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27th October 2020, 07:35 #831
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Chile-Argentina and Portugal-Sardegna were done like this in 2019. And would have been done this year as well, had it not been for COVID-19. In 2021 Portugal-Sardegna and Estonia-Finland are planned like this.
I am wondering also as well is the FIA could not break this stupid 3 days - sunday noon ending rule which I don't think has ever reached its goal (sunday noon air TV coverage ...) and his killing the spirit and the "rythm" of events. Now that they all look the same, it is less appelaing to fans with pretty empty 9-to-12 and 2-to5 days, to the average joeand probably to manufacturers PR guys (to make up a nice and unique story).
Why would'nt events be somehow different : some short, 2 days or 1.5 days "sprint" events (basically craming today's SS mileage in 2 days) a few "endurance events (aka Turkey) and a few longer (3,4 full days ?) "major" events that would be the jewels of the crown and could be sold as such to casual fans ? Would'nt that save costs as well and increase the PR value of the sport ? Ideas ?
If you're interested in this topic, take look at this post https://itgetsfasternow.com/2019/02/...the-rule-book/
As for killing the rhythm and spirit, I think this is highly subjective and I don't think most fans care about the events being always the same.
As for having events that could have different lengths, I've written about this a few years ago on my blog
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2018/01/...not-have-both/
Obviously there's a lot of questions to answer there. Should a long rally award the same amount of points than short? How would we choose who gets to do a short and who a long one? Would privateers avoid the long events because of higher costs?
Also worth reading if you're interested is my article where I interviewed the clerks of the courses of Wales Rally GB and Rally Finland, on what it would mean to shorten or lengthen the rallies by one day. Not as simple as it sounds like.
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2020/06/...in-three-days/
I like Tarkiainen's idea of ending the rally at Saturday evening, but I have no idea about how that would change TV ratings or would any channels broadcast rallying on Saturday evening when there's lots of competition for air time?Last edited by AnttiL; 27th October 2020 at 07:55.
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27th October 2020, 08:57 #832
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Ah, the top class has been pretty poor. However, the WEC (and most GT/Sportscar series) is about the classes; the various GTE-Pro/Am are normally good battles, which are shown on the TV as much as the headline LMP1 class. The 'lesser' classes in Sportscars are more important than the lesser classes in WRC.
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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27th October 2020, 10:37 #833
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27th October 2020, 10:45 #834
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https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...liver-solberg/
To me this sounds like they're giving some discount to Oliver because he's a young talent, like in a sponsorship, but they are not paying salary to him.
Maybe someone knows better than our guesses?
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27th October 2020, 10:57 #835
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Skoda simply wasn't able to bring the car to certain rallies due to the virus and strict rules..
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/olive...r-rally-italy/
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27th October 2020, 11:24 #836
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https://www.skoda-motorsport.com/en/...an-kopecky-en/
If you look at Skoda Motorsport's website, they have 2020-updated profiles for Jan Kopecky and his co-driver Jan Hlousek, but not for Oliver Solberg or anyone else.
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27th October 2020, 11:33 #837
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Maybe I wasn't clear: I'm not assuming that Hyundai would continue with other rules; I'm saying that it's impossible, for the sport sake, to start a new WRC era with only 2 manus involved.
If there's a real risk of Hyundai to leave, the FIA must react ASAP; they can't wait much longer to get the 3 manus formal commitment and they must immediately find alternative rules if that commitment fail.
Rally2 Mild Hybrids, probably on a Rally2+ mode (with a larger restrictor and more aero, in order to distinguish them from those used in national series), seems to be the most obvious alternative.Rally addict since 1982
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27th October 2020, 13:43 #838
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If there is a manufacturer that need some PR, it is Mitsubishi!
The Mirage is still around, but have had a small mid life upgrade, mostly make up. So Mpart could upgrade as well.
I guess they have a few motorsport engineers in Mitsubishi that could help MPart if needed, to get a upgrade ir two before FIA Homologation.
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27th October 2020, 16:15 #839
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This WRC2/WRC3 is total nonsense and should be binned - period. The concept of registering for championship poiunts is total nonsense (iother than FIA cashing in big checks from manufacturers) and should be binned - period. Keep it simple : top 10 get points, period. You don't need a PhD to understand this is the best way of doing things.
How would it be different for, say, Skoda, to do what MSport is doing today (running a 14 events program with 2 drivers ?)If MSport can make it with virtually no cash from Ford, i believe a (better) factory supported team could do it ...
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27th October 2020, 16:16 #840
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and thanks Antill for the very interesting articles (from your links)
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