Bad news,the organizres should have thought of that before
playmo:I think Seb is the last one to be afraid....
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Bad news,the organizres should have thought of that before
playmo:I think Seb is the last one to be afraid....
It seems to be pathetic to me. Is it still rally?
Well, maybe I'm wrong and there are real floods on the road, but I don't believe that very much...
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Originally Posted by playmo
however, wrc is becoming more and more like f1-for crybabies. stages cancelled because of snow, water etc. i mean, thats rallye isnt it?
what´s next? stages cancelled because of dust and mud or what?
It's incredible isn't it. One week ago we were just about to sit down and enjoy Turini in the dark with snow and ice. Today they cancel 2 stages because of a few puddles.
So, flood roads is reason to cancel stages?
This is so pathetic!
The next anedoct will be wet or dry rallies. If the raly is classified as "wet rally" and the stages are dry, they will cancel the event :D
I would like to know wich name they gave to portuguese stages in Rally of Portugal in 2001... and the rally was out of the WRC because of that. The stages were in gravel (mud in this case), not tarmac as in Ireland.
Urabus: who's the only one that lately is whining and crying about not cutting tires? (maybe the last 5 events he's done it at least 4 times?
Edit: and maybe citroen team has something to do with this (as they did on WRGB08)
Well there is flooding warning out for the border area in Northern Ireland so I doubt it's simply a few puddles but more a proper flood. Anyone who knows rallying will remember Rally Australia 1996. That wasn't rallying..... that was rubbish.
I was just checking the my topographic maps and weather details in last 24 hours. It can be very bad. Those last stages are basically in a quite narrow valley. The road is approximately 80 m above sea level and hills on the both sides are over 300m high. And there are numerous streams. With such amount of rain it can be over half meter water in some river crossings (bridges).
It is better to cancel those stages to see the results like we had in GB when numerous group N cars just got stuck on water and sucked in a lot of water.
Reasonable decision in my point of view.
If you honesly think that you're a bigger fool than I imagined.Quote:
Originally Posted by playmo
I'm sorry Ron I normally agree with you but not on this :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
Anyone remember this?
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ra...ngs/1795167838
There are heavy rain warnings in effect for the border area of Northern Ireland (where the rally is)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ngs.html?day=1
I'm sorry but I'm of the opinion this is a very good and very reasonable decision.