Looks like Mr Todt has started his campaign for the next FIA presidential election ... :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
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Looks like Mr Todt has started his campaign for the next FIA presidential election ... :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
Is it just me.. or is the Mini clubman, the wrong model of car for the job? It's hideous! What are the aero or torsional rigidity benefits vs marketing that make it the model of choice for the group?
I like his idea of a 12 event calender with longer rallies (13 or 14 would be fine too), but a rally like Finland should always be a sprint event so the current format works fine imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
A world championship rally in China again makes most sense to me.
Todt endorses adventure. I think that the longer rallies are best left to the Baja, Cross Country and Transworld Events people.
A Safari wrc car was engineering project additional to the standard wrc car.
Perhaps longer stages or events that did not repeat loop stages would be better for some WRC events ? The cars would only need a larger fuel tank.
I too think that 12 events is about right. Yes, WRC needs new markets, but it needs to walk before it can run. I would imagine that rotation would be needed, have no problem with that, provided that certain events always run, I;e Finland. A mix of sprint, endurance events is what is needed. So we have a mix of 2, 3, 4 day events – all different. At the moment they’re all the same – not good!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Josti
They're bull****ing all the time.. I don't know what is the function of Morrie Chandler?! And WRC is not popular as F1 so no need for more WRC rallies.. Then new manufacturers will maybe come..
Finland was a 2-day event.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
IMHO the WRC is going in the right direction, mixed events like Spain or Turkey with huge crowds (Turkey in Istanbul, 5th biggest city in the world) was awesome. Also Alsace was a big (positive) surprise. I expected much Loeb-fans, but didn't expect that amount of people in all the stages.
My ideal season would be based on 14 events (12 are not enough for a proper world calendar, but 16 like some years ago were too much):
SWEDEN (with stages in Norway)
MEXICO (or USA, like Simon Long told me... they're under negotiations)
ARGENTINA
PORTUGAL
TURKEY
ITALY (start in Rome, stages all over Sardinia, like IRC 2010)
GREECE
FINLAND
GERMANY
JAPAN
CHINA or INDIA (no both)
FRANCE-ALSACE
SPAIN
WALES GB
No Aus or NZ :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
AUS or NZ is a must (especialy the later one)
Citroen are apparantley refusing to sell Solberg a DS3 unless he signs a long term deal as they think he will bugger off and tell another manufacturer all their secrets! Ford are just as bad however as they wont sell any Fiesta WRCs until 2012 at the earliest as they think their secrets will get out...
He can always call Prodrive, they are selling Mini's ...Quote:
Originally Posted by sal
DR will sell anything to anybody!
In global terms NZ hasn't a huge interest by sponsors... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mm1
Duval in a subaru WRC at rally catalunya
http://www.rallyracc.com/2010/descargas/inscritos.pdf
He will not start there
My perfect schedule for the WRC:
Sweden/Norway (I want Swedish history but if they can't find a way to make it a proper snow rally Norway has been fantastic)
Ireland (winter tarmac!)
North America
Portugal
Italy
Argentina
Turkey
Break
New Zealand/Australia
Finland
Germany/France
Japan
Spain
China/Indonesia
Wales
Start the last weekend in January and finish the first weekend in December.
I would rotate in Greece, Bulgaria, France and possibly a fourth at some point.
Nice to read that... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsportfun
Indonesia probably not as a 'world' scale event and terrorism threats
China would be good but a good African event would be nice to go to!!!
Yeah there's not much pint of Indonesian round, risk of terrorism is pretty high and there isn;t much of a car market. So that argument is muted too.Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
Proton but yes that's true. They do have their share of APRC.
Marcus Gronholm will make his rally raid debut in the Oilibya Rally of Morocco, (17-22 october) with a BMW X3cc of team X-Raid. His navigtor will be the very experienced Frenchman Michel Perin. Perin was the navigator of Carlos Sainz in 2009, when they were the verge of winning Dakar rally, before crashing a few days before the finish.
I hope Bosse likes sand.. a lot of sand :)
Amateurs..
http://dlvr.it/6pMjc
can you explain your comment?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
I don't know either of these guys, but they appear to have been paid for their work, so they are not amateur by definition.
What do you know that makes you suggest that they are not good at their job, which is what I assume you mean?
It's about NorthOne.. They don't promote WRC good enough..
They signed lots of contracts (One HD, HD Theatre, Viasat, Rai Sport here in Italy, etc.), they'll broadcast ALL 2011 EVENTS LIVE, probably in Native HD (for HD we have to wait Sportel 2010 in Monaco), and it's not enough?
They worked with the FIA to come to clear regulations. They called for a stability of the various rallies on the calendar, and they signed various contracts with organizers. They are arranging a better junior series, with WRC Academy, they put various sponsors into the series...
What can they do to convince you?
Compare it with F1.. They're trash.. No more Eurosport and I have to download every wrc event from web.. The only good thing is live show from 2011 and only after they saw how much audience attract Eurosport IRC show.. Otherwise we should wait for that another 20 years.. Ugly NorthOne..
dont you think its the brodcasting companies from your own country that are to blame, if they dont show WRC ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
They're not intersted in wrc sport and who's guilty? PROMOTORS. We had Eurosport until last year and now-music over. Tomi, you should only for once be on my side! :D
The reason Eurosport dont show is because they are broke nothing else, they have lost many other motorsport series as well, not only WRC, I think its up to your national tv companies to show, no one else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Well, then I'll still have to download it.. For live show only on web if it'll be some link..
Mads Ostberg will do full season in WRC next year. Atleast this what he said after Saaremaa rally this weekend. Maybe it was SWRC idk.
Ott Tänak fill drive Fiesta s2000 next year in SWRC. He will fight for the title!
which car he will drive ?Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfan+
I think, he will drive Mini Wrc ? .. Mini Adapta Team not ?
Don't think so, Mini won't be ready at start of season.... but maybe they bring homologation forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
Try a Fiesta!?Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmarcus21
David Richards said on Totalrally radio that planned date for homologation is 1st March but some delay is possible. I don't think it will be sooner.Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
Where's Mirek Fritz?
oh yes ;) .. i forgot this ;) ...Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally
Organizers of Rally Bohemia officially introduced their aim to run WRC event in 2015. Current leadership, same with people who run Rallycross European Championship race in Sosnová, is very ambitious and I believe that they will get there, especially if their main sponsor Škoda enters WRC in 2012...
Czechs deserves to be in wrc calendar for many reasons. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Interesting news...but, why Bohemia and not Barum? I thought Barum has more experience at high level international rallyingQuote:
Originally Posted by Mirek