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Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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11th November 2013, 14:00 #101
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Personally I can't see not being able to buy a street version of a C4/Fiesta/Polo/I30 4wd etc an issue.
It's the spectacle and competition (often not too much of that....) that attracts the more casual fan.
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11th November 2013, 14:15 #102
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
So thru!!!
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11th November 2013, 14:31 #103
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Look at Soccer. People buying David Beckem shirts playing on the streets with a football and they can practice and practice and if they have talent they are going to the top.
I know buying cars is more expensive then a football but you get the idea. If you wanna find new rally talents you need to let people drive road cars like evo s and subaru s and eventually they are building there street evo into a rallycar. If prof rallyteams have talent spotters they can offer them testdrives.
But nowadays you must buy you into expensive rally cars. De dream is already over if you know the cost. The path from hobby weekend rally driver to new talent is not there anymore. It s becoming a money show. Bring a big budget and you be a WRC rally driver in a blink of eye.
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11th November 2013, 17:43 #104
Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
So Ogier, Loeb, Solberg, Gronholm, McRae, and the others don't have talent? What kind of utter bullshit is this reasoning?
Motorsport has always been very expensive, it's in the nature of the sport. I don't know what the hell you are expecting.
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11th November 2013, 17:58 #105
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Originally Posted by AdvEvo
LOL... it was always like that.
Rallying was always a sport for the upper class... and it will always be, especially when it comes to building a career out of it.
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11th November 2013, 18:15 #106
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Originally Posted by N.O.TStupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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11th November 2013, 19:18 #107
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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11th November 2013, 20:02 #108
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Around we go in another circle!
I've never in my life thought I'm going to stop watching Rallying because;
A. I don't have enough money to be a WRC driver.
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B. I can't buy a 4wd turbo version of the latest WRC car.
It seems we all too often make excuses for the sport we love, when in fact it's just not that popular! Doesn't bother me, keeps the forests empty and I can still enjoy the finest drivers go flat out sideways. At the same time I can use what ever little money I have to play around in the odd amateur event.
Has anyone ever asked the question, why do we even want rallying to be popular? Watching it live at the stages in the last 10 or 15 years hasn't changed, so why are we bothered?
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11th November 2013, 21:04 #109
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
Originally Posted by Doon
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11th November 2013, 22:11 #110
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Re: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
My point is that 10 years ago there were 7 manufacturer teams, loads of decent drivers, more fans at the events, but has the live on the stage action ever changed? No it hasn't. Lets stop moaning and enjoy rallying for what it is.
I think we saw this one coming, didn't we?
F1 Guru Adrian Newey leave Redbull