Japan was going to be a tarmac round...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanremo
Corsica over Japan seems like a terrible idea, particularly if Japan were indeed going to cover the travel costs.
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Japan was going to be a tarmac round...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanremo
Corsica over Japan seems like a terrible idea, particularly if Japan were indeed going to cover the travel costs.
Something is not adding up – why would you not include Japan? A motorsport World Championship should include Japan; F1, MotoGP & WEC all go there, so why not WRC? They’re even paying costs……
I don’t have a problem with Corsica, it’s one of the too few Tarmac events – but I’d drop Sardengna without too much thought; it’s has nice scenery, but is just another dry, dusty European event.
I don’t know what Chile was bringing (apart from £$£$£) when we already have Argentina & Mexico for the American continent.
There’s some muddled thinking as usual in the WRC. We always hear about costs, costs, and more costs – understandably so; but very little about value. Sometimes costs can bring in long term value and growth/ interest in the sport.
Yep, having 2 events in France is indefensible but looking at the way the promoter is rushing the Japanese entry it’s not an entire surprise having them waiting one year more: https://rallysportmag.com/is-this-th...rary-unveiled/Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
Don't drop Sardegna, it's the cheapest one to travel to for me and it's always great :-)
Sardinia will be there in June :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hype
Regarding Sardinia - am I right in thinking that the promoter are essentially waiting to return the event to the mainland, but are keeping Sardinia in play as a stopgap until the right rally can be put together by the ACI?
I had a great time there this year but I'm not sure the teams love it.
I was told that if France got a F1 round then Corsica will get dropped by the FIA as the French Sports Federation people or who ever is in charge of sports in France wanted F1 but content with WRC if they couldn't get it.
The fact is that if you want a world level rally in Italy nowadays you can only do it there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
It seems that a lor of people don't want the wrc rally in Sardinia. Teams don't like it, people from the mainland don't like it, ACI don't like it because they say that Sardinia region don't pay enough. The fact is that Sardinia region is the only one willing to invest in such an event, even if it is limited compared to the total cost. All the others don't, or their ACI located association have no more money.
How come Australia is still on the Calendar, didn't NZ say they'd try to push to be their in 2019? and didn't the teams say they would boycott another event in Sargdegna?
Hoping that calendar is true but does anyone know where it originated from? Anyone could have printed that out and presented as fact...
Real shame that Japan isn't in
I forgot which thread it was posted on but a few here we're wondering about the two MSport WRC cars which were sold this year. Number 2 was in fact sold to Block as I mentioned. He is using it for his next Gymkhana video.
And Catalynua?Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Only two week gaps between Chile and Argentina, as well as Portugal and Sardegna
Chile and Argentina within 2 weeks, a crazy plan is forming in my headQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://scontent.fopo3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...be&oe=5C4C02ACQuote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Running the old aero. Just wanted to say it before everyone else does haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Second one was sold to OT racing(Ott Tänak rally business basically). Car is used right now by Georg Gross in Saaremaa Rally(on this wknd).This was Ostberg old car.:talk:Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
Wasn’t this filmed before the new aero was launched anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
FIA World Rally Championship
The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship calendar is confirmed as follows:
27 January
Rally Monte Carlo
17 February
Rally Sweden
10 March
Rally Mexico
31 March
Rally France
28 April
Rally Argentina
12 May
Rally Chile
2 June
Rally Portugal
16 June
Rally Italy
4 August
Rally Finland
25 August *
Rally Germany
15 September
Rally Turkey
6 October *
Rally Great Britain
27 October *
Rally Spain
17 November *
Rally Australia
In order to give consistent identity to drivers and assist with promotion, Priority 1 drivers will be free to choose their permanent car number from 2019, except number 1, which will always be reserved for the reigning World Rally Champion.* Date subject to confirmation
As part of an overall cost reduction plan aimed at removing or reducing the cost of elements that do not add to the spectacle of the Championship, the number of test days will be reduced from 55 to 42 for WRC Manufacturer teams. The total distance of special stages has been reduced from a maximum of 500 to a maximum of 350 kilometres.
