[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[Prisoner Monkeys]

Likewise, St Gwynno is insignificant compared to any of the long Kielder stages or the full Dalby stage. It's not even the most difficult in Wales!!
As for Panzerplatte * rolls eyes * Spare me! I was very disappointed by the stage difficulty in general and the Gina 'hop' (not really a jump) in particular

Like I said, I can't agree with all of the choices. I mean, they picked Bunnings outside Perth - why not Wellington Dam, which was a forty-five kilometre labyrinth of junctions and hairpins? Or Harvey Weir, which was a high-speed stage run late in the afternoon so that the sun was always in the drivers' eyes and cast funny shadows that made it difficult to spot braking points.

[Sulland]

It seems Elfyn Evans chose a Ford Fiesta S200 for his Academy crown : World Rally Championship - News - The WRC in 2013: 10 reasons to get excited

Would not be surprised if Wilson use him to test out the new R5 in WRC in 13.

[Fly_Half]

St Gwynno is no longer in use anyway, it's now a mountain biking complex. I'd probably put the 'proper' Resolfen stage before that in any case when it was run at it's full length. Always a car breaker.

[AndyRAC]

St Gwynno is no longer in use anyway, it's now a mountain biking complex. I'd probably put the 'proper' Resolfen stage before that in any case when it was run at it's full length. Always a car breaker.

As are many stages. If they don't get used for Rallying, they soon become turned into MTB complexes. Use them, or lose them. I worry about the Clocaenog stages; used once a year. No longer used for the now defunct Astra Stages, and Vauxhall Rally of Wales - and apart from last year, no longer included in the UK round of the WRC.

As for Resolfen, remember 1997? For the final day: St Gwynno, Rhondda, Rheola, Resolfen(the full fat version), Rheola2, Margam & Cheltenham....

[Prisoner Monkeys]

I'd probably put the 'proper' Resolfen stage before that in any case when it was run at it's full length. Always a car breaker.

You could probably fill a list of the ten toughest stages in the world with ten stages in Wales ...

[Mirek]

Ten most difficult stages in the world. Ten best movies of all times. Ten best war commanders of history. Ten most beautiful castles in the world. Ten most killing kinds of food. Ten blabla. Isn't all look same? These articles are in 99% meaningless and their only reason of existence is that someone needed to publish some article but didn't know about what/or was too lazy.

[Rallyper]

As are many stages. If they don't get used for Rallying, they soon become turned into MTB complexes. Use them, or lose them. I worry about the Clocaenog stages; used once a year. No longer used for the now defunct Astra Stages, and Vauxhall Rally of Wales - and apart from last year, no longer included in the UK round of the WRC.

As for Resolfen, remember 1997? For the final day: St Gwynno, Rhondda, Rheola, Resolfen(the full fat version), Rheola2, Margam & Cheltenham....

Just for the protocoll; I was at the stage finish at Resolfen in 1997...

[tommeke_B]

Al Rajhi his program:

[Mintexmemory]

Ten most difficult stages in the world. Ten best movies of all times. Ten best war commanders of history. Ten most beautiful castles in the world. Ten most killing kinds of food. Ten blabla. Isn't all look same? These articles are in 99% meaningless and their only reason of existence is that someone needed to publish some article but didn't know about what/or was too lazy.

Pulp Fiction
Blade Runner
Casablanca
Field of Dreams
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
La Dolce Vita
Jean de Florette
Shawshank Redemption
Seven Samurai

Alexander
Ghengis Khan
Charlemagne
Edward III
Saladin
Hanibal
Marlborough
Wellington
Napoleon
Sherman

Castles have to be fortified and not just ornamental palaces, this counts out most chateau and schloss.

Krak de Chevaliers
Himeji
Malbork
Windsor
Castel de Monte
Spis
Mehrangarh
Carcassonne
Hohensalzburg
Warwick
Food and Blabla aren't my thing - But for any afficianado of a subject the '10 best' is always a useful route to encourage debate and explore opinions - isn't that why we are on a forum in the first place?

However if anyone want's to take this on let's set up a thread in chit chat

[Rallying UK]

Interesting stuff from Juho Hänninen on his decision to join M-Sport:

Hnninen: koda mi nabdla smlouvu