Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[Neige]

I had a talk with Deividas Jocius about his start in 2020 Monte Carlo.

Quite a fascinating story, when he traveled to Wales rally GB with 13 broken bones after huge crash to discuss future plans with M-Sport...

I put the words in this arcticle:

http://rally-week.com/deividas-jociu...onte-carlo-20/

[manthey]

I had a talk with Deividas Jocius about his start in 2020 Monte Carlo.

Quite a fascinating story, when he traveled to Wales rally GB with 13 broken bones after huge crash to discuss future plans with M-Sport...

I put the words in this arcticle:

http://rally-week.com/deividas-jociu...onte-carlo-20/

Nice interview!

When he said 4mln for Wrc, was referred to all season as private driver?

[Rally Hokkaido]

Hiroshi Seiki died here, yesterday. I think a lot of you would have seen him on the stages. To many of us he was a legend in APRC & WRC and a great person to have dinner and/or a drink or three together with! R.I.P. Seiki-san https://www.facebook.com/wrpseiki

[lmmjvss]

Any idea on how much it costs to redbull to sponsor all of those drivers in rally1 and 2?? I dont believe these guys are making tons of money. I'd bet is more about ideal (safety) free helmets and some Daily-Fee for footages?? Haha any idea?

[AnttiL]

With a bigger Redbull support for M-sport (as team?) I think several RB-supported drivers could be seen in a puma this year, both Loeb and Mikkelsen, Fourmaux can get a drive if he do well in wrc2, witch other drivers without a seat but with RB support is around?

I doubt we'll see anyone else than Tänak and Loubet driving the Puma with Red Bull colors.

[AnttiL]

Any idea on how much it costs to redbull to sponsor all of those drivers in rally1 and 2?? I dont believe these guys are making tons of money. I'd bet is more about ideal (safety) free helmets and some Daily-Fee for footages?? Haha any idea?

The "Red Bull athlete" sponsorship must not me that big, they have literally hundreds of athletes in countless disciplines and countless countries.

[sinepikohv]

Also bear in mind that RB is a part owner of the Promoter so especially easy for them to get deals done with WRC drivers.

[lmmjvss]

I dont know why but Im having this feeling that the rallyTV thing is a sign that redbull will jump out as the WRC Promoter in '24... They were doing well by just promoting "their athletes" in this year's Dakar and last year's American Motocross, instead of being behind the whole series, u'know? Idk, hope its just a random thought...
Edit: oh, add to that the new Dirt Fish's Live Center too... Idk, those stuff are looking like a shift in comand, no?

[EstWRC]

I don’t get this dude again

Most of the time it seems he is happy that Tänak joined the team but then again seems he doesn’t like it


https://twitter.com/wrcgerardquinn/s...pB5nMx9p8zmLqA

[bomber21]

I dont know why but Im having this feeling that the rallyTV thing is a sign that redbull will jump out as the WRC Promoter in '24... They were doing well by just promoting "their athletes" in this year's Dakar and last year's American Motocross, instead of being behind the whole series, u'know? Idk, hope its just a random thought...
Edit: oh, add to that the new Dirt Fish's Live Center too... Idk, those stuff are looking like a shift in comand, no?

Any promoter change would be good. The current one is not actually promoting the sport.
By the way, WRC e-shop is dead or almost dead?