From 2019, the support championships will be restructured to help increase the number of entrants in Manufacturer Championships, to boost the number of factory supported drivers and cars, and further encourage private competitors to the WRC 2 and Junior WRC Championships. Building on the success of the R5 car, a new WRC 2 Pro Championship for Drivers, Co-Drivers and Manufacturers will be created as a platform for registered R5 manufacturers.
The same specification R5 car will continue to be used in the FIA WRC 2 Championship. This championship will be solely for private entrants, with the intention being to attract more drivers from national and regional championships.
In order to continue supporting the progression of young talent in the sport, the format of the Junior WRC Championship will remain unchanged. The WRC 3 Championship will cease from 2019 although competitors in two-wheel drive cars are still eligible to enter events.
The Championships will therefore be as follows:
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers
FIA WRC 2 Pro Championship for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers
FIA WRC 2 Championship for Drivers and Co-drivers
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers, Co-drivers and Nations
According to Iain Campbell on Twitter, rally GB date still not fixed as they don’t have calendar yet.
Mid November will do please.
Germany in September? wtf
nope, the dates are above the rally name, not under
Aye, right. Got scared a bit.
Not sure, but they were filming before Rally Turkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by T16
Isn't the WRC 2 Pro just about the dumbest thing the FIA has produced in a while?
Hmm don't think so really. Formalises what already exists, and maybe encourages in more privateers who previously didn't stand a chance against works Skodas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
It might also mean we get an extra 'works' Hyundai and VWs.
But doesn't it just devalue the WRC2 championship?Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
In fact WRC2 would have been pretty weak this year without works Skodas..
Exactly, why would Skoda run a factory team if they're the only ones fighting for the championship unless others are actually interested to join.Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
That's exactly my point. If all the Tidemands and Rovanperäs of the world are competing in WRC2 Pro, what kind of following it leaves for the "regular" WRC2? I think it's a perfect example of a case of "if it ain't broken, don't fix it".Quote:
Originally Posted by RS
I wonder if it's going to turn up at any US events next year. After the fuss about Block's Escort Cosworth it was a shame to see it burn to the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by racerx1979
No. WRC Trophy it was :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
This year all major R5 manufacturers except Peugeot have been involved in WRC2. The fact that Škoda is dominating doesn't mean others are not involved. We've had works cars of M-Sport (Camilli), Citroën (Lefebvre) and Hyundai (Huttunen) in WRC2. You can easily check their entrant name in the entry lists and see that it's manufacturers not privateers. Recently M-Sport had even three works cars in Wales under its own banner (Camilli, Edwards and Laffey).Quote:
Originally Posted by Essaj
I think that FIA wants VW to get involved again on a manufacturer level. We'll see how that plays out but anyway it's not a fault of Škoda that it's been dominating. It's up to the others to up their game.
Rally Japan project comes back is not over for the future 2020 season ► http://bit.ly/2P22UpL
Forget the WRC2 the worst aspect is the 350km maximum of stage mileage. As a cost saving!!!
And they add another round...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
What kinda irks me is that we now have more than enough rallies to fill July but a whole month gap again, left by Poland, between Germany and Finland. That break is too long.
Drivers need a summer break as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by steve.mandzij
with the current regulations it's hard to make a longer event. In this year's calendar, Monte is 388 km, Argentina and Portugal fractionally over 350 km. Not a problem to most rallies and Monte probably keeps on having its own rulesQuote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Citroens, Hyundais and M-Sport? And anyone else who's joining in? I think WRC2 has been broken and this will fix it a bit. We will have a proper privateer title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allez Andruet
This year's WRC2 Pro would look ATM like this
1. Kopecky (125)
2. Tidemand (111)
3. Greensmith (70)
4. Rovanperä (65)
5. Huttunen (46)
6. Veiby (45)
7. Lefebvre (33)
and the normal WRC2
1. Pieniazek (56)
2. Andolfi (50)
3. Heller (41)
4. Loubet (30)
5. Katsuta (29)
etc.