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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
    The logic is quite simple: despite being brutally beautiful machines, current WRC cars are too expensive for national rally use and for that reason they can’t provide a large and competitive national top rally field, like most rally fans want and R5 cars are providing. In that sense crews using R5's must be protected (not only in terms of championship points but also on their rally overall win chances) and occasional WRC entries should only be allowed in demo mode.
    But in that case we should ban the R5s immediately and focus only on some R1 or R2 machinery - IF the widest and most competitive (I guess that means number of entrants) field of cars is set as a priority.

    But ok, maybe we have to agree to disagree here
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    https://www.rallit.fi/kaksi-mm-ralli...c-komissiolle/

    The WRC Calendar draft for 2020 leaves out Corsica and Germany to make room for Kenya and Japan. Also mentioned is the possible swap of Australia for New Zealand.

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    It really annoys me Sardinia stays over Germany or even Corsica (and I've said in the past Corisca should go because France technically have two events with Monte). However to only have Japan as a true tarmac event next year is an absolute disgrace for the championship (unless GB moves to the tarmac of Northern Ireland AND Spain gets back to being full tarmac).

    I really do like what Cielsa is trying to do in making this a proper world championship. I like the Mexico/Argentina/Chile long events, the return to Japan will be great and they've brought back the Safari (and aren't going to make it a pathetic 300km event either which is a relief), but where's the tarmac....

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Safari (and aren't going to make it a pathetic 300km event either which is a relief)
    I believe it when I see it. Unless the maximum length is increased again for next year...

    The 500 km thing was mentioned by a "source close to the event" who might remember wrong or not know the latest regulations...
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    I believe it when I see it. Unless the maximum length is increased again for next year...

    The 500 km thing was mentioned by a "source close to the event" who might remember wrong or not know the latest regulations...
    I believe it was Mouton who said that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katvala View Post
    I believe it was Mouton who said that

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    https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ute-for-return

    A source close to the event said: "She [Mouton] said her desire and that of the world is to see the Safari Rally as a true test of man and machine.

    "Although a WRC Safari will be shortened to around 500 kilometres (310 miles) spread over three days, it must remain hard work for the current crop of sprinters who are so evenly matched that in some events they are separated by milliseconds.
    Doesn't actually seem a quote at all, just a misplaced quote character.

    EDIT: I sent the author (David Evans) a question about this and he replied that in his understanding Safari are trying to get a waiver to run a longer itinerary.
    Last edited by AnttiL; 17th May 2019 at 10:14.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    I believe it when I see it. Unless the maximum length is increased again for next year...

    The 500 km thing was mentioned by a "source close to the event" who might remember wrong or not know the latest regulations...
    Kenya will not be a 500km rally. I can tell you first hand. Was born in Kenya and have indirect ties to the organizers of the rally. They don't have enough private land for 500km. Public land is too dangerous and risky. It's basically farm land and fire roads... Mostly smooth roads even better than Turkey. I met two of the main organizers at Rally Turkey last year. They we're very vocal about how rough the Turkish roads were since they drove through many stages with FIA.. A vid of what stages would look like. https://youtu.be/mWLZhNgHVmA

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    It's basically farm land and fire roads... Mostly smooth roads even better than Turkey.

    A vid of what stages would look like. https://youtu.be/mWLZhNgHVmA
    I know, I wrote about it already last year https://itgetsfasternow.com/2018/06/...of-the-safari/

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    Kenya will not be a 500km rally. I can tell you first hand. Was born in Kenya and have indirect ties to the organizers of the rally. They don't have enough private land for 500km. Public land is too dangerous and risky. It's basically farm land and fire roads... Mostly smooth roads even better than Turkey. I met two of the main organizers at Rally Turkey last year. They we're very vocal about how rough the Turkish roads were since they drove through many stages with FIA.. A vid of what stages would look like. https://youtu.be/mWLZhNgHVmA
    Where are the corners?
    They will need longer gears if they are going to drive 400 out of 400km straight and flatout against the limiter.

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    today M-Sport testing in France on tarmac new Ford Fiesta R5 with Valtteri Bottas ► http://bit.ly/2M422kb

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