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The story of what happened to Onebet if anyone feels like reading. https://kapital.no/reportasjer/avslo...K7TKrMk_5hC2JE
Never heard about it. Interesting.
Crikey. Ugly business in such a small bubble...Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
I've heard before that there were issues with payments of sponsorship to WRC Promoter and also issues regarding the company itself, but didn't know about this other issues with other WRC drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Funny to see that Grondal is involved in the lawsuit and that recently his wife was travelling and working together with Mads to Monte Carlo.
Note that Mads doesn't really have anything to do with the business side of this and Grøndal has no issues with him, the two business partners to Morten look like they could fit in any mafia movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
I got my bets win money out, anyone here who didn't?
Shame it didn't work out because it made the rallies more fun, I don't think there are any betting companies that does bets stage by stage?
Business opportunity? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
Yes, I understand that but it's still the son of the guys that "took your money"...I think many people wouldn't be so comfortable in that position, but anyway, Mads doesn't have anything to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
so Mads what does he is doing for leaving?Quote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
Any confirmation for sad news that Hannu Mikkola has moved to higher rally arenas today?
Fred Gallagher:
"Hannu Mikkola left us tonight, one of the greatest drivers of all time. Tony, Henri, Juha and I had some great battles with him. RIP."
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What????Quote:
Originally Posted by HarriK
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RIP Hannu - Rally in Peace
Hannu Mikkola Rest In Peace!
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One of the all time greats, absolute legend. Condolences to his family. RIP Hannu
rip Hannu Mikkola,a true legend.
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2021/03/...istory-i-1973/
I'm doing a series of blog posts to go through the history of WRC seasons through the routes and seasonal calendars, to see what kind of events there has been and how the calendar has evolved throughout the years. The first part looks at the 1973 calendar and its events.
This is really good stuff. Interesting reading and new point of view on history of rallying. Keep it up!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Wow! After 27 years Inter Milan and Pirelli end their sponsorship deal. If only we had sponsors and deals like that in rallying!
https://www.republicworld.com/sports...emotional.html
There was! Neste (Oil) was sponsoring Rally Finland 26 years as title backer and stopped last year. Also Lombard was 18 years with R.A.C. Rally...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
And Neste was sponsoring the event before they became title sponsors, you can see their logo on the Finish ramp already in the late 80's.Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
That´s true!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Could almost swear I saw footage of Vatanen's '85 Argentina accident here but I can't find it anywhere on youtube...am I crazy?
Not sure if you are crazy, but there has never been any footage of that. :) However, there's footage of his crash in Corsica 1985Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiftingGears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLpg7gGqsoE
Thanks! What gets me about group B isn't the power of the cars but how long the rallies were.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Be sure to follow my blog, in a few weeks I will get to the part in my WRC calendar history which talks about the group B era rally routes. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiftingGears
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2021/03/...istory-i-1973/
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Originally Posted by rp
Of course I remember Neste as the longtime sponsor of Rally Finland, but had no idea that it lasted so long. Thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Jarek, Barum has been the sponsor of Barum rally for more than half a century ;)
Jesus, of course! How could I forget it?! :)
https://i.stack.imgur.com/jiFfM.jpg
Terrible clickbait by WRC on their Facebook page, got the world thinking Audi are coming back to the WRC, barely mentioning in their article that it's just a Rally2Kit car (wos that...?) from Ekstrom!
How I hate click baits!
Couple of video clips of Audi S1 AP4 car that has competed in New Zealand Rally Championship since 2018. Car is owned and driven by Dylan Turner. The car has had several podiums in NZRC events. Dylan finished 3rd in Rally Of Auckland in December 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZog0_vT3m0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgyi5ePEze4
Actually it lasted even longer because there were UNION sponsorship before that and UNION was bought by NESTE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
RC competición, the same team that build the Toyota Etios and VW Polo R4 here in Argentina, had build two or three Audi A1 Maxi Rally some years ago. Two of those cars are still running.
RC Competicion Audi A1 at the workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbAJnyugNQ
Short review when Javier Castro became 2018 champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sbt1aFQX58
test in 2019 with the turbo engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbWFdUhH-Q4
https://i.postimg.cc/htmKNwvf/Audi-A1-MR.jpg
3-door is older body shape, different chassis than current one which is only available with 5-doors.
What was the longest special stage rally in the history of WRC? When did Canada feature in the series? When did a stage feature on two rallies of the same season? When was the longest ever WRC Safari arranged?
Find out here https://itgetsfasternow.com/2021/03/...-ii-1974-1978/
I read the post of Andre Oliveira in the "Audi" thread and I saw that FIA is trying to hold old N and A cars in international rallies by extending their homologation by 8 years. This is the first time this is done and it is an indirect admittance that cheaper cars are needed. I think it is also time to admit that some door must be left open for making new cheaper cars, that are not old like N and A.
I am not talking about the "big" classes, I am talking about the small ones. In 1997 the cost for building the new N1 I participated with was about 20 average wages in my country. Now, the cost for a new Rally5 is about 60 average wages. Surely, Greece had a major economic crisis and it is not the correct place to make comparisons, but the difference is still very big in all European countries. How on earth can we attract young drivers with such costs?
P.S. By the way, the 106 N1 was a hell of a car and getting in a rally with 22 other crews with the same cars was a fantastic experience.
Actually, this was done from 2019. The list of homologated cars is from that year. I agree with the rest of your post.Quote:
Originally Posted by scn
Thank you for the info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido
I just read in a newer post that from now on in Rally5 there is freedom to use parts from private developers. This is good news, although the regulation still leads to high costs. But it is the first door to some cheaper solutions, if a car with sequential gearbox can ever be called cheap.
To do some hobby rallying, you don't need to buy a new Rally5 car. There are many cheaper alternatives on national levels, and in most cases older cars can be used as well. Also, second hand cars exist, for example here you can get a secondhand Rally5 for 9900 eurosQuote:
Originally Posted by scn
https://racemarket.net/rally/rally-cars-for-sale/r1