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Thread: Rally Sweden's future
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13th February 2020, 15:24 #21
The difference is that Finland has it much easier since they don't have to provide any certain conditions like snow and ice. They only need to provide gravel roads which isn't a problem in the summer.
Anyway my first option would be to try to skip moving outside Sweden and choose a northern more location. However I don't think that it will happen as long as
Glenn Olsson is running the rally as he and his organisation/sponsors are very Karlstad/Värmland centric....Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
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13th February 2020, 16:34 #22
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13th February 2020, 16:40 #23
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Don't need to move it far. Just been in my hometown, Elverum, Norway. 70-80km from Finnskogen. And while it's far from an amazing winter here it's snow, ice and banks. Even on the roads thats in daily use around schools etc.
Also as we have seen in testing, there are multiple snowy, icy roads in the area fairly near Torsby.
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13th February 2020, 17:15 #24
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13th February 2020, 18:02 #25
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There is no doubt that the WRC needs a winter rally. A snow/ice event brings a unique element to the calendar. What has always amazed me is that a tyre manufacturer essential develops a specific tyre which will only be used in one round of the WRC.
The current situation is a crisis. The manufacturers and tyre suppliers sign up and invest large sums of money, and almost need to have a guarantee that a winter rally will run in adequate, not necessarily perfect conditions. The current conditions are nowhere near adequate. It's not a knee-jerk reaction either, the rally organisers have "crossed their fingers" many times before in the weeks leading up to the rally. They were bound to get bitten. Rally Sweden is the best event I've ever visited, but the scenes this week are saddening.
The event needs to move north if it wants to survive, manufacturers will soon be tired of the uncertainty (they probably are already). Is there any reason why two winter events can't run again. The WRC can be shortsighted and nostalgic at times. If they want to expand and grow the sport they must crack North America. Even if the appetite isn't currently there in North America, running an event in somewhere like Montreal would have the potential to draw of millions, and the road conditions at this time of year will almost certainly be adequate. F1 fans flock to Montreal for the GP, so why can't WRC do the same. I can't see the manufacturers thinking that it's a bad move in terms of exposure.
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15th February 2020, 16:45 #26
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TODT DECLARES SNOW-LESS SWEDEN WON’T BE REPEATED
FIA PRESIDENT MAKES CLEAR THERE HAVE TO BE CHANGES
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/t...t-be-repeated/#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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15th February 2020, 17:58 #27
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Your capslock is broken it seems....
Anyway he's telling them to move stages.
I guess for next year they will keep Likenås and probably Hof-Finnskog and try to move other stages further north.
Good bye to Colin's crest.
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15th February 2020, 21:43 #28
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15th February 2020, 22:08 #29
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Todt keen on USA return...
https://www.dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/v...returns-to-usa
Hmmmm... and all this new WRC coverage from US-based Dirtfish is just a co-incidence ?
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15th February 2020, 22:18 #30
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Off course they should have a north american rally, but will americans understand this sport? They actally think someone driving in circles with a carburettor is a exiting motorsport.....
It is probably to complicated for them, maybe if they put it in some of the "scandinavian" states up north or canada?
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