Did Emil's team find some sponsorship and offer him the drive or did he find some sponsorship and go shopping for a team?
Didn't Eurosport offer him some support to stay in ERC too?
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Did Emil's team find some sponsorship and offer him the drive or did he find some sponsorship and go shopping for a team?
Didn't Eurosport offer him some support to stay in ERC too?
I think he paid the money he funded but the less money you have to spend the worse quality on team you get. Don´t heard anything about ERC offering anything except his drive in Valais after ERC win.
Did you know why Maciek Szczepaniak is listed as driver and Hubert Ptaszek is listed as codriver??
It's not the first time i see that but i don't understand why.
Cause the limit of WRC2 events. With that "situation" he can participate under WRC2 running order.
So, if Suninen 1st or 2nd in Wales, champion. If 3rd or lower, Evans.
Not Exactly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
If Suninen wins, he is champion
If Suninen is 2nd and Lappi or Kopecky wins, it will depend on result of Lappi/Kopecky in Australia if they will pass Suninen or not.
If Suninen is 3th or lower, Evans is only champion if Lappi and Kopecky don't finish in the top 2. Otherwise the fight continue in Australia.
Ohhh, that's clever!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sub_Skoda
I guess it's too late to see Craig Parry's name appear as a driver...?
Yes. Too late, but some GB WRC2 competitors can help
If Suninen is 3rd, he beats Evans. Otherwise correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Pantealex: IMHO If Suninen is 3rd it is TIE and Evans will be champion because he was 14th in Portugal and Suninen was 16th. Am I right? Anybody?
That is how I see it too... But the rules for ties are not clear for me...Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
But Suninen was ahaed of Evans in both Poland and Finland. So Suninen will be champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
10.1.2 According to the greater number of highest places achieved in the final classifications on their respective Championship, counting only those rallies in which each of the drivers and co-drivers concerned have taken part, one 11th place being worth more than any number of 12th places, one 12th place being worth more than any number of 13rd places, and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by liposh
In the event of a tie I take this rule to mean that you factor in more than one result (greater number of highest places). So we need to look at the WRC2 classifications on rallies in which they both took part.
Portugal: Evans 14th // Suninen 16th
Poland: Evans 2nd // Suninen 1st
Finland: Evans 3rd // Suninen 2nd
So Suninen has the greater number of highest places (2), plus his best highest place (when head to head with Evans) is higher (1st).
I'll admit the wording is quite vague. Most rulebooks seem to be. But this is my best interpretation...
Wouldn't it be nice to have a WRC2 championship where competitors drive directly against each other in stead of avoiding each other for half of the season...
Anyway the possibility of tie is quite high and if this happen and Suninen would finally be champion I would laugh...well , at least until beginning of next season. :D
Yes butQuote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
First rule:
10.1.1 According to the greater number of first places, then second places, then third places, etc.,
achieved in the final classifications on their respective Championship, counting only those rallies which
have served to make up their points total;
Do they mean the 7 rallies of which 6 results counted? Or only the 6 in which they score points? If it is 7, the 14th place of Evans (vs 16th for Suninen) will make him champion...
Simmi, why have you brought up Portugal where neither of them had nominated it as their WRC2 round?
If Suninen comes third in Wales, then they have finished exactly the same number of times first, second, third and fourth. What do they compare next? Stage wins?
Eh? Check the entry list. They both nominated it as a WRC2 round. It will just end up as their dropped score.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
All the rules are posted within the thread. Just nobody here quite knows how to interpret them.
Dupanton: Well I am little bit lost, and honestly after all of this: https://youtu.be/M68GeL8PafE?t=1m25s
Franky: They both had nominated Portugal as their WRC2 round. So Simmi´s point is right.
Ok, my bad. Just looked at the "very easy to understand" WRC2 championship standings results on wrc.com
In that case I'd imagine that Evans would win it.
if they count only 6 best results then I see no reason why 7th result would matter.
In my mind if they both have (25+25+25+18+15+12=120)
Both should be Champions!
In WRC there was a rule than when everything is equal then there is tie breaker. And it is very simple, who is faster on the first stage of the year;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Suninen was not in WRC field in Monte-Carlo
https://www.rally.it/2016/10/brc-nel-wrc
Unless my italian has gone to shit, BRC are thinking of competing in WRC2 in -17. Unless I read it wrong they say they can't use their GPL converted Fiesta R5 that they were using in CIR (which would make sense since the WRC use standard fuels etc).
Any proper italian here (AL14 per chance?) that can shed some light on this?
I remember Basso only used GPL car in first 3 events this season, then back to Benzina ;)
Campedelli continued with the GPL car and he wasn't slow at all.
No :) i think they remove some weight this year. Last year the GPL kit is heavier
What you say is correct, but BRC in WRC2 is more like a wish of who wrote the article, rather than a rumor.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
It's funny cause I write for that website.Quote:
Originally Posted by itix
Yes I can confirm the rumor 100% but really it is only a "proper" rumor. Nothing that we can confirm but voices we've heard. I think it would not be correct for me to say more. My personal opinion is that It is a bit difficult that it will actually happen but not impossible, especially since we heard that rumor.
Basso's Fiesta is with fuel. Campedelli's uses GPL.
:)
Clever, but i don't know why they did it. Maybe Hubert loses his driver licence...Quote:
Originally Posted by dodge33cymru
No, he simply wanted to do all WRC rounds as a part of WRC2 field.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sub_Skoda
Because without registration you are nobody in WRC...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
And he can't do it as a driver ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
You can only drive 7 events in WRC2Quote:
Originally Posted by Sub_Skoda
Ok, i believed that you can only nominate 7 rounds but run all the rounds. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
He still drives, just the co-driver is on the entry list as the driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sub_Skoda
Thinking of guys who ran pretty much all the rounds last year - what happened to Yuriii Protasov?
Since Škoda entered Lappi and Kopecký to Australia where nobody fast except Fuchs goes, we can safely guess one of the Škoda guys will take a victory there. It's quite sure that who is going to win Australia will be determined already in Wales...
Mechanical failures can happen
Of course but hardly for both.