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6th July 2021, 17:49 #91
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7th July 2021, 13:14 #92
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10th July 2021, 14:05 #93
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Yes lets keep it on the mainland, the islands cost more than it tastes.
keep it simple, keep cost down!
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27th July 2021, 17:42 #94
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And this is also what some of us have said that WRC have lost after the top class cars became a special car, and no longer allowed in regional and national series.
This has always been the charm of Rally, that local drivers once a year can challenge the best drivers in equal machines, at least out of the box.
I see the world championship as a lost case, since they chose to go hybrid. And that the support classes get very little airtime.
We see that the quality of ERC and their teams and drivers have increased over the last few years. ERC has great potential, and need to get a system for events to swap btw being a WRC and ERC event, to get more variation for drivers.
Up and coming events need to qualify via ERC, to compete for a WRC slot.
RunningCosts in ERC need to be kept at a minimum, with good deals for tyres, fuel and so on via sponsors.
Same with fees to FIA, should be kept at a minimum, both for teams and drivers in the different championship classes.
And to make the job easier for drivers, when selling ERC as a product to their potential sponsors, the promotor need to give airtime to all classes from ERC1 to ERC4 and GT.
All classes need their own daily sumup program for drivers to shine and give their sponsors something to show their workforce and customers!
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28th July 2021, 10:24 #95
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I dont think it is necessary to have at least one round in Scandinavia. There are races in Latvia and also Poland, which are very similar and not so fat away from Scandinavia. And mainly - scandinavian (and Baltic) drivers needs to leave their territory and try something different - slow gravel and tarmac. That is their biggest problem...
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28th July 2021, 17:37 #96
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Adding more events would be very wrong after many years of hard work achieved the reduction to a sensible amount of them. Eight events is perfectly fine number for ERC. No competitor wants or needs more.
Regarding Scandinavia or other places. It's a deal of two sides. Where there is no serious interest from the organizers there is no point to try to organize something.Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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28th July 2021, 20:08 #97
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Organizers and drivers from France, Scandinavia or the British isles have rarely been interested in ERC, especially when one considers they're all big "rally nations". So it's not always easy to go to the places currently left untouched by the calendar.
To me an event in Belgium, Germany, Austria or Switzerland would be nice to have, but for the rest I don't see big problems in the calendar. Barum is definitely central Europe, not East. Both the Hungarian and the Polish rallies are central-east Europe, while Liepaja is not far from Scandinavia.
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28th July 2021, 20:19 #98
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The comeback of Ypres or Valais would be very nice indeed, but I think it's a choice of the organizers themselves as well. They left the ERC when it was in a slightly weaker form (as mentioned here too many events so many drivers skipped some). I bet they are now wondering if that was a smart thing to do...
The championship and calendar are great as it is right now. Only thing that's a pity is we are seeing 2 events in Portugal, but no Portugese drivers competing in ERC, while they have quite a few fast drivers... I know the same could be said for Belgium for many years.
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First leg he will be thinking in Portuguese championship. Then he can go for WRC2.
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