[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by alleskids

Almost all stages are run twice, 1st in the morning, 2nd time afternoon. With the second time a lot more honest conditions. Why not save the second loops for day 3?

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Think about it from rally organization's point of view, getting permissions to close public roads, getting volunteers to marshall, keeping locals happy, etc.

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Originally Posted by Lalo

In this article, Petter suggested the right thing to do after the final stage of every leg is to have "a hat with pieces of paper with numbers. Each driver will step ahead and take one. Those numbers are the running order of the next day. If you take, for example, number 3, you'll be third on the road and so on". It's more like a gamble. Fair enough, equal luck to everybody. Sometime it will be good for the front runners, sometime it wont.

Link: http://www.ultimavuelta.com.ar/notic...onales&id=4952

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Remember McRae in Australia some years ago? He was late on the "running order meeting" and had to start first. Delecour sacrificed himselft and clocked in too early so he started in front of McRae. That's not what we want.

I think it was Grist's mistake. Another one.

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Originally Posted by NiekJ

Remember McRae in Australia some years ago? He was late on the "running order meeting" and had to start first. Delecour sacrificed himselft and clocked in too early so he started in front of McRae. That's not what we want.

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Also Delacour went off badly that time.

I think that is possible starting list of every morning to be based on results of previous day's 1st special stage.

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

I'd rather have rallies that are decided already on the second day and knowing that the best crew won
then to have rules then penalizes the leader of the rally and or championship. Its the same bull as when touring car championships add weights to the
winners of the races.

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The thing is it is not "bull". There is as far as I know NO national rally championship that runs any other start order than what is currently run in the WRC. That is the way rallying has been forever, it was the WRC that changed it, then changed it back!! The theory is that the "BEST" driver should be able to cope, otherwise they are not the best.

This week Simon Jean Joseph returns to rallying with Xsara Wrc of Petter Solberg ... He tested, with FG Racing & Petter Solberg Engineering, one day to prepare Rally Gravel Auxerre in France this week end.. I was there, and here my video http://bit.ly/lHmzrP

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Henri Toivonen - August 25th 1956 - May 2nd 1986.

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Originally Posted by Hartusvuori

Henri Toivonen - August 25th 1956 - May 2nd 1986.

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So it is allready 25 years since the fatal crash in Corsika, i remember it like yesterday. What a talented driver he was, together with Colin he was among the most spectacular and great drivers ever.

RIP henri toivonen and sergio cresto. hard to think its been 25 years