2013 ERC News and Results

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Originally Posted by '[WRCRR

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Kruuda - well, if you think he will not have a future in WRC I think you are badly wrong =)

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The time will tell.

As to your LOL, I nowhere wrote about future aces in ERC. I don't need them, I like the mix of local drivers and ERC contenders.
And the most important is that ERC was not so overhyped and puffed up as WRC. Unfortunately it will probably change, it's inevitable. We live in times where everything must be amazing or hopeless. There is no space for everything in the middle.

You like WRC, I like ERC. Let's not try to convince each other - beacuse in my case it's impossible ;)

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Jarek Z wrote, that WRC-2 is good for rally tourists, not that all drivers there are rally tourists. It is not only about quality of drivers, but mainly about system of championship, about points and superally. In last years, era of SWRC and PWRC was only about reliability and be able to finish the rally, not about speed. For example Sepp Wiegand, who is leading WRC-2, was doing most of IRC events last year without big success...

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Spot on. This is why I think Matt Wilson has a serious chance of the WRC2 title.

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Originally Posted by PLuto

Jarek Z wrote, that WRC-2 is good for rally tourists, not that all drivers there are rally tourists. It is not only about quality of drivers, but mainly about system of championship, about points and superally. In last years, era of SWRC and PWRC was only about reliability and be able to finish the rally, not about speed. For example Sepp Wiegand, who is leading WRC-2, was doing most of IRC events last year without big success...

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Thank you PLuto. That is indeed exactly what I wanted to say. I don't follow WRC, but last year by coincidence I had an occasion to watch a TV-Report from Rally New Zealand. The SWRC category was won by Hayden Paddon. PG Andersson finished 33 minutes behind him, but that was still enough to be in a second position. Maciej Oleksowicz finished 43 minutes later, but was still third in SWRC. Do you consider it a real sport? To me it seems more like some adventure and exploration activity.

My apologies to anyone who felt offended, because I didn't mean to say that all drivers competing in SWRC are bad. But if you look at the list from this year:
1. Sepp Wiegand
2. Yuriy Protasov
3. Yazeed Al Rajhi
4. Armin Kremer
5. Anders Grondal
6. Rashid Al Ketbi
7. Ricardo Trivinio
8. Nicolas Fuchs
9. Arman Smailov
10. Alexander Villanueva
11. Martin Hudec

then you can see, that maybe two of them can be considered successful sportsmen.

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Originally Posted by Jarek Z

Thanks for the news guys. It would be great to see Robert competing in ERC on a regular basis. WRC-2 is good for tourists ;)

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Just one word of explanation from me. What I wanted to say by this comment was that I want Robert to compete in a championship where he is able to win rallies, not fight for the 13th place.

Young French driver Léandri will do an ERC program with Saintéloc! More on https://www.facebook.com/TACrally

Leandri will do 5 tarmac and 3 gravel events with Peugeot - Autosport

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Originally Posted by mousti

Young French driver Léandri will do an ERC program with Saintéloc! More on https://www.facebook.com/TACrally

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Good! Now we wait for some Italians. What kind of ERC is it without Italians? ;)

Around Corse I expect some Italian(s). Because like you said ERC without Italians that doesn't exist :p

At least Marco Cavigioli in Zlín is sure :D

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Originally Posted by Mirek

At least Marco Cavigioli in Zlín is sure :D

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(sigh of relief) Good to know that Cavigioli still carries the Italian flag in ERC ;)