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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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3rd March 2019, 14:06 #1521
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Aha, ok. So the calendar on ewrc-results.com has a small mistake, Autoglym Rally is one week earlier there...
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3rd March 2019, 14:52 #1522
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Well, Aava confirmed on Friday, when they signed the contracts with Ciesla, that all the 4 teams will be here with one driver from each team.
Theres a long interview with Ciesla in estonian newspaper, first i thought i will translate the whole thing but then i changed my mind and i will point out the most interesting parts.
- says that in long perspective this contract with Rally Estonia doesnt mean much, and at the moment it isnt possible because the priority is to go outside europe: Africa, Asia, North-America and Middle-East.
- the feedback last year from teams was very positive and thats why they decided to do it again and bigger this time. the roads are similar to finland and the teams can do good preparation.
- about the idea to have rotation in the calendar: he says the idea is very good, because we could get more countries and events in the calendar, but for the organisers it is very difficult because they have to keep their money, sponsors, and workers also the year they are not having the rally. so, great idea but not sustainable.
- his ideal goal is to have 16 rallies on the calendar but says that they have the same opinion with teams, their budgets are limited.
- since he mentioned that he wants to have 16 rallies, the reporter right away asks if it would mean shorter rallies? Ciesla: no, not at all. We have done the calculations many times and it wont change the costs for the teams. They still would have to bring as many parts to the rallies as now and be there as many days as now. For the organisers it would mean less costs but also less profit because there are less stages. At the moment this plan doesnt interest no one anymore because they cant see how it would be profitable.
- in the end theres a question: how we would get more car makers into the series? he doesnt say anything special there, points out that they have to make the series very attractive to them. Also says that they have to go to the countries where we have big car markets and hints also to the hybrid technology.Last edited by EstWRC; 3rd March 2019 at 15:01.
#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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3rd March 2019, 14:59 #1523
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Among so many new possible WRC venues, I’m amazed how this one wasn’t yet caught on Ciesla’s radar…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FFpcqH0TgY
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3rd March 2019, 15:24 #1524
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3rd March 2019, 15:26 #1525
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same shit, different year.....
#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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3rd March 2019, 16:30 #1526
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3rd March 2019, 17:26 #1527
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Roads are similar, especially with added jumps, surface though, is another story. Still, Tänak won both, Torn in JWRC won both, Paddon was by far the best Hyundai, taking 4th with the setups he tested in RE, Huttunen and Pietarinen were the fastest non-WRC in RE, took 1-2 in WRC2 Finland.
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3rd March 2019, 18:43 #1528
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I can´t help myself but it reminded me this gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olT8v8yMUEU But when its mostly the money who decides Central Asian rally could be real adition to championship
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3rd March 2019, 19:13 #1529
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I don't know this year's itinerary of autoglym but Ralkt Estonia will be most likely similar to last year, so special shakedown for WRC teams (also special test days before), also services very often (every 2 stages almost) so possibility to test a lot before and during the rally. So it attract the teams a lot. Roads are quite similar regarding the setup you need to use, surface little bit more loose but not that much
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3rd March 2019, 19:23 #1530
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Autoglym will have 10 stages this year with two services, all during one day.
1 Neuville 2 Ogier 3 Evans 4 Tanak 5 Mikkelsen 6 Katsuta 7 Munster 8 Rossel mknight
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