Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2018
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3rd April 2018, 19:27 #1221
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What Volvo_?
my cars are a MIGHTY Saab 96 with a motor ++and a shell way better than they used 'back in the ´day' (we have loose rules) and a group N and a 1/2 4x4 Ford Cosworth 4x4 (getting converted BACK to RWD)..And me against an NedZedder in an Escort??????? YIKES!!!!!
I'm fawked!John Vanlandingham
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3rd April 2018, 21:37 #1222
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4th April 2018, 10:50 #1223
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FIA ended Power Stage strategy with new rule : "No start at time no bonus Points" ► http://bit.ly/2q4nlVc
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4th April 2018, 11:03 #1224
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Changing the rules mid season is a 'no-no' unless for safety reasons...... but it's not the first or last time from the FiA.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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4th April 2018, 11:17 #1225
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4th April 2018, 11:23 #1226
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oh no if Eddie now sees this....
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4th April 2018, 11:27 #1227
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4th April 2018, 12:18 #1228
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You will be very pleased to read FIA's explanation that it is indeed for safety reasons
This will take place with immediate effect for safety reasons. ...
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-decisio...out-powerstageLast edited by KiwiWRCfan; 4th April 2018 at 12:19. Reason: spelling error
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4th April 2018, 12:27 #1229
Pfff safety reasons? Ahah television deals
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4th April 2018, 12:29 #1230
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LOL, technically the safety reasons are off course correct. Even though we all know that TV and "sporting" reasons are as much or move important.
Anyway strictly speaking this change should have been done at the same time powerstage points were introduced (2014). That it took so long before someone exploited this is actually quite amazing.
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