Citroën fights back
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Citroën fights back
http://www.rallysweden.com/WordPress...hakedown03.pdf
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Originally Posted by darkstar
and now times for S2000 is coming in also
Do you have a quote for this? No offense - and I can't say you are wrong - but it sounds like a misunderstanding. While I was working at the rally we often discussed the economical problem of NOT having the rally every year at the office. There was no talks whatsoever about problems with having it every year - only the problems of not having an annual arrangement like signing sponsors "without an event", not being able to have personnel on full-time and all-around-the-year basis, etc, etc. (that's much more possible with an event every year than every two years, since the planning time is very much spanning in a one year cycle)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
wow, prokops time is sick :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koppomsbo
swordsman even though i have never been involved with the rally i've heard the same as you that the economic issues is that the rally is only held every 2nd year and that was the cause to slim the part of the organization that receives salary.
But doesn/didint RS and Rally Norway share allot of the paid staff to decrease the effects of only having a rally every 2nd year? or fdid it never happen?
Funny enough that whoever is updating the rally website decided (knowing or not) to put a picture from Monte for the shakedown article. It's a good picture, but still...
Every rally, at this moment, people me included are tempted to draw conclusions from the SD times though we shouldn't. However, if Sordo would keep the fastest pace at the rally also and win it, wouldn't it be the best possible kick-off for the season - fan glasses off - competion-wise? But as we know it's only SD. WRC needs new winners badly though - Latvala did it in 2008, Hirvonen in 2006 and Duval in 2005 and then we have to go back to 2003 (Märtin) and 2002 (Solberg, Loeb), so it doesn't make a nice story.
what exactly did you expect?Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstar
From what I know they have shared some personnel (a few people) during a longer planning phase, but mostly during the rally itself (mostly the rally week). The problem is that it's consultancy deals and for sure it brings higher costs for them both (even though I guess they very much get payed back the year after their own rally when the other "rent back"). It's a more expensive and a difficult way to work... Norweigans live in Norway, Swedes in Sweden - and it gives a lot of travel etc. So... I think it's helping a bit, but not solving the problem. However, remember I don't have the exact facts and knowledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostwalker
he said this in swedish rally radio 2 years back.Quote:
Originally Posted by swordsman
Thanks! That's really strange... I certainly don't want to miscredit what you say, but I think it's some kind of misunderstanding. I worked their until 2007 and our discussions was exactly the opposite - that it's difficult to run a WRC rally without having it every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi