Did you see that? Mother sends her own son to rally in Europe. Is it a popular way of raising children in Finland? ;)
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w27600...er-son-in-line
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Did you see that? Mother sends her own son to rally in Europe. Is it a popular way of raising children in Finland? ;)
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w27600...er-son-in-line
Of course! Rallying is a national sport in Finland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
G. Costenaro was in Gran Canaria in 2016, may be this may again?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Sierra Morena confirmed in ERC 2025
https://www.rallyesierramorena.com/n...-fia-para-2025
cool. i still hope they have a round in france, thr rallying scene over there is also really good.
A big and close battle for the 2024 ERC predicts Paddon:
https://dirtfish.com/rally/erc/paddo...for-erc-title/
Fuck yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Annnnd another World Champion...
https://fiaerc.com/a/news/w27959_Mul...s-home-ERC-run
Whooooa thats so cool! Strange that he hasnt won a rally even yet, the guy is a monster in anything he tries!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Better and better news are coming - not only Petter, but also Oliver will be present in Sweden:
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w27973...al-Rally-crown
Miki Biasion returns to Lancia :)
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w28020...-rally-drivers
ERC RALI CEREDIGION 2024:
Rali Ceredigion Welcomes European Stars With New Extended Route
Details here:
https://x.com/RallyingUK/status/1807746360067633555
Only 183 km of SS :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
They are trying with this relatively new event. This is more than the 141 & 159km of the last two years. Plus only 18km less than Barum.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
It will still be an excellent test on these great roads.
From competitor point of view, if you are travelling over whole Europe and spend all costs for transport, flight tickets, accomodation etc, you want to enjoy as much mileage as possible...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Estonia doesn't have much more - 187.64 km
I dont like shortening the events. But FIA allowed less mileage in covid years and didnt returned usual numbers back. For sure for organisers it is cheaper to have less mileage, but like I wrote, for competitors it is not the best...
WRC have low mileage, so it is normal that ERC have less.
The M-Sport Family helping Jon Armstrong to go in the right direction:
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w28225...g-s-ERC-attack
Llarena and MRF have parted ways.
Neither standings on ERC site nor results on Wikipedia shows that but seems like Miko Marczyk is now 4th in Championship standinds as he appealed decision to penalize him 2 minutes in Gran Canaria and it was changed to €10k financial fine. One of Marczyk's 16 tires was not properly declared before rally.
Rally Islas Canarias results have been adjusted following Marczyk's appeal (but the official website still doesn't show that):Quote:
Originally Posted by Backa
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w28429...Marczyk-appeal
Belgian driver Amaury Molle is going to contest the remaining 3 events of the ERC season in a Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo under the Team MRF Tyres banner:
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w28405...2-rookie-Molle
Llarena with Hyundai?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmc4zhm0jBQ
Yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...asturias-2024/
Very interesting interview on this post-Rally Ceredigion podcast.. First with Hayden Paddon about his ERC Season, the i20 Rally2 and his future,; and then Armstrong & Creighton as MSport team-mates:
Starts about 10mins in...
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ud...TIGy-tiVJ6nuTw
Can you summarize in short in written form for us who are lazy to listen it? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Paddon:Quote:
Originally Posted by PLuto
ERC 2024 has been tougher than expected despite winning last year; the i20 Rally2 hasn't been the best car but he still thinks it's better on gravel than tarmac; everything just clicked at Ceredigion to his surprise; he didnt think he'd have funding for the final round (now has); he is still working on the electric rally car in NZ but not progressed much and hasn't had any interest in it from other Manus; he hopes to do more international events in 2025 but not in Europe as too costly.
tnx for the link, mate!
he mentions "Australia" (they have a fun championship tbh, with bates, molly taylor, vangisbergen did some rounds last year) and "America" after saying they would like to do some international rallies next year. idk the rules in the american championship, i know its 'open 4wd' but not sure HOW OPEN it actually is, but he should really bring his EV to do one of those rounds. that would be cool! i wish we could see his EV more. he is not racing that car in the NZ championship. (i normally post the highlights from both aussie and nz series on the 'pacific rally' topics, just for the information)
he said he will do some events with the EV this end of the year, but its probably like last years, where they are more like exibitions, right? i dont remember him "braging" about winning an actual event on that car.
