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25th April 2024, 10:04
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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That's little surprising, for me Croatia in EA...
That's little surprising, for me Croatia in EA WRC is disappointing and feels rather dull. It's partially due to too clean and smooth tarmac and partially due to Bliznec-Pila being weird choice for...
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25th April 2024, 09:37
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I would like for day 1 to change cleaning driver...
I would like for day 1 to change cleaning driver after every stage.
Stage 1: NEU EVA FOU OGI TAN KAT MIK MUN
Stage 2: EVA FOU OGI TAN KAT MIK MUN and NEU moved to back of WRC1 list
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19th April 2024, 11:40
Thread: [WRC] Croatia Rally 2024
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No one has whole picture, even Mikkelsen. And...
No one has whole picture, even Mikkelsen. And it's not courtroom, opinion that Mikkelsen's driving is disappointing so far isn't as ridiculous as you painted it.
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18th April 2024, 20:48
Thread: [WRC] Croatia Rally 2024
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But we also have post-saturday points reset. I...
But we also have post-saturday points reset. I would say friday's issues matter less this year for overall point gain than in previous seasons.
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16th April 2024, 18:49
Thread: WRC main class in 2025
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I doubt AI driving is future of motorsport lol....
I doubt AI driving is future of motorsport lol. Chess engines are much better than homo sapiens for years but people still prefer to watch Carlsen vs Nakamura than Stockfish vs AlphaZero
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16th April 2024, 14:54
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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It's wishful thinking but maybe Kalle just...
It's wishful thinking but maybe Kalle just reached his peak level very early and will not improve past that too much while guys like Solberg, Sesks and Pajari will keep improving and catch up to him...
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15th April 2024, 13:06
Thread: WRC Pickems 2024 - R4 RALLY CROATIA
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1 Neuville 2 Ogier 3 Evans 4 Tanak 5 Fourmaux 6...
1 Neuville 2 Ogier 3 Evans 4 Tanak 5 Fourmaux 6 Mikkelsen 7 Katsuta 8 Lindholm Backa
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It's other way around for me, I followed WRC...
It's other way around for me, I followed WRC semi-regularly in 2010s but discovering some rally games, then Red Bull TV get me hooked on more and I decided to subscribe to Rally.tv last year
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5th April 2024, 19:03
Thread: WRC main class in 2025
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Not sure if potentially losing Toyota, Hyundai...
Not sure if potentially losing Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport would be better than finding some common ground. WRC keeping hybrids for 2025 and 2026 is not death sentence.
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5th April 2024, 18:55
Thread: 2024 WRC News & Rumours
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91% is quite specific lol. Sesks is good...
91% is quite specific lol.
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31st March 2024, 19:06
Thread: 2024 - New Point Scoring System
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For Kenya: 27 Rovanpera 18 Katsuta...
For Kenya:
27 Rovanpera
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31st March 2024, 18:47
Thread: [WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2024
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Sure, I was just mocking "rallying is not for...
Sure, I was just mocking "rallying is not for you" argument that was used by AndyRAC.
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31st March 2024, 16:31
Thread: [WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2024
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It doesn't need to be flat out all the time but...
It doesn't need to be flat out all the time but reducing cruising is not exactly bad thing.
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31st March 2024, 16:08
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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"WRC Promoter had been working towards a 14-event...
"WRC Promoter had been working towards a 14-event schedule for 2024, but event director Simon Larkin has cited the need to bring more Rally1 cars into the championship as the reason for sticking with...
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31st March 2024, 15:01
Thread: 2024 - New Point Scoring System
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New points system seems to make sundays more...
New points system seems to make sundays more interesting but we have also another rally where winning whole thing is undervalued in points.
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31st March 2024, 14:26
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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WEC has different characteristics, they want...
WEC has different characteristics, they want lower classes teams to be present on all rounds while WRC is fine with WRC2 drivers usually take part in only 7 rounds.
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30th March 2024, 23:11
Thread: Hyundai WRT
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I doubt it has anything with his F1 background....
I doubt it has anything with his F1 background. He is saying what Hyundai wants him to say. Same as Thierry and Kalle for Toyota. I guess current manufacturers don't enjoy their lack of influence on...
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30th March 2024, 22:55
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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Similar approach exists to some extent,...
Similar approach exists to some extent, Poland-Latvia-Finland this year, Sardegna-Cyprus-Greece-Turkey in 2000s. It's good for teams logistics, but for hosts having another WRC rally two weeks...
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30th March 2024, 11:07
Thread: [WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2024
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When was last time driver finish 10 rallies in a...
When was last time driver finish 10 rallies in a row without problem?
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30th March 2024, 09:56
Thread: [WRC] Safari Rally Kenya 2024
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I enjoyed it so far but I would enjoy it more if...
I enjoyed it so far but I would enjoy it more if rally.tv let me watch replays of stages I missed. Terrible streaming.
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30th March 2024, 00:22
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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Depends what you're looking for. For people...
Depends what you're looking for. For people thirsty for wheel-to-wheel action and seeing as much event as possible when attending live, rally would be one of most boring motorsports to follow.
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27th March 2024, 22:33
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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Wales lost spot similar way to Corsica and...
Wales lost spot similar way to Corsica and Deutschland and Poland/Latvia/Estonia are cannibalizing each other.
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27th March 2024, 00:06
Thread: WRC Calendar 2025
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I follow news about calendar rather regularly and...
I follow news about calendar rather regularly and didn't see anything about potential of Rally Deutschland coming back. If Central Europe will lose spot in calendar, Ireland seems to be most...
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21st March 2024, 14:54
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1 Rovanpera 2 Neuville 3 Evans 4 Tanak 5 Katsuta...
1 Rovanpera 2 Neuville 3 Evans 4 Tanak 5 Katsuta 6 Fourmaux 7 Lappi 8 Solberg Backa
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11th March 2024, 12:37
Thread: 2024 WRC News & Rumours
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Sardegna is doing rather well. Maybe difference...
Sardegna is doing rather well. Maybe difference is that stages aren't spread across whole island like it usually was in Tour De Corse.
Anyway, with so many decent canditates to host the rally in...
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Those of "questionable knowledge" will be the scientists. You might think that rocket science is hard but: Rocket Scientist: Someone who understands Newton's Laws of motion and basic chemistry....
What's the first thing to come to...