BRC to be two wheel drive only in 2012

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Thank you.

In this case, what exactly do people here think is required to make British rallying, if not great, then a damn sight better again?

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Hmmmm, how long have you got???
Instead of short termism, think of the bigger picture.
I consider it as British Rallying's equivalent of the BTCC - yet compare the interest, press/TV coverage, etc.....(I know it's comparing apples & pairs, but still)

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

That's the problem - how quick is Bogie??? We don't know, we think he's pretty quick, but he needs to be out in a S2000 on IRC events to show us. A GpN car is nowhere near good enough.

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I must say, I don't think Group N is a good stepping-stone to higher-level competition at all. But, given the small numbers of drivers from any background who have the prospect of getting a good WRC drive, what is?

Of course, none of this mattered when doing well in the British championship was just as much of an achievement as doing well on a WRC round.

Go 2wd get manufactures back in it drop ****e events, get it on terrestrial tele

bish bosh

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

I consider it as British Rallying's equivalent of the BTCC - yet compare the interest, press/TV coverage, etc.....(I know it's comparing apples & pairs, but still)

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BTCC has been well promoted, well-run with the exception of deteriorating driving standards (something that does seem to have been genuinely addressed since a low point was reached earlier this year) and arguments over technical regulations, and even when it was in the doldrums retained a decent public profile. None of that can be said of the BRC.

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Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight

Go 2wd get manufactures back in it drop ****e events, get it on terrestrial tele

bish bosh

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Can't really disagree - though it will be 2WD next year. Agree about TV, however, whether terrestrial TV want it is another matter. As for the events - 1 day 80 miles events are not International! I can make an exception for Sunseeker as that is a well promoted event - but the other need to be 120m+ and 2 days.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

BTCC has been well promoted, well-run with the exception of deteriorating driving standards (something that does seem to have been genuinely addressed since a low point was reached earlier this year) and arguments over technical regulations, and even when it was in the doldrums retained a decent public profile. None of that can be said of the BRC.

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Maybe it's just the sport of Rallying, but it seems to attract promoters who are clueless. I remember seeing adverts in car/Motorsport mags and MotorsTV for the BTCC. Don't remember the same for the BRC - it's shockingly promoted.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Maybe it's just the sport of Rallying, but it seems to attract promoters who are clueless. I remember seeing adverts in car/Motorsport mags and MotorsTV for the BTCC. Don't remember the same for the BRC - it's shockingly promoted.

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One slight mitigating circumstance is the speed with which the BRC organisers suddenly found themselves with bugger all to promote. At least when the BTCC hit its lowest points in 2001 and 2005 it still had some big-name drivers, an unchanged calendar and (whether one liked the nature of that action) plenty of action to offer both the on-track spectators and TV viewers. The BRC found itself with virtually nothing in 2000, and then didn't happen at all in 2001.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Can't really disagree - though it will be 2WD next year. Agree about TV, however, whether terrestrial TV want it is another matter. As for the events - 1 day 80 miles events are not International! I can make an exception for Sunseeker as that is a well promoted event - but the other need to be 120m+ and 2 days.

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Sunseeker would be first to be dropped.

hype is no substitute for decent terrain and miles.

dump Sunseeker and include Scottish IRC, daft that Britain's premier championship doesn't have a gravel round N of the border.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Can't really disagree - though it will be 2WD next year. Agree about TV, however, whether terrestrial TV want it is another matter. As for the events - 1 day 80 miles events are not International! I can make an exception for Sunseeker as that is a well promoted event - but the other need to be 120m+ and 2 days.

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TV will only be interested — quite rightly — if there's something to be interested in.

I agree completely about the events, though I will reserve judgment on the Sunseeker as I don't know enough about it. The old six-round British Open series was almost perfect, though I grant it would be impossible to return to that.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

TV will only be interested — quite rightly — if there's something to be interested in.

I agree completely about the events, though I will reserve judgment on the Sunseeker as I don't know enough about it. The old six-round British Open series was almost perfect, though I grant it would be impossible to return to that.

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If they could get Ford, Vauxhall, Skoda, VW, Peugeot, Renault etc back with 2 wd cars then it would get television coverage, the manufactures would insist on it, it has to have the factory teams out without them it's dead.