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Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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8th March 2019, 09:36 #1631
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8th March 2019, 09:37 #1632
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8th March 2019, 09:37 #1633
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8th March 2019, 09:47 #1634
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Aren't we all "just common people liking competiton"? "pure rallyist" is just fancy words... which mean nothing.
There will always be people who complain when things change, especially if these thing has been like that for all of their lifetime. I'm almost sure there was plenty of people saying "That's it. I'm out" when Group B was banned. But then time has passed... new people came... and here we are today!
You like it or not, things will change, new generations will grow and there will always be people who passionately follows their beloved sport.
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8th March 2019, 09:59 #1635
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Because electricity is very related to gaming I don't understand why there is so much emphasis on the sound. I mean it is really awesome, but it is just like a side-effect for me, the main thing is the art of driving. If they would be thinking about adding some kind of self driving cars or helpers for driver that would be way worse than no nice sound.
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8th March 2019, 10:08 #1636
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This thing with WRC is that no matter what, you have to keep enticing spectators to go on scene and watch the races live, worldwide audience via streams and highlights is valuable ofcourse but this is no longer 2010 or 2011 and theres much more efficient ways to spend your money if you're looking to promote tourism in a specific region.
And for that, the sport must be as spectatcular as possible, because if not then how are you supposed to gather the crowds?!
We always talk about manufacteurs and promoters but what about the organizers?! It has also got much more expensive to host a round and working on Tourism promotion I can tell you, it has started to become very difficult to justify a 1-1.5 million budget to sponsor a round, specially if you are in Tourism board.
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8th March 2019, 10:14 #1637
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Don´t take me seriously. I´m just a grumpy retired old man... But pure rallyfan, you bet I am.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...
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8th March 2019, 20:21 #1638
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Spot on. Mild hybrids are the only reasonable way to go as they provide an eco label to the series without affecting the fans perception of the sport and manus development costs. High tech hybrid rally cars would be wildely expensive and fully electric cars aren’t yet ready for a proper rally use.
Rally addict since 1982
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8th March 2019, 20:43 #1639
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Like Helmut Marko (Red Bull motorsport chief) says: Formula E it’s not about racing, it’s about marketing; manus are using it to save their faces after Diesel scandal.
Don’t forget coal plants: they’re, by far, the largest electricity source in the world. Politics and car manus always try to hide the obvious: a larger global production of electricity (to cope with EV’s expansion) can only be ensured by burning more coal; eventually we’ll have even more CO2 emissions than today...Rally addict since 1982
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8th March 2019, 21:56 #1640
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