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Unfortunatelly it is bound to happen....
one of the major sponsors apart from casino loutraki is also OPAP which are basically money from the state (its our national lottery fund) ...so if the founding is cut completely i think we are out (already this year the money they give are limited and maybe that is one of the reasons the organiser is looking for volunteers apart from the payed marshals).
Mate, you need to be enlightened a bit. For starters, you don't seem to have watched a SA championship event in recent times, otherwise you'd have never said it was not accessible. Unless you are referring to the last bid event in about 2007 in which case you are dead right, that was run in a terrible area never used for our rallies because the FIA demanded a "African" feel to the event, which meant running around mud huts in rural areas. That is not the case this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
This time the event will be based on the recent Total Rally held in March this year and I can tell you having spectated there that there were thousands of spectactors. The event will have sugarcane (which has very slippery ball-bearing type roads like in Australia) and forest stages. There is a different organising team involved this time and it's been done right. Seppo Harjanne has already been out to look at the event, as stated in the article, in fact my father spent the day with him as part of the organising team, which pissed me off cos I could have met Seppo myself! Michelle Mouton is due out soon also to look at stuff.
As for others saying experience of WRC events is lacking, true but we all have to start somewhere and a lot of overseas input has been received. Yes the event will be based in Durban again like the last candidate event but the stages used will be nowhere near the same area and massively improved quality and spectator access.
I cannot imagine the wrc without rally acropolis.It will be very bad and for the greek fans and for the foreigner fans(espessially for fans from central europe that they use to combine rally and vacations)
2 years ago we were also out... this time looks we are out for good...Quote:
Originally Posted by nafpaktos
Who can blame them if they kick us out ??
History is fine and everything but you cannot base any kind of relationship in romance alone...the romance fades sooner or later and then you have to offer some things to get some back...
Last year we proved that we tried as much as we could. We offered things like night stage, ceremonial start under the Acropolis, very nice stages, no cancellation. The organisation made a big effort. However, if there are no sponsors and we tell FIA that we are not capable to do the rally due to high cost, then it's another story.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
well when 99% of private companies and businesses all these years were sustained because of public money... it is normal they are not going to be any sponsors... Greece is a scorched earth and we all took part in this.
This pairing was already used in IRC but from I heard the Brazilian event was quite an organization disaster.
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Here’s a video from Total rally 2012 Total Rally March 2012 - YouTube and from 2011 (more action compared to 2012 video) Total Tour Natal Rally Overview 2011 - YouTube and some videos from other South African rally championship 2011.
Sasol Rally
Sasol Rally Mpumalang Nelspruit Overview - YouTube
HMC National Rally
Toyota Gauteng Rally 10-11 June 2011 Day .1. - YouTube
Toyota Gauteng Rally 10-11 June 2011 - Day 2 - YouTube
Toyota Dealer Rally Gauteng
Toyota Gauteng Rally 10-11 June 2011 Day .1. - YouTube
Toyota Gauteng Rally 10-11 June 2011 - Day 2 - YouTube
Garden Route National Rally
Garden Route National Rally - Day .1. - YouTube
Garden Route National Rally - George/Knysna Day.2. - YouTube
And now I switch to ice hockey.