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    It always amazes me what key figures in this sport are so fondly attached to, what they'll go out of their way to defend, usually things that are detrimental to the integrity the sport... If only they cared as much for the legacy of this sport as they do their pathetic gimmicks.

    The WRC gravy train would be far more lucrative for these figures if the sport was closer to what it was in the past, ironically, 'in their day', rather than the circus they're complicit in turning it into.

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    work of Matton Mouton is to secure these super stages which are full of spectators.
    So they have to be 101% sure that a jump(or whatever) at these stages is safe.Same way as they check,and some times cancel proper stages due to safety reasons
    At this rally we just learned that the ramp was wrong because of thinner metal sheet.
    Could the drivers had known something like that before they jumped?
    definetely NOT.
    except from wrc drivers(who love flat out, and dont lift.....),at this jump passed and wrc2 drivers,or national drivers
    if the thinner metal sheet had collapsed when a national driver passed,and the car with some 100km/h rolled over the croud?
    So the''drivers have to lift'' is pure stupidity.
    it was a wrong from organisers,and fia didnt checked it.
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    They canceled a stage in MC because the crowd is in dangerous place, but now on this stupid jump near the crowd on even more stupid super special it's the drivers have to be careful.

    Seriously? WTF? Helllooooooo......
    "With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

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    #8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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    WRC Sideways - a new Video magazine from Redbull motorsport
    Unlikely to appeal to hardcore fans but it is things like this that can help introduce new fans to the sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XY2koxQlw
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    Quote Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan View Post
    WRC Sideways - a new Video magazine from Redbull motorsport
    Unlikely to appeal to hardcore fans but it is things like this that can help introduce new fans to the sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XY2koxQlw
    horror show

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barreis View Post
    horror show
    Hope they improve it or bin it.
    Never stop dreaming because one day it might happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan View Post
    WRC Sideways - a new Video magazine from Redbull motorsport
    Unlikely to appeal to hardcore fans but it is things like this that can help introduce new fans to the sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XY2koxQlw
    Not my kind of show, but you’re totally right about this stuff being useful to attract younger publics. Btw, besides events previews and reports, apparently Chen is also making WRC vlogs. Well done Red Bull!
    Rally addict since 1982

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    Quote Originally Posted by KiwiWRCfan View Post
    WRC Sideways - a new Video magazine from Redbull motorsport
    Unlikely to appeal to hardcore fans but it is things like this that can help introduce new fans to the sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XY2koxQlw
    yes all this is nice and well but what quality of fans we want in the sport ? do we want all these trash low life plebs that drool over that nobodys with a teenager complex ghymkhana videos ? Sometimes its about quality rather than quantity...

    whoever managed to got through the whole video should consider to stop watching rallying... i made it to 15 seconds and felt like i was eating 3 month old cheap restaurant garbage with a shovel...

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    I just quickly skipped through it, FIA/MotorsportUK no doubt delighted with this message... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6XY...outu.be&t=1123

    Exactly the message you DON'T wan't to send to the kind of people who this show is intended for!

    Various bit are unintentionally funny where the guy's just talking nonsense and Nabila shoots him down with common sense. For example, presenter lolz at Alberto Heller's boot being open, "this is the madness that could only happen in Mexico", Nabila flatly interrupts "I don't think it just happens in Mexico, it happens everywhere"... At least there's one sensible voice.

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    Btw, besides events previews and reports, apparently Chen is also making WRC vlogs. Well done Red Bull!
    Found that, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT7AjyI3BEE , better thing to watch.

    From what I've seen, WRC Promoter should use the main RedBullTV/Mike Chen shows as the format for pitching localised highlights to mainstream free to air broadcasters. The basic WRC highlight package elements of those shows could be produced to provide a framework, with the Mike Chen segments just being swapped out, with localised segments of similar length/content with a presenter specific to each country that takes it up being inserted. The faceless standard highlight package that has become increasingly the norm across the world since the ISC/North One era has contributed strongly to giving the sport a cheap and unimportant feel. Here in the UK, even on the low budget Channel 5, the standard highlight package stood out as an oddity in comparison to most popular/mainstream sport coverage.

    Sadly I don't think WRC Promoter/RB are making enough effort to secure mainstream broadcasters. They could learn some lessons from Formula E, who have clearly recognised the importance of this. Maybe the WRC needs to wait until the Hybrid era now to be able to pitch the product afresh...
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