he says he wants to "expand" (not his actual word) his team more around the world as way of promoting their ideias and tech, he mentions something like they are working on the hydrogen refueling stations thing, say something about how they could even carry some kind of station with them on the car (?? something like that, just chatting around, nothing deep) and trying to "take the whole thing to the next level" (tho no manufacturer interest so far as eddie said)
edit: paddon also talked on dirtfish's podcast. if you are not going to listen, here some highlights, tho i recomend you just go and listen, he a great characte who seems to have both feets on the ground.
they talk about how sesks should do a year in wrc2 first before moving up because the doesnt know the rallies. he briefly compared espectations with sesks like when oliver solberg joined hyundai, that he had no way of doing super well without knowing the car, the stages and he was "burned"really quickly. he says hes not a fan of wrc drivers watching onboards of the cars ahead of them on the stages while waiting for their run. hes not a fan of every driver watching way too many onboards. he likes to drive around the stages and doing the pace notes. he thinks rally is about that. he also is not a fan of fans having access of ALL the onboards for EVERY stage because he feels fans watch a little bit then it gets boring. he think they should have some onboards and more storytelling instead. (i confess i used to love hearing the radio, checking ewrc results during the day, checking clips of crashes. i always found a little bit boring to watch onboards. some of them? GREAT! awesome. but i agree, i personally find it kinda boring. i used to watch my favorite 2 or 3 drivers in SOME of the stages and thats it.)
he talks about how he has not finding wrc very interesting right now because its predictable with only a few cars. he dont like the stage repetition at afternoon but understands thats easier for the organizers. he thinks wrc should focus more on people watching it live than people watching online because seeing rally cars live is incredible. he suggests doing something like "have three 50km longer stages on the morning, broadcast 2 of them then some highlights telling the stories" then having 3 city stages in the afternoon because its closer to the people and thats usefull, even tho drivers dont like super special stages that much
they talkied about lack of characters, paddons says its because the comercial partners not wanting drivers to say what they want to say.
You can vote for your favourite livery here:
https://www.fiaerc.com/a/news/w28674...r-poll-is-open
It is strange that only one of them is ERC regular...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Mads Ostberg is back on the staes after his serious crash in Italy. But he didn't win:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...a-gorica-2024/
croatia on the 25' calendar?
good move? i still feel france is deserving a round because they have a good rally and off road scene over there. not sure they have a promoter tho
A very popular event, liked by both fans and drivers now added to the ERC, sounds good to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
it's just a parking, 'cause the 25 wrc calendar is already closed. croatia will be back in wrc for 26-27 as 3 years deal looks like to be sealed.Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
A short interview with European rally star, Patrick Snijers, before Lower Silesian Rally of Legends one month ago. Snijers says he prefers old rally cars than the current machines full of the latest technology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajn0XnTile8
Final results:
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/8...d-legend-2024/
interesting opinion, mentioning current rally2 cars are glued to the grownd with not so much engine power, while old cars (and the Porsche GT he runs in belgium) slide more around and he thinks its more fun to drive.
visually i tend to agree, "sliding cars" is more fun to watch, but im not the biiiiggest fan of these historic cars cuz they 'look slow'. some of them are incredibly beautiful tho, cannot deny that!
And many historic cars sound better and as for the Porsche R-GT... just incredible.
The opinion of Snijers is natural because he was raised in the old times. No offence but it's very common that people prefer the era when they were the best. It's sort of the grass was greener when we were young.Quote:
Originally Posted by saco0o
Rally2 cars have similar power to the first WRC. They are not at all underpowered.
The development of suspension and tyres is natural. It can't be stopped. Today the cars work better because the world didn't stop 40 years ago. It would be pretty bad if it wasn't that way. The RWD cars are fun but they are slow as hell today and being the fastest is the point of the sport.