Yeah - I see. at first read it seems that it was more about M-Sport not attending, rather than the personnel.Quote:
Originally Posted by M3 Jambo
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Yeah - I see. at first read it seems that it was more about M-Sport not attending, rather than the personnel.Quote:
Originally Posted by M3 Jambo
Might some one have information links ?
When other sports have been stopped, you really have to ask is "it the most sensible idea to be running the Monte?" It doesn't look good to the outside world.
Not sure the dilemma will have gone for the WRC Arctic Rally Finland next month.
Thanks!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
what other sports besides that Rugby match were stopped?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Greensmith's co-driver Elliott Edmondson posted on Insta this morning he's on a flight from Heathrow...
Elfyn Evans says Pirelli’s range of Monte Carlo Rally tires has the potential to be quicker than last year’s Michelins in certain conditions.
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/evans...s-monte-tires/
F1 has postponed only 1 round due to Australian restrictions. Bahrain is on schedule. China (third round) asked for another date itself.
what bad PR would it do..
Bad PR would be if WRC and FIA ouldn't once again make rallies happen.
Football, basketball, tennis, Dakar, Arctic rally etc happening all over the world..
I'm not totally up to speed, so what's the current status regarding hospital beds and emergency services being over stretched in that part of the world?
I understand there's a curfew in that part of France at the moment.
What I can't understand is why the argument for an event like this putting an unnecessary strain on the emergency services hasn't stopped the event already?
Even just looking at the pic from Ogier's test crash this morning makes the whole thing look totally unnecessary, whether we're all missing the action or not.
I'd be gutted if it didn't run.
Run smooth - ok, fine - we got away with it.
Any big accidents or injuries and the sport will look back and ask itself why we had to go there.
did Rally Estonia and Rally Monza made negative PR or publicity for the WRC last year?
IMO not as far as i know.
There wasn't this new strain then though.
but the same questions were raised also back then i remember (should they run or not), especially with Monza when we had the second wave.Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
Again, things just seem worse now. Especially given France's curfew.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I haven't seen anyone having bad thoughts because basketball and football teams continue doing their job in national and european level. I don't see any reason why another sport should be different.
I haven't seen anyone having bad thoughts because basketball and football teams continue doing their job in national and european level. On the contrary, most of the people are very happy because they have something that attracts their interest and presents some aliveness in these gloomy times. I don't see any reason why another sport should be different.
In the UK there is most certainly a lot of questions being asked about the football continuing at the moment. Not sure about anywhere else though.Quote:
Originally Posted by scn
In Greece there is not a single reaction. It is quite the opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
And I think that it should be like this, even if there were people that objected to it. In these bad times, anything that can give some kind of pleasure and feeling of aliveness to people without affecting the NHSs should be promoted, not stopped. And according to the Health Commitees, the empty stages of one rally or an empty basketball court do not affect any NHS.
Lets not waste too much time comparing a sport that happens in a closed, controllable stadium with a WRc event.
How many people are involved in running a football or basketball game? A few hundred?
There would be quite a few thousand involved in the running a WRC event.
- on public roads
- using police
- using ambulances
- using medical helicopter
- using marshals
- bringing people from all over the world
etc etc
You can't compare the scale of one to another.....
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oh man thats been a huge one, the car looks kinda like when Evans had his crash at South-Estonian rally.
You’ve just said let’s not waste time comparing, only to go on and compare. How does that work??Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
But that’s the point exactly... just how pushed are the emergency services and hospitals in that area and would even one emergency repose be a piss take at the moment?Quote:
Originally Posted by scn
I think it would.
Not on the same spot though...Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
The green light was given by Alpes-Hautes "Road Safety Comission", with representatives of the emergency services included, so...
teams arriving https://translate.google.com/transla...stance-1483675
Others are also asking for a ban...
https://www.ledauphine.com/culture-l...ye-monte-carlo
They do this every year. In Australia it was also common for many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
However this year the arguments are different and very understandable.
I will be at Monte Carlo as ice-note crew. I will try to put updates before every stage about the conditions, on our facebook page (search for Benoit Verlinde Rallydriver).
so you confirm now it will go ahead 100%?
Nobody can confirm it now. For sure also Dupanton :)Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
For now, no indication by the organisers it wouldn't go ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
But as PLuto says, it's not me who decides :D It's not even ACM I guess...
French government just announced even more severe rules (curfew at 1800 in all off France, quarantine for all travellers from outside EU...).
It's looking worse and worse honestly...
The curfew extension was expected. That is no surprise and will have no effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Can't find anything about the quarantine restrictions.
In theory, it doesn't change anything no. But is makes the pressure on the organizers bit heavier again I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos