world at the moment ?
Could it be next years WRC calendar that was expected to be at the end of June ?
Is everyone in Europe on summer holidays ?
Does this mean the calendar can wait ?
Will the 2020 calendar be announced this week, this month or not until August ?
Must be time to enjoy a drink while we wait.
Maybe FIA got a heat stroke?Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
https://www.eightmotoring.sg/2019/07...71dQG_rjyXcYTc
What do you guys thinks about that. EVO? Hybrid power? Could that be that they intend to enter the world stage with it?
longest SS from this year's Safari is 38.52km. that's a joke when we compare it with an old Safari
In order to keep things safe the Safari rally will be run on private roads. I'm surprised they found a 38 km stage on private land. You should be happy!
It'd be funny if the Safari had only three stages with the length limit :DQuote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
they never had. Even back then it had it's own rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
I already said this a year ago: they should have named it WRC Rally Kenya instead of Safari to get rid of these endless discussions.Times have changed. You can watch the old videos for nostalgy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
However rename it as Rally Kenya, it´s no longer interesting for FIA nor sponsors...Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHhgXMUzcjI
Not the best news to end the candidate event with... ;)
Why the winking smiley? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Atleast it's better than the wanking smiley.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Just a thought, Hyundai hired Breen as opposed to Paddon to secure manufacturers points. In doing so they released Paddon to score points for an opposition manufacturers team. Did they take Paddon’s loyalty for granted? Only time will tell if it was a smart decision
Huyndai did a silly mistake. Their selfconfidence played them being fools...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000
well, at least we will have nice fight to watch between Breen and Paddon
what time does the bar open today ?
May need to pop in to celebrate or commiserate later on.
Well you better hurry. Everything usually closes by around 4-6 pm in NZ (joking but not joking)Quote:
Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan
M-Sport isn't a threat to Hyundai in any of championshipsQuote:
Originally Posted by Mk2 RS2000