How about the fact that we need more hairpins, more WRC cars in events no matter who drives them, more lakes in the pictures and that WRC+, at the end, is a great service?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
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How about the fact that we need more hairpins, more WRC cars in events no matter who drives them, more lakes in the pictures and that WRC+, at the end, is a great service?Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Must be the other driver then who thinks "you wouldnt want to go much faster than the cars do now..."Quote:
Originally Posted by AMSS
Im slightly under 30 but thats completely besides the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nornbugger
In those years, even though some managed to be champions more than once, you could say entrylists had 4 or 5 drivers who could legit fight for victory, can you say that now?! Absolutely not. Thats the problem as of now.
It's not beside the point, people are rarely completely objective and usually misunderstand eras that were not at their own personal sweet spot, ie your late teens/early 20s when typically people have more freedom of both time and money to enjoy stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
If you look at other sports you will see that well presented and marketed sports don't collapse when one individual or team dominates.
ps. remember your original post that I had quoted, you said GpA cars were boring, you also said the sport is growing now!!!
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Originally Posted by Nornbugger
Isnt it?! Last time I checked for 2017 we can expect five manufacturers, not long ago we had just two. Im not saying there isnt a problem with the sport and how it is marketed, what Im saying is that the car formula is hardly the problem.
If VW continue to dominate, then it won't matter how many manufacturers there are; media & public interest, coverage, etc just won't be there.
weel, I think the latter. Of course, I have said the same from the beginning, so you feel free to call me genius 😇Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
For me the main problem with the sport is the complete dominance of Volkswagen and Sebastian Ogier.
I like Ogier however I know before I watch a rally that unless something major happens to him, or the FIA do everything they can to make him not win (even then he grabs a podium) then he is going to take the victory.
I don't think Volkswagen and Ogier should be penalised for doing a brilliant job and for being the quickest, I think the other teams and drivers need to step up.
If each rally there were 3/4 drivers who could legitimately take the win for being the quickest then it would be so much more interesting to me. I think this is a problem too, there are not enough great drivers out there (look at problem Toyota are going to have).
I'm happy about the extra power, a lot of road cars these days have more HP than current WRC cars so to me this is a good thing however I do think the cars need a bit more variation and a bit less grip.
Imagine how exciting it would be (even with current cars) if each rally you had no idea who was going to win and it was a fight right down to the end of the rally, for me that's what needs to change to make the sport more interesting - new regulations will just mean Ogier winning the rallies just in a new car.
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Originally Posted by AndyRAC
A healthy sport is a good place for teams to be, the lack of profile the sport has is much more of an issue than VW/Citroen/Seb x2 dominance.
If the 2017 wrc cars will be easier to drive, that means drivers would have more equal speed. Probably that is what counts FIA on. Though I believe VW will just be even more dominant force with technology advantage.