I don't blame anyone for anything but for me personally the simple facts You named mean disappointment - no Bumschlager, no Neubauer, no foreign drivers.
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I don't blame anyone for anything but for me personally the simple facts You named mean disappointment - no Bumschlager, no Neubauer, no foreign drivers.
I must say that I am disappointed too. Two best local drivers are missing + surprisingly nobody fast from abroad. Despite I know that some of them was thinking about the start. And most of them failed for the same reasons like usually - rally is too early after Christmas/New Year...
The amount of cars is ok, but the quality is indeed very poor. Some foreign R5 drivers was sure to expect, thats quite dissapointing.
Although a nice winter scenario could still make a spectacular rally, but at the moment it doesnt look like that - a pitty.
Neubauer said after Rally Waldviertel, that he doesn´t go for Austrian title anymore and plans to do some international events - basically the same as Baumschlager. Neubauer´s Fiesta WRC is for sale.
Grössing starts with his Evo IX - which could have been a good decision in regard of costs (215 km of special stages!), if there would be snow covered roads, but it doesn´t look like this for now.
So maybe 2018 could mark the beginning of the end of WRC cars in Austria - even if they´re still allowed. I think Baumschlager will take another try in 2019 when Polo R5 is homologated.
EDIT: Fiesta WRC of Neubauer is obviously sold: https://www.rallye-magazin.de/int/ar...mann-neubauer/
What is the weather forecast for this weekend?
Very warm and mainly dry.
https://www.facebook.com/rallyemag/v...6107353064973/ shakedown looks promising
Shakedown video from GHrallyemotion:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=43Tk9CoQizk
Grössing accident on SS1, Rigler mechanical, Walter Mayer accident, then mechanical, rally organizer Zitta engine fire