WRC Promotional event Shell Helix Rally Estonia

[flat_right]

How convenient that Oleg Gross made just an hour before Rally Estonia press conference a statement that he will personally pay for the fee.

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I think the damage was done, RE organizers let them know that this is not how we will continue and we are going to cancel the event. Then to save his own ass, mr Gross told ok, I'm going to pay this fee for you because I love autosport SO much. But decisions were made already beforehand and no way back.

Really really sad day for Estonian Autosport, the greed of people possibly destroyed our dream of a WRC event in the near future when Tänak is still one of the fastest. It was slim before this, this is none now.

[cali]

Isn't he part of the group that proposed the fee?!

How ludicrous...

Yes indeed!

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[cali]

I think the damage was done, RE organizers let them know that this is not how we will continue and we are going to cancel the event. Then to save his own ass, mr Gross told ok, I'm going to pay this fee for you because I love autosport SO much. But decisions were made already beforehand and no way back.

Really really sad day for Estonian Autosport, the greed of people possibly destroyed our dream of a WRC event in the near future when Tänak is still one of the fastest. It was slim before this, this is none now.

This is exactly how I think. They knew, this Gross public statement was a PR trick to save some face, nothing else.

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[flat_right]

Isn't he part of the group that proposed the fee?!

How ludicrous...

He is part of it! They saw an opportunity to get money to their budget and went full stupid.

[AnttiL]

The ironic thing is that Autoglym rally also announced just a week ago that they're not going to run this year, so there's no test event for Rally Finland in plans. One can only speculate whether Autoglym's decision had something to do with Rally Estonia getting all the big names for the last two years.

[Rallyper]

The ironic thing is that Autoglym rally also announced just a week ago that they're not going to run this year, so there's no test event for Rally Finland in plans. One can only speculate whether Autoglym's decision had something to do with Rally Estonia getting all the big names for the last two years.

Ok. So then they cancelled it tooearly.
However planning rallies needs more than 6 months. So decision already made last autumn, maybe.

[abcrally]

Ok. So then they cancelled it tooearly.
However planning rallies needs more than 6 months. So decision already made last autumn, maybe.

Correct. Autoglym Rally didn't even have plans to run the event in 2020 as last autumn they didn't request the slot from the calendar.

[AnttiL]

Correct. Autoglym Rally didn't even have plans to run the event in 2020 as last autumn they didn't request the slot from the calendar.

But still most likely the decision was made after running last year's event.

[bluuford]

The problem with Autoglym was that it was very different character compared to NORF. I have talked to some teams who took part and they were not happy with the "test conditions." One of the team boss even told that it was so strange that Rally in Finland was so different to NORF while RE was very similar to NORF and much better for test (he had cars in both rallies).

[AnttiL]

The problem with Autoglym was that it was very different character compared to NORF. I have talked to some teams who took part and they were not happy with the "test conditions." One of the team boss even told that it was so strange that Rally in Finland was so different to NORF while RE was very similar to NORF and much better for test (he had cars in both rallies).

Wow, I'm surprised to hear this. I mean, I knew that the roads in the Autoglym ralli area are a bit different in character to Jyväskylä, but it's surprising that Rally Estonia is considered more similar.