2008 Rally New Zealand - official thread

Awesome! :D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RallyfanNZ

I just had to upload this because it was great to watch.
Stage 14 from the Helicopter following Latvala.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9GeHxic_w

---

Amazing video, thanks for posting in here :up:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by cut the b.s.

In a truly tactical game each competitor normally has equal opportunity to decide on strategy, to try to guess and react to their competitors. In WRC this year the championship leader runs 1st on the road, problems apart ;-) he is 1st to complete the days stages, giving those behind him a clear idea of how exactly to react. How exactly is the 1st man on an equal footing here? A blind man could see that the leader is being disadvantaged by this system, and this is exactly what it was planned to do. There are plenty of contrived sports in the world if thats what you want, I think you will find the running order as it is this year will be revised.

---

Exactly :) People only care about what the leaderboard says even if it is totally contrived.

I personally think if we're going to go down this route we should give success ballast. That was pretty much anyone could win the title.

I think it's a dumb idea but at least it will actually do what people think these silly road rules are doing and give a variety of stage winners. All this does is make it difficult for Loeb to win and in the end he still wins most of the time....

With regards to results some people appear to have forgotten one of the very simple lessons of life which is that "Cream will always rise to the top"

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Carlo

With regards to results some people appear to have forgotten one of the very simple lessons of life which is that "Cream will always rise to the top"

---

Some people don't want the cream to rise to the top.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Daniel

Some people don't want the cream to rise to the top.

---

Because they think it stifles competition.

Quite barmy!!

Report from Mikko Hirvonen Fanclub trip to NZ (in German):

http://www.motorline.cc/rallye/index...e_der_Welt.htm

Greetinx

All my 2008 Rally NZ pics are now up.

http://gallery.wrcfm.com/

About 780 pics from 2008 :D

Awesome rally! I had so much fun running around and getting muddy! (not so much fun trying not the be charged at by a bull.. that was scary) But I'd reccomend it to anyone.

I ended up staying at the ibis hotel, which is where all the Mechanics and other miscellaneous team people were and it was such a great opportunity to speak to the people who work behind the scenes. The Suzuki boys were lovely and even had me up on their shipping container to watch the superspecial! It did feel kind of odd though opening the hotel room door in the morning and finding out that your neighbour is Toni Gardemeister!

It all went a bit very wrong for ford on the last day though huh? they were pretty bummed by it all.. But some booze and a dancefloor seemed to lift their spirits! I even took a spin with Malcolm! I never thought i'd ever see someone like him cutting shapes in a bar called Coyote..

Dingardo, i just looked at your shots (nice by the way..) And i think we were at the same point on SS1. Big S-bend type thing? First corner had a large bank on the inside (which i stood on top of) and then it went down to a sweeping left hander then around a right hander and out of view? A couple of helicopters dropped in just before the stage started. it was about half an hour walk into the stage from the start i think.. I doubt you can recognise it from this shot, but here is what i got at that corner: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...0&id=504459086

Also.. i thought this vid was funny.. http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=wRBztfV4x00 Love what he does with the bumper at the end!